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The Wingham Advance Times, 1934-08-30, Page 3Thursday, August 30th, 1934 WINGI-IAM ADVANCE -TIMES PAGE THREE TEA "Fresh from the•Gardens" 266 World Wide News In Brief Form ••••11K1•1111.14100441.0041■.0.1.3.1111”Mie-0•IN DOM Reorganization o£ N.R.A. Soon Washington - Reorganization of NRA within two weeks was the goal set by President Roosevelt. In con- ferences with Hugh S. Johnson • and Donald R. Richberg, his recovery aid- es, Mr. Roosevelt asked that regard- less of differences of opinion -and some differences appeared to remain— the new machinery to guide the Blue Eagle be made ready for adoption at the end of that time. Auditor Claims Large Deficit on T.N.O. North Bay—The_ Timiskaming . Northern Ontario Railway had an ac- tual deficit of $8,360,000 for the per- iod, Nov. 1, 1914, to Oct. 31, 1933, Harry W. Steele, Ottawa accountant, declared in a written report submit- ted to Armand Racine, Windsor bar- rister, conducting a probe into the road's affairs. $15,000,000 More For Relief in West Ottawa—Approximately $15,000,.0.0D will be appropriated by the Dominion Government this year to meet the •des- perate situation existing in Southern, Southwestern Manitoba and to a les- ser extent in Southern Alberta, as as result of four successive crop failures. This is in additions to the $15,00000 to be contributed by the Dominion Government to all the Provinces on account of direct relief for the .eight months ending March 31,, next fItt its estimated that $12,000,00 will Ire are- quired in Saskatchewan alone to 'pro- vide food and fuel for 40,000 des'ti'tute families, living on farms, to purchase fodder for half a million starving cat- tle and horses, to pay freight 'charges on the fodder for the live stock, and: to purchase seed and other supplies to give drought -stricken. farmers •a fresh start next spring. Ex -Mayor T. L. Church Chosen Candidate Conservatives of Toronto .East Fri- day night named ex -Mayor T. L. Church as their candidate for the by- election to fill the seat rendered va- cant by the death of Hon. E. B. Ryck- man. The by-election will be held on Sept. 24. A stiff fight and possible four ballots before a candidate was decided on was expected by a conven- tion of 449 delegates. Instead, ex- Mayor Church, who was shifted out of his seat .in Northwest Toronto for Centre West Toronto to suffer defeat at the hands of Sam Factor, then a member of the City Council, was el- ected on the first ballot. Hon. H. H. Stevens To Continue Investigation Ottawa -There was a raising of eyebrows in official circles as word castle through from British Columbia that Hon, H. H. Stevens is planning to continue as Chairman of the Royal Commission investigating mass buy- ing :and: price spreads. In view of the opinion prevailing in the Dominion Cabinet that the Minister prejudiced his case when he delivered judgment on certain phases of the investigation conducted by his committee, it had been thought he would tender his re- signation as Chairman of the Royal 'Commission. Mussolini Tells Italy To Get Ready For Wax .13ologna, Italy—Benito Mussolini .told Fascist 'Italy to get ready for ;war. Speaking, appropriately enough, arson•► the turret of an assault tank, to 4,000 cheering officers and military attaches at the conclusion of Italian war manoeuvres, the square -jawed Premier said: "War can break out from one moment to the other." s"No one in Europe wants war," Il Duce asserted, "but the idea of war is float- ing in the air. It is not necessary to be ready for the war of tomorrow, but for the war of today- We must be- come a military nation, even .a mil- itaristic nation, even—I .might add—a warlike nation." John Dillinger's Henchman 'Shot St. Paul, Minn.—St Paul police an- nounced they had shot and killed Homer Van Meter, gangster associate of the recently slain John IDillingear. 'There is no question 'but what it is Van Meter," said Chief Frank !Cullen Van Meter, a boon companion of JOi"'1 finger's, was one of The gangsters who fled the Little Bohemia resort ins Wis- consin, near Mercer, several months,, ago when surprised byEederalagents• U. S. A. to Extend;Control of Wheat Washington — The United States istri resulting from this year's curtail- ment in the light .of drought damage, and an effort to avoid', repetition of surpluses with consequent low prices. Game Inspectors 'Dismissed An. Order -in -Council' effected the dismissal of 106 members of the "out- side;' ;enforcement service of the'De- partment of Game and Fisheries. The reduction in personnel, which is to go into effect at the end of the long -an- ticipated transfer of ;enforcement from the department to, the Provincial Po- lice. The resulting saving to the Gov- ernment eventually will be between $150;000 and $200,000, Slaght Appointed to T: &.'N. O. Commission The appointment of Arthur Slaght, K.C., as member of the Timiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway Commis- sion was announced by Hon. Mitchell Hepburn. The new commissioner, Mr. Hepburn said, will serve without sal- ary. Victoria Sea -Serpent Returns Victoria-Cadborosaurus, the agile and amiable sea -serpent who tickled the fancy and perhaps the imagina- tions of hundreds of Victoria residents when he roamed these waters last fall, has returned. For nearly three hours "Caddy" entertained about 100 wide- eYed spectators on the beach at the foot of Hollywood Crescent with his gamboling in the kelp. Witnesses de- clared they were sure the creature was "Caddy" who was described variously last year by excited Victorians as be- ing anywhere from. twenty to eighty feet long. C.P.R. Train Leaves Track Thamesville—Considerable damage to the right of way was caused when the Canadian Pacific Railway Mont- real-Chicago ontreal-Chicago express was derailed. near .here while initting a .sixty -mile - an -hour clip. The locomotive and five passenger cars Left the rails but did not overturn, and only three of the fifty passengers aboard were slightly injured. The track was tons up. ler about 100 yards as the train plowed along ,the roadbed. 'Trainmen said tit cense +off the .derailment was a broken drieneshaft crannk. Brewery Warehouse Inspectors to Be Let :Out From an aut'horitatnve sones fiat was learned that the cilisnaiissal of Inetween 130 and 140 bateutery warehouse :spe.anors ka.s ;been derided upon, :and will go into effeet at the end of the month. It is understood that the Pro- vincial Government and the Liquor Control B eard,aace (doing away tenni:(, y with alis office. 'The :savings Alerted by this move are (calculated at approx- imatel•,y :$21.0;Q00 a -year, a savang tto the Liquor Control Board tthst 'will (eventually pass 'into the Frowirrreiall Treasury. 'The dismissal of the in- spectors is being 'implemented nrainly Farm Administration announced a by the new methodical 'taxing braver- curtailment bravercurtailment of 10 per cent. in the 'basic ies which itas been in force for the wheat acreage in 1935 for farmers co- past Tears. .operating in production control plans, instead of the 15 per cent. requires this year. The change from the 15 per cent. reduction was regarded by offinials as a partial approach to the goal of adjusting supplies to normal domestic consumption, plus whatever exports may be available. In arriving at the decision, the Ad- ministration compromised between an effort' to guard against political critic - HYDRO LAMPS "The Lona Life Lamps" Winghain Utilities Commission Phone 156. Cirawf olyd Block. Blames SelTish Interests for Opposition to 'Seaway Plan Superior, Mis.—Frank P. Walsh. i Chairman. of New York State's Power Authority, said in .a speech :that com- pletion of elle St Lawrence seaway project was opposed by powerful groups controlling trunk line railways' and "great combinations of power and public utility corporations." "A little group of selfish interests are willing to sacrifice the well-being of the mass of our population in or- der to maintain artificial privileges," 'Walsh declared. "These privileges stunt the normal growth of the na- tion. They retard prosperity, and if the country is to keep in step with the march of progress they cannot survive in the era that lies ahead;" Bandits Grow More Daring% In United States. New York -Two money cars carry- ing $59,785 fell prey to bandits while authorities extended their hunt for the machine -gunners who got $427,000 from one in Brooklyn Wednesday last week. Three men glaring through dark glasses trained revolvers on an unarmed mail truck driver at Butler,. Pa., and made off in two automobiles with 'a $50,000 payrool from his re- gistered mail. An aeroplane wheeled above the hold-up, and police believe. it may have figured in the getaway. Landing of Jacques Cartier Recalled: Gaspe, Que.—From the spot where Jacques Cartier made his first land- ing on the Cataadian .mainland repre- sentatives of the four nations associ- ated in the historical development of the American Continent carried away xnexneries of impressive. comm emora- Live celebrations. A great cross, carv- ed in stone hewn from a quarry at St. Malo, from which French port the. hardy explorer set out on his epochal discovery of the River St, Lawrence, was unveiled by Premier R. 13. Ben - tett, while representatives of Great Britain, France, the United States and the ,Dominion. and Quebec Gov- ernments, together with religious bod- ies,'expressed their -appreciation of the effects of Jaucques Cartier's voyages, Boat Goes Aground near Midland Midland—With 150 passengers on board, the Midland City, of the Georg- ian Bay Tourist Company, ran ashore on Midland Point at 6.30, The pass- engers were transferred to the beach in boats without injury. Speed boats, were despatched from Midland and Penetang, and, by 9,30 all had safely landed except the crew, which follow- ed a few minutes later. NEWS of the DISTRICT Attacking. Tomatoes From some quarters, large green worms have been reported to be stripping tomato vines. These worms., are'"stated in some instances to beas long and as thick through as a man's finger. The latter part of the week, we were shown one, which although somewhat sinaller than this, convinced us that some would easily attain such a size as stated. The worm has a large mouth, with four short legs just hack of the ?underside of the head. The re- mainder of the body is segmented. It is light green in color and attacks all parts of the tomato stalks, ,eaves and fruit.—Lucknow Sentinel. Cow Killed by Car A Mount Forest resident, driving southerly on the highway, encountered a herd of cows opposite Edward Waechter's farm. The presence of the cattle on the highway is very rare, and the motorist evidently taken by surprise, charged into tixe bovines. (One cow, a good sized animal, owned 'by`Harvey Weber, of Deemerton, was killed by the impact, and the •car, a '�F-ord coupe, owned by E. Mc'Kechnie of Durham, was badly damaged. The owner of the car is seeking 'to collect the price of repairing the car from the owner of the cow.—M'ddmay Gazette. Gasoline Thieves A particularly annoying form of petty thievery is being perpetrated in Goderich in the form of siphoning of -automobile gasoline tanks by night prowlers. This •sneak-'fliieving has 'Been reported by ntnnerous Goderich motorists who are in 'fhn 'habit of leav- ing their cars in the open at night. Several guests at a local hotel also have made the same .complaint.—God- erich Signal. 'O•ctupiets Eight ears on one coli of corn were 'brought to The News office by Mr. 'Robert Abehart of McKiIlop, who had -found the novelty growing'in the corn •patch on his father's farm. The sam- -ple is composed of cme central ear almost normal size, as It has eight -rows of kernels; clustered around it areseven smaller ears; and -thrown in Tor good measure is a -single stalk like'barley.—Seaforth News. 'Pullets Lay Eggs Within 4 Months Mr. N. K. Weber, Wallace Town- ship, is own- s ip,'is the proud possessor o'f-a num- ber of -pullets which at the age of four ;arxsntths are already laying eggs. This WELCOME HOME FOR CANADIAN ATHLETE: Telegraph messengers gathered in force to welcome Robert McLeod, winner of the ten -toile cycle race at the Empire Games, who got his train- ing delivering telegrams. Other mem- bers of the team arrived at the tinxe and found supporters to cheer them. The photographs show (1) George. Burleigh, a member of the swimming team; (2) young McLeod being chair- ed by fellow telegraph messengers. In the foreground are his father, mother sister and brother; (3) is W Puddy, another member of the Canadian swimming team. is an enviable record for 4 -months -old Archie Ferguson of Walkerton, said pullets.—Palmerston Observer. A Big Fish Mr. Wm. Somerville doesn't need to tell about the big one that got away. He brought it home—thirty-six inches of pike, weighing eight. pounds, conclusive proof as he tells the story. Mr. Somerville hooked the "whopper" while fishing at the mouth of the Maitland River. The fish is one of the largest pike ever caught at that point.—Goderich Signal. . Drill into Underground Stream Well drillers working on the prop- erty of E. J. Skelton at Walkerton, hit a flowing stream at a depth of 105 feet and the owner of the prop- erty now has a flowing well which issues forth at the rate of 100 gallons of water per minute. The water is of the finest quality, it is said. The new stream is diverted into the channel of Silver Creek which flows through Mr. Skelton's property and he expects to put it to use for some household pur- pose as well as for beautifying his lawn. Paving Finished The Towland Construction Co. have finished paving on the Arthur -Or- angeville road, Highway No. 9. This section of highway will be opened for, traffic in a few days. When this road is finally opened, it will furnish a dir- ect route to Toronto for a large sec- tion of Western Ontario.—Arthur En- terprise -News. Identified Photo of Suspects Kincardine—Jack and Frank Mac- pherson, local garage attendants, identified pictures of the men who are alleged to have held up a branch of the Royal Bank of. Canada at Cargill on Aug. 14, and escaped with more than $2,000. The men were in Kin- cardine the day before the robbery. Jack Macpherson when shown pictur- es of the men by Provincial Constable Otto McClevis, and County Constable { ete 5 they were the men he had waited on. His brother identified the picture of the car as the one driven by the men. Special Constable to Handle Drunks A special meeting of the Listowel Council was held and the main topic of discussion was the increased inebri- ation prevailing in Listowel on Sat- urday nights. It was decided that a special constable should be appointed to assist Chief of Police Rohcer in handling this unwelcome situation. It is expected that Robt. MacMillan will be the man appointed to fill this post. Listowel Doctor to Kitchener Dr. A .G. Shiell, Listowel, who for the past two years has been doing post graduate work in this country, the United States and abroad, moved his family and household effects to Kitchener where he has established a practice. Dr. Shiell practised for sev- eral years in Listowel prior to his leaving to take up a specialist course in surgery. Elora Burglars Frightened Away Elora—Leaving a jimmy and a pair of spectacles as the only clues to their dentity burglars entered the depart- ment store of Burt Bros., and al- though frightened away by the owner John Burt, they snatched a small am- ount of silver from the cash register in the grocery department, as well as taking some men's clothing. Old Resident of Howick Passes Henry Dietz, a well' known resident of Howick Township and Clifford, passed away suddenly Wednesday at the home of his son, Adolph J., 16th concession of Howick. Deceased who was in hsi 73rd year, was the eldest son of John Dietz and Amelia Proik- now, born at Molke, in Carrick Town- ship, and moved to Howick when a young man. He married Maria Eliza- beth Gerhardt, of Normanby, 47 years ago and lived on their farm where he died. They retired to Clifford eleven years ago, where Mrs. Rietzdied last Novembed and since then, he has re- sided with his son, Adolph. Another. son, Albert, and one daughter, Louisa,. Mrs. John Kreller, of Howick, sur- vive, also two brothers, John, Clifford, and William, Howick, and a sister, Mrs. Charles Gabardt, Pincher Creek, Alta. Ask Repeal of Local Option At a council meeting at .Chesney a number of citizens were present as a deputation to suggest that a vote be taken to repeal local option, giving as their reasons that local option is an ancient law and that local option should be tested, also that it should be repealed because of competitive business reasons and that local op- tion does not stop drinking. They. urged that a resolution be passed im- mediately to enable a vote to be tak- en.—Tara ak-en. Tara Leader. "Anxiety never yet successfully bridged over any chasm."—Ruffini. * * * "Nothing .. . is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure and generally occasion our- selves."—Beaconsfield. LOW FARES TO) Toronto Exhibition. AUG. 24th To SEPT. 8th. $&25 Going between Aug. 23 and Sept. 3. $3.70 Going Aug. 28 Returning Aug. 30 Going Aug. 30 Returning Sept. 1 Going Sept. 4 Returning Sept. 6 Going Sept. 6 Returning Sept. S G. L. BAKER, Agent. Phone 4T. Canadian Pacific T 1E Canadian *Nattional Exhibition is eibe rendezvous of champions, amateur and peo- fessinual. Famous athletes sepre- senti'g many nations competie for medals' and money prizes in keen. athletic contests on lana and water. Here's what you'll see. Smiling race for world's professional championship, three miles, prelhninary heats Aug. 24; finals, Aug. 31... . International power boat rac- ing, Sept -4,.5, oceenci E a il+,eacon. President. world's champion., ship Marathon swims, men's Aug. 29, women's Aug. 30 .. Harness races featuring. $6000 Futurities, Sept. 4, 5, 6 and 7 ... Archery tournareen.t,Aug. 27 to 31 ... Canada's oldest mad largest track meet Sept. 1. Rowing, sculling and canoeing, regatta; yacht and dinghy racing, and other: spectacular sports events. There's some. - thing to interest every sports.; enthusiast. This is the bice year at your Exhibition. Blwood A. Hughes;, general Mea is„rr r IF