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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1935-01-10, Page 3Thursday, January 10, 1935 HY wasessnanstaisseesersomasassesesniscee The Lona life Lamps" equti desi 16or and to smutted A+efoa Car1`Ztov of 494 Lamp, ha the Mouse Wingham Utilities Commission Crawford ]dock. Phone 156. "oa°osw.na. World Wide ews In Brief Form "Four X Spike" Captured The trail of terror which "Four X Spike" traced in Ontaroi ended Fri- day in a Toronto telephone booth. In the very midst of a mysterious tele- phone conversation with a newspaper- man—one of a long series of tele- phone calls and .thrdatening letters which have caused alarm in more than one prominent-.family—a suspect was captured and is alleged to have sign- ed a full confession. The prisoner is ]Michael Jordan, aged 25, an unmar- ried Irish orphan employed in a downtown restaurant and living at 48 Douglas Avenue, Toronto. He is. charged with threatening to kill. Lynch Blamed) for Train Wreck Hamilton -A coroner's jury early Saturday returned a verdict blaming Edward S. Lynch, forward brakeman on the ill-starred London -Toronto holiday special, for the .train wreck just east of Dundas station on Christ- mas night, which killed 15 persons and inflicted injury upon more than O. After having listened to the testi- mony of 20 witnesses, the jurors re- tired at 10 minutes past midnight and deliberated for one hour and 25 'min - Rei ieved f "Baby's Own Tablets have been the only medicine my four children have ever had. In no singleinstance has it been necessary to consult our doctor." So writes Mrs, Harry Pilmer, Cumberland Bay, N.B. When the baby or young child loses appetite; is sleepless or rest- less, " has coated tongue colic, indigestion, cold or diarrhoea, or is teething , . give Baby's Own Tablets forst 'e., quick relief. Price 25e at all drug stores. see, Or.Witllams'' utes before bringing in their verdict which read: "We, the jury, inquiring into the death of Margaret Sinclair and 14 others who lost their lives when train 16 struck a standing train at the, Dundas station, regret to state that it is clear from the evidence that the direct cause of the accident was the opening of the switch into a pass- ing track by Brakeman Lynch, who was under the impression that his train was on the main line and that number 16 was not going to stop. It was clear from the• evidence that fol- lowing the accident everything poss- ible was done to meet the situation." Under .Suspicion for Thorncliffe Fire WINGING ADVANCE -TIMES enth, a 78 -year-old malt, admitted he did not expect to reach shore, A Tor- ronto Flying Club aeroplane brought the old man and his two companions ashore from the floe, about one anile off shore, from Oro Station, sixteen miles northeast of Barrie, The oth- ers walked home,three-quarters of a mile to Hawkestone, after waiting for new ice to close open leads between their floe and land. All were in good condition, Dominion Election May be in April or May Ottawa—Dramatic introduction by the. Prime Minister of :a drastic new policy to which the Government is committed upon the eve of the pre- election session of. Parliament may precipitate a Dominion election with- in four months, it was believed by in- siders on Parliament Hill. A situation may develop which will force' an appeal to the people in Ap- ril or May, but in the meantime Mr. Bennett is planning to meet Par- liament, pass the unemployment in- surance legislation and bring down the Budget containing new taxation proposals before asking for dissolu- tion. Attacks Indian Reforms Delhi, India—M.'IR.. Gandhi, Indian Nationalist Leader, spoke against the proposed new Constitution for India, a report on which was recently ap- proved by the British Government. Aga Khan Dissatisfied Bombay, India—Thee Indian consti- tutional reforms recently approved by the British Parliament are not satis- factory, the Aga Khan,'titular leader of Indian Mohammedans and one of the world's wealthiest men, said, He intimated that he was n favor of some of the proposals, and advised the In- dian people against total rejection of the reforms, HONOR FAMOUS EDITOR Edward Weeks, editor-inchief- of the Atlantic Monthly Press, who will be guest of honor, honored as the man who awarded that magazine's. $10.000' prize to Canada's Mazo de la Roche, target for gunfire from the cutter out- side United States territorial waters. Mrs. George Mayo, Stratford, May be Federal Candidate Stratford—Mrs. George Mayo of this city, confirmed reports that she was considering offering herself as an Independent Liberal aspirant for this riding in the next Federal election. She promised a definite statement in a few days, "If democracy is to sur- vive, we must rid ourselves of Tam- many boss rule," she said, Asked if her reference to Tammany boss rule had any local implication, she replied that it had. She declined to elaborate her statement. Unemployed to Build new Highways Four thousand men — Ontario's Sponsors of Soviet Films third contingent of u necftployment re - Threaten Action lief works are shortly to build a Sudbury—Notice was served by 0. modern highway along the old line A. Lauzon, solicitor for the sponsors of General Monck's military trail of the moving picture "Ten Days that from Orillia to Brancroft and Danby. Shook the World" on the Sudbury A new link is to constructed between Police Commission, that he will make Peterboro and Pembroke through• application to Judge E. Proulx to res- Burleigh Falls, Bancroft and Berries train the Sudbury Police Department, Bay, and the road from Madoc to •under Chief Constable David Louden, Bancroft is to be improved, The pro - from carrying out instructions to jects are scheduled to solve the win - seize the film when it is publicly ter unemployment problem in the screened here. counties and districts of Victoria, Haliburton, Peterboro, Hastings, Ren - Review Review of Empire Pacts frew and Lanark and 2,000 men will 1Vfelbourne, Australia—The Austral-: be at work at once. The. Province's Government suggested that a new third major .unemployment trove of erial Economic Conference ought the current winter was announced at be called to review the working Queen's Park by Hon, David Croll, he Ottawa agreements, and make Minister of Welfare, and Hon. Peter permanent arrangements to re- Heenan, Minister of Northern Devel- ce expiring clauses. Australia is opment. As in the North, where the fly concerned at this time with Government has proposed to put question of meat exports to the 26,000 men to work, the project will ted Kingdon. The meat clauses involve co-operation between the De - red last year. partments of Welfare and Northern Development. As That three men, one of them from ran Chicago, are under suspicion 'in con- Ibtp nection with the Thorncliffe - fire; at to Toronto, in which twenty race horses of t were destroyed on Dec. 17th, is the new story received in Toronto from New v York. According to New York storych pla• one of these men is said to have ad- the vanced the claim that the fire, as sus- ni pected, was of incendiary origin and J was prompted by a grudge against a expr race horse owner,- Roosevelt to Give Workless Federally Made Jobs Washington—A generally favorable reaction, but some guarded criticism, sounded back from President Roose- velt's call, before a joint session of the United States Congress, for a "new order" of things under which 2,500,000 workless would be put on Federally made jobs. Fishermen. Adrift 23 Hours on Ice Floes Seven Lake Sirncoe fisherinen rested at their horses recovering from the effects of being marooned for ova er twenty-three hours on two separ- ate ice floes. Six of them treated their experience lightly, but the sev- CROW rr S ATTEN Nazis Free New York Girl anova, said his vessel had been the Waldntohr, Germany—Elsa Sittell, French Envoy Warmly New Yorg girl, was freed' after eleven. Welcomed by Mussolini days in jail for "insulting" Chancellor Raine—Pierre Laval, the French Hitler. Nazis let herout of the, pris- on cell into which theForeign Minister, arrived here to start y put her on conversations with 11 Duce. The Christmas Eve because she allegedly. warmth of the welcome said Hitler had: Jewish blood, on con- given by clition that sitekeep her story to her- 14lussolinf to the first French Foreign seself and let the whole thing blow ov- Minister to visit Rome since the Gt. She agreed. War, augured well, observers believe, for the negotiations intended to set- CIafm Fired. air by U.S. Cutter tie Franco -Italian differences regard - St: George's, Bermuda—Steaming rug their colonial Possessions in Af arae, guarantee Austria's ind away from Boston; the United States ependence Coast Guard cutter Thetis left behind ancl bulwark the peace of Central c Europe. conflicting stories as to whether she. had fired upon a Newfoundland mot- or vessel on the high seas recently. Gasoline Price Rises in Toronto The captain of the liquor -laden Cas- Gasoline dealers in Toronto and Hamilton and immediate vicinity were notified that the retail price will ad- vance ail cents per gallon: This will bring the price of standard advertis- ed brands to 19 cents, less tax, at these points. Prices in al other On- tario districts remain unchanged. Brazil May Not Pay Outside Debts Rio de Janeiro-lt was stated in re- liablo quarters that Brazil has decich eel to suspend services on its foreign debts, although it had been officially denied earlier that suspension had been discussed at the Ministry of Finance. It was said the Government faced with diminishing stacks of ex- change abroad and with risingEurop- ean demands for payment in gold, is advising foreign bankers that services accorded in the : Aranha funding agreement, reached two years ago, tntrst be suspended. MURDER TRIAL A view of the .vast crowd .. that lie: 'se ' � cn Ptelr,,ington, I�1,J,, to witttess trial Or the murder of the Linclbe $tt>rtned the portals of the court th'8: trial of B stn. I r r o �a,uptrtaantt, air � baby: • Railwaymen Rejoice as Wagesr Increase There is rejoicing in lie ranks of switchmen, brakemen, engineers, tele- graphers,, clerks. and others in the em- ploy of the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways for they are going to receive more wages this year. It was announced officially that per 'cent, of their 15 per cent. out will be restored to them immediately, while another 2 per cent, wil be res- tored on vfay 1, 1935, PAG: TH1 0110001ll00100,,,,,011110014111„ 4440114.g10,04 11l,ll l"d0II001W1011 NEWS of the "STRICT .11 //11111000 hall ll 1,0"101 1.0010,„1j0 ,”"0/0,000 • Pearl Found in Oyster by Goderich Woman Goderich—Believed to be valuable by a Goderich jeweler, a pearl found by Mrs, B. Arnold in an oyster, has been sent to Toronto, where its value will be determined. The pearl is des- cribed as being the size of a pea, Fractures Collar Bone' While 'Playing Hockey Joseph Bailey, William Street, had the misfortune to fracture his left collar -bone while playing hockey at the arena.—Listowel Observer. Listowel Woman Victim of Serious Accident Mrs, Harold V. Pym had the mis- fortune to fall down the stairs at her home, New Year's Eve: She was ak' en the Menorial Hospital Wednesday where an X-ray showed he injury to be a fractured pelvis, Mrs, Pym is the wife of Harold V. Pym, organist and choir leader of the :United Church. Rural Telephone System Endes Year in Good Shape Subscribers to the ]Lake Shore Telephone System, which serves Kin- cardine and Huron Township farmers residing on the lake range, held their annual meeting with a large attend- ance. The financial condition of the system was shown to be satisfactory. A rate of $5 per telephone was struck for 1935. Officers elected for the year were: President, Joseph Sineltz- er; Vice -Pres., William, Emmerton; Sec-Treas., Charles Emmertors; dir- ectors, Leonard Tout, Joseph Court- ney, Robert McCosh; lineman, John Courtney. Kinloss Couple 30 Years Married A very enjoyable social evening was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tyndal Robinson of Kinloss on Thursday when about one hundred. friends were entertained at the cele- bration of Mr, and Mrs. Robinson's thirtieth wedding anniversary. Both Mr. and Mrs, Robinson have been lifelong residents of the 6th conces sion of Kinloss. During the evenin Mr. and Mrs. Robinson were present ed with a purse of money from thei friends. After playing cards far time, dancing was enjoyed until th "wee sma' hour". Mr. and Mrs. Rob inson have five of a family, three son —Howard of Holyrood, Charlie an George at hone, and two daughters Lena, R.N,, of Wingham, and Eliza beth at home. All were present ort the occasion of the happy celebration Resident of Blyth Have Golden Wedding A golden wedding anniversary was celebrated in. Blyth last week when Mr. and Mrs. John Potter entertained their friends and family in honor of the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Potter are Canadian born, of English parentage. They were married by Rev. J. F. Parks, who was at that time rector of Trinity Church, Blyth. At the •aere- in.ony, they were attended by Miss Grace Fisher and Robert Cockerline, both of whom are still living, Miss Fraser in the United States and Mr, Cockerline near Blyth. About 30 were present. After their marriage they liv- ed on a farm in Hullett from where they moved to Blyth 38 years ago, where they are among the most res- cted citizens. There are six of a g r a e dthe fates were against him when on going to his barn he found a plump GOVERMENT MUNJCIP .L and CORPQR. BONDS Complete Investment Service \RD„ ROBERTSON COMPANyjAMITED SECURITIES INVESTMENT TELEPHONE MET. 480 LONDON Local Representative A. M. BISHOP N.B.—We can buy or sell securities for you on all markets. 1It7Ii0N t ERIE BLDG. /110110000,00M0110•111100001=111010011910 1111•000100.1.1=000411000.010=0=04.01010,11 who Th was rrvrng, e dash ended with the steed being catapulted into the race at the rear of the mill. The cutter was badly damaged but neither occupant injured, although Mr. Math- ers was thrown out.—Lucknow Sen- tinel. Lions Provide 1200 Pints Milk Per Menth The Seaforth Lions Club are no providing funds for the distribute of 1200 pints of milk per month the needy children of the town. T distribution is being handled in•co junction with the Relief Committ of the Town Council.—Huron Expo itor. years ago.—Mildmay Gazette." Boys' Evidence Convicts Robbers Goderich-.-Two" keen -eyed teen-age Seaforth newspaper route boys,'Ken- neth Reid, 10, and Charles Wood, 14, were today resposible for the convic-. eorge Welsh on a charge of robbery. In the Magistrate's court the boys w testified that while making their eve - on ning rounds they saw Welsh "walk be to hind the counter of Chong's Cafe, he ;heard the bell of the.cash register n- ring and witnessed the man go ee through the motions of taking sortie- s- thing out the drawer and put it in his pocket. There was other evidence but Magistrate J. A. Makins stressed the testimony of the boys in his sum- ming up. A. Curiosity Last Friday afternoon, Mr. John L. Tasker, of Hullett Township, brought a curiosity from the farm. It was a Siamese egg. Two eggs of of normal skin were joined together by a tough skin. The eggs had a very soft shell and were produced by a Barred Rock hen, who evidenty has been hearing a great deal abort mass production and thought that she would try it. hfr. Tasker showed the eggs to Mr. N. W. Trewartha who put them up to the light and said that they were perfecty normal inside. Mr. Ian McLeod of the Department of Agriculture declared he had not seen anything like it before. — Clinton News -Record. A Grateful Hen Mr. Jonh A. Cunningham, former patrolman on the Walkerton -Kincar- dine highway thought last Week that Pa family: Mrs, Wm. Jamieson, Water- loo; William, Kitchener; Mrs, David- son, of Sarnia; Charles, Parkhill; Mrs, l3radburn, Thorndale; Mrs. Tideswell, of Lucknow and 21 grandchildren. The family were all here for the gold- en wedding, with the exception of Mrs. Bradburn. Mail' Carrier Robbed at Elora Elora—Brutally attacked as he was leaving his livery barn after Malting' a final round for the tight, Albert Hantinill, niail-carrier, was badly ,hurt when he gave battle to the •tone ban- dit, wlio escaped with $10, Confront,- ed by the thug; who was armed with an iron pipe, Harnntill grappled with him, the battle lasting for several minutes. Tlie mail -carrier wrcnehed his hack severely'in the strugg)c anil was finally forced to surrender his stoney. Half an hour later; Constable Rankin and William :ti'.• Brown, pass- ing near the barn, hearth cries for help and carne to l-larnmil]'s aid. Horse. in Wild Dash Treleaven's mill pond was the ter- minal for Henry Mather's driver which put a sudden stop to its short runaway dash, Mr. M."atlrers and his son Parris, were starting home when the, horse bccattle unruly and as its spirited dash got under way, was turtti� ed in at Treleaven's mill by Perris Leghorn that had got soaked in the water -trough, lying to all appearances frozen stiff on the barn floor, with the temperature hovering around the zero mark. Believing that life had long since departed, but bent never- theless on thawing the bird' out, Mr. Cunningham threw it behind" the cook stove in the kitchen. Believe it or not, as Ripley would say, but that bird came to, and to demonstrate that it was no ingrate, laid an egg, and then cackled vigorously for the boss to come and behold "Busbies as Us- tiai.'—Walkerton Herald -Times. Remarkable Memory Mrs. Jane Stewart, who resides with her son-in-law and daughter., Mr. and Mrs. Otto :Schaus, at Maple Hill, displayed a .remarkable retentive me- mory at the South Line school enter- tainment last week, when she repeat- ed a lengthy recitation that she gave. a Balak'lava school seventy-three Cat on Steeps, Ili Omen It has been said that a black cat crossing one's path augurs bad buck, but a household pussy that got behind Mrs. John McLean as she was des- cending the stairs at her home on Thursday morning last had the same ill effect, for when she reached around to nab the mouser, she lost her bal- ance and fell down the stairs alight- ing on her side against a chair at the foot of the stairway. Her left side, as a consequence, was almost stove in, and injuries and bruises that sent her to bed far • two days and which' even make her sore to think about since, were the outcome of the mis- hap,—Walkerton Herald Times.. Celebrated Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. John McGill, Walker- ton, have celebrated their 61st anni- versary of their wedding. Mr. McGiilt was for well over a quarter of a cen- tury, Walkerton's assessor " and tax collector, while also until recently was Division Court clerk here, He is in his 86th year. Mrs. McGill, who was the first white child born its Brant Township, is in her 83rd year and is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gowanlock, of Maple. Hill, pioneer settlers of the district. Mr. McGill was a teacher at the Maple Hill school as early as 1870. Both are in fairly good health for their ad- vanced age. The member of the crew approach- ed a very distressed passenger on the boat. "Don't be downhearted, sir," he said. "Sea -sickness never killed 'any- one yet." The suffering one groaned. "Don't say that," he pleaded, "It's only the hope of dying that's kept me alive so far." 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