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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1935-12-26, Page 3Thurs. Deeexuber 26th, 1935. WINGTIAM ADVANCE -TIM e Old :and4e . . Flickers and passes out. Another year is gone:Voice no regrets but look ahead to the New Year. Here's hoping it .is . generois with' Life's many blessings for everybody. o ' ngham Utilities Com. i 0.100.111 0MM Wide Wide News In Brief Form Mussolini Says "War to the Finish" Ronne -Premier Mussolini hurled defiance at the sanctionist nations by officially proclaiming through the Fascist Grand. Council that the war on Ethepia would go on to the finish. Issuing his long-awaited statement following the ill-fated Anglo-French peace negotiations, the Italian dictat- or assailed the "wandering and con- tradictory" policies of the sanctionist countries and declared the people of Italy would resist to the limit. Investigation into Toronto Police Forge A "full and vigorous" inquiry into the Toronto police force was: launch- ed Saturday morning by- "a Royal Commission 'named Friday by Attor- ney -General Roebuck. Judge y.J. Coughlin of Essex County and Judge Duncan C. Ross of Elgin County, as- sisted by Norman F. ,Newton, Lon- don Crown Attorney, will conduct the inquiry. Mystery Radio Signal Ottawa --Radio technicians speeded up .efforts to ;determine the source of a mysterious signal audible in short- wave receivers at numerous'points all over the world, and strong enough at times to disrupt contniercial traffic. Explosion; Sinks Ship Santos, Brazil - An explosion aboard a nitrate -laden Swedish ship fn the harbor caused, the death of at least thirty-one persons, including 3 members of the' crew. The vessel, the 3,019 -ton freighter Britt Marie, sank almost' immediately after the blast. To Advocate National Plan. Ottawa -Parliament will be asked at the coining session to endorse a ,proposal for a widely embracing na- tional reconstruction policy, including building of homes, slum clearance, land and settlement and reforestation. Loans under the scheme would be trade available at low interest rates, while the creation of greater oppor- tunity for the youth of Canada would be a major cobjective. T. L. Church, M.P. for Toronto, will sponsor the ntotion, Farmers Urged to Co -Operate Calgary --Henry Wise Wood, 78 - year -old doyen of agrarian action in Canada, called to farmers from coast to coast to . Win economic supremacy through development of co-operativ- es. Viewing the whole situation with. a .half -century of ex..preince ' behind Mr„ Wood, Chairman of the Al- berta wheat pool, and for nearly a score of years President of the. 'Unit- ed Fanners of Alberta, ; sent a year. end message to farmers urging econ- omic action, For The Best Eye Service CONSULT F. F. HOMUTH Eyesight Specialist Phone. 118. I-Iarriston France Will Aid Britain Paris -If Premier Laval "fails to stave off a European war, authoriti- tative quarters disclosed, France is prepared to defend herself and aid Great Britain in the event of an . It- alian attack. Recent movements of French troops, ships and aeroplanes were disclosed as significant in 'res- ponsible circles, folloN,•ing a disclos- ure in :London that Britain has asked Mediterranean- powers what precau- tions they have taken. Hepburn's Refunding Plan Makes. Headway Possibility •of the Federal Govern- ment acting upon Premier Hepburn's debt -reduction policy was heralded in. an address before the. Commercial Travellers' Association of Canada by Hon. W. D. Euler, Minister of Trade and Commerce: •While declaring . the government would not advocate re- pudiation of debts, the Minister said it. had been suggested that the nat- ional debt be reduced by refunding at• a lower interest rate than contracted for. Salary Cuts Partly Restored Deductions made on civil servants' salaries up to $1,000 will be fully res- tored and cuts made on salaries above that will be restored by a blanket in- crease of 50 per cent., it was announc- Led at Queen's Park. New Power Contracts to Save Over $7,000,000 a year The long and often bitter interpro- vincial power dispute neared its end with the release of new agreements. between the Gatineau and MacLaren Companies and the Ontario Hydro Commission. Upon ratification by Order -in - Council, new contracts will be signed with the Gatineau Company and with the MacLeaen Company for 100,000 horsepower and 40,000 horsepower, respectively. The new price is .$12.50. per horsepower, a reduction of $2,50; the new contracts are for ten years, and may be terminated within •two years thereafter by either party upon two years' notice. The estimated sav ing to the Province of Ontario is $7,- 080,000 per year. Baldwin, Admits Mistake Government Upheld London -The Government was up- held by a Large majority in the House of Commons tonight, after a twelve - hoer debate in which the unsuccess- ful Franco -British peace proposals were subjected to a vigorous attack and Prime Minister Baldwin admitted an error .had been made in handling the situation. Hepburn Returns to Florida. Premier Mitchell.F. Hepburn went southward by motor and tra:"in to join his family for Christmas in 1Vliami. •Rlitnors.'were current et Queen's Park shortly after his departure that he 'would not be back. for the opening, of the Leg'is'lature, officially set for Jan. 21st. laps Invade Mongolia Moscow ---Invasion of the Mongol- ian People's :Republic by 200 Japanese and Manclio'uktian troops and the kill- ing of a Mongolian offieer and seV• t;ral soldiers were reported front that Bator, Mongolia, to the official '['ass News Agency. Douglas Called to Alberta Edmonton -Major C. H. Douglas, British economist, founder of social credit principles, andspecial recon- struction adviser to the Alberta' Goy- ernment, was instructed to come to Edmonton as early as possible in the new Year, Dunning to Get Seat in P, E. I. Ottawa •-,The constituency of Queens, P,E,T,, has been opened to' provide a seat for Finance Minister Charles Dunning, by the appointment of "the member -elect, J. J. Larabee, to a position in the Department of Fisheries. Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced tonight that the by- election would be held Jan. 6, the date; of polling in the. Assiniboia by-elec- tion, where J. G. Gardiner, Minister of Agriculture, will be the Govern- ment candidate. The vacancy' in As- siniboia was created by the appoint- ment of the 'member -elect, Robert MacKenzie; to the Canadian Farm Loan Board To Advance Slum -Clearance Soon. Legislation to 'enable individual municipalities to advance their own slum -clearance' plans will be introduc- ed at the forthcoming session of the Ontario Legislature. Quake Epicentre in Quebec Ottawa -The Dominion Observa- tory released a report fixing the epi- centre of the Nov. 1 earthquake under a small lake about four miles north of Timiskatning, Que. The disturb- ance, which was felt over an area of 500,000 square *tiles, occurred about 125 miles underground. NEWS of the DISTRICT V Car Turned' Over, No One Injured Three persons escaped injury when a ear driven by Gus Deveraux struck an obstruction on the Donneybrook. Hill Thursday, ran up the embank- ment and turned over. Other occu- pants of the car were Mr. Deveraux's parents. Not a pane of glass was bro- ken in the car which was able to pro- ceed under its own power. Clothing in Flames Two young men, the clothing of one in flames, ran a footrace at Wal- kerton Friday before the pursuer could throw hisovercoat about the. other and save his life, Thomas 0' - Hagan, 20, of Riverdale, working on his motor car in a garage, caused a short circuit which . ignited some gas. O'Hagan's clothes caught fire and in fright, he began running out of the garage, along the street. Wesley Kain who also had been in the garage, chased him 76 yards before he caught O'Hagan, wrapped his coat around him and put out the flames. O'Hagan was taken to a hospital, burned about the face, hands and arms: Hand in Wringer Mrs. Jos. Yaeck, who resides on the Station road, niet with a painful ac- cident when she got her hand into an electric clothes wringer .. which she was operating .at the time and before she could be released her hand was. drawn between the -rollers and severe- 'ly crushed. A doctor, who was sum- moned, has the injured member under treatment, and it will be soiree time before it will "function as subtle as before. -Walkerton Herald -Times. Goderich Settled for $7,000 The town council voted to accept the sum of $7000 in full settlement of all claims against the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company und- er its bond -covering the late tax: col- lector, Howard Robertson. Reeve J. J, Moser, Deputy Reeve Robt., Turn- er and Councillor John Huckins vot- ed against the proposal. Actual short- ages in the tax collections have mounted, by additions trade since the original claim was entered, until they now exceed $8,400,-Goderich Signal, Priests Transferred Rev, Father J. D. Egan, parish priest at Teeswater;'who hasbeen in Poor health recently, has been trans- ferred to Hatniltoit, and Rev, Father W. J. Hawkins, an Ayton young man, will succeed him at Teeswater. Rev, Father. Swaine has also been trans- ferred from :Formosa to Hamilton, and he has been succeeded by Rev, Father Meyer. Beer# Cheque Received Listowel has received its "beer cheque." The Town Treasurer has re- ceived a elieque from the Liquor Con- trol Board for $203.31, which repre- sents twenty per Gene of the author ity fees for hotels selling beer in Lis- towel during the period, November 1, 1984, to October 31.E 1985. In the Two years ago, Natalie Carr, at- tractive New York socialite created a sensation when she gave up the life of a pampered heiress, entered the convent of the sisters of the Presen- tation of Mary in St, Hyacinthe, Que., and learned what it meant to wash, scrub floors and spend hours in pray- erful meditation, Now in response to repeated' pleas 'of her grandmother, Natalie has returned. to :her former: society. sphere.' financing` of the town this revenue of $203 does .not cut a very big figure. -Listowel Banner. 52 Years 'Married Congraulations are in; order for Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Alton, venerable Ash- field residents, who on Thursday cele- brate the 52nd anniversary of their marriage, which was performed. by Rev. R. C. Renders, one of the pion- eer clergymen on the Ashfield circuit. Mr. Alton is 80 years of age and his. wife '2 years his junior. Both are en- joying 'a fair measure of health, Mrs. Alton has made a remarkable recov- ery from hip fracture suffered mare than a year ago, and is 'able to get. around quite well again. Petty Thefts from Goderich Bakers Goderich bakers are becoming an- noyed over the habit of small boys of taking a bun or cookie, sometimes a loaf of bread or a cake, from wagons as the drivers make their rounds. One baker said he is losing as much as 50c a day by these petty raids. He caught a young boy in the act of tak- ing four loaves from a bread wagon. Markdale Beer Vote Is Adjudged Invalid Judgment read by County Judge G. W. Morley declared, the vote which. rejected granting of a beer and wine authority in the Village of Markdale Sept. 19 was invalid, because a sec- tion of the Liquor Control Act deal- ing with compilation of the voters' list had not been complied with. As a result of the adverse vote, an au- thority already in operation was can- celled. Loretto Kelly of Markdale, brought action against Johnson Luc- as, clerk of the. municipality. It was this case Judge Morley decided. Two Huge Arctic Owls Shot in Dundalk Area At least two large Arctic Owlshave been shot in the Dundalk district re- cently. Luther Love of Arteinesia, shot one, and D. A, McIntyre of Mc- Intyre, brought down another. The latter bird had carried off one of Mc- Intyre's geese and, with thoughts'' of Christmas dinner probably in its head undertook to get another, but nith fatal results. The bird had a wing- spread. of five feet. These birds are not native of this district, but nearly every winter come from northern die- tricts, presumably in search of food.. supply. Cutting Box Explodes, Severely Injuring" Farmer Harold Lever, who resides a short distance north of Flesh'erton, was se- verely cut about the face, when a cut- ting box exploded. Pieces of the large wheel and knife on the cutting box were scattered over the barn, several of ' the pieces cuttir g their way through the siding of the barn. It is possible that Lever ma-? lose the sight. of Isis eyes. He is at present a pat- dent in Markdale Hospital, The sacci- dent occurred atthe farm home of Gordon Long,',a neighbor of Lever's. PUBLIC SCHOOL RE- PORT FOR DECEMBER Senior Fourth Total 450, Honors 338, Past 270, M, Fothergill 389, M, I-Iomuth 387, K. Jackson 387, 13. Burgman 369, J. VanNorman 368, L. Evans • 356, C, Fitzpatrick 853, M. Templeman 352, H. Brown 341, 11,- Lockridge 340, N. Benedict 333, I„` Clark 881, B. Scott 323, V. Currie 315, R. Haiitiiton 307, A. Seli 302, J. Roberts•>°'02, E. Fitz- patrick itz- t i. 301, R. Sinnanton pa rick 292, R. Casemore 291, R. Johitson 289, :B, Casemore 283, 11k, Connell 274, 13, Saint 272, Y. MuLean 265, D, Adams 255, E, Campbell 242, 13, Sturdy 242, 1, Lloyd 235, C Krohn 238, M. Hab- kirk 230, V. Morris 208, A, Small 201, D. Henderson 189, 5. Fraser 179, M. Radford, 161, E. Curtis 141,;.13, Nor- toan 118, D. Stewart .108. A. L Posliff, Principal, Junior Fourth Total 460, Honors 845, Pass 276. 11, Robinson $86,,L, Dore 881, H. Canteloii 372, 13, Gannett 372, L. Reid 368, H. Hammond 367, M. Glousher 366, N. Mundy 361, N, Finley 352, L. Lloyd' 340, E. Hogg 339, A. VanWyck 335,' Jean Lee 327, Hem Lee 323, C. Hamilton 321, E. Deyell 319, B. Groves 318, I. Pickell 316, 13, Seddon 313, N. Fry 305, John Lee 804, W. Harris 301, Velma Ohni 297, M. Campbell 291, D. Mellor 288, C. Campbell 280, A. Stoakley 279, F. Barnes 262, J. Wilson 262, D, Murray 259. .B, H. Reynolds; Teacher: Senior' Third` Total' 600, Honors 450, Pass 360. Grace Hingston 541, Joe Falconer 508, Louise Thompson ,504, ,Ellen Bailey 495, Betty Groves 489, Jack Hopper 489, Laura Collar 486, Jos- ephine VanNorinan 478, Eric Schatte 477, Ethel Vanner 476, Jack Rich 4'71, Grace Hutcheson 465, Alan Williams 458, • George Lloyd 452, Harry How- ard 445, Georgina Evans • 440, Eva Lediet 440, Eileen Dark 434; Jack Garbutt 425, Carroll Casemore 403, Clarence Ohm 403, Bill Forsyth 399, Jack Carter 389, Harry Montgomery 388, Jimmie Kennedy 374, Jimmie Cameron 373, Junior Nivins 373, Bet- ty Fitzpatrick 354, John Wilson 292, Reggie Collar 280, Carl Vanner 157. V. McLaughlin, Teacher. Junior Third Total .550, Honors 413, Pass 330. Carl Clark 497, Isabel' MacLean' 476, Ruth. Harris 461, Douglas Fry 459, Bill Galbraith 457, Jack Day 449, Mildred Fiztpatrick 449, Frances Bro- phy 448, Grace Parker 448, Robert Chittick 447, Ambrose Zettler 440, Jack Ludwig 437, Donald • Robinson 425, Mary Lepard 430, Iris Temple- man 426, Pat. Fitzpatrick' 422, Fran- ces Durnin 420, Lois Adams 416, Harold Hutton 410, Donald Hastie 406, Doreen Garlick 403,Joyce ce Carter 403, Donna Buchanan 396, Doris Fin-' lay 392, Wallace Hutton 388, Lorraine Brown 387, Norma Brown 384, Mar- garet MacLean 377; Bud Cruikshank 374, Craig Armstrong 373, Donald. Campbell 364, Lloyd Mundy 363, Al- vin Seli 347, Marjorie Falconer 341., Grace Small 319, Margaret Finlay 282. Myra MacDonald, Teacher. Senior Second Total 500, Honors 375, Pass 300. Lillian Angus 453, Elizabeth Hare 440, Frank Zettl•er 429, Shirley Edgar 428, Joyce Walker 408, Lauretta Ev- erick 401, Harold Seli 399, Evelyn Allen 39,0, Marie 389, Nor- man. Anderson 385, Muriel Evans 384, Tea a Orwell Allen 382,Jean Mclead3 372, Helen Carr 369, Jack Glousher 360, Edward Fitzpatrick 356, Ileeri Morris 353, Jimmy Sanderson 35$, Fred Templeman 352,,Jimmy Stoakley 351, Arthur Brown 345, Jack Mellor 341, Robert. Prentice 324, Madeline Mel- lor 296, Hugh Bell 291, Percy Vanner 288, Roy Finley 281. E, J. Bennett, Teacher. Junior Second Total 530, Honors 398, Pass 318, Annie Shiell 506, Wilfred Gannett 472, George Copeland 470, Jean Stew- art 459, Margaret Angus 458, Jean Prentice 456, IsabelBrown439, Don- ald Lloyd 438, Grace Bailey 437, Ev- elyn Evans 422, Marjorie French 409, Walter Burgess 403, Jean Town 400, Jack Ernest 394, Marjorie Sinnamon 387, Pauline Clark 386, Jack Walker 383, Cecil Yeo 383, Irene Glousher 374, Raymond Bell 366, Arnold Finlay 347, Billie Lee 346, Jack Montgom- ery 340, Eddie Carter, 335, Billie Hil- bert 313, Mary' Forsyth 308, Freddie Ohm 277,. Gilbert .Robinson 267. B. Joynt, Teacher. First Book' and Senior Primer Total 295, Honors 221, Pass 177. Milton Brown 293, Jack Lockridge 288, ' Donald MacLeod 267, Helen. Forbes 260, Margaret VanNorman 258, Teddy Bailey 254, Dorothy Wells 252, Jimmie Colborne 250, -Shirley Lloyd 244, Billie Field 241, Jean Wil- loughby 230, June Everick 229, Billie Templeman 226, Helen Lockridge 224, Gladys Glousher 223, Alma Thompson 223,: Margaret Robinson 220, Mary Preston 213, Gerald Bro- phy 211, Wanda Cowan 207, Jack Lloyd 203, Betty Finley 195, Jack Musgrove 132. Primary Class -Total 185, Honors 138, Pass.111. Patricia Wild 179, Lil- lian Jones 170, Barbara Ross 165, Mary Vanner 165, Joan Edgar 152, Mary Forbes 147, Betty AIlen 145, George Town 140. P. Johns, Teacher. Primary Total 260, Honors 195, Pass 156, , Mary Lu Connell 250, Ronald Brown 248, Grant Ernest 247, Jerry LaRue 247, Alan MacKay 241, Char- lie Lee 239, Jim Beninger 236, Mad - aline Deyell 234, Helen Arthur 233, Pauline Cowan 232, . Iona Henderson 228, Betty Sanderson 226, Ross John- ston 223, Edith Glousher 217, Therese Fiezpatri k 217, Tresena Bondi 217, 1r , Florence Barris 216, Buddy Wild 216, Ruth Gannett 210, Helen Sturdy 208, ToniLockridge 206, Robert Morris' 202, Bobby Finlay 198, John Armi- tage tage 192, Betty Hutcheson 192, Don- na Lockridge 190, Joyce Flingston 184, David Drake 181, Wilma Dark 175, Edna Templeman 1'70, Donald. Schatte 170, D'onna,Tervit 165, Rose Marie Ohm 160, Donald Montgomery 157, Laurene Prentice 145, Paul Smith 142, Marie Fitpatrick 137, '; Dawna Walker 113. Class 13. -Gordon Moir. A, G. Williamson, Teacher. MORRIS COUNCIL Minutes of Council meeting held in the Townghip Hall, Morris, on Satur- day, Dec, 14th, 1935. Members wereall present, the Reeve presiding. The minutes of the last Council meeting were read and approved. The bonds for the Collector and Treasurer were received and accepted. The Council decided to pay School Trustees on half the amount levied. Tlie following accounts were paid: Corporation of Blyth, hall rent and fees fdr court, $20.00; : Corporation of Brussels, hall rent and court fees,„ $6,00; Foresters' ' Hall, Bluevale,; Judge's court on voters' lists, $1.50;. L. E. Cardiff, Reeve $100.00; Ed. Bry ans, John A. Brown, -Frank Duncan: and Finlay McCallum, Councillors,. each $65.00; Nelson Higgins, Trews. salary $140.00, School att, officer $12.- 00, Financial Statement $7,00, starnps $9.90; A. MacEwen, Clerk, salary $202.50, postage $25.00;. The Advance Times, advertising .90; James McFad zen, Treasurer and Collectors' bonds $34.50; F. Martin, weed inspector, $6.53; John McGill, drain inspector, $6.00; refund dog taxes, Wm. Van - Camp, Mrs. Bert Young, Margaret Procter, Gordon Walsh, Alex. Wood- row and Harry Sellers, each $2.00; County levy for 1935, $13770.35; Brussels Telephones and tolls $2135.- 92; Blyth Telephones $816.00; McKil- lop Telephone $26.00; Carl Oakley, relief, $10.00; Ivan McArter, caretak- er, $15.00; W. J. Humphries, refund taxes $1.47; W. J. Henderson, ram killed by dogs $8,00; Wm. Locking, relief $31.50; L. E. Cardiff, Financial Statement $2.00. A. MacEwen, Clerk. TRAINING GERMAN WOMEN AGAINST AIR RAIDS All over Germany women and girls These girls are students at the 13er- reed to it shelter b sehoolx '. i ..... � J is , "over. . _ �' I are heir tats lit..iiow to -help diem lin Vocational school. Otte . g g P and r., x. 5 it raids c,arite. bypoisonous as ist c.a - others <��sohell r selves ci e rs! 1 gg ates.