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The Wingham Advance Times, 1932-11-24, Page 7TL 'times., November 24, 1932 TIE WINGilAM ADVANCg-T1MES -1 Apsaii 1/70 nilsyini .. uliju BRAND" CORN SYRUP .......,.......,......................, A Treat : 1 -for he whokk ]�amile 1,. an Excellent Food. IATheCAHA)AItCFiCO, .r GIAOWING CHILDREN Mpgit k 21 Motitr4n1 Limitedd \n TO* dati. .\nn\\u\\\\\\nnnnnn\.\\\n\\\\\uv\u\u\\\\nvo\\\\n\\n\\\\nn\\\\nnn\nn\yna\.nn\nn,,,,, :nu\n\nwy\un\n qamoo•mor,Y ,moo®„ ...11...,.o44.0.01... World Wide News In Brief Form 3Nlinorities Dispute S,ettied In India 33 Municipalities : to Discuss London—The third Indian Round Table Conference "received 'a cable today from Pandt Madan Mohan Ma- 'laviya, announcing a 4conference of representatives of Hindus, Moslems and Silkhs in India had reached a settlement of the problem of com niunel representation in the proposed ;antonomus Indian governme4t. 'Counterfeit Outfit Seized A surprisingly complete outfit for making counterfeitbank notes was seized by local and Royal Canadian :Mounted Police in the cellar of 1112 Dovercourt .Road, Toronto. The sei- zure and the arrest of Herbert Cullen aged 42, an engraver, of the Dover- eourt Road address was made follow- ing the arrest in Kitchener of. three -amen :and a woman, alleged members -of a counterfeit gand. Archbishop Injured Archbishop Neil McNeil, head of -the Toronto Diocese of the Roman "Caholic Church, was injured in Ham ilton when the automobile in which "he and Right Rev. J. T. Kidd, Bishop •of London, were riding skidded into the curbing and snapped off two -wheels. Archbishop McNeil suffered head cuts and chest injuries. Bishop Kidd was slightly cut, and is suffer- ing from shock. Disarmament Conference May Yet Be Successful Geneva, Switzerland—Great Britain made a definite move to bring Ger- many back into the. Disarmament Conference when Sir John Simon, the British Foreign Secretary, submitted to the Conference Bureau a 'plan de- -signed to satisfy the. German demand for arms, equality. His proposals approached the pro- blem from an angle entirely different from that taken bjr the French plan, submitted last week, but the confer- ees were hopeful that a combination of the principles .of both might pro- vid.e a basis on which the Conference •could: reunite and proceed toward a disarmament treaty. 'Tobacco Thieves Arrested Winnipeg -Royal Canadian Mount- ed and railway police have made sev- eral arrests in connection with the -theft. of more than $200,000 worth of tobaccos and cigarets from railway ears over a period of two years. Oth- er arrests are said to be expected momentarily, as police continue to round up members of an organiza- tion extending throughout Western 'Canada. Hydro Exchange, Niagara Fall, Ont. - Thirty-three municipalities with membership in. Ontario MV.unicipal Electric Associa- tion•, have petitioned C. Alfred Ma- guire, President of said association, to call a special session of the O.M. E.A. for the specific purpose of dis- cussing the Hydro -Electric Power Commission's assessment on exchan- ge and related problems. It is sug- gested that the special session syn- chronize with the winter convention —ie,, next January - andalso that "only direct representatives of the ynunicipalit.ies should vote on any re- solutions resulting from the discus- sion." May Reduce Car Fees on Six and Eight Cylinder Cars Lowering of automobile license fees in so far as they affect light six and eight cylinder cars was forecast in Queen's Park circles. The $12 rate for sixes may be reduced on the lighter! makes to $10, and the fee of $20 on eights may be $15 or $16, but again, only on the lighter models. The forecast lacks official announce- ment. Amnesia Victim Friend of President Hoover Ashewille, N.C,—Colonel Raymond Robins, United States Dry leader, and close friend of President Hoover, who disappeared on Sept. 3, was dis- covered in an obscure mountain vil- lage of Western North Carolina, a victim of amnesia. Drastic Changes to Be Made In Militia Ottawa—Drastic curtailment of the non -permanent active militia organ- ization of Canada is under contemp- lation by the government according to a news story published in the Ot- tawa Journal. The step is to be tak- en both for reasons of economy and as a move towards general disarma- ment. "Although none in high authority can be found to confirm the story," says the Journal, it is understood the militia council, composed of high ranking officers of :the Department of National Defence, with the minis- ter, Hon. D. M. Sutherland as chair- man, have discussed and recommend- ed a reduction of the 11 military dis- tricts to six, with a corresponding re- daction in the number of units and establishments of the non -permanent forces. GiLSON "Jones is like that. Still thinks he's living in boom times. I've bought a Gilson Magic Blower and cut my fuel bills. I can burn cheap, small -sized coal—and save 05.00 its a winter, and Pil bet my house is warmer than Jones' place," MAGIC BLOWER FITS ANY FURNACE A Gilson Magic Blower is just the thing to cut running expenses of the home. Easy terms let itpay for itself. It's silent, safe and automatically controlled. Nothing to get out of order. Fully guaranteed. Only takes a few hours to install No changes. needed. See us and save fuel money. Machan Bros. Completes 05,000 Gift F.or Musical Education Guelph, Ont..-- Guelph Board of Education will continue musical in- struction in the schools of the city. The trustees have received a cheque for $5,000 completing the $25,000 gift of' Edward Johnson, famous ten- or, of the Metropolitan Opera Com- pany, to his native ciiyfor the devel- opment of musical education in the schools. Record Flight From England to Cape Town p • Cape Town, South Africa—"I said 1' would come back, and here I am," With these words Amy Johnson, .pre- mier woman flyer, greeted a huge throng which saw her landat the air- port here to bring to a triumphant conclusion a record breaking flight from England to the Cape, She had covered the 6,200 miles in four days, six hours and 55 minutes, clipping nearly 10 hours off the record for the flight establuished last March by her htisband, Captain J. A. liaison, who later accomplished the first solo west ward crossing of the North Atlantic. Imports Of Bacon Cut London. Right Hon. Walter El- liott, Minister of Agriculture, an- nounced in the House of Commons, that imports of bacon during the next two months, starting Nov. 22, would be cut 15 per cent. Plot Against Premier of France Fails ' Nantes, France—Premier Edouard Herriot and a large official party es- caped possible death early Sunday at Ingrandes, fifteenmiles from here, when the railway track over which their special train was to pass was dynamited. M. Herriot and his par- ty were on their way to Nates for the celebration of the 400th anniver- sary of he union of France and Brit- tany. Unruffled by the incident, the Premier made his public appearances as scheduled. NEWS of the ISTRICT Huge Turnip Weighs Over 24 Pounds Mr. Ezra l3iehn, Elma Township, brought a large turnip to The Banner last Wednesday, tipping the scales at twenty-four pounds, two ounces. Many turnips are large and heavy this year, but if they were all like this one the farmers would almost need to use derricks to lift them nn. to the wagon. No danger of a cow swallowing this one whole.—Listow- el Banner. Work Resumes at the Local Knechtel Factory Operation of the local factory of Knechtels Limited, which, owing to a slump in the furniture industry; had not been working since early last summer, was resumed a few days ago.—Walkerton Tel House Used as Hive For some considerable tune a swarm of bees have been hived in the house of Mrs. Geo. Leith, on Morris street, causing her considerable an- noyance, so on Wednesday Messrs. G. D, Leith and John Mason decided to open the wall and get rid of the bees and they were rewarded for their labors by taking 75 lbs. of hon- ey from the hive.—Blyth Standard. Robbery at Drayton A daring daylight robbery took place at Drayton on Sunday after- noon when robbers broke into John. IKaufman's butcher shop and stole the cash register containing about $i00. They drove about two miles and threw the 1'1cCaskney cash reg- ister away. It was badly smashed The robbers had the nerve to drive back through the town, bat have not been seen since, An excellent des- cription of the parties was secured and the police is now working on the case. It was snowing heavily at the time andthis obscured the driver's view, Dr. Parker laud charge of the miniver' sexy services in First Presbyterian, church on Sunday. --^Huron Exposi- tor. Many Applications For Debenture Issue Applications for purchase of Vil- lage debentures, to raise the sume of $6,000, were received in such num- bers as to substantially oversubscribe 'the loan. Applications were received up to Tuesday, and the last few days preceeding the closing, brought .a sur prising response from would -he in- vestors, was the information disclos- ed at a special meeting of the Village Council on Tuesday afternoon. — Lucknow Sentinel: No Need to Hunt for Deer While hunters from old Ontario sought for deer in the 'province's'nor- thern hinterland, Mr. Hubert Green captured a fine antler right on the Ring's Highway, near Cumnock. Mr. Green did not use guns or amunition, and game restrictions were in no way violated. He Was driving to Arthur when the deer attempted to cross the road in front of his car. A collision followed. The car was damaged, the deer was killed„—Arthur Enterprise. .Ran Into Bridge While driving to Seaforth on Sat- urday night, Rev. Stuart Parker, D,I. of Toronto, ran into the bridge which spans the Silver 'Creek tothe east of the town, opposite the Lints' Park, His car was badly ;smashed and a portion of the bridge railing torn off, Engagement, Announced f. The engagement is announced of Barbara' Agnes, daughter of Mrs. Frederick Davidson, and the late Jas. Weir, Wingliam, Ont,, to Edgar Gar- butt Gaunt, son of Mr, Edwin Gaunt and the late Mrs. Gaunt„Whitechurch Ont., the marriage to take place the latter part of, November.—Lucjenow Sentinel. Rescued From Lake Geo. W. Smith, proprietor of the Elms, Kettle Point; Ross Lunam, his employee, and Phillip Knapp, of Port Huron, were adrift all night in a mo- tor boat when the engine broke down They were caught in a storm and were fortunately rescued by some Kettle Point Indians on Sunday mor- ning. They were nearly dead when found, having been exposed to the snow storm and cold winds,—Forest Free Press. Will Pay Levy Made By Hydro At a special meeting of the Hydro Commission called Tuesday afternoon the Commissioners, on the advice of the auditor of the Ontario Hydro Commission, decided to pay the ex- change levy over which there has been so much discussion among the municipalities using hydro power. The local commission recently issued a protest against this levy on the grounds that it did not affect local communities and should be paid from the reserve fund held by the Ontario Commission, The local levy will be in the neighborhood of $1300 which will pay up the account until the end of the year. The local commission is hoping that this stim will eventually be refunded.—Kincardine News. A Vandal's Act One night last week some evil -dis- posed person made a slash with an axe at one of the young maple trees in front of the public school, almost completely severing it, and spoiling the uniformity of a fine row planted a couple of years ago.—Mildmay Ga- zette. Much Fish Transferred In addition to the carloads of fish which pass through Palmerston with out being 'opened, over 7000 boxes of fish have been transferred at Palm- erston since the season opened this spring. As each box weighs at least 150 lbs., the total weight aniottnts to over 550 tons. This, of course does ,not represent the entire amount as full carloads are a common occur- ence.--Palmerston Spectator. Valuable Barn Burned One of the most, disastrous barn fires ever to occur in this district was the blaze which on Monday after- noon reduced to ashes the huge struc ture on the farm of Mr. Geo. K. Arm strong, two miles west of Formosa, together with practically everything contained therein, which comprised crop, implements and live stock. — Walkerton Herald -Times. Lockingi. Stable After Horse Stolen A lady on the front street who had a quantity of wood stolen from her shed last week, failed to take heed and lock the door and the next night had kindling swiped under the same roof. Needless to say the open door policy do lodger prevails there, but her belated action is along the line of locking the stable after the horse has been stolen. -Walkerton Herald- Times, To Prevent Overlapping Councillor Wire. C. Winter, Chair - Man of Relief, intimated to the Town Council on Ttiesday night that he was: endeavoring to get a conference of all the Women's organizations in the town to ensure against overlapping in relief for the coming Christmas: Last Christmas, it seems, there was a surplus in some homes and a scar- city in others, owing to the irregular distribution of relief. — Walkerton I' \erald-Tidies. Ripley Barber Victim of Theft Sometime •during the early hours of Sunday morning, Mr, George Mc- Lean's barber shop, Ripley, next door to the Ripley Express office, was en- tered, with the intent of burglary. The culprit or culprits splashed a lar - 'EMPERATURE.TESTED FOR CA:ADA ED MOTOR Oil Use free.flowingliErDOL, reacly to lubricate oA"r, the coldest .Winter day the instant your aratotor starts l00% PENNSYLVANIA AT ITS FINEST YET IT COSTS NO MORE THAN OTHER OILS Crown -Dominion Oil Co„ Limited, Distributor Hamilton, Toronto, St. Catharines Ifiissiarolowarntulianmessicata reingoram Wingham Dealer: N'S GARAGE •ROBERST ge plate glass, in the front door. The cash register was opened but as noth ing but a few papers were found in it, it was not further molested. A. cash drawer in another part of the shop, ontaining a number of silver coins, was overlooked. About twenty packages of cigarettes were taken from the tobacco stock.—Ripley Ex- press. 7a/ints for the Household By Betty Webster HOUSEHOLD HINTS 1. To Prevent Candles from Dripping Either paint your candles with water colors or varnish them with plain shellac. This will prevent wax from running down the sides of the candles and will also make them pretty. —0— To Clean White Furniture Dissolve 1 teaspoon soda in 1 pint warns water. Rub on furniture with a clean, soft cloth. Then dry with a clean dry cloth. —0— Rebake Cold Baked Potatoes Dip potatoes in hot water before placing in oven. Then put thein in a waren oven. •Rebake slowly. COOKING HINTS Peanut Brittle Fluff pound of peanut brittle 3 pound of marshmallows 1 bottle of whipping cream Method: Grind peanut brittle. Cut up marshmallows. Whip cream stiff. Mix peanut brittle and marshmallows with whipped cream. Either chill or place in mold and pack in salt and ice. Cucumber -Pineapple Salad Either 1 package lemon jello or 1 envelope gelatin 213 cup of cold water Salt 1 cup of boiling water 1 cup canned pineapple cut in pieces. 1 cucumber (cut up). cup of sugar cup chopped nuts Juice of 1 lemon (if gelatin is us. ed). Method: Dissolve gelatin in cold water. Add boiling water, salt, su- gar and lemon. When it starts to stiffen, add cuember and pineapple. Put in mold 'or individual molds and chill." Serve on lettuce with mayon- naise dressing.` --^0—^--. : ALL YEAR RELISH (Quite Different and Good) Cut up fine—red and green pepp- ers. A little onion—out up fine. Mix altogether with lemon juice, a little sugar and desired seasoning. Serve with any kind of meats. BAKING 'HINTS Quick Cake 1 cup of sugar Little salt 2 eggs or 2 egg whites 3 teaspoons of baking powder h cup of shortening cup of milk 2 scant cups of flour Flavoring Method: Mix ingredients altogeth- er and beat 2 minutes. Bake in a moderate oven. —o— Chinese Chews 1 cup of sugar 1 teaspoon of baking powder 1 cup of chopped dates n cup of pastry flour .1 teaspoon of salt 1 cup of walnut meats 2 eggs Method: Mix dry ingredients. Add nuts and dates and beaten eggs. Spread in a thin sheet. Bake. Do not let it get bard on edges. Cut in 11. in. squares. Cool. When cool en- ough roll in balls and roll balls in granulated sugar. This makes 36 balls. --0— (Copyright, 1932, by The Bonnet - Brown Corporation, Chicago) The honeymooners were driving through the country when they niet a farmer leading a mule. Just as they were about to pass the animal turned towards the car and brayed vociferously. The bridegroom in a teasing way turned to his wife and remarked: "A relative of yours?" "Yes," she said sweetly, "by mar- riage." The brakes had failed. Women screamed. Srtong men turned pale. With rapidly increasing speed, the bus ran backwards downhill. 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