Zurich Herald, 1937-02-25, Page 6.,M
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I ,eItef Down 7!-'z Per Cent
MONTREAL --- Federal relief fi-
gtu'ee for January show a decrease of
11 per cent in the number of heads of
families on relief rolls in Canada this
year, compared with the number for
the haute !ninth 'n 1930, Leber
tor Norman Rogers revealed In an
addre,Z.s here. The number who receiv-
ed 'relief in janury y this year was 7t/,
per cent below the figures for Janu-
ary 930, i and
"In the light of those figures
the uitdeubte.,l recovery in our indus-
tries are entitie;i to face the coin-
ing mint's with greater confidence
than at any time during the depres-
sion through which we have been
pa sehtg^, " said Mr. Rogers,
Decision Irrevocable
LONDON, — When the Princess
Royal, and her husband, the Earl of
are vuncl returned to London, au-
thoritative informn tiOr pr nceded theta
that tate former Ring, the Duke of
Windsor hast decided irrevocably to
wed Mrs. Wallis 1 " -psora -es soon as
her divorce is made final,
It was reported that the Duke of
Windsor agreed to the sale to Queen
Mary and the Ring of the estate at
Sandringham which he perronaily in-
herited from hi • father, Ring George
V.
$14,000 Sandals
OTTAWA, — Made -in -Canada san-
dals worth 414,000, are a coronation
gift to Queen Elizabeth, it is announc-
ed.
The sandals, made in Montreal of
Canadian leather and by Canadian
workmen, each would be studded with
500 diamonds and 500 rubies, Sebas-
tlani said. He added eleven other
pairs of shoes would be offered her
Majesty as a Coronation present.
To Aid Young Farmers
EDMONTON, -- Alberta grain com-
petitions in future will be without ex-
hibits from Herman Trelle, world's
Champion grain grower. The Wemb-
ley, Alberta, wheat and oats king told
an Edmonton meeting of seed grow-
ers he wanted to leave the Alberta,
field open to other producers, but
he would continue to seek honours in
shows outside Alberta.
"It you want some seed just let me
know what you need and Pll send it
to you," Trelle declared, after saying
he intended to do everything he pos-
sibly could to help young grain grow-
ers.
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S'wo Holidays ,n May
TORONTO, This city will ob-
serve both holidays in May — the
Coronation on blay 12th will be a
public holiday throughout Canada,
And Victoria Day, May 24th, is a sta-
tutory holiday.
University examinations commence
on May let, and are usually over be-
fore May 24, it was pointed out, and
a one -day interruption of the sche-
dule is not considered in a serious
light. Coronation Day is likely to be-
come a day of heavy "cramming" for
many of the college students.
The banks will be closed in all
probability on both days, and the
Stock Exchange will follow suits' sta-
ted an Exchange official. "I'm not
worrying anyway for I've reserved a
good seat for the Coronation."
Brief *
year's imprisonment or a fine of $200
or both for persons convicted of driv-
ing wantonly or furiously or for the
causing of an aceident by cutting In
ahead of another motor vehicle.
Mr, Church desires a further
change to prevent a person who has
caused the death of another while
driving an automobile to bo prohibited
from driving during the ne"t ensuing
two years.
He seeks to define the powers of a
jury in cases of manslaughter arising
out of motor car killings. He propos-
es an amendment authorizing the jury
to decide the question of fact as to
whether the accused person is guilty
or not guilty or the evidence adduced.
He claims there has been much cri-
ticism of many eases of gross negli-
gence having been taken from tate
jury, with the result Chet persc '
guilty of gross negligence eecaped.
Biu Gaining In North
TORONTO, — Reports from 31ai:-
tawa say physicians are on 24-hour
duty combatting an epidemic that has
cut school attendance 25 per cent
and forced town officials to close both
high and separate schools.
In Haileybury, Dr. V. C. Arnold,
Medical Officer of Health, was in the
hospital under treatment for branch-
ial illness, while a flu epidemic clos-
ed three schools after the attendance
had been cut 40 per cent, At Cobalt
and New Liskeard schools remained
open, although attendance had been
severely cut in the former town.
At Brantford, De. W. Davis, of
Ohsweken, Medical Superintendent,
for the Six Nations Indian Reserve,
reported that influenza was on the
wane in his territory. A few more of
the cases had cropped up, but most
of those stricken in the original epi-
demic were well on the way to re-
covery,
Bounty On Iron Ore
SAULT STE. MARIE, — Sir James
Dunn, Algoma Steel Corporation Pre-
sident, told a meeting here he was
authorized by Premier Hepburn to an-
nounce the Legislature would pass a
bill setting a bounty of two cents a
unit on siderite iron ore mined at
the Helen Mine in the Michipicoten
area.
Starving Herds
CALGARY, —Dead horses and cat-
tle dotted the rangelands of South-
ern Alberta last week as ranchers
battled to get feed and water to the
starving herds.
More than forty days of subzero
temperature with snow piled high
over tate gracing grounds, followed by
a ehinook which was not powerful
enough to melt through the giant
drifts brought about the ranchers' cri-
sis.
;'s .ie €'rifled highways ays prevented
the bringing int of feed to the ranches a
•ern:Alien that exist., in many districts
tocl,..
art,h o ffooc herd; Bove rang-
ed for utiles, subsisting cm twigs of
willows, buck brushes and other
shrubs. On some rancho: the rattle
have not rested for weeks, maintain-
ing a rea:-ele.s hunt for fodder, With
reservoirs frozen to the bottom, a
great many of the ranchers and far -
TAW'S have had t0hal. 1 water to their
stock. Feed ed i being hauled d long dis-
tancee when. 'tr :l, e. ; c::,.tiitlnns do
permit,
Dominion Contributions Not
Sought By Britain
LONDON, — There was no inten-
tion of calling upon the Domiuions to
make any co::tribution to " common
defense fund, Neville Chamberlain,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, deti tir-
ed recently.
Chamberlain said the Dominions
•had spent a great deal of money upon
perfecting or improving their own
defences and that was thee. contribu-
tion to the common fund. No other
form of contribution, that he was
aware of, was under discussion . t the
present time.
To ,Sleep Ro aP ale:s r t, ang
OTTAWA, T L. Church h of To-
ronto-Ilroedtiew proposed last week
to put teeth in the Criminal Code, to
Ston wholeeele slaughter of Path' ''
trifu,i by reckless or intoxicated mo-
torisln, IIe nu,Mgested a penalty 'of_ one
New Fourth Plate
Course in Meteorology
TORONTO — Dr. W. S. Kirkland,
Principal of the Central Technical
School here aiinou n.ced recently that
establishment of a course in meteor-
ology with experts from the Meteor-
ological Society, may be tnacle pos-
sible next fall.
Rush Quints Inside
As Plane Appears
Sudbury Fliers Think They We
Taken, for Kidnappers Wh,et'f•
They Fie* Low to Get Goad'
Look.
SUDBURY. — The Dionne ;re
tuplets were highly interestedtil
airplane which was flown over Dkt
Hospital by Boyd Snaith and ler}
Miligan this week -end, the tet
men reported. The nurses of the 1r,'
pital, however, quickly gather est ,
Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie,
Yvonne and hurried theta into
nursery at the first sign of the pla
"They must have thought we -;w
the kidnappers coating to iStia
the children by airplane," gran
Milligahi, its telling of the lucid
Milligan, who owns a reales
recentlypurchased a Taylor''.
plane. With Bobby Smith at the,.
troll, he was flying to Sudbrr
they pes::ed Defoe Hospital, they
the five babies playing in the y
Smith flew the plane low s0
could get a good view.
"They kept looking up at the: p
and toddling around in the yard. '11b.
tate nurses got wi:ze to the fact th
there was a plane overhead ''ants,
related. "They rushed out tubo
yard. tucked a quint under each a
and hurried them into the hoose'„
"Did the children object
treatment?"
"\Vel', they ace ned very into e
cd in the plane and kept pointiY
at it They kept running wtt es e
the nurses, who had some limo
leaning them" replied Smith. "Alae
they finally got on to the fact the
the nurses were after then, they l,epi
running; all over the yard. _ 1 i:ta11
each of the nurses tucked a cireati
under each arm and brought thena
kicking into the house. There Was
one quint left over, and a nurse Caine.
out and picked her up, too. Then we
flew away."
Vote Canadian Airways Into U.S..
Association
CHICAGO, — The Air Transport
Association of America have announc-
ed Canadian Airways Ltd„ have been
voted membership and two of its offi-
cers appointed to association commit-
tees.
G. A. Thompson, gen,ra1 r :ager
of Canadian Airways, was nanied t •
the association's operating commit-
tee, and T. W. Siers in charge of the
line's maintenance tease at Winnipeg
was appointed to the maintenance
committee.
Col. Edgar S. Gorrell, president of
the Air Transport Association, said
in a statement the Canadian line was
"considered• a model for its size and
for the unique terrain and conditions
encountered in its year-round servic-
es to points as far north as Aklavik in
the Arctic."
LSporting Comment
By KE,N EDWARDS
its his career,
George. Living-
ston Earnshaw
pitohed and won
78 games and .lost
48, its the Interne-
tional League,
won .113 and lost
71 in the Ameri-
can, and won 14
and lost 22 its the
National, scoria
24 shutouts all
told.
Remember that
world .mous ball
tosser, Walter Johnson? He seems
to have gone the way of all good
athletes, by being broke and trying
to keep his head up by dairy farm-
ing.
arm-in ;'.
Jesse Owens, the colored flash,
and •llis fancily seem to be sensible
.people all through. Although Jesse
A• today one of the greatest sprint -
ors, in the world, and despite his
j5,0,.000 plus more on the way, the
Qtyens do not 'put on the dog."
eisiTesso bought, his mother and father
0x 15-ro0n1 home so they could bring
hp the,rest of the children decently.
Jesse's father, Henry, worked on
;an Alabama cotton plantation. .
now 11e is a car washer in Ohio,
ez'en though his son is famous, he
sticks to it.
• The great Diz. Dealt of Cardinal
fame, is valued at approximately
$,4,00,000... , Hence Diz. is holding
a tt;•ft r a mere $50,000 this year.
He says it casual -like, with a Dizzy
smile:"I've got ''cm just where I
want 'en1."
Speaking of baseball greats, Ty
..Cobb was the greatest ball player
who ever lived. He led the Ameri-
';can League batters for 12 seasons
and in 1915 stole 90 bases.
You have possibly heard of the
Aga Khan sometime or other, in
fact, he . semis to be making the
front page now in India. The Aga
Khan is the (lean of the British.
turf.` I•Ie should be, he has sunk
$4,000,000 in English livestock!
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Highway Traffic Co-i.ioi at.use Is Chaikkng,ed As U>rc:ozn-
stitu'i'ione&--Air Service Wart -Aim,. Agree To Limit
Control, But PIrottst Anything. Too Drastic.
OTTAWA—The highway trafsii :fort came in for comment when
clause of the transport bill was,c
demned before' the. Senate Rtti1;t
Committee recently by bus a
transport companies of Eastern anyl,
Central Canada andd reprcsentatives
of six provinces.
In a day -long sitting of the con?-
mittee, the Provinces of British Ca-
lumbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba;,
Ontario, Quebec and New Brims -
wick protested the provision in the
bill conceiving Federal regulation of
certain highway traffic. They
claimed it was a violation of Pro-
vincial rights and unconstitutional
.FEAR FURTHER HANDICAP
Representatives of bus and trans-
port companies followed up this obi
jection with the claim the legisla
tion was unnecessary .and inexpedi= '
ent. They said their cornpani�s.
were being heavily taxed by tire'
Provincial Governments and further`
licensing by the Dominion would he
a great handicap.
The highway traffic provision pro-
vides for Federal Government regu
lation of all traffic of interprovincial
and international character -and
movements on Dominion .highway;,
The clause of the bill referring "to
Govermnent regulation of air trans
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iffcials of several Western Canada
he services appeared. They said,
:limited control was possible but
'warned against too drastic regale --
tion,
rvir_y,xS. Fairty, vice -president -of
Gray Coach Lines, Limited, Toron-
to, told the committee his company
was regulated by the Province of
Ontario in 75 ways, and "that is
more control than is exercised over
railways:"
BUILT NEW BUSINESS
The Duff Commission found that
coaches and busses were not sub-
stantial competitors of the railways,
he said.
"We have practically built up a
new business on our own in coach
and bus, operation and no railway
economist would say we have ever
taken more than five per cent, of
-business that formerly went to the
'railways," he said. "The coach and
bus business is practically co-
operating with the railways."
He said bus companies were taxed
heavily in Ontario and other prov-
inces, with the average motor coach
in Ontario paying approximately
$935:: annually to the province in
various ways.
High Winds, Sleet Snow
SCentr 1 Sntario
Grand River at Elora Rises to Highest Levels in Last Fifteen
Years .-- Hydro Poles Break in Wind -- Farmers
In Fergus District Rush Stock to High Ground
Barns Threatened by Hoods,
Snow storms, rain and sleet to-
gether with high ^winds, created new
flood dangers throughout Central On-
tario over the » eck-enol.
The Grand flit er was on the ramp-
age again and at Elora it was report-
MI to be at the highest level in fifteen
years. A tremendous ice jam at Fer-
gus Was Swept out at 8.30 Sunday
night, The roar of the ice•break could
be heard for utiles.
high winds ripped off roof tops,
levelled fences and smashed winlows
over -vide arras.
\v t 1acebut: rind Dresden were in
datkne,s Sunday night when a score
of Hydro poles trete knocked to tho
ground.
Water in Hcapital-
At Penetanguishene, six inches -of
water flooded the main street and fire-
men Were called to the General Hos-
pital to pump three feet of water from
the basement. The hospital fires were
put Out when the water flooded the
furnace-t•0om. •
Worst damage was caused by the
Grand River. The Canadian Legion
clubrooms in Elora were flooded, and
homes along tile river bank for mile?,
reported water entering basements.
Two miles east of Fergus the roaring
waters Were brushing the bottom of
Shand's Bridge, while two other
bridges were reported covered by the
floods, At Flora, the levee near Bis-
sell's, factory was reported to have
cracked, endangering the factory and
levels below.
Fergie: Bears Brunt
The Fergus -Elora area bore the
brunt of the floods. Several streets
in both towne, were under water, while
far'alees along the river were rushing
their s` ark to higher land, fearing
tate Water would n cep away barns.
The Fergus -Orangeville Highway Was
covered with four tcet of water and
at one point in the river the water
was said to have risen thirty feet.
To the north, torrential rains caus-
ed the most danger. Barrie, rie
,
Midland
and Penetanguischene all reported
flooded basements and dangerous
highway conditions. Six cars were
stalled in a subway near Midland.
Bus traffic was delayed.
Two washouts disrupted train ser-
vice on the Canadian Pacific Railway
near Midhurst, about r-n,•ht miles
north of the town. Trains are being
re-routed over the Canadian National
Railways tracks throrgh Barrie.
In Kent County the storm swept
its
.from Lake St. Clair. A score of
Hydro' poles -were knocked down. Op
orations of the .Dominion Glass Com-
pany were upset by loss of power. Ex-
tra men were called to work when
the blowers failed. The Wallaceburg
Power plant on. the Snye River was
also affected by the storm.
Near Cyclone Rages
AILSA CRAIG, Ont.—A storm of
near -cyclonic porportions swept this
section of Middlesex County late Sun-
day causing heavy damage. The blow
lasted 10 minutes.
Telephone and Hydro service was
disrupted. The town was in darkness
for some time, but shortly after the
supper hour the lights were restored
in the downtown area. Telephone ser-
vice also was resumed.
Houses Surrounded
FERGUS.—Setting a new mark for
the past half century, the huge Grand
River ice jani started away from here
with a thundering roar and within
half an hour had surrounded two
houses along the northerly bank with
the occupants forced to vacate
through three feet of water.
Four persons trapped in a frame
house owned by Jack Howard, fled
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through a yard which resembled a;
miniature lake as the huge cakes of
ice struck forcibly against its waits.'
Only a row of cedar trees, creaking'
loudly with the pressure of ice against
them, saved tate Howard home from
being swept down stream on the crest
of the flood.
A few hundred yards down. stream
naen worked frantically to rescue a
horse owned by L. Pala, from a stable;
ear the river edge when the ice
swirled aroitud to a depth of several,
feet.
Water roes° ten foot in less than an
hour above the Beatty dam flooding
the boiler room of the lower story'
with three feet of water and extin gu-
siting the fires in both boilers.
"It's the highest I've ever seen it,"
declared James Gow, "and I've lived
beside the river for 55 year's." Cow's
residence was flooded with three feat
of water.
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Clothing Workers Pass Resolution
Urging Formation --Press
40 -Hour Week
MONTREAL -- Immediate estab-
lishment of a Canadian branch of Jno.
L. Lowis's Committee for Industrial
commended by the •Amalgamated
Clothing Workers of America meet-
ing here Sunday in their third all -
Canadian conference, Delegates
were present from. Toronto, Hamilton
and Montreal locals.
The sante resolution fully endorsed
the organization drive in the steel in-
dustry (now in progress at Hamilton,
though that city was not mentioned)
and extending to the organizers the
use of all available "organizing
forces" of the clothing workers. They
also offered " all possible financial
and moral support."
The Lewis C.I.O. was formed in the
United States with the object of en
listing all workers in a given indus-
try into one big -union, instead of into
separate units organized on a craft'
basis. The Canadian conference of
the Amalgamated Clothing Workers'
in the preamble to its resoluation,
extolled the C.T.O. method as vital to'
the preservation of labor solidarity.
Wants National Agreement
The -conference also decided to'
press iznnediately for the establish --
went of the forty -hour -work week'
"on a national basis. This was taken,
to mean that not only would a forty- •
hour week be a demand in the new;
Tcronto and Hamilton contracts,
where the present agreements expire
next May 1, bet that Montreal unions
would take advantage of a clause in
their brand-new contract (Jan.- 1,
1937—July 1, 1938), to ask that nego-
tiations be reopened on the -subject
of work hours. At present the union
contracts in all three districts .are
on a 44 hour -week basis.
M,y Alison to Fly Film
Of May .Coronation
ion
LONDON. — Captain James Mol-
lison plans to fly films of Ring
George VI's Coronation in May from
London to New York in a plane to
be built •specially for him, it was
reported Sunday.
Tito lone -distance flier enec::ted
to remain in the United States until
autumn, when he will use the same
plane in the New York -Paris air
race, commemorating the tenth an-
niversary of Colonel Charles A,
Lindbergh's history -making Atlantic
hop.
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1Shcz-sands of Acres in Ensieern
Ontario in Need of 1raino.j e
Surveyors Told
TORONTO. --If p:oporly drained,
the produrtien of thousands of acres
in Illaztern Ontario could be greatly
increased, declared Lieut. -Cot A. W.
Gray, chairman of the drainage com-
mittee r.f the Associatirn of Ontario
Land Surveyors reported to the n-tnr-
al convention of the association re-
cently.
i1Y ( 'nvi'l ; county, the speaker
said, a two-nuie drain wen placed and
now over 20 families are snaking a
good living from the land. No taxes
are owing on the property while at
least seven of the holdings wore sold
fur Woes before drainage was install-
rld h
ed. Muthof this undrained la £
pointed out, produced infct'ior
h r ci,vine io the 'ayes condition of the
oil,
C. E)'a:me .\,; l.. -.worth, charter mean -
her, urged the erection of a cairn on
the ancient 'post.. at Kingston to
celebrate.the tb'-th annit er t ary of the
t. g ani mien. from this post all or-
i,rtol rung -ye in Ontario wore cen-
tred.
cn-,t„cl. S.:tu:u^d 75 foot from the Sir
John A. M c Oit.11tl monument at
Ring and \Vet streets., the post is
eV) visible ee eral inches above tho
ground,
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