The Lucknow Sentinel, 1932-08-18, Page 5unatqbAY, NOM TST JSth, 1;; ,s.,
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OF THE
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Ediied By.
GRANT FLE,MING, M. D. ASS - CIATE SECRETARY
• WHY DELAY? is •each. earo.:nor; is there any 'any extlse.
Hundreds of ,lives are sacrificed'.for the fact that several :hundreds
---,each year because of inexcusable de-
lay., , Love ng parents are shockingly
-- - --u :-dour in' securing for -their ' -children
the protection . against disease which
is • now available:. L •
For one reason or another . many
parentts. de'larin'"this"-Matt r"!'7They
act, as though theirchild were duTer-
• ent from all other children; ,and 'as
•
:,th'
ougli• he..w.ere • safe from the Writs
: of ' disease • to vu,,hich other children
'fall. r!ictiM.
- ' Too Often atents•ieleve•that..th
tr
e
Child is, safe, because,.:be is .Still`. in.
� their eyes, -just -a
baby.... They will.
• putoff having him ' protected for.
-- - --another: year;-er waits upt`ir lie `sta'rts'
::...school.
Delay.. of this, .kind ;.is surprising,
•• because it simply ignores the „fart
°. that 'the common communicable die,
eases- do attack with great` frequency
the pre-school, child. These diseases
are indeed most daiiiaging• and often
fatal in 'their results amongst these
younger. children
Unfortunately we are as yetunable
to , protect ' children against all the
:communicable diseases, Fortunately
we are able to ,protect themageiri'st.
=$malpo�i;and 'dipthefiaby'tin`e use `of
well 'established methods. .
There is no reason why man hun-
dreds, of Canadianchildren, should
suffer froni the ravages of diphther- letter.
lives are lost yearly as a: • result of
this disease.` That . such a condition
`continues to exist is due to one far.,
;tor and one alone; delay :on the part,
of parents to have their children im:
munized • or protected against diph-
theria.— e"iay' mea a "that'tire•". cliild
goes ,unprotected. No one 'knows•. when
or where the ,Child may be attacked
by,'the"' • • er.Ms .of diphtheria.., A
their , means illness:; it may, mean "per-.
manent•`damage to his hodor :even.
death.
Diph `h
t et`:'�
ra i
mmirnaz too•
.Ph a n his :been
used extensively -Thousands -of child;••
renare no longer in danger of suf.
feting -from ail: attack of diphtheria
-They are prepared to "deal: with the
germs, and their- : bodies cannot be:
harmed by therm.
To those •' parents who have not as
yet secured this, protection for.Itheir
children we would put the question,
"Why 'delay`?" Is .it not, too great a
risk? Is it fair' to leave your • child.
un . rotected w e p otection2can be
readily, and safely 'secured? There is -
no, better .time- Mian the •present to
eliminate the dangers of diphtheria
from your home
-' rQrestions 'concerfiing Health ` ad=,
dressed to the: Canadian Medical AS
-1
sociation, ' 184 College Street, Toron -
to, will .be 'answered personally -by'
•
i
Chemical On Bills
Traps .Extortionist
J. Clarence. Thoman, extortionist,
took "tainted" money -money soaked
jive few ounces ' of silver nitrate;.
tt:at led to he capture after he had
slipped' through a cordon of 100 'po
lice
This was reverted as police at
Wyoming barracks continued' 'to
questionThoman, w-ho--had-admitted;-
,he is the man :who tried. to •extort'
$15,000 Atom Harry .L Magee,I weal-
• thy carpet' _.omanufacturer, under
-threat. of kidnapping . his children.
Magee dropped •a dummy money
package wrapped in •two $20 ,biilh
from an airplane on lonely Hunlock,
Mountain. A hundred police closed
in toward the sept where the, pack-.
age was -dropped. Thoman managed
to�eluae. therr�...- . - ...-.
;But Magee,' acting under instruc-
tions from Sergt William Clark, of
the state polite, had soaked .the mon-
ey package in silver nitrate which
stained the extortionist's hands black
when he grabbed the bundle. .
He couldn't remove the stain. And
that was how police caught him after
a -year's 'search'•' in -which--some of
the most sensationally shrewd. detec-
tive methods ever used in this cganbry
vi�ee empi`oyed`iri""tire-fiaitt• o =him:
A year ago Thornan, 'who is a tele-
graph operator employed by. the the money would be received: •
Sent 1Pennsyl'vania Railroad, decided to •Then he sent 1liagee another letter
build a home for himself, his. wife, _with._,the same•, instructions. Magee•
and their three children. • r with the chemically • treated package
According to has: confession he de -'i of 'money, tles up the river. On the
cided "some wealthyperson ought,to top :of a tall pine tree he saw the
pay for.it." signal where Thoman had tied it.
And •so he begin sending, letters From vantage points for twenty
to wealthy residents of Northeastern miles up and down the .Susquehanna
Pennsylvania. Before he began writ• a hundred troopers - were watching
Ing threatening notes to -.Magee. Tho Mngee's plane. He had arranged with
`man had threatened • Mrs. Sarnanthan Serg. Clark to drop into a spiral ov-1
Mills, 80 .years old, of Nantiloke; er the spot where he sighted the sig -
William R. Robinson; of Sunbury nal. -
Mrs. C T. Aiken. of 'Selinsgrove, and
Mrs..John ' Wood of Beavertowri.•.
Alt the letters were written on
ratherunusual stationery in a pecu-
liar; spidery 'handwriting, and •were
signed "X -X -X".
' The. four' victims 'all reported the
threats to police, and • Mrs. Mills was
so, frightened, that' she left her .home
and went to Iive at a Wilkes-Barre
hotel. •'
—1'V-hen-Magcee---began-,getting-the-
threatening letters about ,sax weeks
agohe went to police: ergt. Clark
recognized t'. -e' handwriting, told Ma-
gee the extortionist was now the' ob-:
ject of a. hunt by a score of troopers
and asked the young millionaire- to
help capture him. '
Magee', agreed. In his next kite
Thoman instructed •Magee, who is ;
licensed airplane pilot, to fly' hi:,
plane _up, the:.SS.usquebanna-.Rjver..._un.:,
til 'he saw a large white cloth marked
with the symbol ."X-X:X. ": When •ht
saw that cloth Magee was to drop
the $15,000: - '
Magee after a. conference' with' po-
lice, flew up•, the river three times
looking for the signal. cloth.. Thoman.
sat in the' lobby • railroad tower at Re-
treat,: -on the- other--side-of the river;
and watched the; plain soar by.
lie was' ,lust watching the man.
Just -as -h. 1.0 ught;-Swing--his;natsh-
enough. play and making sure that
'PBS' 1011CH.NOW , R'N•TL
' When Magee agee spiraled,' doyen, . the
troopers in fast ears and on motor
Cycles. began closing in on ii nlodk
Mountain,
Magee .dropped the package with
such perfect aim that •Thoman, in his
'confession, said, that the bundle -al-
Most .struck him.' The- extortionist
pounced upon it with both hands.
He discovered that instead of $15--
000, he hid beendropped, only s
bundle • of paper with' two $20 bills
wrapped around it. •
• Cursing, he took the $40 and made
his cautious way. down . Hunlock
Mountain, _slipped - through the cor
•don of police and returned to lits
lonely hignal tower at . Retreat.
.:But already:, the silver nitrate had
.trappedR him Before he' had...been:
back at work an hour, he 'noticed that
his,:hands were.' paiscolored.r
• He tried
to''wash off the stain .• t the':-• new.
darker-
Thoman • washed and washed • . ut
his hands r maimed .black, a tar•row
i� ,ever .resent reminder that : -the
ng., w. : i?..,
law wa"s reaching
out for ham, -that it
already had touched him. • ,
Meanwhile-every1-bank -and.--store.:
in the section had been'asked'to• look,
out for the. stained ;bills. Shortly af-
terwards a bank • in. Danville -reported
one of 'the bills''had turned up there.
It was tracedto the deposit of a
rural mail carrier who remembered
he had got • the , bill from . Edward
Whalen, a filling station proprietor.'
'Whalen remembered the, license
number of -the car of the man who'
had given him the bill; Be'recalled,
too, .that the driver had peculiarly
Stained hands which he seemed to be
trying to -conceal..- ...-.� _
Police wereh sent into the Danville
section to watch for the ,man with the
blackened Bands..
They spotted .hm •as •:he Was, driv=
ing into Danville. They questioned
Thor -an -for a while before 'he ad-
mitted the .plot. Every time he would
assert his innocence the police *Mild
look meaningly at his hands. . 4'
After about an hour Thoman could
stand it no longer.
"I did„it-I did it,” he shrieked
holding his black hands. before • his
eyes. "You can see I did its See what`
the, money did to .me." -
Elva ,4ohnston R. iJ, ,of Luucknow la
in ,attendance. ' '
Mr, and Ms, Michael Gamble spent
Sunday et -Mr! Thomas White's; r
Mr. and Mrs. Erneat Ackert and
family returned home after• spending
a few days- at Lion's Head and Tob=
erinory. •
Mrs. Howard Harris spent Monday
afternoon at Jamieson's, Paramount -
Mr. and Mrs, Richard Elliott spent
Sunday at Mr. Wes:. • Whytock's, Tees
water..
Miss,. Jennie and :Mr. Alex Pierce -
Were Sunda
ierceWere'Sunda evenin visitors' at Mr..'
Y g
Albert Thompson's.•.
.:Mrs. Rach.1 Culbert, Eva , ..and
Lorne spent Sunday with Mr. Wm.
Mrs.' Palin and 'son Wm. of 'Toren
to ,were•' week=end • guests, •with "the'
former's .ister, Mrs;, Albert' Thom`
son. a P
M and • Mrs. J. Turnbull, of Ica-
• �
derwood we .e: recent: visito s at'h
�'. r, „ w
their, dau'' itter, Mrs. Relit tMcD:onald:
Mr. ' and Mrs. Guest of of Kincardine
and' Torrence - of . Rip! , were SulidaY.
visitors at Mr.' Albert Tho.mpson's.
Mrs: J. H. Ackert' Was a. recent
visitor with; Mrs. 'Harvey Ackert. We
are 'preas-e-d to report that, Mrs. Ack-
ertis Making' a speedy recovery..
Mr. and • Mrs. E. A. Palmer, Lois
and Billy and Miss Margaret Palmer
of Kincardine also Miss .Isabelle and
Mr. Chester . Partner of Detroit, spent
Friday ;ata Mr. Thos. Harris'.
,. ' OF . .
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EVERY
DESCRIPTION;
PRODUCED
AT MODERATE PRICES
I -IFOE
FORTiElla BUSY: FA. E =
(F;urnished by the Ontario Department of .agriculture)
Toronto Potato •
-Dealers Predict IncreasedPrice.
According to reports received by
the ' Ontario Marketing . Board, .the
early , potato erop will show a yield
least ten per cent. . less than
last year.' Further reports to the
Bear'd state that for this reason, a
number'.. of the larger; dealers in: Tor-
onto are . redicti'n imcrekse in
g
price.
•
Britain ' .Wants '.:Good Seed
• In a statement issued -recentl"y4y`
George ' H: Clark, Dominion ;Seed.
Coinmissierier in connectien with
the
well aspossible so that it will be in
,excellent •condition for rapid growth,
and sow only good plump seed which,
will germinate quuickly. Sow just as "
late as :is safe in your district with-
out. running the risk of hhving too
''short. •a growth' to winter safely..
Late sowing is the' most important
of allthe .control measures. .Safe.
at . ar s`d"wi�n "' would-''r'"5'b"ah1rbe . .
about Sept.• 5th east .of Guelph and'..
about ,Se 't.. 2q0ti . to 25th iri Essex;'
and Kent; , and about half:; `way • be.-, •.0. :
-tween;; these :twodate's• should . be ,•
suitable for • thef intervent ng °districts:.,
The reason for. „'these late: seedingh'
sale of 'red clover • and alsilce,'seed in is that • the: flies have about .comple- •
the British market,, the following ed' "thefrall egg -laying Tefore• the.
sates mentioned _ and': Thus ,the- wheat
largely escapes infestation.
Blueberry Supply Heavy
The. volumeof blueberries reach,
ing , the marketthis year is consid='
erably greater than that of any re-
cent 'previous "year. This is the opin-
ion of J. E.., Broughton, 'Ont'ario
Marketing Board. Mr Broughton
said that hitherto ''blueberry picking
has been an. activity :Confined' to far
niers. This :year, however, manyof
w' the unemployed have tinted to the
one the `C,anadia:i_ ,picking_ and_selling of this fruit as 'a
de Commissioner at means of obtaining ready cash In,the
Sudbury district alone'.it.is, reported
that approximately,' 500E. unemployed;.
areengaged in this. work.Based.,I en
the most recent figures, . • express
shipments fromthis section are grea-
lryt:
ter than those of last year by .some
.3,000 . eleven quart baskets:
csvpaiiient appea'rs.;. _ "our.,- growers
should know that oche, valuable'. export
market overseas bays top pricesfor
only well -cleaned, bleonied, .bright
seed' of net less than ' '98. per cent
purity by' weight, and should .lri}ow
.also that • if they. . will; produce seed
of the quality' asked for in Great
Britain the. demand :there for:•%ana
d'iangrown seed may be e R cted to
continue." .
Canadian Cattle
In Demand At Glas
�I�ecent-ally-ice_
Government
Glasgow, , S:cotland, is 'that Canadian
cattle from S:S. "Solaria," numb'er-',
ing 443. head met .with"an active,
demand. They, were of exceptional
quality`„ -nearly all polled *Aberdeen,'
Angus Crosses; •'Hereford . and Short-
horn Crosses, mostly good prime beef
or suitable. for -short keep, purposes.
The attendance of buyers' was large,
many farmers being present' :as well
'as ,:wholesale and ..retail '.beef traders
from 'various cities. About 70 per
cent; ' of '.the cattle would go for
slaughter and ' 30 per ' cent for further
feeding. The Black Cattle sold from
£21' to £29 er"°lreatl;-vh le he Calor--
ed Cattle brought” from 118 to' 130.
Beef • Cattle Made :about 41 per head
more than at the: last sale. •
Again,. on July. 21st, 532 head of
Canadian cattle from S.S."Airthria"
were .sold. at Glasgow and met • with
a sharp demand, •The shipment was
indre 'a mixed lot than the except-
ional quality of -the previous . ship-
!hent, but the cessation of shipments
•from the Irish Free State owing ti
the imposition of a tariff • of . 20 per
cent, created a keen demand Prices
were from 20 shiilitigs to g2 a "l'ea
or more higher ,than the last. The
shipment originated ' in both Ontario
and the Western Provinces' and in-
cluded black polled bullocks of ex-
cellent quality 'and several well-bred
lots of cross Shorthorn and cross
Hereford bullocks suitable for short
keep. The success of these two ship-
ments illustrates strikingly the pos-
siblilities of this market for good
Canadian cattle.
;FMiss-ivl;any-Horton-of tafeking-and-
Master Donald Stothers of London,
are visitors of their . cousin, Miss
Jessie Andrew, this week.
Miss Norma Anderson is visiting
her friend, Miss• Jessie McRae of
Lochalsh for a few days.
Mr. AIbert , Campbell,. Jean and
Donald of .' 'estfield, -returned j hone
last 'weekafter visitins her, sister
Mrs. Richard Gardner.
`11f ri7 N -T:- Gardner& 'Farains on
Saturday from a ten day visit. with
friends in . Seafortli, Clinton; Burgess-
ville and ,Parkhill -
Miss . Dorothy Downton of. Milton,
visited, with' her friend, Miss Ada
Helm a few days last week.
Miss Daisy Ritchie is assisting Mrs.
Gharles Ritchie for a few 'weeks.. -
Miss Ada Helm .s spending 'a few
days of this week` with' friends 4n
bondon: =
HOLYROOD -
Mr. and Mrs: Richard Elliott' were
called to Amberley on Monday ow-
ing to the serious illness ; of Mrs.
Thomas Robb. We hope that she will
be restored to health again. .
Mrs. Cumming Sr., ;of • Clarks is
with her grandaughter, Mrs. Harvey
Ackert - at present.
`We fah I 'eirteiiid o it`s congratula=`
tions to Mr. and Mrs. 'Harvey Ackert
on the ari'rval of a baby boy. Miss
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Mr. Ed. Durnin of Toronto, is Visit -
his . brother, Marvin.
Miss Freeda McQuoid is renewing
old. acquaintances.
• Mr. and Mrs. Will ,Nevins and.
family, spent Sunday with Mr. and.
Mrs. S. Rivett.
Mr. Conrad Treleaven of Toronto
is visiting his uncle, Bert and Mrs.
Treleaven. • -
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Drennan and
'children ' 'spent Sunday with • Zion
friends,
Mfrs. Aubrey Higgins and son
Jackie of. Detroit isvisiting with Mr.
and- Mrs...John_._Menary.._ ___-., ......._- .
Mrs. Barbara. Tait of ':Saskatoon is
,isiting her sister, Mrs. Blake.
Miss Frances , Crozier spent the
past week the guest of her. cousin;
Alma Howell of 'Goderich..
A nuhiber from here attended the
beach party 4 Pt. Albert on Friday
evening. -
WHITECHURCH
Miss' Kettle of Linwood spent a
day With Miss Annetta Fisher.
There was iio service.- in• the
byterian church, , Sunday, owin to
the illness of the minister, Rev. John
Pollock. We wish him a speedy re
covery,
Mr.' John Thoth of Fordwich spent
theweek-end with his cousin, Mr.'
John Craig. -
Mr.- and Mrs. diunean. Kennedy
made a business trip to Torontd' and
Hamilton, Priday of last week.
Wednesday afternoon some of the
WM.S. women met at the' home of
Mrs.- R. Ross and made a quilt for
Mission work. • '
Mr - Dan, McInnis is seriously ill
at his home here. We hope to hear of
an improvement soon.
Mrs Gordon Jamieson of Ashfield
is visiting with her, parents, Mr. and
Mi•s Dan McInnis.
-Risk 1ettie �Siiarpe of jiariii�ttoi is
visiting with her friend M•rs.,A Fox.
Miss Clirissie'tInglis is spending a'
week at her home here. •
Mrs. Alex
.1 `
Rintoul is spending
p� a
few days with her daughter, Mas
Ewart Mithe'faog,_
y W' 4W
Crop Conditions.
Following , is .a summary of crop
conditions in• Ontario -at the end of .
uly: The harvesting :.of fall wheat
was practically • completed. Yields
were : about average and the quality
of grain .• splendid except in . fields
ed--bythe-Hessis-n=•-Fly-orr-lod--
Ted. Spring' wheat, oats, ;barley :and
mixed grains were iniproved by
rainfall but yields will .. be lower than
ast year due to •unfavorable: weather
it seeding tiine'and in the first three
veeks of June. Harvesting of barley
and oats was.' under• way the ..first
week of August in -'Western • Ontario
end,. the . following week. in Eastern
'Ontario.Pastures are good • In the
central and western districts, 'but
poor 'in the western part; 'due to 'in-
sufficient rainfall. . Hay and clover
crop`s' were `good yie`ld's in ' western
and Central Ontario, but the hay
was damaged by wet weather. Al- •
falfa • yiel'ds; were heavy and second '
cutting 'developed rapidly. Root -!crops ••
have"'improved' but will not be up to
the usual Standard.. Corn,though
backward, has • made good growth,
but' many fields are uneven and spot-
ty. Potato acreage is estimated • 7
'per cent., less than last year .and
production . will be belew normal
iI viii i d`=L-e 'Hopper=have-caused`'
damage. A large, acreage , of buck
whekt was sown and appears. in first
class . condition. Wind and insect
damage together `with' lack of suffic-
ient hot weather •has reduced the
British' Fruit Men ;
See 'Ontario Orchards
Five representatives of .the Fruit
and Produce Exchange" of Great
Britain,, including the managing
rector of that organization, have re-,tobacio prospects in Norfolk. Seed
cently completed an' insPection of the', production prospects for alfalfa and
fruit prpd;ng. areas of Ontario. The
party was conducted under the spon-
sorship of the . Fruit Growers' As -
.8(i -dation of Ontario, and 'at the invi-
tatiori `of- Andrew FUlton, -Mrr Fulton
is the eoininercial representative of
the .Association en the British mark-
et, . '•
P. W. Hodgetts, secretary of the
Fruit Growers' Association, stated
that the fruit producers of Ontario
should feel elated at the opportun-
ity of welcoming. these visitors from
the Motherland, as this group . rep-
resents the largest potential market
for Ontario fruit in the British Isles.
Portraying the extent of business
efEe'cted by the Fruit and Produce
'Exchange, Mr. Hodgetts said that
last year, a,single. Branch of this
British' concern had •purchased one
"ed clover appear poor. July was too
wet •for a good set of alfalfa seed.
Che acreage of •alsike shows a fur-
ther decline this year. •
In regard to -•fruit; -pears, 'peaches; -•--•--
and grapes will yield average' cr is'
while plums and apples show great:
ly-reduced "prospects: The eoinmerciai
production of 'apples in Ontario is'
estimated at 556,000 barrels as corn -
wired kv'ith 1,175,000' barrels last'
year. - •
Farm labor • supply is quite .suffi-
cient to meet the demand. Wages
range, from $12 to, $20 a month for
the haying and harvest period, but.
many farmers who need help badly
are get ing along without, as they
cannot Play even the low wages pre-
vailing.
million boxes of apples.' After having •'LUCBNOW and WINGHAM
Spent • several daysin this Province,
the visitors continued their journey -
New York, where they will attend
Monumental
f the International Apple
a meeting` Lacknors, 'd?at. ' . -
Has the largest and most complete
stock in the Most b'eaatiful designs
A Warning ,
"Look out for ,Ilessian Fly. this to Choose from, .in- -
year," is the warning of professor MARB-33-.1 SCOTCH', SWEDISH
Caesar of O.A.C., who declares that •AND CARR OTC GRAN%TE$
unless control mieastires ate taken W„
this fall, there is likely to be a ser ake a Specialty of •
ious outbreak of the fly next rainily nponnments and znviite
Among ednttroI measures, h advises • your Inspectlou.
that all wheat stubble he plowed Iuscriptionei Neatly, Care#ully and
d n as possible after wheat t •
u rut. s, Soo . as P-•sible alts. lett •
the field: The ground should be work.
See as
before placing your order.
ed after plowing so as to firm it.
Plowing and firming prevents . the
flies from congiiio tip as they cannot
go through even three inches 'of well-
' ftiled' soil, `J'repare the, seegoe is
Works
Shippers.' .
at.
un er,\ as soo
in Fro aptly Done.
Douglas Bron ±. lit.,,A. •SpottoM
Phone 74 Pilo” 256