The Wingham Advance-Times, 1939-09-21, Page 3i
Thursday, Sept. 21st, 1939
Russia Turkey’s Best Friend
Istanbul, Turkey — Officially
JRussia and Japs Have Truce
Moscow — Tass, • 'Soviet official
news agency, announced a Russian-
Japanese agreement to cease hostilit
ies on the border between Japanese-
dominated Manchoukuo and Soviet-
protected Outer Mongolia. Formal
announcement of the agreement came
after unofficial reports of the action
had been coupled with predictions by
some observers that it might be the
forerunner of a non-aggression pact.
Britain Searching Merchant Ships
Deal, Kent, England — The Royal
Navy, strictly enforcing Britain’s
•wartime rule of detaining virtually
every merchant ship to search for
contraband cargo, held 70 vessels un
der aimed guard off the southeast
coast. Two British destroyers follow
ed by one of France’s fast and pow
erful new gunboats steamed back and
forth past the “captive” merchantmen
in a patrol that never relaxed.
•Envoy to U.S. Named
"Ottawa— Prime Minister King an
nounced that Loring Christie, veteran
member of the civil service and
member of the external affairs de
partment since 1913, has been ap
pointed Canadian minister to Wash
ington, succeeding Sir Herbert Mar
ler, who resigned because of ill health.
Vatican Criticises Nazi Action
Vatican City — Criticism of the
Nazi Government’s action in closing
German Catholic churches, ostensibly
as an air raid precaution, was ex
pressed by the official papal news-,
paper Osservatore Romano.
Exchange Control Taken by Ottawa
Ottawa — Creation of a
ment board with power to
and control transactions in
exchange, to license imports
ports of all goods, money and secur
ities, and to use the exchange stabil
ization fund as an aid to maintaining
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WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES
excise duties imposed on* liquors by
the Federal Government’s war bud
get the Ontario Liquor Control Board
announced price increases ranging
from 35 cents to 1,50 per bottle.
exchange rates, was annpunced by
Finance Minister Ralston, Control is
effective as from Saturday, Graham
Ford Towers, governor of the Bank
Of Canada, will head the foreign ex
change control board of. five mem
bers, all Government officials.
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spired Turkish newspapers applauded
the friendship of Turkey and Russia
for the first time since Russia signed
her non-aggression pact with Ger
many. Despite Turkey’s mutual as
sistance treaties with Great Britain
and France the influential newspaper
Dan said “Turkey is- more faithful to
the maintenance of gopd relations
with Soviet Russia than with any oth
er country in the world.”
Urges U.S. To Keep Out of War
Washington — Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh urged the United States to
keep carefully out of the second Great
War, asserting that “if we enter
fighting for democracy abroad, we
may end by losing it” at home.
Nazis to Evacuate Civilians
on West Front
Copenhagen — The Berlin corres
pondent of the Danish newspaper
Bernlinske Tidende reported that
measures now being taken in Ger
many show the Reich realizes at last
it is in for a long war. Plans are un
der way, he said, for evacuating from
18,000,000 to 20,000,000 civilians from
the western frontier.
Even m you read this, Bome
Father somewhere is rushing
this news to relatives. No matter
where they are or what time it
is—his first impulse is to let
them know!
Netherlands Seize German Plane
The Hague — The .Netherlands
coast guard seized a German seaplane
off the north coast of Netherlands
for entering the country’s territorial
waters and violating its neutrality, the
Government announced. This was the
first time a plane has been seized by
a neutral in Europe’s war.
Planes Shipped to Poland
Paris — Havas News Agency re
ported from London that a steady
stream of warplanes is reaching the
Polish eastern front by way of the
Mediterranean and Rumania.
Halifax Warns Germany
London — Foreign Secretary Vis
count Halifax warned Germany in ef
fect that, if she resorted to civilian
bombings, the British Government
“must hold themselvqs completely
free to take such action as they may
deem appropriate.’’
NEWS
Head Forces
London — As the old Allies of
1914-18 — England and France—set
tle down again to the prosecution of
a new war upon Germany, General
Marie Gustave Gamelin of France,
will have supreme command of the
combined armies and Sir Edward El
lington, of Britain, of the combined
air forces.
Large Orders from Railway
Ottawa — Canadian railways are
planning .to give immediate orders for
about $25,000,000 new equipment, it
was learned authoritatively here. The
orders will be divided approximately
equally between the Canadian Na
tional and 'Canadian Pacific Railways.
British Respect Neutral Trade
London,— The information min
istry reassured neutral countries its
contraband control would not inter
fere with their normal trade.
Leading Educationalist Lost *
on the Atheriia
Education circles were saddened by
the news that Thornton Mustard, To
ronto member of'the committee that
revised the primary school curricu
lum, may have perished when the
Athenia was torpedoed. He was re
turning with Mrs. Mustard from a
trip to England and was included in
the unofficial list of Athenia surviv-
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■of Family History begins. Their
grandparents may 'have waited
for days before they 'had good
news like this, but that was
before the telephone—-and Long
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everyday existence.
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ors. When .the City of Flint docked
at Halifax Mrs. Mustard was aboai^l.
Until theri .she believed that her hus
band had been rescued but since no
word had been received of him from
Glasgow or Galway it is now thought
he was drowned.
No Troops from Africa at Present
London — The ministry of infor
mation said that G.en. Jan Smuts,
prime minister of the Union of South
Africa, has announced that the Union
for the present does n.ot intend to
send troops overseas.
Hungary Makes Rumania Threat
Budapest — Speculation on Hung
ary’s territorial claims on Rumania
was intensified with a statement by
Foreign Minister County Csaky who
declared the situation of the Hungar
ian minority in Rumania was consid
ered “serious.”
U. S. Congress Meets Thursday
Washington — President Roosevelt
called Congress to meet in special
session September 21, Although his
proclamation made no mention of the
Neutrality Act, the president had al
ready stated informally he would seek
repeal of the arms embargo clause
and try to confine the session to that,
action.
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Load of Cattle Upset
When Ernest Blake’s team, trans
porting livestock to the Ashfield
school fair, took fright at a passing
truck and upset the wagon and its
load in the ditch. The boy held onto
the lines, and although he was drag
ged some distance, succeeded in
bringing the team to a stop. Beyond
a few minor scratches and bruises he
was uninjured, but had quite a time
collecting the livestock which ran in
every direction.
Suffers Broken Back
Suffering from a broken back, Al
bert Schumacher, Carrick Township
farmer, is a patient in the hospital at
Walkerton. Schumacher was climb
ing the ladder in the barn and slip
ping from a rung he fell 14 feet to
the barn floor. In the fall he struck
a beam and injured his back between
the shoulder blades. He was unable
to raise himself for some time and
after being able to revive sufficient
strength to stand on his feet he man
aged to reach the house.
Short Course at Dungannon
J. C. Shearer, agricultural represen
tative for Huron County, has an
nounced that a month’s course in ag
riculture and home economics will be
held in Dungannon from November
28 to December 21, this year.
Buys Dozen Double-Yoked Eggs
Last week Jack Montgomery, local
insurance representative, bought a
dozen eggs at W. J. Collins’ grocery
store. There’s not much of news in
terest in that first sentence, but the
unusual point in the story lies in the
fact that, upon cracking the eggs in
to the pan, Mrs. Montgomery found
that each and every one of them was
of the double-yoked variety.'—Palm
erston Observer.
Fractured Vertebrae
Mrs. James Etherington, of Us-
.borne, is at present in St. Joseph’s
Hospital, London, in a critical condi
tion suffering from a fractured ver
tebrae at the back, of the neck. Mrs.
Etherington, who is 71 years of age,
was at tire home o£ her son, Albert,
and had gone across the road to her
own home to do some work and in
going from one room to another she
slipped and fell on the floor.—Exeter
Times-Advocate.
An Equine Curiosity
Councillor Chas. Schefter has a
curiosity on his farm, in the form of
a white baby colt, which is attracting
a lot of attention. The animal is
about three months old. It is very
rarely that a white colt
are usually born grey,
turn gradually white,
strain of Arabian breed
of this colt, which may account for
the pure white color.—-Mildmay Ga
zette.
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and with age
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Handver Hospital Supt. May Enlist
Because she is.on the list of re
served nurses for war service. Miss
Honor Tregear has resigned as sup
erintendent of the Hanover Memorial
Hospital and is thus prepared to of
fer her services and help wherever
called upon in the Canadiah forces.
Miss Tregear has been in charge
the local hospital since the first
January, 1938,—Hanover Post.
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terprise, has some souvenirs of the
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be torpedoed and sunk in the present owned by G. A. Habkirk, Listowel,
war. When he and Mrs. Scliaus were
on their honeymoon in Montreal in
1937 they were shown through the
ship which was then in port and were
given several menus and a folder des
cribing the Coronation Route to be
followed by King George and Queen
Elizabeth.—Chesley Enterprise.
and driven by Dobbie, left the high
way, snapped off a telephone pole,
sheared off four guardrail posts and
landed in a gulley 215 feet from the
road. The car was a total wreck but-
the four occupants, Habkirk, Dobbie,
F. Desmond and E, Riggs, escaped
with nothing worse than minor
scratches and abrasions. Dobbie was
fined $10 and-costs and had his 'driv
er’s permit cancelled for one year.
Poultry Pen Raided
Thieves with a pickup truck, visit
ed the premises of Mr. Ernest Witter
at the Aetna Roller Mills, and made
a complete cleanup of all the poultry
there. Mr. Witter takes considerable
interest and pride in his special breed
of chickens, and when he heard a
slight commotion in the millyard, he
arose from his bed to ascertain the ,
cause of the trouble. Arriving on the Inglis,
scene, he first made a careful note drench a baby beef calf for bloating
of the license number of the truck, j when the animal cither tripped him
and then, discovering that there were or he slipped on the cement floor
several members in the raiding gang,
he deemed it unwise to meddle furth
er with them at the time. We under
stand that the license number belongs
to a series issued at Port Elgin, and
that there will be little or no difficul
ty in establishing the identity of the
guilty parties.—Mildmay Gazette.
Suffers Fractured Hip
Mr. Albert Inglis who has been as
sisting on Mr. Albert White’s farm
on the 10th of Bruce, was brought to
the hospital suffering from a fractur
ed hip. Just how the accident hap
pened will remain a mystery. Mr.
it appears, was going to
explain matters in connection with
his report, the Court of Revision on
this by-law was adjourned till Tues
day, October ,17th.
The Clerk was instructed to for
ward a letter of condolence to Mrs.
J. E. Ellis, Mr. Ellis, lately deceased,
having been for some years a valued
official as well as Councillor and
Reeve of the Municipality.
The following accounts were paid:
T. H. Wilson, premium on insurance
on road grader, $33.70; Bert Kechnie,
brushing on Rd. 2, $4..00; King &
Speiran, roads, $208.75; R. Vincent,
ditching on Rd. 4, $2.00; S. McBur-
ney, salary as Road Supt., $24.40; H.
McDowell,-filling washout Rd. 6, $4.-
40; G. McDowell, filling washout on
Rd. 6, $2.20; A. B. Killough, trucking
chemical $1.50;
ing
oil $3.45;
ium
$100.00;
Co., Culvert $2.10; L. Scrimgeour,
culvert $4.00; County Huron, hospital
treatments indigent patient, $1.75;
Dept, of Health, insulin, .33; The
Dorn, Road Mach, Co., payment on
road maintainer $1739.50. '
Before adjournment, Reeve Red
mond took the opportunity of thank
ing diis fellow members of Council
and also the officials for the assist
ance so cheerfully given in making
the first Township Picnic held recent
ly such a successful event.
Council adjourned to meet again on
Tuesday, Oct. 17, at 1 o’clock.
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Hydro Rate Reduced at Kincardine
‘ The sales tax on electricity, impos
ed under the special wartime budget
will be offset by a decrease in hydro
rates, passed on to Kincardine by the
Public Utilities Commission, whose
costs for powei* have been cut from
$46.50 to $45 per horsepower. Ap
proximately 700 horsepower is used.
Under the new rates the service
charge is abolished. Street light costs
have also been reduced.
German Sailor Fired at Goderich
Alleged to have repeatedly made
pro-Nazi utterances while aboard the
grain freighter Wahcondah as a mem
ber of the crew, Ben Krozer, aged 30,
a German, was dismissed when the
vessel docked at Goderich. He was
turned loose, but later police were
notified and Constables Rutherford
and Jennings searched for him in ho
tels and boarding houses. Several cit
izens stated that Krozer took the bus
for Kitchener.
Won Seaforth Scholarship
Donald MacTavish, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John MacTavish, Seaforth, has
been awarded the sixth annual Sea
forth Collegiate Institute alumni
scholarship which is given each year
by the Alumni Association in mem
ory of graduates of the school who
fell in the Great War
Hanover Furniture Workers
to Support War Work
At a largely attended meeting
the Hanover furniture workers it was
unanimously decided that .everything
possible must be done to support
Canada in the war and to stop dic
tatorship in Germany, The All-Can-
adian Congress of Labor with which
the Hanover local is affiliated, was
highly commended for the loyalty
they have shown to King and coun
try.
Council met on Sept. 13th, with
the members present. Minutes
previous meeting were read and ap
proved.
Communications from the H.E.P.
Commission re collection of unpaid
hydro rates, the Doin. Road Mach.
Co., offering a discount on payments
of road maintainer if paid at present
instead of December, which offer was
accepted, the County of Huron, and
the Dept, of Health, re hospital ac
count for indigent patient and insulin
supplied to patient, respectively, re
ceived and read.
Ratepayers waited on the Council
asking that underbrush on sidelines
39 and 40, Cons. 1 and 2, be cut this
fall. The Road Supt. was instructed
to attend to this matter on condition,
however, that the brush inside the
fence would have to be cut as well.
A renewal of the road insurance pol
icy for another year at the same pre
mium of $100 was entered into with
T. H. Wilson, of .Auburn, represent
ative of the same company. Court of
Revision was then opehed, according
to notice on the Hallahan Drain By-
Law. J McGill appealed against his
assessment as being too high. Owing
to the indisposition of the Engineer,
whb was unable to be present and
Rearin’ To Go
Two old has-beens in the persons
of Bert Williams (formerly of Wing
ham) and Ed. Walker, of town, left
here in the wee small hours of Mon
day for London, Stratford and other
points determined to come back in
khaki. But to their sorrow and dis
may every recruiting station put the
kibosh on their war fever- by turning
them down flat in the medical exam
ination. Both are World War veter
ans.—Walkerton Herald-Times.
U.S. to Probe Communistic Doings
Washington—The committee prob
ing “un-American” activities will
match its current inquiry into Nazi
and Fascist activities, its chairman
said, with an investigation of Com
munistic organizations
cZnitanea to
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