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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1940-01-25, Page 3Thur.day, January 25, 1940'WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES .PAGE THREE * To win from all The highest praise Use PURITY FLOUR along parts of the Netherlands fron­ tier. It was believed the fortifications which the Germans have been bhild; ing along the Dutch border -*■ from Wesel, Where the Westwall proper ends, to the North Sea-—are how in 0-n advanced state. w On baking days M’ Listen to “CAVALCADE of DRAMA*’ Wed., and Fri. CKNX 11.45 A.M. (1200 kc.)n 100-Mile Nazi Gun London — The Germans are exper­ imenting with a “Big Bertha” expect­ ed to have a 100-mile range, British newspapers report from Amsterdam. The correspondent of The Daily Tele­ graph said the gun will be more pow­ erful than the one used to throw shells 80 miles into Paris during the First Great War. * £^7 THE RICHER FLAVOUR OF PURITy FLOUR Bestforall yotir faking Nitro-Glycerine Blast Kills Two Gibbstown, N.J, — Two men were killed and, a third was injured in a nitro-glyce’rine explosion that wrecked a unit of the Dupont Company Pow­ der Works and shook an area of 20 miles. Six thousand pounds' of the product exploded, Soviet Russia Apologized Moscow — Soviet Russia apologiz­ ed to 'Sweden 2nd Norway for viola­ tions of their territory by Red Army' planes. In response to protests by the two Scandinavian countries, the Sov­ iet Government acknowledged that its planes “accidentally” flew over hteir borders, but made no mention of a Swedish charge that Russian planes bombed Kallaks Island on the Both- nian Gulf. contrary ito Defence of Canada Regu­ lations. \ . . -------- Advocates Northern Defense League Stockholm — Sweden’s outstanding Socialist leader, Frederik Strom, urg­ ed creation of a northern “defence lea­ gue” as a movement gained ground for "closer Scandinavian military col­ laboration in the ifaoe -ofi'tilie Russian- Finnish war.. Help Would Save Finland London — 30,00 men, 200 airplanes and a generous supply of. military equipment will save Finland'— if they arrive there before May. This opinion is held by military experts here who have made a careful study of the far northern f front where the Finnish army has thrown back the invading Russian forces. * . '■ FULL-FLAVOURED TEA CSMAll LEAF) ■ Ml VTl RED YELLOW LABEL LABEL > LABEL FREE! All pound and half-pound Lipton’e Tea contain coupons which you can save and exchange for beautiful W«n< Rogers 4 Son Silverplate. Write now for “ Premium Gift Book to Thomas J. Upton limited, IaptoD Bldg., Toronto. Sabotage Feared in Explosions London — An authoritative source said that sabotage was suspeqted in the.series of explosions at the royal gunpowder factory at Waltham Ab­ bey in which five men died. The Scot­ land Yard “sabotage” squad was on the scene. About 30 workers were in­ jured in the blasts. Accuse Nazis of Executing Poles Paris — Authoritative Polish quar­ ter estimated that the Nazis -had ex­ ecuted a minimum of from 15,000 to 20,000 Poles since they swept across Poland last autumn. In addition tens of thousands of Poles and Jews have been .shuttled in ghettoes, placed in concentration camps or sent (to Ger­ many for obligatory labor service, these sources charged. Legislature Censures King 'Govt. Toronto — Writing ra mew chapter in the political history iof tthis Domin­ ion, a Liberal (Government <at Ottawa stands censured -by -a Liberal Govern­ ment of Ontario led thy ^Premier M. F. Hepburn. Breaking dll know prece­ dents, the Onttaf.ro Legislature by a vote of 44 t© TO ^condemned .the Mac­ kenzie King ‘administration 'for its “so lit-tle effort” 'in the 'prosecution of the" war, after Premier IHepburn 'introduc­ ed the ‘ resolution measuring 'his long­ time enemy and on 'the 'outcome of which he .'Staked 'his 'political future. ■ \ N. B. Conservative Leader Resigns St. John, N.B. — Resignation of F. C. Squires as leader of the Conserva­ tive Opposition Party in New Bruns1- wick and in the Legislature was tend-, ered and accepted at a Conservative meeting here. Mr. Squires said his health did no-t permit him to carry on the work. Hugh Mackay, of St. John and Rothesay, Was elected his suc­ cessor. Criticism Permitted Ottawa—The Federal Government, in an. order-in-council ruled that if an accused person proves intention, in good faith, merely to criticize the Government,'it should be considered defence .to prosecution under .the De­ felice of Canada Regulations govern­ ing1 subversive activities. NameS Minister to South Africa Ottawa — Prime Minister King an­ nounced the appointment of Dr. Hen­ ry Laureys, -of Montreal, as Canadian high commissioner to the Union of South Africa. With this appointment, Canada is now represented in the cap­ itals of all members of the British Commonwealth. Communist Paper Manager Sentenced Toronto —■ Douglas Stewart, 36, business manager of The Clarion, a; Gommunist weekly, was sentenced to two years in Kingston 'penitentiary on three charges of printing, circulating or distributing a newspaper or period­ ical' containing' reports or statements Blockade 'Showing Effect London-r^The .sslow, "relentless pres­ sure of the Allies’ (two-way sea block­ ade ©f (Germany ’.has nt educed (the Ger­ man nation through shortage of food atid inctastrial (products to conditions of deprivation vexjperienced. in 1916, the’-'House ©f 'Commons was informed. . Ronald Urdas, •43-*y.ear-old minister of economic warfare — the man who fights Germany 'with weapons of fin­ ancial .anjl indusitrial -strangulations— gave that (estimate (to the House. , ------- Warns Italians Rome — 'Ettore ?Mu«ti, secretary of the Fascist -party, ‘warned Italians they 'be'compelled “at any mo­ ment” to fight in the war. His warn* ing was published after a conference with party leaders (from "Yd provinces. Senator Borah Passes Washington — William Edgar Bor­ ah, of Idaho, 74, dean of the United States Senators, and chief exponent of the U.S., isolationist policy, died on Friday night. His death followed a cerebral hemorrhage, with which the veteran staesman was stricken about the time he suffered a fall at his ap­ artment here Tuesday morning of last week. Hush Editor Found Guilty Toronto — Richard Sair, managing editor of Hush,' a' Toronto weekly publication, and Robert Knowles, Jr., Sair’s assistant, were convicted by an assize court jury on charges of pub­ lishing obscene literature. Wire Fence on Dutch Border f Amsterdam — German troops were reported' to have -set up protective wire netting barriers seven feet high wwere six new placements of children, that is from the Shelter to a foster home'. The following motions were car­ ried: Scott-Grain: That the petition of the County of Huron requesting the statutory grants on the County road expenditure during the year 1939 be forwarded to the Department of Highways and tliat the warden and clerk be authorized to sign same. —- Carried. Grain-A rmstrong; That the Council protest to the Minister of Highways against ithe reduction of subsidy al­ lowed for Craw Tractor, snow plow and roadgrader purchase and request that the matter be reconsidered as no criticism can be made of the purch­ ases or the manner in which they were made, and -that this protest be carried to the Minister by the County Road Commission if necessary-—Carried. Dor rance-Passmore; That we, the members of Huron County Council re­ quest that the work of (testing cattle for restricted area be carried on with all possible speed, and that a copy of this motion be sent to the Federal De­ partment of Agriculture.—Carried. Whitmore-Passmore: That the clerk be instructed -to transmit to the clerks of each municipality in the county a copy of the judgment of the Court of Appeals against the County Equaliza­ tion by-law.—Carried. No Grant For Reforestation Reforestation was given a setback at the concluding session of Huron County Council on Friday afternoon. A motion brought in by Reeves F. Duncan of Morris and S. H. Whit­ more of Tuckersmith, to appropriate $2,000 in the estimates for the purpose of reforestation to be used at the dis; cretion of the Agricultural Committee was lost on a recorded vote of 10 to 5. “Hospitalization of indigents is cer­ tainly a headache for urban munici­ palities,” declared Reeve J. H. Scott, during a discussion launched by Reeve Watson, of Stanley, who read a list of the amounts paid by the county for each municipality, which does not in­ clude the share paid by the municipal­ ity. The list submitted by Mr. Watson was as follows: Ashfield $169.35; Col- borne $194-25; Goderich Township $49.00; Grey $238; Hay $63; Hownck 814.30; Hullett $126; McKillop $158.- 65; Morris $91; Stanley $189; Steph­ en $422.65; Tuckersmith $103.25; „Turnberry $168; Usborne $225.50; E. Wawanosh $24.50; W. Wawanosh $82.25; Clinton $210.25; Wingham $191.05; Brussels $122.50; Blyth $33.- 25; Hensall $218.75; Exeter $276.50; Seaforth $1224.20; Goderich $1343.75. Motions Bowman-Scott — That the Proper­ ty Committee look after the inside caretaking of the registry office and report in June. Carried. Alex McDonald-Leiper — That the Good Roads Committee consider the straightening of the Lochalsh-Kintail county road at the corner of the 12th concession of Ashfield—Good Roads. Watson-Armstrong —- That the County Roads Commission be re­ quested to examine the road from Zur­ ich ift>rfh to the townline, Hay and Stanley, and^report in June on the ad­ visability of designating this road as a county road.—Good Roads. Gamble-Weir—That the Road Com­ mission consider the assumption of the road from'Gorrie north three and three-quarter miles to meet the coun­ ty road running east and west and re­ port in June—Good'Roads. No action was taken on the request of Monteith and Monteith for revision • of their annual fee owing to the in­ creased work in -the treasurer’s office. A resolution of sympathy was ex­ tended to the family of the late J. J. Moser, a former county councilor 11, Constable Lever was retained at 1 the same pay. as- fojrmerly—-fifty cents i an hour for nine months of.the year 1 and 60 cents for the three winter months. i The policing of ‘the village of Grand 1 Bend, by the county paying qne-third ' of coSt was requested by Reeves Me- ■ Cann and Rat?, was the subject of an* ' other debate which resulted in no ac- • lion being taken. Ross Johnston was appointed 'corn 1 borer inspector for 1940 at 55 cents per hour, he to furnish his own trans- : portation. Urges Reforestation f),G, Shearer, agricultural represent­ ative, in a brief address, said that 1939 was a good year in crops. Interest in the bacon hog,-industry is greater and more farmers are considering 'bean ac­ reage. The ^shortage of water is an argument in favor of reforestation- There was a substantial increase in planting trees, the majority being planted by private individuals, He said 60 young people, attended the instruction classes at Dungannon and 80 are already enrolled in a sim­ ilar class to be held at Belgrave. Last spring the county stood ninth in line to have cattle tested for T.B. Since then the number has -been re­ duced and Huron is now in fifth place. Mr, Fellows, district engineer of the Department of Highways, explained the new system of purchase of equip­ ment for county needs and how the subsidy would be applied. He paid a glowing tribute to the work of Mr. Patterson as engineer. New bookcases and four lockers were authorized to, be purchased for the law library as requested by Hur­ on Law Association. The recommendation of -the prop­ erty committee that a separate care­ taker be secured at the registry office at a salary not to exceed $300, was not concurred with. Council concurred in the resolution of the County -of Grey that the prem­ ium on grade A hogs be $2.00 per hog because of the greater cost of produc­ ing them. Concurrence was given to resolu­ tions from the County of Hastings re-- garding a 50% subsidy on all monies expended on government approved streets be paid to villages; also to one from Northumberland and Durham on the supervision of the cutting and sale of Christmas trees. Will Contest Appeal . The report of the County Home Committee was carried authorizing that the county defend, any action in the Court of Appeal to break the will by which an inmate left his estate to the County. ■ The Libraries in the County will re­ ceive grants of $25. Council concurred with the resolu­ tion* from, the County of Northumber­ land, deploring the increased cost of school note books. Reeve Raymond Redmond was ap­ pointed the delegate to the O.E.A, at Toronto. Clerk J. M. Roberts advised that J. W. McGibbon had expressed the opin­ ion that the Equalization of the As­ sessment will stand for five years and at the end of that time, may be ex­ tended for another five years. would be no change because of the appeals, 1 H. Edwards, Superintendent, of the Children’s Aid Society reported: . At the end of December, 1939, -there were 52 children under the society’s care. Thirty-nine of these are wards of Huron County, nine are other Soc­ ieties’ wards, and four ar,e non-wards. There were- 148 visits and 23 office interviews. During the year, 22 child­ ren were admitted to the Society’s care, but some of these were only un­ der temporary supervision. There If <Hr Child Hb.~ A NASTY Relieve th* Misery WitlHNrt Dosing Rub chest, throat and oack thor­ oughly with Vicks VapoRub at bedtime. Right away, VapoRub goes to work * • • two waysatonce. VapoRub acts on the skin like a warming stimulating poultice. At the same time it gives off medi­ cinal vapours that are breathed direct into irritated air passages. This direct, double action contin­ ues for hours after restful sleep comes. Often by morning most of the misery is gone. Why risk increased discom­ forts by dras- a tic “dosing”—' B S relieve miserywith 7 whose death occurred on Friday. Hospital Grants $700 Each Grants to the four hospitals in the county were set at $700, -the same as last year, at Friday morning’s session. The Salvation Army was given a grant of $250 for its rescue work and an extra one of $150 to assist in car­ rying on its war activities. The Can­ adian Institute for the Blind will re­ ceive a grant of $150; Ontario Con­ servation and Reforestation Associa­ tion, $25; Huron Plowmen’s Associa­ tions, $80 each; each Spring Fair $80 each; Hensail Seed Fair, $35; Agricul­ tural Representative’s office $500; Jun­ ior Extension, $300; each School Fair, $15; Central Agricultural Council, $50; $25 .to each library in the county, and $15 to Lucknow library, Council concurred with the recom­ mendations of the executive commit­ tee that no grants be given to the Huron County Ratepayers’ Associa­ tion, nor to the Women’s Junior In­ stitutes. The cause of the latter was charrfpioned by Reeves Grain, Gamble and Whitmore. The vote on the question of wheth­ er or not to transfer County Traffic Officer Norman Lever from the Roads Commission to the .supervision of the Police Committee and set his salary at the same level as other county con­ stables was as follows: For 11, Ag­ ainst 18. Engineer Reported R. Patterson, county engineer, sub­ mitted the following summary of ex­ penditures during 1939: Road con­ struction, $36,839.83; bridge construc­ tion, $4;697.15; maintenance, $82,139.- 74; new machinery, $1’5,365.32; mach­ inery repairs, $9,600.63; spuerintend- ence, $4,600.18. Total $153,242.65.. A reduction was noted in the report: in dragging costs: Ten miles of bi­ tuminous surface were laid and those previously done were given reasonable service. Eight concrete* bridges were erected or extended. “The new snow plows put in oper­ ation this year on small trucks are giving better results than was expect­ ed,” tlie .engineer reported. “Having the new crawler tractor plow' to as­ sist with the heavy work, we appear to have a combination that will give service at a reasonable cost. If our snow removal expenditures will be about $6,000 per year greater to keep the noads open for motor 'traffic over that which we once spent to provide snow- roads for horsedrawn vehicles, this would amount to a cost of about 26c on an average 100 acres of land, and I cannot imagine any expenditure that will give greater improvement to living conditions at such a small cost concentrates, $101.15; chopping and mixing, $56.31; trucking, $8,50; veter­ inary, $8.05. Total cost $1,715.73. Re­ ceipts from the sale of'hogs, $2,106,29; hogs on hand, $154, Total $2,260.29. The profit for the year, $544.56. School Inspector Reports J. H. Kinkead, public school inspec-, tor for North Huron, gave a dbneise report. The number of schools with new teachers was-forty-four, and the number with previous experience, 20. Music was well .taught in most schools in his inspectorate and the value of home economics and manual training is being recognized. During the year S.,S. No. 6, in Ashfield, was closed as the board decided it would be an economy to- send the children J:o Dungannon. Three- schools will be closed in one section as there are not enough children to make a class. A great number of -trees were planted, many of them most successfully. Teachers Scarce The number of teachers available for vacancies in the inspectorate is very small, Inspector-' E. C. Beacom, South Huron, stated. * The average salary in the rural schools this Year is $750, an increase of $32.00 oyer 1938;. the lowest being .paid in the rural schools is $650 and the highest $1,050. For the urban schools the average salary is $975. “Each year is showing an average decreased enrollment of 100. Two schools, No.^4 Hullett and No. -13 Stanley, where the enrolment was but four or five pupils, were closed and Ithe children sent to neighboring schools with no hardship.” • Transportation grants now paid by the Department of Education have aroused considerable (interest. Two or more rural school -boards which com­ bine to provide transportation to High School ©r Collegiate Institutes are given grants of 60% of the cost of transportation, (the remaining 40% to be paid iby the sections concerned. Another grant of :'$100 per school when under t t Loan Oversubscribed by 60% Ottawa—Canada’s $200,000,000 war loan was oversubscribed by 60% with cash subscriptions reaching a total of $321,276,850 When the books were closed, the Bank of Canada announc­ ed on behalf of Finance Minister Ral­ ston. In addition, conversion subscrip­ tions totalling $53,300,000 were're­ ceived, of which $50,000,000 has been allotted, baking the total of the fir&t war loan $250,000,000. There didn’t know whether or not he was coming ^7 Ae ca/fet/ui LONG DISTANCE . * . just to show he hadn’t forgotten us.’’ And so it goes. Long Distance is the single man’s answer to many „ , a problem—and the married man’s shortest road home. Always at I ♦ distant* Owen Sound Veteran Gets Post Ottawa—The Canadian Legion an­ nounced the-appointment of Col. D. E. McIntyre, of Owen Sound, as as­ sistant and general manager in charge of administration of Canadian Legion war services, with' headquarters, in Ot­ tawa. Associated with Col. McIntyre will be Capt. Ben. W. Alleh. ‘ CONDENSED REPORT OF COUNTY COUNCIL Continued from page two Weir, -Watson, Webster. County Home — Reeves Shaddick, Dorrance, Frayne, Turner, McNall. Children’s Shelter—Reeves Trewar­ tha, Whitmore, Feagan. Agriculture-*-ReeVes Gamble, WiL son, Passmore, Redmond, Weir. Police — Reeves McNall, \yilson, Hetherington. Airport — Reeves Frayne, McDon­ ald, Turner. Wardens Committee ■— Reeves Bowtnan, Trewartha, Gamble, Ratz, Diincan. Criminal Audit—-Judge T, M. Cos­ tello, H. A, Keys, J. M. Roberts. Good Roads-—Reeves Grain, J. FI. Scotti Armstrong* Equalization-—Reeves- Watson, Mc­ Donald, Shaddick, Tuckey, McCann. County Home Report An interesting operating statement of the hog industry at the County Homo in 1939 "was submitted by Treasurer A* Ft. Erskine. Hogs on hand and purchased at the beginning of the year were valued at $1,146.1’?. Grain and buttermilk cost $3&6.55; three section per year will be paid two ©t more 'sections combine one board. Appointments William J.. .Henderson for years .and J. R. M. Spittai for -two years; and T. H. (Gibson for one year to- the Wingham H-igh School Board. Fred L. Davidson to Wingham Gener­ al Hospital Board ('for one year. Motions Sliaddick-Armstnong: That a grant of $80 each, be made to Seaforth, Hen­ sail and Clinton Spring fairs, and $35 to Hensall Seed Show for 1940. — Carried. Grain- Webster: That the usual grants be given to the Women’s Insti­ tutes of Huron County.—Referred to executive. Leiper-McDoiiald: That the grants for Spring and Fall Fairs be the same as last year.—Carried. Redmond-Whitmore: That the us­ ual grant of $5.00 be given to the On­ tario Educational Association, ried. Increase Engineer’s Salary County Council Thursday increased the -salary of the County Engineer, R. Patterson, to $3,200^ -by a recorded vote. A motion to increase the $2,750 sal­ ary to $3,000 was defeated by an am­ endment brought in by Reeves R. J. Bowman and J. S. Scott to make the salary $3,200, ‘ The salaries of the county constab­ les were raised to $1,200 per year with $500 for car upkeep plus telephone tolls, they to furnish their own equip­ ment. $ The Recommendation of the Police Committee to make the salary of Traffic Officer Lever the same as the other constables” caused considerable discussion. Finally by a recorded vote of 18 to CANADIANS MAKE MUSIC -J Sill Enjoying their leave, these Canad- <at the King* George and Queen Eliza-1 try to keep together in the singing, ian soldiers gather around the piano belli Overseas club, in London, and I