The Wingham Advance-Times, 1940-04-25, Page 3K'
Thursday, April 25th, 1940
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At 2.10 o'clock, in Town Hall, Wingham
I Call and See
our Electrical
ances
Tudhope Electric Rang
es, Everhot Electric
Ovens, Irons, Toasters,
Vacuum Cleaners, Curl
ing Tongs.
Cof field Washers are
tops in the washer field.
Twenty-Seven Years of
Service in This Com-
/ munity.
at No Obligation to buy
the integrity of Southeastern. Europe.
Hupgary arid Rumania also carried cm
similar operations.
Swiss Told How»to Meet Invader
Berne — In a proclamation design
ed to prevent repetition ip Switzerland
of the invasion of Denmark and Nor
way, the Swiss Government told the
people Jiow the entire nation will be
mobilized in event of invasion.
German and Italian Military
Experts Confer o
Rome — Italy's alliance with Ber
lin took' on new signs of life, with
German military experts already in
Rome and Italian experts due to go
to Germany in as co-ordinated pro
gram..
Donald Rae & Son
Phone 27 ^Hardware, Coal & Coke Wingham
Nazi Trickery ifi- Norway
.Washington .— German tricks and
not Norwegian treachery were said, by
the. Norwegian legation here to have
been responsible for Germany’s initial
success in invading Norway,
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Hague Says No Aid Needed in Indies
A round of ■'declarations expressing
in turn Tokyo’s, Washington’s and
London’s “deep concern”- over main
tenance of ithe status quo in the Neth
erlands’. rich and strategic East Indies
possessions was' capped by an Inde
pendent statement from The Hague
that the Netherlands neither' seeks
n'or acceptes protection from any na
tion for its empire;
wegian survivor of the torpedoed Bri
tish steamship Stancliffe as saying the
German liner Bremen had sunk off
Norway with 15,000 troops. The sea-
man, named Rydningen, was saved af
ter the Stancliffe was torpedoed off
the North Scottish coast,
Rbgers in England
London —- Hon. Norman Rogers,
Canadian minister of national defence,
and a military retinue arrived at
dreary Euston- station and were greet
ed informally by Dominions Secretary
Anthony Eden, Major-General A. G.
L, McNaughton, commander of the
Canadian First Division; Hon. Vin
cent Massey, Canadian high commis
sioner, and a number of others from
the war and foreign offices. With Mr.
Rogers were Major-General V. W.
Odium and military aid’es.
Tp Take Census in 1941
Ottawa —- War dr peace the decen
nial census of Canada will be taken on
schedule in 1941. Officials of the Do
minion Bureau of Statistics are .busy
preparing for the counting of heads
and the compilation of hundreds of
volumes of figures which give a com
plete picture of the growth of Canada
in wealth and population.
Britain Wants to Know
How Italy Stands
London — Ronald Cross, minister
of . economic warfare,'called attention
to the “hostile” tone of the Italian
press and declared in a speech at
Sheffield that if Italy wishes to be
treated as a neurtal she should be
have as one. The 43-year-old minist-
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and arrest of a former Turkish Cab
inet minister paced the Balkans’ grow
ing campaign to .stamp out Nazi
'‘‘Fifth Columns” — subversive elem
ents representing serious threats to
Says Bremen Sunk
London — The Exchange Tele
graph News Agency quoted a Nor-
Balkans Hunt Nazi Agents ■
Belgrade — A police raid on • the
home of a former Jugoslav premie.’
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HYDRO SHOP
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er, who directs the blockade of Ger
many, expressed the opinion that Ger
many might attack Sweden within the
next month to obtain her sources of
iron ore.
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SEE HOW LITTLE IT COSTS
LET ELECTRIC SERVANTS DO THE WORK !
The modern ELECTRIC
Range is thrifty!
per person pays the
cost of cooking a big
meal electrically!
An Electric Cleaner
eats up dirt and dust in jig
time . .. and costs only lc to
do a whole day's cleaning!
Food stays fresh.,. left-overs
keep longer . .spoilage is
eliminated by the ELECTRIC
Refrigerator. And lc
operates it for 12 hours I
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Washing is practically a
pleasure with a fast, gentle
Electric Washer, and
it costs only about 2c for a
whole week's washing I
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AT’OU’LL be amazed and delighted at the differ-
ence electric cookery makes in your household
hills. It costs less than y2 a cent Per person per
meal for current . . . and you make countless
savings by eliminating spoilage, turning
. leftovers into tasty dishes '. . . reducing
bakery bills by cooking at home. And then,
it costs so little to buy! You’ll find it won
derfully easy to own a modern, money
saving electric range. Come in today and
get the facts.
SEE THE McCLARY AND
HOT POINT RANGES
ON DISPLAY
LIVE BETTER ELECTRICALLY. ..THE HYDRO WAY
On Way to England, Nazis Thought
Stroemstad — German soldiers
aboard transports heading for Norway
thought they were bound for an inva
sion of England, a war prisoner cap
tured after the sinking of the 10,000-
ton Nazi cruiser Bluecher by Norweg
ian coastal batteries, told a corres
pondent. Interviewed on Norwegain
territory, the prisoner disclosed that
the Bluecher sailed for Norway four
days before <the invasion.
Bacon Prices May Be Cut
Ottawa — Warnings went out from
two Government agencies to Canadian
farmers not to expect immediate high
er prices for hogs, butter and eggs
merely because Danish products no
longer reach United Kingdom mar
kets. UPhe Bacon Board, headed by J.
G. Taggart, indicated in a statement
that bacon prices shortly will be low
ered to Canadian consumers.
Nazis Seize All German Property
Berlin — Propaganda Minister Jo
seph Goebbels told the German people
in a speech that there is no longer
such a filing as private property In
ther Reich and that the nation’s entire,
resources now are -at .the disposal of
the war program.
ited, fast New York-to-Cbicago ex
press train, jumped the track a half
mile east of here. Nine cars lefit the
tracks and piled against an embank
ment, carrying down communications
lines and blocking the main upstate
New York east-west motor highway.
Nazi Using All Reserves
Berlin,—Walther Funk, Reich min
ister of economics and president of
the Reichbank, admitted that Germ
any was drawing ruthlessly on her
reserves to pay for her war activities
along the Siegfried Line,’ in Poland,
Denmark and Norway.
Funk disclosed that Germany must
carry on economic “bin-scraping” to
finance its war.
Somerville, N. J., — James H. R.
Cromwbll, United States minister to*
Canada, formally announced his can
didacy for the Democratic nomination
for Cnited States senator from New
Jersey and linked himself -to the ec
onomic and international views of
President Roosevelt
Hen Rescued From Flood
Did you see the hen sailing down
the river using some tree branches for
a boat, on Saturday. Poor creature,,
it didn’t look as if it were enjoying it
very much. Hens, not being fond of
water, we are safe in concluding tliat
it was decidedly frightened and no-
doubt grateful, if a hen can be grate*
ful, when -it was rescued from its pre
carious perch by some kind gentle
men.—Brussels Post.
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Maybe you think it costs more than you can afford to have the electrical appliances you’ve
always wanted. But ihafs not true any longer! Today,'the cost of Hydro service is lower
than it has ever been—much lower, probably, than you have always thought. Take a look
at the chart above. /. then check the actual cost examples! at the right. You’ll quickly con
vince yourself that modern electric servants do work for "pennies a day ”. And you’ll agree
that thanks to these'thrifty Hydro rates every family
can easily afford to "go on the electrical standard of
' living”. But don’t Stop there* * . today, pay a visit to
your Hydro Shop or electrical dealer—decide to buy
and enjoy the modern electrical helpers you lack!
BRINGS YOU BITTER LIVING
and Lowers Living Costs!
You sit down and take your
ease with a modern Eleo-
trio IrOner. .. and all it
costs is Id an hour to operate!
Hydro Hot Water ser
vice provided all the hot
Water ydu want, "on tap"
whenever you Want if.
Danes Reject British. Plea
New York, — The Danish shipping
committee rejected a British suggest
ion that Danish ships transfer either
to British Or French registry—or run
the risk of seizure by the Allies as
enemy vessels.
Accidently Shot Brother-in-law
Toronto,-—A fraiLgirl ,of i5, with
blue eyes atid;iblonde, curly hair, acci
dentally shot to death her 89-year*
old brother-in-law, Andrew Bednarz,
while attempting to assist him in cap
turing two burglars in a York Town
ship coal yard.'
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40 Die In Train Wreck
Little Falls, N< Y.—At least 88 per*
sons died whe.n the Lake Shore Lim-