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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1940-05-02, Page 3« « " Thursday, May 2nd, 1940 ..................... ...... ...................—— WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES 0 CASE of ACCID ENT . ,dr When you let us write your auto mobile and fire insurance, you not only protect yourself against loss, but you get the quick service provided by us, and by Pilot offices in other Ontario places, and by+Pilot automobile claims service in the United States. COSENS & BOOTH Wingham We Represent—* negotiations” between the Norwegian Government and Nazi Germany. The king likewise refused to recognize the new administrative council set up in German-held Oslo. May Ban Communists. London —- The Daily Herald said that the Government is seriously con sidering taking steps to suppress the British Communist party. France has banned the Communist party since the Start of the war, and has taken dras tic measures against its former lead ers, an effort to widen the war "to des.-' troy Germany” but German interven tion foiled the design ‘by a few hours? Through German operations in Nor way, he said, “We found the entire plan of occupation of the Allied army. Says Italy Mus't Enter War Rome—- Giovanni Ansaldo, 'Italian commentator, in his third declaration of the kind for the third successive Sunday, said that it is “impossible for a country like Italy to remain indef initely out of a conflict” such as the present" war.” PILOT INSURANCE COMPANY Writing selected risks in——Automobile, Fire,. Plate* Glass, Burglary, Public Liability, and other general insurance. Head Office, Toronto. Moscow and’Yugoslavia Heal Breach Belgrade — Vice-Premier Vladimir Macek said that the impending trade treaty between Soviet 'Russia and Yugoslavia would be followed by re sumption of diplomatic relations be tween the two countries. There have been no such relations since the Rus sian revolution. 0 De Valera to Probe Blast Dublin — Prime Minister Eamon De Valera took personal charge of in vestigation of the bombing, allegedly by the outlawed Irish Republican Ar my. of the Dublin Castle headquarters of the Eire Government’s special de tective branch. Five detectives were injured, none seriously in the blast, caused by detonation of either a time bomb or a land nline. Will Not Seize Iron District London — Britain has given Swed en assurances that Allied troops will not attempt to occupy Lulea, iron ore port on the Gulf' of Bothnia, or the* mines themselves in Kiruna, it was learned. At the same time ti was an nounced here that the Allies will go to Sweden’s assistance if German troops, now reported massing at Bal tic ports,f invade the country. Slain in Norway Albuquerque — Hariy J. Wilson, of Albuquerque, said he had been not ified that his sdn, Harry B. Wilson, 22, was killed m action while fighting with Allied forces Tuesday near Ham- ar, Norway. Wilson said his son en- J listed with Canada’s Princess’"'Pats- Regiment last fall. . Canada, resulted in the men’s capture and frustration of a possible robbery. ———— Slayer of. Two Hanged Kitchener — Reginald White, 35- year-old farmhand, just before he was hanged in county jail here, said, “I t^ust that my experience may be a les- _son to oeliers.” Before his death he made a spiritual confession to ‘Major Joseph Woolcott, of the Salvation Army. White was hanged for the mur der last August of John Milroy at Branchton, Ont. He confessed 'the . slaying of Milr.oy’s sister, Annie, but he was not tried for this.' $350,00 Fire Edmonton — Insurance adjustors reduced to about $350,000 their estim ate of damage caused by an early morning fire that swept through the- Gainers Limited packing plant.. Explain Retreat London. — The war office explain ed the retreat of British troops fol lowing a battle at Steinkjer, Norway, as the withdrawal of an advance de tachment threatened with being cut off from its main body by water-borne German reinforcements. ' ' France Friendly to Italy Paris — Premier Paul Reynaud again extended a friendly, hand to It aly and said he remained "convinced , of the possibility of harmonizing the needs and legitimate interests of the nations bordering the Mediterranean.” Bank Teller Nabs Two Thugs Toronto — Three minutes after they had entered a branch bank here and had notified the manager that "this is h holdup”, Mike Fink, 23, alias Dick Young, and Charles Meiner, 21, were under arrest on charges of at tempted robbery. Quick action by Ronald L. Kennedy; teller in a west end branch of the Imperial Bank of London Colonel Heads‘Brigade ' Lieut.-Col. George H. Ellis, of Lon don', commander of the 21st Field Bri gade, R.C.A., has been called on ac tive service- and appointed to com mand the Sth Army Field Brigade, R. C.A., in the Canadian Active Service Force. It is understood that three of the batteries which have been under his command In peace time will be un der his command in the 5th Army Field Brigade. They are the 12th Bat tery, London, and the 'OTth and 100th Batteries now training at Listowel. Norway’s King Ignores Germans - Stockholm — King ifaa’kon or Nor way proclaimed from his secret head quarters that "there Is no basis for *F T JC|:JKwLJEiJmN<W^JCi IM CARS Nazi Losses Heavy London — The ministry of- inform ation announced that 26 German tran sports and supply ships had been suhk by the Allies or scuttled. 10 others hit by torpedoes and ’probably sunk1 and one set a fire by air attack between April .9 and 22. Lives lost numbered thousands. Tq Hear Conant’s Appeal London — The judicial committee of the Privy Council agreed to hear the appeal of the attorney-general of Ontario from a decision of the Sup reme Court of Canada that the Do minion Parliament, has . the right to abolish appeals to the Privy Council. Allied Reinforcement in Norway Allied General Headquarters, Near Namo-s, Norway —- Around the ruins of Namos the Allied war machine is now in full action. Thousands of Al lied troops, reinforced by pursuit ships and th£- anti-aircraft guns. "Queen Mary” at Cape Town New York — The British liner Queen Mary, which left New York on Mar 21 for an unannounced destina tion, sailed into Cape Town, South Af rica, April 2, passengers and officers of the Japanese steamship Poelau Tel lo said on their arrival from Cape Town. -------- Stop War News in Rumania Bucharest — Publication of daily war news bulletins by the French, Bri tish and German legations was sus pended, apparently at the Rumanian Government’s suggestion. The Gov ernment has begun a drastic campaign against foreign propaganda. ■FOR SVCH A X.ITTUE DIFFERENCE IN PRICE ✓ "Take my tip Compare Olds with tlie Ordinary Cars ! See what a BIG difference just a few dollars’ makes." SIZE! From stem to stern Olds mobile is BIG. And it’s roomy, too 1 Front seat accommodates 3 passengers comfortably. STYLE ! Imagine driving the car everybody's calling "the best looking car on the road”. Oldsmobile sets the beauty pattern for ’40. POWER ! Oldsmobile offers big, economical six- and eight cylinder engines that give you extra power without extra cost! engines that give you COMFORT! Oldsmobile’s ex clusive Rhythmic Ride—with modern coil springs all around —gives you gliding driving com fort, even on the roughest roads* QUALITY! One look at Olds mobile will convince you of its quality. You’ll see dozens off features found only on higher* priced cars. PRESTIGE ! You can be proud of an Oldsmobile. Olds has been a leader for forty years! Asked Russia for Trade Proposals London — Great Britain has invit ed Russia to put forward copcrete proposals for a trade agreement, hav ing regard to Britain’s paramount ob ject of preventing war supplies reach ing Germany, Richard Butler, under secretary for foreign affairs, informed .the House of Commons. To Hold Conservative Caucus Ottawa — Conservative Leader Hon; R. J. Manion called a caucus for Monday, May 13, of the 38 Conserva tive memberS-elect "to choose a tem porary House leader and to lay pre parations for the session.” Says Germans Planned Norway Drive Stockholm—Carl J. Hamibro, presi dent of the Norwegian Parliament, countering assertions of the German foreign minister, Joachim von Ribben trop, that the Allies had plotted an in vasion of Norway and were forestall ed* by /Germany’s’ action, said in an interview that "the opposite is absol utely proved.” “There is also proof that Germany made, several months previous to the invasion, detailed pre parations for such an occupation of Norway,” he added; Claim Britain Planned to Take Norway Berlin — Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop claimed the Allies long had planned to invade Norway in Bombed Shanghai American Paper Shanghai — Terrorists bombed the American-owned Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury, killing an Annam- ese policeman guarding the building and wounding three Chinese employ ees. The attack was the first against a newspaper here since last July 22nd. Youths Start Air Training Ottawa — Monday morning was the zero hour for the British Com- ■ jkmonwealth Training Plan. The van guard of a legion of blue-clad war riors of £he air take reports for duty at the initial training school operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force on the site of the Eglinton Hunt Club, north of Toronto. These are the first to train as pilots under the Empire scheme. BELL TELEPHONE DIAMOND JUBILEE ' —------\ Early Days of Telephone in Wingham Recalled by'‘This Historic- Event has the the Illustrated—The Oldsmobile "60” Two Door Touring Sedan' iW^CmXjWm 1 OLDSMOBILE —“BEST LOOKING CAR ON THE ROAR I”----- CRAWFORD’S GARAGE ■) Mr. Robert Powell was in London, on Monday. Rev. Arthur and Mrs. Sinclair vis ited friends in Toronto. The Institute held a very successful tea on Friday at the home of Mrs.. J. B. Watson. Proceeds were to aid- the public library in placing more books for the patrons of this institu tion. Miss Irene Taylor^ Nurse-in-train- ing at Goderich hospital, spent Sun day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.. T. H. Taylor. * ’ The Blyth Red Cross packed’ their" monthly bale on Friday containing the following articles of clothing: 82 pairs of socks, 2 sweaters, 18 suits pyjamas, 28 quilts, 9 ladies dresses, 1 boys coat, 2 prs. childrens shoes, 5 ladies sweaters, 2 scarves, 7 child rens caps, 9 ladies hats. tory, Victoria St.; Willson. B., banker, residence, Josephine Street. Dr. Towler had succeeded Mr. Mc Guire in charge of the agency here and was known as the “Local Man ager.” It seems evident that a substantial increase in telephone users was made throughout the Province in 1§91. An other directory was published in De cember of that year. It showed that a new Local Manager was in charge here in the person of A. L. Hamilton. Additional local subscribers were: Beattie Bros., livery stable, Diagonal Road; Brunswick House, D. McCor mack, proprietor; Carr, A. H., flour and feed store; Dinsley House, Jno. Dinsley, proprietor; Great North-West Telegraph Co., C. E. Williams, agent; Grand Trunk' Ry., ticket office, Jno. Nichol, agent; Hutton and Carr, flour ing mills; Tennant, Robt., livery stab les, John Street; (McLean and Son, saw mill; Union Furniture Factory, Gilchrist, Green and Company. When the Bell Company came into being, in'1880, the first commercial telephones had a range of only twenty miles for satisfactory transmission. Gradually the first crude instruments were improved and refined. Copper wire replaced the galvanized iron lin es which had .been good enough for telegraph transmission, and this im proved conductor made inter-city communication more reliable. Metal lic circuits were introduced during the gay nineties. A metallic circuit is, of course, the use of two wires between the subscriber’s telephone and the central office. Up to 1892, all sub scribers’ telephones were on the single wire system, which .used the earth for the return current to complete the cir cuit. Metallic circuits eliminated stat ic interference and cross talk, and the voice range was thereby expanded. The invention of the loading coil, in 1900, which greatly reduces the trans mission loss on a circuit, doubled man’s potential voice reach. By 1910 conversations were possible up ’to 2,000 miles. The development of the vacuum tube telephone repeater in 1915 enabled voices to travel across continents. A repeater is a device Which amplifies voice impulses which have become weakened by travel ov er1 a' long distance. The repater in stantaneously strengthens the dimin ishing cutrents, sending them out with renewed vigour to complete the next lap in their journey. Radio-telephony was perfected, and by 1927 telephone users could chat across the Atlantic. In normal times, your telephone in Wingham. can be connected with any one of some 40,000,000 others’ in about 80 countries or territories. The world has, indeed become a neighbourhood. "There are now no earthly limits to human Speech BLYTH (Intended for last week.) Mr. Clinton Smith of Seaforth,’ visit ed his brother, Mr. L. Smith. Mr. J. Welsh of St. Augustine died on Monday, April 22nd at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Heffron, aged 78. Service was held in R. C. Church (today) Wednesday with in terment in R. C. Cemetery, St. Augus tine. The 14th annual Huron Presbyter- ial was,.held on Tuesday in Seaforth United Church. A number of ladies in this vicinity were in attendance. Our band held their first practice on Monday evening under the leader ship of Dr. E. C. Toll. Our citizens are looking forward to some splendid band concerts. Ontario SEE OUR BIG-VALUE GOOUYEARS • We’re offering thrifty motorists extra tire value in every price class this year! Nine different guaranteed Goodyears at different prices each “tops” in value at its price! Each has centre-traction tread, twin pro tector cord plies and new Supertwist cotd for long, safe, low-cost service. Drive in and low-cost Goodyear tubes today! COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF INSPECTS HER REGIMENT at Buckingham Palace.Visiting 'their training quarters in.S.F., of which she is commander-in- England, Queen. Elizabeth inspected chief. Members of this unit were sel- . the Toronto Scottish Regiment, C.A. ected for the honor of mounting guard The celebration this Monday of the Diamond Jubilee anniversary of the Bell Telephone Company of Can ada recalls the extraordinary changes that have been brought about by the speeding up of voice communication. The birthday of the Bell also reminds us that Wingham has continued to benefit, down through the years, by the inventions and improvements that have refined telephony and increased man’s voice range. An astonishing transformation taken place in telephony since new-fangled contraption” (called telephone was introduced in Wingham over 55 years ago. Even in the late nineties a long distance telephone call between Wingham and points three or four hundred miles away caused as much excitement almost as does a heavyweight championship boxing match or world series baseball game today. In this year of grace it is doubtful if a telephone conversation ^between Jack Canuck in Wingham and CJiristopher Kangaroo in Perth, Australia z- 15,000 miles away ’— cause an eyebrow to be raised. "So what?”'likely would be the attitude of yOtir blase Canadian telephone .user. The first Bell Telephone “agent” in Wingham was James McGuire. Mr. McGuire’s office was situated in the heart of the business section on Jose phine street. In the middle eighties, a primitive exchange switchboard and its associated appartaus were set up at the rear of Mr. McGuire’s office. This modest exchange was open from 8 a.m, to 8 p.m. week days; 2 to 4 p.m. Sundays and from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 2 to 4 p.m; holidays. The firgt telephone subscribers in Wingham were: Dr. A. Bethune, who had his office at the corner of Centre and Patrick Streets; H. W. C. Meyer who had a telephone in his office at Victoria and Josephine Streets and an- ,other in his residence at Patrick and Minnie streets; the Grand Trunk Rail way Station and the Great North- Western Telegraph Company. Early in 1891, a new telephone dir ectory for the "Ontario Department” listed the following additional sub scribers to Bell Service in Wingham! Agnew, Thos., livery stables; Bankof Hamilton; Bell, Thos., furniture, man ufacturer, Victoria St.; Brunswick tlotel, Josephine,Street; Canadian Pa- cafic Railway Station; Chapman, W. J,, grain merchant, Josephine St; Meyer and Dickenson, Barristers, of fice; Sparling, R. C., egg emporium, Josephine St; Utiioti Futnitufe Fac- WE CAN SAVE MONEY FOR EVERY MOTORIST GOODYEAR’S 1940 LINE-UP XOF MONEY-SAVING TIRES IS STEPPED UP IN MILEAGE AND PRICED AT ECONOMY LEVELS r> Murray Johnson Wingham