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War Brewing Churchill.
Lontion,--Winston Churchill, .said in
a hard hitting foreign policy speech in
the House of Commons, that the seed
of a new war are being sown in the
region of Eastern Europe dominated
by Russia and that revelations of a
Communist spy system in Canada
were "by no -means .contpletes"'
Declares All Doctors
Opp.p5e. State'. Medicine
Ottawa,—Nationalization of medic-
ine is against "•dernocratic principles"
and the "entire North. American metli
cal •profession". is opposed JO it, Dr.
Morris' Fishbein of Chicago, editor of
theAmerican Association Journal, told
the annual, meeting Of the Canadian
Pharmaceutical Association.
- National health acts now being pro-
posed in Britain and the United States
reflect a world.-wide.' trend -towards
nationalization and socialization which
could. lead only to complete domina-
tion by Government of all phases of
medicine, Dr. Fishbein• said,
State medicine, first introduced in
Germany by Bisemark, had led to en-
tire state regimentation'in some coun-
tries.
Italy Republic, Voters Reject
Rouse Of Savoy
Rome,—Italy's Royal house of Say,
loy fell under the weight of more than
12,000,000 votes cast against it in the
week-end plebiscite, Italy chose to be
a republic.
The Ministry of Interior announced
that with only a few ballots still to be
counted, voters in favour of a republic
led by 1,820,14, They swept the in-
dustrial and densely populated north
and one section of Central Italy, de-
feating. more than 10,300,000 support-
ers of, the monarchy.
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Hotel 'Meals In. China Are
A Trifle Costly
Vancouver,—Fourth engineer ,geo;
Davie of the S, S, Aspen Park, which
docked here has brought .back a grim
souvenir of inflationary conditions in
China.
It. is a menu from the Imperial Hot-
el in Tientsin. •
Prices on the menu, all in Chinese
national currency, were two fried eggs
$150; tenderloin steak and garnished
egg, $600; grilled chicken, garnished,
$750; and'fried potatoes, $200.
^A choice „of mixed 'grill is offered for
$750, or plain omelette or mixed salad
for $200. Club, sandwiches or ham-
burgers -cost $200. Bread is $20 per
slice, or $25 buttered. Coffee or milk
is $150 and a•pot of tea $100. Apple
pie costs $400 a cut and ice cream
$250. •
A 'package `of American cigarettes,
bought through the 'black market,
costs $15,000. •
58 Perish In Chicago Hotel Fire
Chicago,—A flash fire of mysterious
origin killed 58 persons and injured
Dubuque, Ia., Hotel Blaze Second
Disaster In Four Days
DubtKpie, ia„---'17be American Red .
Cross reported on Sunday. that there.
still were 20 persons unaccounted for
At .8 p.m. C,D,T, in the Canfield' Hotel.
fire yvhicli already had taken a toll. of ,
15 known dead,
Mrs, James Donahue, secretary of
the Dubuque County Chapter of the
Red Cross, •said there were 25 miss-
ing after names of the 129 hotel guests'.
had been checked against the lists of
dead, injured, and those known to have
escaped,
Hamilton Collegiate Destroyed
By Fire •
• Hamilton,-,—The most spectacular
fire in Hamilton's history gutted stor-
ied Central Collegiate on Friday at
midnight, Daniage was estimated at
$500,000,
At midnight the four-storey stone
and timbered buildingowas a mass of
flames, It appeared - nothing could
save it from destruction.
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Boy Monarch Found Shot
Bankok,—King Ananda Mahidol, 20
year-old ruler of Siam, was found dead
pf a bullet wound Saturday in the roy-
al palace, and 12 hours later the Siam-
ese Legislature named his Boston-born
brother Prince Phumiphon Aduldet,
18, as the new king. 9
The Siamese 'police direCtor general
told an emergency session of the nat-
ional legislature that the king's death
was accidental and that the bullet went
through the centre of his forehead.
Im.otiamm.,11
U. S. Colonel and Wife To
Face Court Martial
Washington,—The United States
Army revealed the arrest of a captain
in the Women's Air Corp's and her
colonel-husband in the story-book
theft of a fabulous 1,500,000 of jewels
and other treasure from a castle owned
by the ancient German House of
Hesse.
A War Department official identi-
fied them as Col. J. W. Durant and
Caps. Kathleen B. Nash Dqrant. He
said Durant gave his address as the
home.of his brother, Falls Church, Va.,
And the WAC the address of her sis
ter, Hudson, Wis.
357,116 Britons Killed In War
London,—A total of 357,116 Britons
We have a large stock of
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werekilled in the Second Great War,
officials figures disclosed,
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WHITECHURCH
Mrs. John Purdon spent a few days
last week with 'her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Nathaniel Bolt at Blyth.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tichbourne,
Goderich, visited on Sunday with her
mother, Mrs. D. Kennedy.
Miss Olive Teriff,Reg. N., was call-
ed ' to Lucknow on Monday. to nurse
Mrs. Wm. Robinson, who has been
very ill with pleurisy.
Mrs. Wm. Humphrey and Lila, Mr.
and Mrs. Campbell of St. Helens, vis-
ited with the, former's sister, Mrs. A.
Fax and Miss Isabel Fox o Kincar-
dine Hospital staff, spent the week-end
there.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Johnston and
Mrs. Wm. Crawford, and ',Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Crawford ofPort Albert, vis-
ited on Sunday at the home of the for-
mer's nephew, Mr. Lorne Johnston.
Mr. and Mrs. Camerson Simmons of
London, spent the week-end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Martin
and other relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McLean spent
Sunday at the home of their daughter,
Mrs. S. II. Cross, Walkerton. .
Mrs. Wm. Conn spent a,few days
last week with her daugltter, , Mrs.
Harold Johnston, Lucknow, and Miss
Roberta Simpson of Teeswater also
-visited there, while Miss Connie Simp-
son visited with Mr. and Mrs. John-
ston Conn.
Mr. Arthur Moore and his men have
been busy at Victor Casemore's hopper
with the cement work of a new feed
room he is building.
' Mrs. Thos. Rewan and son, Martin,
of Neustadt, and an aunt, Mrs. Morris
of Ayton, visited on Sunday at the
home of the former's sister, Mrs. Jas.
St. Marie.
Mr. Louis Dalton has purchased a
house and barn in Ashfi•eld and expects
to move them to the foundations left
by the fire on his farm on the 12th of
W. Wawanosh.
Splendid anniversary services were
held in the United Church here on
Sunday, with the pastor, Rev.'G. W.
Newton in charge: The choir render-
ed special anthems and musical num-
bers.
Miss Flora Coulter of Kitchener,
spent the week-end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs.W. J. Coulter.
Miss Winnifred Farrier of Toronto,
and Mr. Carmen Farrier of New Tor-
onto, spent the week-end with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Farrier.
'Nits. Thos, Moore has been very ill
during the past week with a severe at-
tack of the flu.
The Trustees of W. Wawanosh have
been making arrangements to close S.
S. No. 14 for the next school year, as
there was not the required number of
pupils attending, to keep the school
open.
Miss Eileen Snell of London, spent
the week-end with her patents, Mr.
and Mrs. Stanley Snell. Mr. and Mrs,
Thos, O'Malley and family and his
sisters Miss Bridgetta O'Malley of
London mowed last week to their home r
on the 10th concession of E. Wawa-
nosh;
Quite a number from East Wawa-
nosh attended the trousseau tea held
at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Pierson
Irwin on Tuesday; in honour of the
approaching marriage of their daugh-
ter, Miss June Irwin,
After another painting be at the
Ball here on Wednesday last, Mr.
Cecil Proothe sprayed the final coat of
paint on the ceiling, anti the ladies ex-
pect to paint around the doors and
windows this week.
Mrs and Mrs. Harold Pollock and
Awing of Pordwich, spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. George MeCtenagliah
and other village residents oh Stoiday.
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Thursday, JUIle. 13th, 1946 WINGFIAIVI ADVANCE-TIVIg$
WORLD WIDE NEWS IN CONDENSED FORM
!All,!}, 11 ll llllllllllll
Of these .284.4.43 were in the armed
forces, 00„500 were Civilians, Ag48
were in the Merchant Navy and fish.-;
ing fleets, 1,206 were in the Home
Guard and 024 in the 'Wetnett,'S Auxil-
iary Services,
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goo—none of them, known to be, can-
adiana, in the worst hotel blaze in
Chicago history and the most serious
hotel disaster in the United States for
more than la years.
Safety, engineering and architectural
experts wire seelcing to establish how
the flames spread so rapidly through
what had been -said to be a "strictly
fire-proof" hostelry---the , La, Salle
Hotel in the crowded Loop district
Within a few irlihihes after flames
were first discovered licking out of
a dummy elevator door off the main
lobby, the .first three floors of the .22,
story building were engulfed in fire,
Patrons in the floors, above opened
the doors and windows to investigate
the smoke and sound, of fire engines,
This concerted move, firemen said,
created a. giant draft from top to bot-
tom of the 37 year,old hotel, sucking
flames, smoke and gasses up elevator
shafts.
and Mr. and Mrs, Stanley McBurney
motored to Hamilton on Wednesday,
on the first step of the latters' return
to their home in Vancouver.
Mrs. Chas. Martin, Mrs. John Gill-
espie and Mr. and Mrs, J. G. Gilles-
pie were at Seaforth on Wednesday
last attending the funeral of the late
Mr. Neil Gillespie, who passed away
at his home there in his ninety-first
year,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McClenaghan
returned home on Monday after spend-'
ing the past three weeks with relatives
at Toronto and at Hastings.
Mrs. Anderson and two children, of
Galt, are visiting at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Win. Henry.
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Weber of Kit-
chener and her mother, Mrs. Mather
of - Holstein, visited on Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McClenaghan.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Parker and chil-
dren of London, spent the i",veek-encl
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben.
McClenaghan.
/Mr. Russell Moore of Preston spent
the week-end with his wife and family
here.
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Mr. Pollock has Been re-engaged to
teach at Fordwich for another year.
Mra and Mrs. B. Moss of Bright,
spent the week-end with relatives here,
having come to attend th Moss John-
ston nuptials at Holyfrood on, Saturday.
Born—On Wednesday, June 5th., in
Wingham Hospital, to Mr. and Mrs.
Jas. Curran, (nee Muriel Purdon,) a
daughter.
MATERIALS are in SHORT
SUPPLY and we expect a
greatly increased volume in our
business within the next two
weeks.
If you need
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delay to these repairs.
A. L. FISHER
ROOFER and TINSMITH
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Wingliam
,Mrs. H. E. Groskorth received word
on Sunday of the death of her grand-
mother, at the age of 92 years, at the
home of Mrs. Groskorth's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Bagg of Unionville, and they
left on Tuesday to attend the funeral
there.
Mrs. Macly and Miss Olive Mc-
Gill of Blyth, visited on Sunday with
Miss Isabel Fox.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clarke of Luck-
now, spentSunday with her father; Mr.
Robt. Carrick and Miss Susie Carrick.
Mr. and' Mrs. Donald Martin attend-
ed the marriage of her sister, Miss
Doris Evelyn Johnston, daughtet of
Mr. andMrs, Mark Johnston of Holy-
rood, and Mr. Albert Arthur Moss,
son of Mr. Fred Moss of Auburn and
the late Mrs. Moss at the home of the
bride's parents, on Saturday, at 11 a.
in., with Rev. H. F. Dann officiating.
Dinner was served to about fifty
guests, the immediate relatives of the
wedding party. Miss Helen Mills, a
niece of the grooni, .and Mr. Lloyd
Johnston, a brother of the bride, were
the attendants,
Mr. Kenneth Laidlaw of London,
and Mrs. Laidlaw and children of
Lucknow, spent the week-end at the
home of his parents, Mr.' and Mrs.
Jas. Laidlaw.
The Falconer and McInnis families
in this-district met on Saturday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Falconer,
Wingliam, for their annual get-togeth-
er picnic.
Quite 'a number of the men of the E.
Wawanosh Federation were in Strat-
ford on Tuesday to go through the
Whyte Packing Company factory,
when men front other Townships also
went on this inspection tour.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart McBurnev
GOOD YEAR
Bert Armstrong
Telelhone 181 Wisigharn