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The Wingham Advance Times, 1933-12-14, Page 3Thursday, Dec. loth, 1933 W odd Wide News In Brief Form Claims Seaward Dash Necessary Lunenbur, N.S..--Thee motor ves ser Iromhaut's seaward dash,with 4 Coast Guard men aboard, was' rade necessary by stress of weather, ac cording to her master, Captain. Ross Mason. The skipper, held at St Pierre, said in a telegram message he had put to sea to save his ship aftei the towline from the patrol boat had parted twice. Doctor Says Man Died) of Blows Dr. W, L. Robinson, who perform- ed an autopsy upon the body of •Wm. Sim, could find no reason why the man should have died on the night of Nov. 29, aside from the injuries he had received. Sirsdied from multiple hemorrhages, resulting from a,• blow or 'blows on the right side of the Bead. These were two 'salient• points advanced by Dr. Robinson in making his report at the Coroner's Building at the inquest into Sim's death. Sim died in his Toronto apartment last week after a souffle with C. R. Kirk, a friend of Sim's daughter. Mary Pickford Seeks Divorce Los Angeles Charging mental cruelty, indifference and neglect, Mary Pickford, Toronto film actress, filed a suit for divorce from Douglas Fair- banks, motion -picture actor, who is in England. The complaint states that the specific neglect began in June; 1930, after which time Fairbanks is asserted to havedisregarded his wife's wishes and to have assumed an atti- tude of indifference toward her. Child Kicked to Death ' Denver—Donald K. Smith, aged 31, was brought hurriedly to the Denver County' jail from near -by Littleton, while groups of his fellow -citizens heatedly discussed the death of his' infant son. Sheriff E. E. Monzingo said Smith signed a written confes- sion that he kicked the child to death. A murder charge was filed. Two Women and Five Children Burned to Death Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.—Two grief- stricken men mourned the loss of their wives and five children, 'burned to death in an, early morning blaze that destroyed a little frame house on the Michigan side of the Sault. Lost in .thefire were: Mrs. Ernest Hib- blen and her four children: Jerry, 14; Catharine, .6; Ernest, 2; and Gene- vieve, 8, and Mrs. Albert Orr, with her 18 -months -old . daughter, Con- stance. Mr., Orr, a factory worlcer in the Sault, and Mr. Hibblen, an oiler on a diesel steamer at Windsor, were ontified of the tragedy shortly after the fire had destroyed their home and families. They left immediately for the scene of the tragedy. Salada Tea Co. Give Large Donations Mark Irish, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Toronto General Hospital, announced that the Salada Tea Company had made a generous and substantialgift to the hospital recently, in memory of its late Pres- ident, Hon. P, C. Larkin. The committee soliciting funds for. the new St. John's Convalescent Hos- pital .authorized the announcemeut that Gerald Larkin, President of the Salada' Tea Company, had made a contribution of $10,000, The amount given to the General Hospital was said to be $100,000. Can Take Quart of Liquor Over the Border. Instructions from Washington gov- erning the taking of liquorover the border by Canadian and United Stat- es citizens were received at the of- fice of the United States Customs in the Union Station. The new regula- tions provide that either residents or non-residents of the United States can take over one quart of liquor, wine or beer without paying any duty or United States internal revenue tax. British Government Acts on Newfoundland London—By a majority of 227 to 38, the House of Commons passed a financial resolution which precedes general legislation,, ` implementing re- commendations of the Newfoundland Royal Commission temporarily withdrawing self-government until Newfoundland's finances are restored. Veterans Surrender Medals As Peace Gesture Fifteen years after their victory in the war which was_, to end wars, 21 members of the Stratford Branch of the Canadian Legion surrendered their Victory Medals, with a request that they be sent to the Finance Min- isters of tww'enety-one nations—allied and enemy alike—to be melted down into metal "and swallowed with all other rewards of armed conflict in payment of the war costs of the world." The gesture of the Stratford veterans was one of protest and des- pair that the. forces against which they fought from 1914 to 1918 should again flourish. Nations to Discuss Disarmer -tient Geneva—Reports that a European political conference may be convoked to consider disarmament and the re- organization of the League of Na- tions reached Geneva. The League was described, as wyelcoming any and all suggestions for reorganization as long as they come in concrete form. Its desire to have all nations, includ- ing the United States, Russia and Germany, as members, was reiterated. Hitler Snubbed Berlin—Foreign Commissar- Maxim Litvinoff of Soviet Russia departed for Moscow without seeing either Chancellor Hitler or Foreign Minis- terKonstantin von Neurath. Diplo- matic circles regarded Litvinoff's fail- ure to meet the German Government as almost tantamount .to a demons- tration. `Bennett Sees World War Ahead London,Ont.—Right lion. R. B. Bennett, K.C., speaking at the annual 'banquet of the Ontario Commercial Travellers' Association, warned of the threat of a new world war, and in the same breath disowned, for the New World, any part in the making of the last great struggle, "Today," he said, 'the ;transcendent duty of every lover • Lighten Her Work At = ; ome Next Year 14110.1111,00....1.044611kbilditkilisi, Give her Electrical Gifts that will lighten so many of those irksome tasks.. A Toaster for as low as 82.98. An Electric Iron at $150 or a Percolator, and many other mod. crate priced electrical gifts. Crawford Block, of peace—and that means every Can- adians—is an-adian--is to support the League of Nations in its struggle for the main- tenance of peace. F. P. Hardy Given Release .Paris .Fulford Patrick Hardy was released from Sante prison and sailed for Canada Saturday with his father, Senator: A, C. Hardy, of Brockville, Ont. Young Hardy had been in pol- ice custody for several weeks,'charg- ed with striking his another, Mrs. Hardy sailed for New York on the Europa, fully .recovered from her slight : injuries. Propose Market Board for Wheat Winnipeg—'We believe • establish- ment of a' national marketing board would greatly facilitate the successful carrying out of. the London wheat agreement,' stated a memorandum made ;public by the Central Board of the Canadian Wheat Pools. Object to St, Lawrence Development A resolution, outlining the opposi- tion of railway workers to the joint development by Canada and the Un- ited States of the. St. Lawrence wat- erway, was drafted in Toronto by the Affiliated Railwaymen's organizations of Ontario. The resolution will be presented to the federal government. Will Continue Fight for Free Ireland New York --President Eamonn De Valera of the Irish Free State will carry on in his fight for complete in- dependence despite what he termed the United Kingdom's threat of arm- ed force to prevent a recession from the Empire. In a cable to the Assoc- iated Press, De Valera recalled that for '750 years Ireland has striven to win back her independence. "She w;111 not cease now," he added. O.A.C.• ' Students Win At Chicago Chicago—Students of the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, won the Live Stock and Meat Board trophy, first -prize honor in the intercolleg- iate meat -judging contests at the In.- ternational Live Stock Exposition here. In competition with eight oth- er colleges, drawn from many parts of the United States, the Ontarioans madA a total of 2,353 points, 6 ahead of their nearest competitor, Iowa State. U. S. to Float $1,000,00,000 Loan Washington—To meet notes falling due and pay interest on other obli- gations, the United States Govern- ment sought to borrow nearly $1,000,- 000,000 for one year at 2 1-4 per cent. With payments of $842,000,00 to be rrnade on Dec. 15, the Treasury of- fered to the investing public $950,- 000,000 "or thereabouts" in certificat- es of indebtedness, with the proviso usual to such operations that matur- ing obligations would be accepted in exchange for the new issue. NEWS of the DISTRICT Fire Destroys Truck And Load of Freight The Dodge truck belonging to the Listowel Transport, as well as forty radio cabinets and other freight, was destroyed by fire on the highway about five miles from Listowel. The truck had just left Listowel for Tor- onto with the shipment of radio cab- inets from the Andrew Malcolm Fur- niture Company and other freight. Only about five cabinets /were saved, the other freight, and the truck, were totally destroyed. The brakes seized, causing them to overheat and ignite the oil,—Listowel Banner. IThose 'Youngsters A clinton mother was preparing some beans for the family evening ;meal the other day when her little daughter who was watching her, re- marked: "Mamma, do you know that I'm made of two beans." "Why wha I'm made of two beans." "Why, what do you mean?" her perplexed mother asked. "Well" continue child, the e cl i d, pointing to her head, "this is one bean, then, pointing to her body, "Um a human bein'."-Clinton News - Record. Attempt to Burglarize Office Mr. Mustard's coal office, Clinton, was broken into. Entrance was gain- ed from the weigh, scales platform through a small window. looking out from the office, the glass of which was shattered. The desk was rifled, but nothing of value obtained, An at- tempt to open the till did not suc- ceed, although • the lock was badly twisted. No sash had; been left in the drawer, however, and hacl the thief or thieves stieceeded in opening it, they would have spent their labor in vain, Mr. Cartwright, the office clerk, said it looks like the work of sonic young • boysrather than old hands at burg- lary, Plants Sprout at Kincardine Add . to the worries of Christmas shopping and the task of keeping the furnace going that of keeping flow- ers from growing, Around Kincardine warm weather and heavy rains have caused . spring sflowers, ;to sprout and home gardeners have expressed the fear that unless this is stopped' the plants, to their detriment, will be nip- ped by frost. Daffodils, tulips and hyacinths have been sprouting in many . gardens.—Kincardine Review Reporter. Large Wolf Seen Dundalk—"Wolf, wolf," is East Lu- ther Township's warning to Proton, as a. timber wolf six feet long, which has been seen in Luther, is reported headingfor the Proton swamp, H. 11. H'ilborn, Clerk of East Luther, saw the animal, and Clifford Dales had a couple of shots atit, but miss- ed. Other hunters were 'hot on its trail, and it was seen beaded for Pro- ton swamp, west of Dundalk. A Real Nightmare Startled by a noise at his down- stairs bedroom window, Mr. Harry Leach, rb,siding east of the river, awoke to find a ghost-like apparition peering through his chamber cur- tains and becoming thoroughly alarm- ed as the white object silhouetted against the dark background of the night started to move about in a a spookish manner. Alex. Ernest's old gray mare had broken from its moorings in a neighboring barn, and was peeking in the window.—Walk- erton Herald -Times. W. M. S. Elect Officers The regular meeting of the W. M. S. of the Lucknow Presbyterian Church was held last Wednesday. The following were elected officers: Pres., Mrs. (Rev.) C. H. McDonald; sec., Mrs. A. Stewart; treas., Mrs. J. Ged- des; fin sec., Mrs. Jack Henderson; hon. Pres.,; Miss M. Murray; vice- pres., Mrs, Chesnut, • Mrs. Balfour, Mrs. John Smith; Home Helpers' sec. Mrs. I. V. McKenzie; Glad Tidings, Mrs. A. Patterson; Welcome and Welfare Com., Mrs. Henry Mullin and Mrs. Wm. Fisher; Literature sec. Miss M. McPherson, Mrs. W. J. Spindler; Life membership and Ex- pense sec., Mrs. J. S. McKenzie; Press sec„ Mrs. Horace Aitchison; Sick Com. convenor, Mrs. Clair Agnew; Program. Convenor, Mrs. Wm. Mc- Kenzie; Auditor, Mrs. H. Mullin; pi- anist, Mrs. H. Jewitt. Rabbit Had Ear -Rings While hunting jack -rabbits recently Elmo Stevens of Artemesia township shot one with metal rings or clips in both ears. The animal., which was a particularly large one, was shot on the farm of Lorne Nicholl. It is thought some youngster must have owned the jack" when it was small and put these metal hog clips in the ears to identify the animal Or per- haps jackMiner tagged this bunny, but we hadn't heard of him extend- ing his tagging activities in the jack- rabbit world.—Dundalk Herald. Buds on Plum Tree on Dec. 1st A branch from a plum tree was brought to the Observer Office on Friday, December 1st, loaded with 'buds, by Mr. 3. C. Williamson, of town, which he had plucked that morning from his garden. Taking in- to consideration two feet of snow and the severe cold weather which made its early appearance, the buds which are very numerous on the branches, is quite rare—Palmerston Observer, Proton Ratepayers Will. Vote on Statute Labor Question At' the Proton municipal elections next month the ratepayers .will vote on the abolition of statute labor in the municipality,—Arthur Enterprise - News. One. Case of Smallpox One case of smallpox, a mild type, has been discovered in Listowel, and quarantine has. been placed on the home. The Board of Health is tak- ine precaution toprevent the very t p e spread of the disease; several have already been vaccinated and the Board is asking that all children be vaccinated. -Listowel Banner, Frozen But Still Alive J, C ,Templin, editor of the Fergus. News -Record, went out to his rock garden at the rear of the office to drain the water out of some small concrete trenches surrounding a min- iature lighthouse, and which are about four ine1i:es in depth. Finding, about three inches of ice still on the surface hebroke the ice. to open the outlet, and found four goldfish, all alive, as well as a frog, k the water, width the extreme cold weather must have been frozen solid, for more than i ntonth, The fish seem, nope the worse for the cold storage, Charged With Manslaughter Walkerton -.-George Schneider Jr., of Carrick Township, h charged with manslaughter, and his cousin, Dick Hotten, also living near Mildmay, is being held an a criminal negligence charge in.connection With the instant death on Highway No. 9, one mile south of Mildmay, at o'clock Tuesday evening, of ,Anthony Kunkel 'of Wat- erloo, information to the effect that damage to the car had received at- tention at'Koenig's garage, Mildmay, after the accident, led to the arrests of Schneider and Hotten at the tat- ter's home by Provincial Constable McClevis, They were brought here and remanded to the county jail, with their hearings set for Dec, 14th. Cottages Entered During the week a number of , cot- tages at Kincardine were broken into and a few articles taken. Discovery by R. C. Mackenzie of entry made in- to/ the cottage owned by his brother, W. J. Mackenzie, led to the inspection of other cottages wheresimilar de- predations had been made. Seventy Hens Stolen Milton—Early Wednesday morning thieves entered Oscar Clifton's hen- house on his farm, Seventh Line, Tra- falgar Township, and stolen seventy hens. Provincial Police are investi- gating. Remanded for Attempted Suicide Pleading guilty to attempted sui- 'cide, a lady of about 35 years of age, told a distressing' story when arraign- ed before Magistrate Walker in police court here on Tuesday. She was re- manded to jail for sentence. Her two children, a 4 -year-old boy and a few months old infant, are being cared for in the Children's shelter- here.—Wal- kerton Herald -.Gimes. 'Workman Injured IMarshall Bell, one of the employ- ees at the Goderich wood lot, suffer- ed painful injuries when his arm came in the way•of a descending axe in the hands of a fellow workman, Gal. Smith. He received a glancing blow across the back of his hand, result- ing in a broken bone and severe lac- erations. He was taken to the God- erich Hospital and attended .,,by Dr. Martin. It required ' several stitches to close the wound. Morris Resident Passes There passed away at his home on 3rd con. Morris, early Thursday morning, William Anderson, in his 56th year, eldest son of the late Quin - ten and Mrs. Anderson. He had been ill for the last month with heart trouble. He leaves to mourn their loss his aged mother and two sisters, Mrs. William Ireland and Mrs. Coch- rane, 3rd con. Morris, and three bro- thers, Alex, and James, Brussels, and Charles at home. The funeral was held, privately from his late home on Saturday afternoon with interment in the family plot in Brussels cemetery. FURTHER REMARKS BY TIMOTHY ON THE ELECTION FIGURES To the Editor av all thin Wingham paypers. Deer Sur:— Whin I wus either wroitin ye lasht wake, I didn't know the results av the town elickshuns, only in a gin- eral way. • Barrin the fact that Jawn Hanna was to be our mayor for noin- teen tirty foor, an the naines av the other fellates elickted. I didn't hev anny other informashnn at all, at all, so 1 didn't, Av coorse as soon as I got the Advance-Toimes I shtudied the figures an found out some quare tings be rayson av doin so, In the fursht place Jawn Hanna had a majority av tirteen, which must inane bad luck fer somebody, mebby fer the toyn, arr mebby for Mishter Willis, but mosht loikely fer Jawn himsilf. Thin I notished that Mishter Baker headed the poll agin fer,alder- man, the same as he did two years ago, an C,P.R. sltock want up in proice the nixt day. The ixpriss rain samed to be in luck on the day av the elickshun, houldin both inds av the loine, so to shpake; Mishter Bak- er at wan ind, an Mishter Gilmour at the other. \Van ting I don't Ioike is that foive mimbers av the new council will be risiclints av ward tree. Av coarse foot out av the foive beim Tories will' hilp same, but it isn't fair at all, at all, that wards wttn an two shud not hev fcn'itywati on the Council bpord. Meb- by the payple don't tink they lieu art- ny niin in thine wards slntart enough to be aldermin fer whin I come to tisk av it, sllttre 'tis years since we her ha'a an aleireman' from the Sottt and av the towii, an tings hey got so bad now that no wan kin even 'git nominated, if he lives beyant Jawn Shtrate, r atm "' tould that the new Clerk an Trisnrer ay. 'the County do be Botha min wino °witlt ayersnys to foight thin/ Hurts. This is as ie, stud be, fer 1 belaive the returned min spud hev an. If you're Secretary of a lodg.' or club or business association—aired you really like the job—you'll find it a great help to supplement the usual meeting notices with reminder telephone calls. And of course Long Distance now is so easy to use—as simple as 'phoning next door. For 30 cents pod can telephone about 100 mites by making an "anyone" call (station -to -station) after 8.30 p.m. See list of rates in front of directory. ny saft jawbs that turn up. I wanted me own bye to apply, but he said he wud rather shtick to the farrum, an be his own boss, than tohev a Iot av thin County Councillors tellin him what to do. Mishter Hinry trowed a bait into the wether fer that bye Hepburn, but he didn't boite. He musht av tought theer wus a ketch in it somewheer, an so theer wus, but I didn't tink he had sinse enough to notish it. I bet this Lame duck sishun, as thim Grits call it, will be a loively wan, wid the opposition doin all they kin fo previpt us Tories from shpindin money to kape the whales turnin, in ordher that we kin win the elickshun nixt summer. Yours till the nixt toime, • Timothy Hay. "Mind you ,old boy, I' say nothing the the girl throwing me over and keeping the ring, But what gets me down is having to pay eleven more in- stalments on it whilst she's walking out with somebody else!" SEC'Y OF EXETER P. U. C. MISSING Deep concern is felt as to the whereabouts of Herman Doerr, for the past fifteen years secretary -treas- urer of the Exeter Public Utilities Commission, who mysteriously disap- peared from his home last week. Ex- citement ran high in Exeter Monday and Tuesday as word spread of the strange disappearance of Mr. Doerr, a prominent resident of Exeter for many years. r: It was anounced by William Ward, chairman of the Public Utilities Com- mission that bonds to the value of $3,000, which had been kept in the Commission's safety deposit box in. the Bank of Montreal, were missing. This was a startling angle on the case in view of the fact that the general understanding on Monday was that the bonds of the Commission were intact. Mr. Ward did not wish to en- large on his statement, as to wheth- er or not the disappearance of the bonds and of Mr. Doerr are linked, e's u ickest, �. ' 4 , lest ay to Stop a Cold Take 2 Aspirin TaU e �. its. ,/ Drinkfullgtassof water. , if threat is sore, crush a Repeat treatment in 2 ■ and dissolve' 3 Aspirin hours. Tablets in a half glass of Water and gargle according to directions in box. 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