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World Wide News In Brief Form
Italy Will Not Leave League Until?
Rome—Italy will not abandon the
League of Nations until the day the
League itself assumes full responsi-
bility for measures against Italy,
Premier Mussolini's cabinet decided.
The cabinet also declared: "Italy's
policy has no immediate or remote
aims which could injure Great Brit-
ain's interests."
No War in Ethiopia Until Dec. 4th
Says League
The council of the League of Na-
tions—stands as a committee to draw
up a report and recommendations on
the quarrel between 'Italy and Ethi-
opia. The council took this step at
Geneva under Article XV of the cov-
enant, at the same_ time warning that
if either disputant took military ac-
tion before December 4, it would be
considered an aggressor. This was
done by declaring that Article XV
should be considered as having be-
gun to operate September 4th,
Seven Candidates in London,
London—The most mystifying elec-
tion in London's history took another
complicating turn as Dr, Hugh . A.
Stevenson, the man who defeated Sir
Adam Beck in, 1919, filed papers to
enter the Federal battle as the sev-
enth candidate.
Notes. Sant
to Germany
Geneva—Italy, Fance and Great
Britain presented identical notes to
Hitler, asking the Berlin Government
ii :ce . of its contribution for assura t o
tranquility in the MVlernel territory.
Hurricane at •Jamaica
Kingston, Jamaica --A tropical hur-
ricane ripped across Jamaica Friday,
destroying e 2 000f 000 banana trees
y
bearing ripening crops, and 'driving
the Norwegianstcans1i Ciss a-
ground in the Salt Blvd. The storm
reached a velocity of 120 miles an
hour at one time.
Britain Will Not End Navy Pact
London—A report that Great Bri-
tain is preparing to advise the United
States it is terminating the Washing-
ton Naval Treaty in 1936 was formal-
ly denied. United States diplomats
visited the Foreign Office to inquire
as to Britain's attitude regarding a
naval conference, which must be held
before the end of the year, under the
terms of the treaty.
Ontario Refuses Beauharnois Power
The new batch of Beauharnois pow-
er, slated for delivery to Hydro on
Oct. 1 under the old contracts, is not
being accepted, it was reported in re-
liable quarters at Queen's Park. The
delivery -67,000 horepower is one of
the last deliveries scheduled under .the
Henry -Ferguson regime contracts,
which contracted. Hydro to purchases
of power from the Quebec private
Power companies.
Russia to Back League of Nations
Moscow—It, was authoritatively
learned here' that the Soviet Union
will back the League of Nations no
matter what measures may be taken
by that body to halt an Italo-Ethiop-
Ian war. Moscow will contribute its
siare in applying sanctions shotild the
League decide to proceed with pen-
.alties against :Italy.
Small Wheat Crop Forecast
Washington—The smal1es^t would
wheat crop hi 13 years has been fore-
cast by the Bureau of Agriculture Ec-
oriolnics, which placed it at 330,000,-
000' bushels less than the short crop
of 1984. Production was estimated at
abut 8,480,000,000 bushels and the
-ov er outside Russia
e of
world earry v dat
800,000,000, or a total of about 4,230,-
060,000 bushels. Last year production
was 3,450,000,000 bushels and carry-
over 1400,000,000 bushels, a total of
4,559,000,000 bushels. The short crop
this year will reduce world carry-over
by the end of this season, it was said,
to be ..between 400,000,000 and 500,-
000,000 bushels, or not much more
than the ‘nornaal . world carry-over
prior to 1928.
So;.ne Duties Dropped by Australia
Ottawa -The Department of Trade
and Commerce made public cabled ad-
vice from Melbourne showing the
Australian Government had made im-
portant abolitions and reductions of
primage duties on numerous Canadian
products exported to the Antipodes.
The articles affected are: crude as-
bestos, bronze powders, drugs and
chemicals, and printing paper, includ-
ing newsprint, and Government mot-
ion -picture scenic films.
Burned to Death
Earlton, Ont.—Trapped in her room
by flames Miss Dorothy Nudd, 19 -
year -old telephone exchange operator,
was burned to death in a fire which
destroyed the Cecil Hotel here. The
hotel. cook, Miss M. A. Leroux, was
severely injured when she jumped
from the second storey and Joseph
Pendenton was , badly burned as he
slid down a rope front his room.
;New Governor-General to Arrive
October 24th
Ottawa—Thanksgiving Day will be
unusually memorable for the Canad-
ianpeople this year, as it is under-
stood that oh that clay, Thursday, Oc-
tober 24th, the new Governor-Gener-
al, Lord•Tweedsmuir, will land in this
country at Quebec. The inaugural
ceremony, it is understood,' will take
place the following day, The fact that
the Federal election will: not t•ermin-
ate until Oct. 14 is believed to have
been a large factor in delaying the
arrival of the new representative of.
his'es - the luras ty l e Ding in this country'..
Germany Prepares in Case of War
Berlin—Germany is said to be, tie-
gotiating with Hungary for the use
of Hungarian airports in case of war.
Minister of Air Goering's National
Zeitung announced that the entire
production of Hungary's manganese
mines at Urkut, among the best in
Europe outside of Russia, will hence-
forth come to Germany.
Britain•to Back League Covenants
London—Assurance that Great Bri-
tain will back the League of Nations
Covenant in any new crisis was 'giv-
en France, authoritative sources said.
A letter answering a French question
based on anxiety for the security of
Austria was presented to Charles Cor-
bin, French Ambassador, by Sir Rob-
ert Vansittart, Permanent Under-Sec-
retary of the Foreign Office.
Strathroy Veterinary Sentenced
London—Dr. R. M. Lambert, vet-
erinary and livestock trader, Strath-
roy, was found guilty of converting
more than $1,500 of trust' money to
his own use and was sentenced to two
years. in the Ontario Reformatory,
one year determinate and one year
less one day indeterminate, by Judge
Wearing.' •
Stevens Candidate in, Bennett's Riding
Calgary—Dr. C. T. Galbraithwas
unanimously nominated Reconstruc-
tion party standard bearer for West
Calgary, the riding of R. I3. Bennett.
Japan Wants China Government
Overthrown
Tientsin, China---Major-Gen, Hayao
Tada,commander of the Japanese ar-
my in North China, attacked the Gov-
ernment of Nankin and charged Sov-
iet penetration of China, He urged
the establl lutrent of a Government in
Not•th China independent of the pres-
ent Adnrinistrationi--•the Central Chin-
ese Government of Nankin—and de-
clared the trotiblcti, relations between
Japan and China c isnot be settled un-
til General Chiang Kai-shek, headof
the Nankin Gov ;rnmentt, is over-
thrown and his • uomingtan . Party
y
suppressed,
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NEWS
of the
DISTRICT
Badly, Stung by Bees
A young Exeter woman walking, on
Main street near the Exeter Lumber
Co. on Wednesday afternoon had an
experience she will not soon forget,
It appears a truck carrying some bees
dropped a box on the highway. As
she passed the bees encircled her,
lighting on her head, stinging her on.
the back of the head and face. Other
women also were attacked. Those
who fought came out second best.
Others who paid no attention to them
were not rnolested.
Brussels Station Entered
Thieves entered the Brussels C. N.
R. station on Thursday night, getting
in by breaking the glass in the door,
and taking a number of express par-
cels. No clue has been obtained.
Mill Office Broken Into
Some time between 6 p.m. Tuesday
and 7 a.m. Wednesday the Pfeffer
Milling Co, was broken into. Entran-
ce was gained through a window at
the rear. Several of the desk drawers
were forced open and ransacked, but
as far as is known nothing was tak-
en.—Listowel Standard.
Porcupine in Goderich Square
A porcupine was discovered in the
courthouse square at Goderich, treed
by a dog. An interested crowd gath-
ered about while John McLean lass-
oed the "porky" and took it away in
a box.
Some Huge Cukes
'4Vhat are without doubt the largest
cucumbers ever grown in Walkerton
were produced this year in the gar-
den of Mr. Frank X, Schmidt. Mr.
Schmidt brought into the Herald -
Times office four of these over -sized
cucumbers which. had a total weight,
4 lbs., 3; oz., and the largest of the
quartette tipped the scales at 3 lbs.,
12 oz,—Walkert®n Herald -Times.
Pigs Stolen in Howick
While Albert Deitz, of the 17th con.
Howick, .was attending Clifford Fair,
some person with a truck stole two
young pigs, weighing about 65 ,lbs.
each, from his stables, Police are in-
vestigating, but tire marks of the
truck are their only clue.—Fordwich
Record.
Failed to Register Threshing Outfit
William Denimerling, of Kurtzville,
pleaded guilty at Listowel to a charge
of failing to register a threshing out-
fit under the weed control act. He
was assessed $10 and costs.
Cars • in Collision
While enroute to Palmerston, Mr.
and Mrs. A. Downer narrowly escap-
ed serious injuries when they attempt-
ed to pass an oil truck driven by W.
Haverson, going the same direction.
Just as the Downer car turned out to
pass the truck, the driver of the lat-
ter decided to turn left with the re-
sult that the Downer car crashed into
the side of the truck. Mr. Downer,
who was driving his car, was forced
to take to the sidewalk to escape and
narrowly missed a hydro pole. Apart
from a severe shaking up of both Mr.
and Mrs. Downer no damage was
done the occupants.
Clinton Store Entered
The Clinton Hardware Company's
store was broken into and a number
of articles stolen. It appears that pre-
paration for a hunting trip were un-
der way, as the loot included some
ammunition, a hunting knife, flash-
lights and jack-knives. Entrance was
made by forcing open a door at the
rear of the building and smashing a
glass panel in a door to gain access
to the main store:
Crashed Opposition's Building
It was generally thought that the
best of good feeling existed between
the different garage firths in this vil-
lage, but after the peculiar happening
on show night .some doubts are now
entertained. Alf Hammer's wrecking
car, which was left parked on the
street, had its brake released and
away the machine went backwards.
When nearing Morgan Pletsch's gar-
age, the machine suddenly swerved in
that direction and carne to a sudden
stop against the side of the building.
An outside stairway that Morgan uses
to upto his sleeping ee r n
get P
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P r
was smashed to kindling, and .a win-
dow was also broken by the impact.
The truck was also damaged.—Mild-
may Gazette,
Injured in Fall Prom Car
Auburn—Jean Lawlor, for,
seven-year-
old
ear-
old
daughter of George Lawlor, nisei
with a painful accident on her way
horse front school. She was riding in
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a car of a neighbor, when the door
opened, allowing her to fall out on
the road. The driver did not notice
what had happened and she was pick-
ed up by a passing buggy and brought
to the village where she received med-
ical attention, her head being cut in
two ,places and receiving minor in-
juries,
Fell from Car, Fracturing Skull
Margaret Riddell, aged 8, was seri-
ously hurt when she fell from the rear
seat of her father's car. Dr. J. R. Rid-
dell, the girl's father, was driving
west on Highway No. 23, going to
Palmerston, when in some unknown
manner the rear dour opened, toppling
Margaret out of the car. The little
girl crashed to the pavement. She sus-
tained a fractured skull and severe
lacerations about the head.
Killed in Nine -Foot Fall
Noah Opperhauser of Tralee, six
miles east of Listowel, was fatally in-
jured Wednesday last week when a
board on which he was standing,
broke, throwing him nine feet to the
ground. His body ,was found by his
son in the addition Opperhauser was
building to his barn. Two years ago
Opperhauser suffered a fall attd was
unconscious for six weeks.
Mother Saves Son
Only timely action by ldrs. Joe
Wilson of Kincardine, saved the life
of her young son, Tommy, who had
fallen into one of 'the pools at the
newly constructed rock garden north
of the powerhouse, at Kincardine.
With other youngsters, he was play-
ing around thein and ventured too
close. He fell in. An alarm was giv-
en by the other children to Mrs. Wil-
son, who was' looking for her young.
son. Rushing to the pool, she pulled
him unconscious from it. As a result
of the accident the Public Utilities
Board plans erection of a fence ar-
ound the pools.
Goderich Man Defendant
in $90,000 Action
A $90,000 action by Dr. L. G. Car-
gill, London, against Reginald McGee,
Goderich garage man, for personal in-
juries arising out of an auto accident
Dec. 20, 1934, has been set down for
trial at the Fall Assizes of the Sup-
reme Court opening, Oct. 7th, at Lon-
don. Dr. Cargill claims a car driven
by Mr. McGee struck his car and in-
flicted injuries which seriously affect
his professional earning capacity.
Brussels Lady Passees
There passed away at her home in
Brussels on Tuesday morning last
week, after a lingering illness, Aniy
Hornseif, beloved wife of Angus
Campbell, in her 78th year. She was
born in Wellingboro, England' in
1857, and in 1876 she married William
Smith in North Hampton, England,
from which marriageone son, Wil-
liam Smith, San Francisco, and two
daughters, Mrs. C. R. Perkins and
Miss Nellie. Campbell, London, sur-
vive. After the death of her husband
she married Angus Campbell in North
Hampton, England, in 1887. Coming •
to Canada in 1887 she had lived since
in Brussels. She leaves to mourn her
loss, her husband, two sons, Robert.'.
George, town; Stanley, in London,
and one daughter, Marjory, at home,
also the children by the first mar-
riage. Three sons enlisted in the Gt.
War and one son, Harold, made the
supreme sacrifice in France,
Calves Trained to Harness and "Saddle
Lyle Lannan, young son of T. J.
Lannan, of the 9th concession of Ash-
field Township, is the proud owner
of a pair of shorthorn calves which
he has broken to both harness and
saddle. He drove them to Courrie's
Corners school fair, a distance of four
and a haif.miles from his home. They
were decked out in complete Harness,.
gathered from bits of horse harness,
and fitted to their small size, and;
hitched to a two -wheeled rig.
' Fergus Doctor Passes ;,.; ,_-a
Fergus citizens were shocked on:
Thursday afternoon to learn of the
sudden passing of Dr. William A.
Groves, prominent practitioner and
son of the late Dr. Abraham Groves,
world-renowned surgeon and philoso-
pher, at his home in Fergus, Dr.
Groves' health had not been the best
during the past month following a
motor accident in which he narrowly
escaped serious injury. He had b@en
about his regular duties and retired
about 10.30 o'clock the night before
his death. When he failed to res-
pond to a call by his housekeeper in
the morning, Drs. N. D. Kyle and T_
Russell were summoned, but Dr,
Groves died while in a state of coma.
Death came to the younger doctor.
less than five months after his world -
famed father passed to the Great Be-.
yond.
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