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Want Strike
S 1'R,&'rFORD. — Fifteen hundred
furniture workers in twenty-seven
factories in nine different Ontario
centres; including nine Toronto plants,
are le be called out on strike this
week,
A hastily summoned conference
here tate Sunday attended by J. F.
Marsh, Ontario Deputy Minister of
Labor, and members of the District
Count: il of the Furniture Workers'
Union, railed to avert the strike. Mr.
Marsh asked the union to delay the
walky'tit until after a new conference
between manufacturers and union re-
presottatives. Frank M. Wright,
President of the District Council of
the union, said the request could not
be tnet, The union made plans Sat-
urday t.e call out the men Tuesday
and ltp pians could not be altered, he
declared.
Spainizt-A Rebels Ban Paul Muni
Movies
f3ALA.IVIANCA, SPAIN. — The in-
sutgeat Government announced a ban
on all 'lime written, acted, or direct-
ed by a proscribed list of celebrities
en Saturday.
Included in the insurgent ban were
the gereon sears Paul Muni and Luise
Rainer, directors Lewis Milestone
and Frani' Tuttle; writers Upton Sin-
clair, Ciluord Odets, Liam O'Flaherty,
Dudley Nichols, Humphrey Cobb and
Kenatet r lVIacGowan.
k . iafoe R covered
CALLANDER.—Recovery from an
attack of influenza which kept him in
Toronto General Hospital for almost
two weeks, Dr. Allan Roy Defoe, phy-
sician to the Dionne .. quintuplets, was
resting Sunday at his home here. Dr.
Defoe arriv"d from Toronto.
He will resume his regular medical
duties', including the care of the
.quintuplets this week.
$103 ):early Doctors' Bill
TO11Of TO.—Even though one may
hays bon blessed with anywhere
from 10 to 20 years of excellent
health and considers himself immune
to sickness, he may be approaching a
siege of illness that will run him in-
to heavy medical bills in the opinion
of Dr. J. A. Hannah, neuropatholo-
gist in the Ontario department of
health.
Dr. Hannah, who has 'Teen active in
campi'iug data on which' the organiza-
tion of Ontario medical services was
based, sa statistics show the aver-
age individual, throughout his life,
pays a' certain amount out for medi-
cal services. whethehis illnesses
•12ave been spread evenly over the
years, or live come in a, few heave'
ixtcltacts.
"re The fact that all families are liable
for heavy medical bills was revealed
in a study of 10,000 families in the
United States—each fancily with an
average cf 4.4 members, Dr. Hannah
said. The survey showed that aver-
age cost for medical services to a
family of four is about $108 per year,
This yes ly average might be paid
with $30 on year, $100 the next, $450
three or 'Vier years later.
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i'ia":ls Slander
LONDON.The Sunday Referee
said in. its -sews columns Sunday that
a "mallc:o'us whispering campaign"
concerning the ring's health is being
conducted by scandal-n'•Ingers, among
whom it ni nbered "famous Mayfair
boste and hostesses, prominent stock
brokers and Left W`ng politicians,
anost of Yawns are disappointed office -
seekers:
Denying King George's health is in
any way questionable, t' newspaper
called a+' ..nt.on to the fact that it is a
treasonable offense to spread slander-
ous reports regards" 'he person of
the Y g.
The Referee said the basis for the
rumors inclr,le the fact his Majesty
did not broadcast a Christmas mes-
sage, paid only one visit to the Brit-
ish Industries Fair, and the recent
postponement of 'te Durbar in India.
The reason tho King has not ap-
peared more frequently in public
since i is accession, tho newspaper
continued, is because he is fully occu-
pied earning the complicate'l task of
,loin writhe.
Ztaps Train, Then Dies
NF)v1' YORK. — Fifty -five-year-old
.Joseph Wal, b. brought his subway
trail to a safe stop and slumped over
dead. The motorman's fatal illness
struck hien between the 34th and 14th
Street stations of the line, and he ap-
parently " .ght off death until he
could safely halt the train. 'Ie died,
said a. physician, at the instant be
brei the train to a stop.
Whirl Groaindri Flan
S1tiifitiltY,—High winds Sunday
grounded most of the planes at the
Sudbury air base. A plane owned by
Harold Milligan took off in the wind,
rose about twenty feet, and lauded nu -
Injured alfnat thirty feet from the
hangar, Milligan tied his plane after
that and decided there had been
enough flying for one day.
Salesgirls Hold Fast
DI^:T11.OiT.---One hundred and fifty
atve-attrl-tela" girls slept In the as.
aembiy retina of Detroit's central F.
W. Woolworth store while their lead•
ere debated whether to inolude other
units of the company's forty -stone mo-
tropolitan chain in a "sit-down" strike,
A meeting of the Strike Committee
of the Waiters' and Waitresses' Union
was postponed without explanation.
Plans for pressing the strike were to
have been formulated at the meeting.
A. J. Dahlquist, District Superin-
tendent of the chain, said all stores
in the Detroit. area would open in the
morning with the exception of the
main one held by striking girls.
17 Different Ways and None
Correct
NEW YORK. — Seventeen crack
spellers from New York University
and Hunter College managed to spell
the name of the German Nazi emblem
seventeen differeut ways and none
was correct. The word, which stump-
ed an intercollegiate spelling contest,
was "fylfot," synonym for "swasti-
ka.,"
Vincent Massey Visits
Canada's New Destroyers
CHATHAM, ENGLAND. — Hon.
Vincent Massey, Canadian High Com-
missioner, accompanied by Mrs. Mas-
sey, visited Canada's new destroyers,
the Fraser and St. Laurent, Saturday.
They were met at the Chatham dock-
yard by Captain V. G. Brodeur, com-
mander of the Fraser, and were re-
ceived by Admiral Sir E. R. Evans.
Then they boarded the St. Laurent,
where the officers of both destroyers
were introduced. The High Commis-
sioner spoke to the crews briefly at
the quayside and lu•shed ou board
the Fraser, where he presented silver
cigaret boxes to the wardroom mess
of both ships.
Hunt For Oil
VICTORIA,—British Columbia has
joined the Western Canada hunt for
oil, which the optimists of the oil
fields hope and prophesy ultimately is
to mean "from $75,000,000 to $100,000,-
000 per year" to Canada.
British Columbia's quest for ori is.
being pursued in a 50 square miles
area bordering on Alberta and Mon-
tana. Flathead, where they have
drilled 4,000 feet through hard rock,
in contrast to the spasmodic bard rock
strata underlying Turner Valley, Al-
berta, is the scene cf present B.C.
efforts. Wells may have to be sunk
8,000 feet here to the limestone, as
against 6,000 feet in Alberta. The
cost of each exploratory venture is
likely to be a quarter million dollars
or nearly twice as much as the aver-
age Alberta, well.
Favour Strike
TORONTO. — Following a meet-
ing ni the Labor Temple of members
of the International Brotherhood of
Maintenance . of Way Employees
working on the Canaian National
Railways, H R. Dancy. Chairman of
the union, stated there was a pro-
nounced feeling among the men in
favor of a strike to secure a restora-
tion of their wage -cuts.
The meeting; Davey. stated, had
been called to explain the state-
ment issued recently along with the
ballot sent to all members of the
seventeen unions working for the
Canadian National and Canadian
Pacific Railways The ballots must
be returned by March 15, he said.
"The maintenance of - way em-
ployees are receiving $19.68 for a
week of 48 hours. There are other
railroad workers earning less. While
I cannot say so officially, the work-
ers are in favor of a strike," said
Dancy.
Famous Editor Passes
NEY YORK. — Unable to combat
pulmonary congestion follocting a
heavy cold, Rollo Ogden, 81, editor
of the New York Times since 1922,
died here this week.
Famous with the profession of
journalism, Ogden's name was not
well known to the general public
because his work was done in the
editorial columns of the Times,
where writers are anonymous.
Througbout his long service in jour-
nalism, he was associated with only
three newspapers — the Times, the
New York Evening Post and, for a
time, the Manchester Guardian of
England, for which he was New
York correspondent.
Oliva laiox ne Apt scsates Act of
Gover.mnent
CALLANDER, Ont. — In two sen-
tences, Oliva .Dionne confirmed an
announcement in the Ontaio Legis-
lature that he had become "one of
the keenest advocates of continued
Governmental protection and assist-
ance for his quintuplet children.
At his home across the road from
Dafoc Nursery, whore the quints
live apart from the rest of the lam
iy, Dionne said: "We appreciate the
protection of the Government, We
couldn't get along without it."
It was the first admission by the
slender father that he agreed in any
way with Ontario legislation under
which all business and personal ar-
rangements for the quints are in
the hands of a board of guardians.
A member of the board, Dionne sel-
dom, if ever, attended a meeting of
the board.
Girl Found After
24 -dour Search
Hanover Child, Brooding Over
Mother's Death, Asleep at
Gran,dmother's When Search-
ers Catch Up—Had Hitch.
Hiked 35 Miles.
TIANOVER.—Missing sines Friday,
11 -year-old Lillian May Schieiie was
found and delivered to her home at
midnight Saturday.
When she left home, the girl had
been brooding over the death of 12,er
mother three mc -th' ago, and she
was in an unhappy frame of mind fol-
lowing a quarrel with her 13 -year-old
brother, Johnny. She announced she
was "going on a long trip,' but she
was found he her grandmother's home,
thirty-five miles distant, quite happy
again and willing to return home,
Feared Her Death
The father, Herman Sohiefie, had
frankly feared the girl had died. "I
thought once she was in the river,'
he said Saturday night, "She some-
times went up to the ;raveyard where
her mother was buried, and I search-
ed every inch of the place until mid-
night Friday night." He was accom-
panied by Chief of Police Norman
Meyers of Hanover, and together, with
flashlights, they searched the grave-
yard and the surrounding area.
On Friday afternoon, when school
was out, the girl went to her home in
Hanover and ptlt on warm clothes,
then declared -she was going away.
She hitch -hiked to Holland Centre,
home of her grandparents, Mr. and :
Mrs. William Hampton. Friday night
she wrote a letter to her father, say-
ing she would hitch -hike home again
in a day or "two. The father did not
receive the letter until late Saturday.,
afternoon, after a night and day of
worry.
Found Sleeping
Fearful that his daughter might . be
harmed, or become lost, if she repeat-
ed the hitch -hiking trip, the father
was anxiously seeking a Means of
transportation to return the girl home,
when The Globe and "fail volunteered
a car. She was sleeping soundly in
Holland Centre when her father arriv-
ed, and she was surprised at the
alarm that had been ar used. "I just
came over for a visit," said she, "and
I thought you would know where I
would bel' -
$109090 Price stied
F.r E P. lanch
Three Groups, One From Toron-
to, Were Negotiating for Pur-
chase—Duke Needs Money.
OTTAWA.—One hundred thousand
dollars is the approximate price anti-
cipated for the Duke of Windsor's Al-
berta ranch, •now for' sale under t'l3
direction of au English bank, itj=is
learned in Ottawa. .
Three groups of prospective pur-
chasers were negotiating for it, one
of them a Toronto group, but the.To-
ronto group is understood to have
to have dropped ant.
The ranch, soon to pass from the
ownership of the Duke, is regarded
as one of the finest in Canada. It has
oil potentialities which have never
been probed. It is understood the
Duke of Windsor is in neve. of the
cash expected to be involved in any
transfer.
Conviction that policies now be-
ing followed will rapidly reduce
unemployment problem to "man-
ageable proportions."
SPORT TODAY
'Ry KEN EDWARDS
Napoleon
jo'le is probably
the only ball play-
er who ever sign-
ed a .gpntraet on
the back of an
envelope.
Ty Cobb, Jr.,
Son of the great-
est baseball play-
er that ever lived
is . the Universi
ty of Georgia's
new court coach.
Did you know
about "toughy"
Eddie Shore; at
the top sof National Hockey League
fmne for many years . he led
hisown orchestra b e fo re h i s
hockey debut, saxaphoning all the
way . . look out, maybe 'Vallee is
tough, and we don't know it.
it: has been my -+rivilege in tl.e past
to;titlk with all kinds of speed demons,
holders, of records on land and water
including Sir Malcolm Campbell, the
?nen who drives faster than a bullet),
h tt•never have I had a tete a tete with
a 'paraeuhte jumper, nevertheless, I
have gathered facts that should be of
interest.
Parachute jumpers are usually call-
ed,nnembers of the "Suicide Squad-
john Tranum, an Englishman, fell
1100 feet before pulling the rip-
ct2 oil ;his parachute. One would
probably think a jump like this would
*taken, as I was. Gene Austin, vet -
r'' -takes, as I was. Gene Austin, vet-
er n jumper, stepped off a plane at
2,0,+i 00 feet, failing 16,000 feet before
d. 'g anything about it and received
+.'., es per contract.
ustin says he travelled 120 miles
hour in this jump. He says after
Ut 1,500 feet you take your first
orsault, and reminds us not to
the rip -cord unless we are here
:a1 to tie earth and facing it, oth-
ise we will experience a terrifc
. say, wait a minute, who's do -
this? thanks just the same,
e, Happy landing.
incincial Review
TAWA. — Following are high-
s in the financial review pre -
d today in the House of Com-
dring the Budget Speech of
tee Minister Charles Dunning:
!mated grand total expendi-
fiscal year 1936-37 of $539,-
;00 against total revenues
,120,000, leaving gross deficit
7,395,000
muues highest of any other
in Canadian history except
19, largely due to sales and
;e tax increases.
Leary expenditures $51,528,-
than ordinary revenues,
-43r'irst surplus on ordinary
t m many years.
enerai improvement in all
Flinches economic activity except
tiiiilding and agricultural produc-
tion, but compensating increase in
prices of farm products.
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Dividend distribution highest since
e930 and increased 13 per cent., as
tempered with 1935.
" A warning against speculative
fiver such as brought on the finan-
cing collapse of 1929 and expression
cif the Government's hopes this
Movement may be restrained.
"Disheartening" failure of num-
rs on relief diminishing propor-
�
onately with revival of business.
Aberhart Admits Failure
1 Plan In Time Pledged
Asks Vote of Party Fulfils Promise of 1935 That If Social Credit
Not Established In Eighteen Idlouths He Would Appeal To
The People --Premier Only Seeks Advice of Fol-
lowers, Vie Declares—No Comment Is
Asked From Political Opponents
CALGARY.—The fate of the Aber -
hart Government was entreated Susi•
day to the men and women of Alberta
who elected it, the first Social Credit
Administration in the world, in 1935.
From the pulpit of the Calgary Pro-
phetic Bible Institute, Premier Wil-
liam Aberhart admitted bis failure to
establish social credit in Alberta in
the eighteen -month tore limit he set
in the election campaign. He asked
his constituency organizations to ad-
vise him whether lie should resign or
earry ou his efforts toward establish-
ment of a new economic order. He
desired no advice from political oppo-
nents.
Hrnest Government
In the meantime, the Aberhart Ad-
ministration will carry on until the
men "cd w.. who elected it have
expressed their wi dies, The Premier
suggested no associatiou votes be tak-
en until the first week in Juno, al-
though he would welcome expressions
of opinion any time.
"May i assure you we are not
throwing up our hands," the Premier
cautioned his supporters. He impress.
ed on them he had no intention of re-
signing unless the people desired a
change, either in leadership or party.
"We are more and more convinced,"
he said, "that the new economic order
can only be introduced 1 y constant
and gradual pressure until our peo-
ple realize its true 'worth and full
value. We still are anxious to con-
tinue our endeavors and you can be
assured of honest government"
Meanwhile, the Government was
pushing ahead, Mr. Aberhart said, and
this was no time for "lukewarmness
and half-heartedness." Legislation
to take the "final znoves ;.or further
action" wenld be presented at the
present session of the Legislature.
One of the reasons rhy he suggested
the vote of his supporters be delayed
until June was to see this legislation
enacted.
Says Promise a Contract
The Premier said many "strange
rumors and old wives' tales" had been
flying around the east few days about
his possible resignation. He could
say definitely he was not resigning.
"At the time of the Provincial elec-
tion in Alberta, previous to August,
1935," Mr. Aberhart said: "I made
you a definite promise. I made it not
for the purpose of gaining your sup-
port, but for the reason that I wanted
to give you definite assurance that
you would , « malting no mistake in
honoring us with your confidence.
That you did splendidly.
"Now, I believe that a promise is a
contract that should be fulfilled if at
all possible, and it is my intention
to fulfill my promise today.
"I promised our supporters faith-
fully that in eighteen months I would
try to establish Social Credit in Al-
berta, rta, and if, for -some reason, I was
unable to do so I would tell them
frankly and leave the matter in their
hands whether I should continue my
efforts further or realms.
"Next Tuesday, March 2, the
eighteen mouths will have passed and,
as you know, in spite of all our ef-
forts, we a .ve been unable to intro-
duce Social Credit as we had hoped.
Probably, the reasons for our failure
are more or less evident to you.
Snow Brings Capital Sport to Washington
Tho first real heavy snowfall of the year proved to be a source of delight to residents ,
nation's Capital. Some of them try out thcirChristmas skiis in the deep snows covering hock
:reek Park.
arch 9 Set
As *udget Day
Ontario House to Receive Year's
Figures a Week From
Tuesday
TORONTO.—Premier Hepburn an-
nounced Sunday night that Budget day
in the Ontario Legislature had been
set for Tuesday, March 9,
The Cabinet spent all Saturday af-
ternoon putting the semi-final touches
to various estimates and to the bal-
ance of the legislative program which
will be revealed befo:a the session
ends.
Some twenty speakers, Liberal and
Conservative, are to be heard thio
week before the debate ee. t address
in reply t2 este Speec:. from the '
x-air'tine is wound up. It will require
night sittings, Tuesday and Thursday,
and probably Wednesday, to dispose
of them.
Highlights of udget
OTTAWA.—Following are high-
lights in the Budget forecast present-
ed in the House of Commons Thurs-
day by Finance Minister Charles Dun-
ning:
Estimated expenditures for 1937-38
for all purposes, $520,000,000; estim-
ated revenues, $485,000,000, leaving a
deficit of $35,000,000, which is equal
to the net cash deficit of the Canadian
National Railways.
Forecast of balanced Budget at end
of fiscal year 1937.38, provided pres-
ent improvement maintained.
No change in income, excise or sales
taxes, but some additions to exemp-
tions under sales tax.
Numerous downward revisions of
tariff rates in general, intermediate
and preferential schedules, apart from
changes incidental to the new Canada -
United Kingdom Trade Agreement.
Free entr. to Canada from all coun-
tries cf small personal gifts.
Restoration next April 1 to 5 per
cent. reduction fro•it civil servant sal-
aries, now applied to all salaries of
$1,200 or over.
Total trade in 1936 up to 11,633,-
093,000, an increase of $274,435,000
over 1935.
Canada adl*ancee .tti fourti2"" place
among trb7diztg ,ss.i}eels iff . World in :ex- .
port trade, and 't't1a place in total
trade. .°�., .
Visible and invisibleetteme dgures,
inclutang tourist traffic, show Canaria
to have a favourable balance of $617,-
000,000 of exports over imports.
During the last fiseai year tourists
scent $250,40,000, an increase of 24
r r cent. over the previous period.
"ince the nett Canada-Un.;ed States
trade pact became affective, exports
to the United States have increased
26 per cent .and imports by Canada
18 per cent.
Head -On Crash
Fatal to F 1ve
Three Children and Driver i filled
Instnntl2' is Nova Seater—Tot
Dies In Hospital
MIDDLETON, N.S.—Death of 5-
-ear -old Mary Eisen in hospital here
increased to five the namber killed
in a highway accident at near -by Wil-
mot Hill Saturday.
The child died late Sunday night,
less than twelve hours after her tae
sisters succumbed to injuries suffered
in the head-on collision of two auto-
mobiles shortly before noon yester-
day.
The two other Eisen girls killed in
the accident were A,;nes ^ 7, and Geor-
gina, 3. Arnold Reddy, driver of one
of the cars, was r'i'led almost instant-
ly and 7 -year-old Keith Hatt, one of
five children in the two can, tiled be-
fore he could receive medical treat-
ment.
There were few details of the col-
lision, but it was believed one of the
cars was an. the wrong side of the
ro•td as it reproached ti summit of
W'Iilmot. 11111.
Hospital ,aut.horitive said Sunday the
condition of Mrs. Mary Noble, one of
the five survivors of the accident, was
::till critical. The others, most of theme
painfully injured, were expected 10 re-
cover,
Mrs. i1:t: y i- h't n, mailer of three
of the victims, was one of those in-
jured. She :and her family were in an
automobile driven by Arne; ley Batt,
father of 1.:,;th and Willoughby Hatt,
also occupants of the car,
The tear driven by i':eddy cout.ained
his brother 'Wilfred, who suffered a
fractured '-g and internal injuries,
and Gordon Hudson also seriously in-
jured.
Passengers of both cm were resi-
dents of this district.
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