Zurich Herald, 1937-09-02, Page 5hishes FromT he Press
Want Strike
Si':i:th',i'FORD. Fifteen hundred
euruilaro worker'$ in twenty-seven
factrrr,30 in nine different Ontario
centt'e;is iuciudhig nine Toronto plants,
are to ale called out on strike this
week,
A 31t1Jstily summoned conference
herr. late Sunday .attended by J. F.
Marsh, Ontario Deputy Minister of
Tabor; kind Members of the District
Counoil of the Furniture Workers'
Union, failed to avert the strike. Mr,
Marsh asked the union to delay the
'svaa]koot until after a new conference
betwean 'manufacturers and union re-
presentatives. Frank M. Wright,
Presidoiit of the District Council of
the union, said the request could not
be me't, The union made .plans Sat-
urday . to call out the mon Tuesday
and lie, plans could not be altered, he
declared.
Spanish Rebels Ban Raul Muni
Movies
E ALANIANCA, SPAIN. — The in.
$urgent Government announced -a ban
on all films'. written, acted, or direct-
ed by a:'proscribed list of celebrities
on Saturday.
• Included in the insurgent ban were
.the screen stars Paul Muni and Luise
Rainer; directors Lewis Milestone ,
and Frank Tuttle; writers Upton Sin-
clair, Clifford Oclets; Liam. O'Flaherty,
Dudley Nichols, Humphrey Cobb 'and
Kenneth MacGowan.
Dr, Defoe R covered
CALL'ANDER.—Recovery from an
.attack of influenza which kept him in
:Toronto General Hospital for almost
two ;weeks, Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, phy-
sician to the Dionne quintuplets, was
resting Sunday at his home here. Dr.
Dafde• arrived from Toronto.
He will resume his regular medical
•dutiee, including the care of the
quintuplets this week.
.$108 Yearly Doctors' Bill
TO 6r TO.—Even though one may
have be^u blessed with anywhere
from 10 to 20 years of excellent-
health
xcellenthealth and considers himself 'immune
to sickness, he may be approaching a
siege of il'ness that will run hind 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 aeon active in
compiling 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, whether. his illnesses-,
have been spread evenly • over the
years, or 1 ^eve come in' a few heavy
impacts. •
The fact that alt families are liable'
for heavy medical bills was revealed'
in a study of: 10,000 families in the
United States—each family with an
average of 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 yearly average might be paid
With 930 on year, $100 tho next, $450
three or tour years later.
Nails Slander
LONDON.—The Sunday Referee
said in Its news columns Sunday that
a "maliclous whispering campaign"
concerning the King's health is being
conducted by scandal -iv ngere, among
whom it nembered "famous Mayfair'
hosts and hostesses, prominent stock
brokers and Left W?ng politicians,
most of when- are disappointed office -
seekers"
Denying King .George's health is in
any way questionable, .t- newspaper
called at:antion to the fact that it is a
treasonable offense to spread slander-
ous reports regards*+- 'he person of
, the
The Referee said the basis for the
rumors include the fact his Majesty
did not; broadcast a Christmas mes-
sage, paid only one visit to the 13rit-
•ish Industries Fair, and the recent
postponement of -te Durbar in India.
The reason the King has not ap-
peared more frequently in public
since i-ts accession, the newspaper
continued, is because he is fully occu-
pied learning the complicate/. task of
kingship.
Stops Train, Then Dies
Now YORK, — Fifty -five-year-old
Joseph. wall). brought his subway
train to a safe stop and "slumped over
,dead. 'file motorman's fatal illness
struck ltiiit between the 34th and 14th
Street altltions of the line, and he ap-
parently
p-partntly ' ,ght off death until he
tenni sdfely halt tin trafu. He died,
said a ;physician, at the instant he
bror - -.t the train to n stop.
W' Grounds Frame
SUD13Ul —High winds Sunday,
grounded most of the planos at the
Sudbury, alar base. A plane owned by
:Harold 'Mfiligan took off in the wind,
rose about .twenty feet, and landed un-
nlurecl ahead thirty feet from the
isugar, lltilligau tied his plane after
that and . decided there had been
enough flying for one day.
Salesgirls Hold Fast
D13TRO1'.—One hundred and fifty
tive•and-i;eh" girls slept in the as-
ifembly rotllu of Detroit's central F,
W. Woolworth store while their lead-
ers debated whether to include other
units of the eompanY's forty -store me-
tropolitan chain, in a "sit-down" strike,
A meeting of -the Strike Committee
of the Waiters' and Waitresses' Union
was postponed without explanation.
Plans fon 'pressing 'the strike were to
Have been formulated at the meeting,
A, J. Dahlqulst, 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 different 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
'CHATIHAM, 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 riet 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' thed on board
the Fraser, where he presented silver
cigarot 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 oil is
beingpursued in a 50 square miles
area borderiug on Alberta and Mon-
tana. Flathead, where they have
drilled 4,000 feet through hard rock,
in contrast to the spasmodic hard 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 lien in
favor of a strike to secure a restora-
tion of their wage -cuts.
The meeting, Parley 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 follorlIng 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.
Throughout 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 lie was New
York correspondent.
Oliva Dioxane Api.Iraciates Act of
Government
CALLANN1DER, 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.
Defoe Nursery, where the quints
live apart from the rest of the fain
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
el-dom,if ever, attended a meeting of
the board.
Girl Found After
24 -Hour Search
Hanover Child. Brooding Over
Mother's Death, Asleep at
• Grandmother's When Search-
ers Catch Up—Had Hitch.
Hiked 35 Miles.
HANOVER.--Missing since Friday,
11 -year-old Lillian May Schiefle wad
found and delivered to her home at
midnight Saturday.
When she left home, the girl had
been brooding over the death of her
mother three me -tau a ago, and she
was in an unhappy frame of mind fol-
lowing a quarrel with her 13 -Year -cad
brother, ,Tohnny. She announced she
was "going on a long trip;' but she
was found in her" grandmother's home,
thirty -live miles distant, quite happy
again and willing to return home.
Feared Her Death
Tho father, Herman Schiefle, had
frankly feared the girl had died. "I
thought once she was in .the .river,"
he said Saturday night. "She scene -
times went up to the ;raveyard'where
her mother was burled, and T search-
ed every inch of the place until mid-
night Friday night." He was,,4ceom-
panied by Chief of Police Norman.
Meyers of Hanover., and together; with
flashlights, they searched the grave-
yard and the -surrounding area.
On Pridpy .afternoon, when.: school
was out, the girl went to her home in
Hanover and put on warm clpthes,
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 "Wail 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 be."
$1009000 Price Asked
For E. F. Ranch
Three Groups, One From Toron-
to
, Were Negotiating for Pair-
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 the
direction .of an English bank, it is
learned in Ottawa. -
Three groups of prospective pur-:
chasers were negotiating foi` t, one
of them a Toronto group, but` die To-
ronto group is understood to have
to have dropped out.
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 need 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
Sy KEN EDWARDS
Napoleon La-
`• jorie is ph obably
the only ball play-
er who ever sign-
ed a contract on
the back of an
envelope.
Ty Cobb, Jr.,
son of the great-
est baseball play,
er that ever lived
is - the Universl
ty of Georgia's
new court coach.
Did you know
about "toughy"
Eddie Shore; at
the top of National Hockey League
fame for neatly years , , he led
his " own orchestra b e fo i' e h i s
Hockey debut, saxaphoning all;the
way .. lQok out, maybe Vallee is
tough, and we don't know it.
It has been my 'privilege in tLe past
to tali( with all kinds of; speed demons,
holders of records on land and water
(includirtg Sir Malcolm Campbell, the
man who. drfvee faster than a bullet),
but never have I had a tete a tete with
a paracuhte jumper, nevertheless, I
..11a;ve gathered facts that should be of
interest.
Parachute jumpers are usually call-
ed members' of the ''Suicide Squad -
ren." •
John Tranum, an Englishman, fell
17,500 feet before pulling the rip-
cord of his parachute. One would
probably think a jump like this would
mistaken, 'as I was. .Gene Austin, vet -
mistakes, as I was. Gene Austin, vet-
eran: jumper,• stepped off a plane at
20,000 feet, falling 16,000 feet before
doing anything about it and received
$50 as per contract.
Austin says he travelled 120 miles
an hour in this jump. Ile says after
about 1,500 feet you take your first
somersault, and reminds us not to
pull the rip -cord unless we are hori-
zontal to th- earth and facing it, oth-
erwise we will experience a terriffic
jolt say, wait a minute, who's do-
ing this? ... thanks just the same,
Gene. Happy landing.
Financial Review
OTTAWA Following are high-
lights in the financial review pre-
sented today in the House of Com-
mons dring the Budget Speech of
Finance Minister Charles Dunning:
Estimated grand total expendi-
tures fiscal year 1936-37 of $539,-
518,000 against total revenues
$452,120,000, leaving gross deficit
of $87,395,000
Revenues highest of any other
year in Canadian history except
1928-29, largely due to sales and
income tax increases.
Ordinary expenditures' $51,528,-
000
51,528,000 less than ordinary revenues,
showing first surplus ono ordinary
account in many years.
General improvement in all
branches economic activity except
building and agricultural produc-
tionn but compensating increase in
prices of farm products.
•
Dividend distribution highest since
1930 and increased 13 per cent, as
compared with 1935.
A warning against speculative
fever such as brought on the finan-
cial collapse of -1929 and expression
of the Government's hopes this
movement may be restrained.
"Disheartening" failure of num-
bers on relief diminishing propor-
tionately with revival of business.
berhart A dmits allure
Of Plan in Tirne Pledged
Asks Vote of Party --.....Fulfils. Promise of • 1935- That If Social Credit
Not Established In Eighteen Months He Would Appeal To -
The P.eop'leM--Premier Only Seeks Advice of Fol.'
lowers, i3 Declares ----No Comment Is •
Asked,Prom Political Opponents
CALGARY. --The fate of the Aber -
hart Government was entrusted Sun-
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-
photic Bible Institute, Premier Wily
liam Aberhart admitted his failure to
establish social credit in Alberta in
the eighteen -month Imo limit he set
in the election campaign. Ile asked
This constituency organizations to ad-
vise him whether he should resign or
Carry on his efforts toward ,establish-
ment of a new economic order. He
desired no advice from political oppo-
nents. .
H"nest Government
In the meantime, the Aberhart Ad-
ministration will carry on until the
men -id we , who elected it have
expressed their willies. The Premier
suggested no association votes be tak-
' en until the first week in June, al-
though the would welcome expressions
of opinion any time.
"May I assure you we are not
throwing up our hands," the Premier
cautioned bis supporters. He impress-
ed on them he had no intention of re-
signing unless the peeple 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 i y conetatit
and gradual presillire' rag our pad-
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 moves 2or further
action" "ild be presented at the
present session of the Legislature.
One of the reasonsthy 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 e1ec-
tion in Alberta, previous to August,
1935," Mr. Aberhart said: "I made
you a definite promise, I made it not
foi the purpose of gaining your sup-
port, blit for the reason that 1 wanted..
to give you definite assurance that
you would :, ' making 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, and if, for some reason, I was
unable to do so I would tell them
frankly and leave the matter in their
hands whether 1 should continue my
efforts further or resi^,n.
"Next Tuesday, March 2, the
eighteen months will have passed and,
as you know, in spite of ell our ef-
forts, we ' .ve been unable to intro-
duce Socias Credit as we had hoped.
Probably, the reasons for our failure
are more or less evident to you.
Snow Brings Capital Sport to Washington
The first real heavy snowfall of the year proved to be a source of delight to residents r
.L3 nation's Capital. Some of them try out theirChristmas skiis in the deep snows covering Rock
Cicck Parl.,
March 9 Set
As Budget
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 this
week before the debate c., the Address
in reply to the Speec:- from the
Throneis would up, It will require
night sittings, Tuesday and Thursday,
and probably Wednesday, to el/spy-fin
of them.
Highlights o 'R udget
get
OTTAWA.—Following are .high-.
lights in the Budget forecast present -
1 ed in the House of Comn^ons Thurs-
day by .Finance Minister Charles Dun-
nin:
Estgimated expenditures for 1937-38
for all purposes, .1520,000,000; estim-
ated
stimated 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 of small personal gifts.
Restoration next April 1 to 5 per
cent. reduction fro -u civil servant sal-
aries, now applied to all salaries of
$1,200 or over.
Total trade in 1936 up to $1,633,-
093,000, an increase . of $274.435,000
aver 1935.
Canada advances to 'fourth place
among trading nations of .world in ex-
port trade, and -ftb place in total
trade.
Visible -and invisible trade figures,
including tourist traffic, show Cana:a
to Have a favourable balance of $617,-
000,000 of exports over imports.
During the last fiszal year tourists
sent $250,,,00,000, an increase of 24
r r cent. over the previous period.
"ince the neer Canada•Un.od States
trade pact became effective, exports
to the United States have increased
26 per cent .and imports by Canada
18 per cent.
Head -On Crash
Fatal to Five
Three Children and Driver lZiiled
lnatanli.' in Nova Scotia—Tot
Dies In Hospital
MIDDLETON, N.S.—Death of 5 -
^ear -old Mary Eisen in hospital here
aiereased to five the namber killed
in a highway accident a+ near -by Wil-
mot Hill Saturday.
The child died late Sunday night,
less than twe.'ve hours after her two
sisters succumbed to inj.ries 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 Agnes 7, and Geor-
gina, 3. Arnold Reddy, driver of one
of the cars, was ki'led almost instant-
ly and 7 -year-old Keith Hatt, one of
five children iu the two ears, d'ed 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 on the wrong side of the
road as it .pproached tl summit of
Wilmot Hill.
Hospital authorities said Sunday the
condition of Mrs. Mary Noble, one of
the five survivors of the accident, was
still critical. The others, most of them
painfully' injured, were expected to re-
cover.
Mrs. Mary Eisen, mc.tlrer of three
of the victims, was one of those in-
jured. Site and her family were in an
automobile driven by Arncsley Hatt,
father of Keith and Willoughby Katt,
also occupants of the car.
Tho car driven by Reddy contained
his brother Wilfred, who suffered a
fractured '-g and intrrual injuries,
and Gordon Iludson also seriously in-
jured.
Passengers of both care were resi-
dents of this district.
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