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Rnlef Down T'/i Per Cent Mor.'TitKAI- - '•'odoral relief fi- KUIC8 for JniniPvy show a docre-so of 11 por (M-'iit in lb(! iiumlier of hoads of (aint:ic3 oil relief rolls In CunaUa tbis year, ccinparert with the ni'niber for the ;air.o n;r nth a 1&3C, Lubor Minis- ter Norman IlOKors revealed In an adJrc:;:; I'.oro. The number who receiv- ed rclli-f in January this year was 7'A piT cent be!ow the figures for Janu- ary ISnG. "In the light of those tisurcs and the undoubted recovery in our indus- tries wo are entitled to face Iho com- InK months with Rreater confidence than at any time during the depres- sion throuph which wo lia-e been passing." said Mr RoRers. Deciiion Irrevocable LONDON. -- When th I'liucess Uoyul. and her husband, the Karl of Ilarewood returned to London, au- thoritative Infoiniatioi jn ci-ded them that the former KinR. thn Duke of Windsor has decided irrevocably to â- wed Mrs. Wallis V pson is soon as her divoree is made final. It was reported that the Duke ( f Windsor af;re d to the .sale to Queen Mary and the KImk of the estate at Sandrini;hain which ho perioiially in- herited frf>m hi father. KiUR Oeorge V. $14,000 Sandals O I'TAWA. - Made intuiiada sail- dal.i worlli »ll,fi(Mt, are a coronation gift to Qu<'en Klizabeth, it is announc- ed. The saiiilals. made in Monlnal of Canadian leather and by Canadian workmen, each would be studd'-d with BOO diamonds and 5(i0 rubie.s, Sebas- tiani said. He added eleven other pairs of shoes would bo offered her Majesty as a Coronation prc.sont. To Aid Young Farmers KDMON TO.N. â€" Alberta (;rain Com- petitions in future will be without ex- liibits from Mnrnian Trelle. world's champion v;raln grower. The Wemb- ley, Albeita, whfiat and o.il.i kinj; told an Hdmonlon meting of seed grow- ers be wanted to leave the .Mberta field op"ii to other prodiicrs, but he would continue to seek lionoars in shov.'s outside Alberta. â- 'If you want some seed just let nie know what jou need and I'll ."iend It to you," Trelle declared, after saying he intended to do everything; he pos- Bibly couM to help young grain grow- ers. year's inipri.sonmeiit or a fiuo of J200 or both for persons convicted of driv- ing wantonly or furiously or for the causing of an accident by cutting In ahead of another motor vehicle. Mr. Church desires a further change to prevent a person who "lias caused the death of another while driving an auto''ioblle to bo prohibilod from driving during the ne-t ensuing two years. He seeks to define the powers of a Jury In cases of manslaughter arising out of motor car killings. Ho propos- es an amendment authorizing the jury to decide the question of fact as to whether the accused person Is guilty or not guilty O" the evidence adduced. He claims there has been much cri- ticism of many cases of gross negli- gence having been taken from the jury, with the result thrt pi-rsc guilty of gross negligence escaped. Two Holidays in May TOKONTO. -- Tliih. ( ity will ob- Bcrve both holidays in May â€" llie Coronation on May I'JIh will bu a piiblie holiday throughout Canada, anil Vicloiia Day, May L'llh. Im a sta- tutory holiday. rnivei:;ity ix.uniiiati(;ns commence on May Isl. and tire usually over be- fore May 24. it was pointed out. and • one day inleri iipllon of the sclie- Jul-' IS not considered in a serious light. Coronation Day is likely to be- come a day of heavy "ciamiiiing'' for matiy of the colle;,'o students. The banks will be cicsed iu a'.l prol)abilily on both days, and the Stock ICxchaiige \slll follow suit, sla- ted iin ICxchango official. "I'm not woriying anyway for I've reserved a good scat for I be Coronation." Bounty On Iron Ore S.MJI-T .STI-;, .MAKIK, -- .Sir .lames Dunn. .Mgoma Steel Corporation I're- sidi'iit, told a meeting here he was authorized by I'remb r Hepburn to an- nounce the Legislature would pass a bill setting a bounty of two cents a mill on siderile iron ore mined at tbo lli'bii Mine in the .Mi< hlpicolcn area. Starving Herds CALCAUV. -iKad hoi : "« and ( al- tle (lotted till- rangelancis of H(nitli- ern Albert. i lusl week as ranchers battlid to get feed :ind w.itcr to the starving herds. M(U'e than foity days of subzero tirmpcr.itUK! v.itb snow piled high over the grazing grounds, followed by a cbiuook which was not powerful enough to melt Ibrougb the giant drifl.i brout;hl about the raiiebcMS' cri- sis. SliTvvdillled bii'hwiiyi) jirevenled the bringing of feed to the ranches a condilum that exbts In m.iny districts to<lay. In !<ear(li o ffood. luTd.; h;ive rang- ed fiu- miles, subsisting on twigs of willows, buck brushes and other â- hrubs. On some ranches the cattle have not resteil for weeks, m.'iintuln- Ing a ceBseh'ss hunt for fodder. With reservoirs frozen to the botl<ini, u great many of the ranclu rs and far- jneiH have had to haul water to their •lock. Feed Is being hauled long dls- tatfCCH wliero highway (ondltlons do perinit. To Stop Reckle:i Driving OTTAWA, - - '1'. L. Church of To- Tonto-Uroadview proposed lust week to put teeth In Iho Criminal Code, to â- to;) wholesale slaughter of pedes- trians by reckless or Intoxicated mn- torlHts. He sitg.^ested a penalty of one Flu Gaining In North TOKONTO, â€" Ueporls from Mal- tawa say physicians are on 21-hour duty combatting an epidemic that has cut school attendance 25 per cent ;ind forci'd town officials to close botli high and separate schools. In Haiieybiiry, Dr. \\ . C. Arnold, Medical Officer of Health, was in the hospital under Ireatinent for bronch- ial illn"ss, while a" flu epidemic clo.->- ed three schools after the attendance had been cut 10 per cent. At (.'obalt and New Liskeard .'schools ri^maiiud open, .iltbougb attendance had bi'cn severely cut iu I'le former town. At Hrantford. Dr. W. DaNis, of Ohsweken, Medical Siipei'inleiidenl, for the Si.\ Nations Indian Ile;icrve. re|)orted that influenza was on the wane in his ter'itory. A few more of the cases had cropped up, but most of those stricken in the original epi- demic were v.cll on the way to re- covery. Rush Quints Inside As Plane Appears Sudbury Fliers Think They Wr e Taken for Kidnappers When They Flew Low to Get Good Look. , Dominion Contributions Not Sought By Britain LONDON, â€" There was no inten- tion of calling u|)on Iho Dominions to make any co-.ti ibution to â- â-  common defeus" fun<l. .Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Kxchequer, decl:ir- ed recently. Chamberl:iiti said the D.imiuions had spent a great deal of money tipon perfecting or improving their own defences and that was the! â-  contribu- tion to the common fund. No other form of contribution, that he was aware of, was under discus.-^ion t the present time. SUDBURY. â€" The Dionno fluin- tuplets were highly Interested In an airplane which was flown over Dafoe Hospital by Boyd Smith and Harold Mlllgan tills weekend, the two air- men reported. Tbo nurses of the hos- pital, however, (juickly gathered up Annette, Ceclle, Kmilie, Marie and Yvonne and hurried them into the nursery at Iho first sign of the plane. â- 'Tiiey must have thought wo were the kidnappers con:ing to snatch Iho children by airplane," grinned Milligan, In telling of the incident. Mllllgan, who owns a taxi stand, recently purcbasf d a Taylor Cub Jilaiie. With Hobby Smith at the con- trols, he was flying to Sudbury. As they passed Dafoe Hospital, they saw the five babies playing in tlie yard. Smitli flew the iilane low so they could gel a good view. â- 'They kept looking up at the plane and toddling around in the yard. Then the nurses got wi.-;o to the fact that there was a plane overhead.'' Smith related. "They rushed out into tlie yard, tucked a quint under each aiin and hurried them into the house." '•Did the childreir object to such treatment?" ''Well, tiii'y iX'jnicd v(.'ry inlerest- ed in the plane and kept pointing at It. They k'^pt ruii'.ii!'..<! away from the nurses, who had .some lime col- lecting them." replied Smith. ''Wlien they (Inally got on to the fact that the nurses were after them, they kept lunning all over the yard. Kiiially. each of the nurses lucked a qi int under each arm and brought thrm kicking into thi' house. There was one quint left over, and a nurse came out and picked her up, too. Than we flew away.'' Sporting Comment By KEN EDWARDS In his career, George Living- ston Karnshaw pitched and won 78 games and lost 4S, In the interna- tional League, won 11". and lost 71 in the Ameri- can, and won 14 and lost 22 in the National, scoring 21 shuloufs all told. Uemcniber that world nious ball tosser, Walter John.son? He seems to have gone the way of ail good athletes, by being broke and trying to keep his liead up by dairy farm- inpr. Jesse Owens, the colored flash, and his family seem to be sensible people all tlMough. Although Jesse is today one of the greatest sprint- ers in the world, and despite his S-OO.OOO plus more on the way, the Owens do f.ot 'put on the dog." JcsKO bought Ills mother and father a l.'j-ioom l;ome fo they could bring up the rest of the children decently. Jesse's father, Henry, worked on an Alabama cotton plantation. . . . now he is a car washer in Ohio, even thougti his son is famous, he slicks to it. The great Diz. Dean of Cardinal fame, is valued at appro.timately S400,000. . . . Hence Diz. i.s holding out for a mere §50,000 this year. He says it ca.sual-like, with a Dizzy smile: "I've }?ot 'em .just where I want 'em." Speaking ot baseball K'-'eats, Ty Cobb was the greatest ball player who ever lived. He led the Ameri- can League batters for 12 seasons and in l'.H5 .stole !)G bases. You have possibly heard of the Aga Khan sometime or other, in fact, ho seen:s to be making the front page now in India. The Aga Khan :s the dean of the Lriii.iii turf. He should be, he has sunk $1,000,000 ill English livestock! High Winds, Sleet, Snow Sweep Central Ontario Grand River at Hlora Rises to Highest Levels in Last Fifteen Years â€" Hydro Poles Break in Wind â€" Farmers In Fergus District Rush Stocic to High Ground â€" Barns Threatened by Floods. Highway Traffic Qajise Is Attacked by Six Provinces Course in Meteorology 'I'UHO.NTO â€" Dr. \V. S. Kiiklaiid. Principal of the Central Technical School here :iiTiiounced ri'('ently that establishmeiil of a <oiirse in L'leleor- ology with (xiicrtH from the Mele<ir- ologlcal Socl"'ty, may br' niade pos- sible n'-.\l fall. Vote Canadian Airways Into U.S. Association CIIICACO. - The Air Transport .\KSOclatloii of .\merica have tinnounc- ed (Janadlan Airways I,td., have been voted membership and twc of Its offi- cers appointed to associaMo:i commit- tees. 0. A. Tlioinpsou. g -n ral i a;;.'r of Canadian .\irways, was named l the assoclat Urn's operating commit- tee, and T. \V. .Siers in charge of th • line's mainteiiai e base at VVinnipe:; was appolntiil to the iiiaiiileuaiicc committee. Col. Kdga:- S. florrell, prcideiil of the Air TraMsporl Association, said in a (lalement the Canadian lino was ''considered a model for its size and for the unique terrain and condilioTis encountered in Its yearn, iiiid servlc- I'S to jioints as far north as Aklavik in the Arctic." Highway Traffic Control Clause Is Challenged As Uncon- stitutional â€" Air Service Warning. Aqree To Limit Control, But Protest Anything Too Drastic. OTTAWA^ The highway traffic clause of the transport bill was con- demned before the Senate Itailways Committee recently by bus and transport companies of Kaslcrn and Central Canada andd representatives of .'iix province.-. Ill a (lay-long .-iitling of the com- mittee! the Provinces of British Co- lumbia, .Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and New Bruns- wick protested the jnovision in the bill concerning Kederal regulation of certain hi'.rhway traffic. They clainied it was a violation of I'ro- vincial rights an I unconstitutional. FKAK la'IITHKR IIA.N'IMCAP Ke|)resentalivcs of bus and trans- port companies folloued ii|) lliis ob- jection with the claim the legisla- tion was unnecessary and inexpedi- ent. They said thiir companies were being heavily taxed by the Provincial (iovernmenis and further licensing by the Dominion would be a great handicap. The highway traffic provision pro- vides for Federal CJovernnienl regu- lation of all traffic of interprovincial and international character and niovement.s on Dominion highways. The clau.se of the bill referring to Government regulation of air trans- port came in for comment when officials of several Western Canada air services appeared. They said limited control was possible but v.arned a.gainst too drastic regula- tion. Irving S. Kairly, vice-president of Gra.v Coach Lines, l.imite.l, Toron- to, told the committee his company v.;'.s regulated by the Province of Ontario in 75 ways, and ''that is more control than is exercised over rcilway:-." liL'll.T .NEW DUSI.XKSS The UufT Commission found that coaches and busses were not sub- stantial competitors of the railv.ays, he said. "We have practically btlllt up a new business on our own in coach and bu.s operation aul no railway economist would say v.e have ever taken more than five per cent of biisine;;s that formerly went to the railways," he said. "The coach and bus business is practically co- operating with the railways." He said bus companies were taxed heavily in Ontario and other prov- inces, with the average motor coach in Ontario paying approximately i>!);!ri annually to the jirovince in various ways. Snow storms, rain and sleet to- gether with high winds, created new flood dangers Ihiougliout Central On- tario over the week-end. The Grand River was on the ramp- a;;e a.ealn and at Klora it was report- ed to bo at the hii;hest level in fifteen years. A tremendous ice jam at Fer- gus was swept out at S.30 Sunday night. The roar of the Ice break could be heard for miles. High winds ripptd off roof tops, levelled fences and : mashed win lows over wide areas. Wallacaburg and Dresden were in dai-kness Sunday iiishl when a score ot Hydro poles were knocked to tbo ground. Water In Hospital ,\t I'eiielan.:;ui;;hoiie. six inch(^3 ot v.ater flooded thj main street a!id fire- men were called to the General Hos- pital to pump three feet of water from the basement. The hospital fn i were I)i!t out when t;io water flooded the I'lirnaeo-room. Worst damage was cau.-ed by the Grand Kiver. The Canadian l..^sio!i ehibrooms In Elora were flooded, and homes al<:ng the river b::iil: for miles reported water entering basciments. Two miles east of Fev.'.us the roarin." waters were bn shlng the bottom of Siiand's Bridge, while tv.o ether bridges were reported covered by the floods. .'\t Klora, the levee near Bis- KcU's factory was reported to have craitked, cridanseria?; tlie f:icU)ry and levels Lclav. Fergus Bsars Brunt The FerTus-Elora area bore the Ir.-.int of tl-.e flcod^. Jjevoral Gtrcots in both toAvm were under water, while farmers a!o:;,^ the river v.-ore rushing ll'.eir stock to higher land, foariu';; the water v.ou!d .i-.veep av.ay barns. The Fergus-OraniTCville Highway was covered with four trot of water and at on- point in the river the water was said to have risen Ihi-ty feet. To the north, torrential rains caus- ed the mo.;t danger. Barrie. Midland and Penetanguischene all reported flooded basements and dan:;crou3 highway conditions. Six cars were stalled in a si'.bway near .Midland. Bus traflic was delayed. Two washouts disrupted train rer- viee on the Canadian Pacific I{:;ilway near MIdhurst, about r Kht miles north of the town. Trains are being re-routed over the Canadian National Itailways tracks thncgh Barrie. In Kent County the storm swept in from Lake St. CJair. A score of Hydro poles were knocked down. Op- erations of the Dominion lllass Com- pany were upset by lo:;.i of power. Kx- tra men were called to work v.hen the blowers failed. The Wallaceburg power plant on the Snyo Uiver was also aiu'cied by the ste: ni. Near Cyclone Rsrjes AIL.SA CUAIU. Out. A stoiai of i:car-cycloni(! |);'rporlions c.wept this section of .Middlesex County late Sun- day lausing heavy damage. The blow lasted IU minutes. Telephone and Hydro service wa;; disrupted. Th(! town was in darkness fiu- s'.aue time, but shortly afler the ! upper I'.et'.r the lis'hts were restored in the downtown area. Teleph(nie ser- vica v.'.so was resumed. Houses S;trro'j;id£d FKliCi'S. -Seltinr; a new mark for i'le past halt century, the hu.'^e Grand Uiv,'r ite jam started away from hero with a thundering I'oar and within hair an hour had srrroundcd two bouses along the northerly bank with the occupants fi.rced to vac.'.te through three feet of water. Four persons trapped i.i a frame house owned by .I:uk Hov.arcl, lied through a yard which resembled a miniature- lake as the huge cakes of ice struck forcibly against Its walla. Only a row of cedar trees, creaking loudly with the pressure of ice against them, saved the Howard harms from being swept down stream on the crest of the flood. A few hundred yards down stream men worked frantically to rescue a horse owned by L. Bala, from a stable near the river edge when the ice sv/irled around to a depth ot several, feet. Water rose ten feet in less than an hour above the Beatty dam flooding the boiler room of the lower story with three feet of water and cxtingu- shin:: the fires in both boilers. "It's the highest I've ever seen It," declared James Gow, "and Pve lived beside the river for 55 years." Gow's residence v.as flooded with three feet of water. Want Lev/is C.I.O. For Canadians Clcthi-,? Workers Pass Resolution {Jr«':r'z Fcrraction â€" Press 40-Hour Week .MONTitE.-VL -- Immediate estab- lishment (if a Canadian branch of Jno. L. Lewis's Committee tor Industrial commended by the Amalgamated Clothin,:; Workers ot America meet- ing here Sunday in their third all- Canadian conference. Del;";ate8 were present from Toronto, Hamiltoo and .Montreal locals. The same resolution fully eiidor--ed the organiiiation drive in the steel i.i- dustry (now in prcirress at Hamilton, though that city was not mentioned) and extending to the organizers the use of all available "organizing forces " of the clothing workers. They also offered " a:i possible financial and moral support." The Lewis C.I.O. was formed in the United States with the object of en- listins; all workers in a given indus- try into one big union, instead ot into separate units organized ou a craft basis. The Canadian conference of' the Amalgamated Clothing Workers' in the preamble to its resolaation, extolled the C.I.O. method as vital to* the prcservalicn of labor solidarit.v. Wants National Agreement The conference also decided to press immediately tor the establish- ment of the forty-hour work week â- 'on a national basis.'' Tnis was taken to mean that not only would a forty- hour v.eek be a demand in th.> new Tc.ronto and Hamilton contracts, where the present ar;reements e.xpire next May L bit that Montreal unions would take advantage of a clause in their braud-new contract (Jan. L l'j:;7--Jub' L I'JiiSi. to ask that nego- tiations be reopened on the subject of work hours. At present the union contracts iu all three distri.ts are on a U hour-week ba.-!s. MolHson to Fly Films Of May Coronation I,o:.':;ON. â€" captain Jamr.1 .".lol- lison I'lai'.s to fly films of King George Vl's Coronation in May from London to New York in a plane to be built specially for him, it was reported Sunday. The lui."-d!st:-.:ue Cier c::;-, ted to reiiiain in the Unite<l Slates until autumn, when he will use the same plane in the New York-Paris air race, conmiemoratinfr the tenth an- niver.-;ary of Colonel Charles .\. T.indber.'ih's history-making .\tlant:c I'.op. Production Aid Th:r:?.r.ds of Acrej in FL-is^srr Ontario in Need r' Orsliige Surveycrj Told TOUONTO.- If p.operly dra:ned. the production of thousands of acres in E.astern Ontario could bo greatly increased, declared Lleut.-Col. A. W. Gray, chairman of tlio dralna;u> com- mittee cf the Associatic u of Ontario Land Surveyors reported to the a-nv- al co:;vent!o:i ot the association re- cenfy. In Civu.iMe county, the speaker said, a two-mile drain was placed and now ovei- 20 fatnilios nro making a good living tvem the land. No t.i.vcis are owing on the properly while at le.ast seven of the holdings were so'd for taxes before drainage was lustaM- ed. Much of this undrainod land, ho pointed out, produced inferior tim- fit^r owinr; to the wet condition of the soil. C. Fraser .\ylesv.orlh, charter mem- ber, Hi'ged the erection of a cairn on the ancient ''post" at Kingston to celebrate th.o 50th anniversary of the organizatii^n. From this post all or- i.^lnal surveys In Ontario were cen- tred. Situated 75 feet from (ho Sir John A. Macdonald monument at Kln.g and West streets, the post is -'V\ visibia several Inches above the ~ ound. {