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Flesherton Advance, 10 Mar 1937, p. 7

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"^^ 1: t Ten Hurt In us Crash SUMMKRI.AND, B.C.â€" Ten pei'soiis wtfK" treatsd iu hospitals here aud ' ill I'euticton Sunday for htcerations ' and ulhev iujuiies suifered when a ' Greyhound Lines' bus carrying twen- •> tyono passengers plunged from the . highway into shallow water on the ^ edge of Lake Okanagan last night. OlUora less severely hurt were glv- ' en medical treatment in their homes. Thf bus struck an obstruction *al)(uit half an hour after leaving the ~ depot here. Provincial police, after 4 a priiliminury Investigation, .said the macUinP -nparently travelled about a ' qnartct' of a mile after striking the • ol)staclG. from Parliamentarians when, orally replyins to queries on the order paper from W. \. Tucker, a Saskat- chewan Liberal, he stated: "The Government does not think it would be advisable to broadcast the debates of the Wouse." , "Whft would be the annual cost of broac'.casting the debates of the House of Commons from the short- wave station in Ottawa?" was the first pai-t of M;. Tucker's double- barrelled question, and the second part of it was, "Has the Govern- ment piven consideration to the de- sirability of broadcasting such de- bates in this way or otherwise?" Another H>'.t-and-Run I'i'lNliTTANG.â€" Struck by a hit-and- ruu driver on Main Street at the south oiul of the town late Sunday night. Martial and Norbert Moreau, brothers of Perkiusfield, escaped in- jury, although the light buggy they were driving was considerably dam- aged aud the hor.se slightly cut. After being struck, the liorse i-an away aud came to a sudden stop three blocks down the street, just avoiding plunging through a large plate glass store window. Police have no clue as to the car driver's identity. 3,835-Mile Hike By Skis MOaaOW.â€" Five pretty Mongolian girls are h(?re after a :t,!tSu -milo ski- hike from Ulan-Udo Buryat, Mongo- lia. The girls started on the trip last Oct. 21. hiking the first G'lH miles around Lake Baikal toward the Ural Mouatdins before snow overtook them. They completed the trek on skis, ri;aching here Saturday. Traooing By Plane Banned OTTAWA. â€" An order-in-Councii prohibiting use of airplanes in trap- ping operations in the North West Territories was published Sunday in the Canada Gazette. ''Aircraft shall not bo used in traiv ping operations except as a means of transportation between the settle- ment where a trapper is outfitted and his principal base camp," the order said. ''Kvcry trapper wlien applying for a license shall desi.gnate the set- tleni.'iit where he will be outfitted and his principal base camp." Thin action was taken when it w;is feared the game supply on which na- tives depend for their livelihood was in ilri!i'*er of depletion owing to trap- pers u^Qg irplanes to extend their trap,)!!]'; operations. Rsil Crossings Deaths U.AIjIKAX.â€" Four Nova Scotians are dead r.fter a series of fatal ac- cident.! iu the Province over Ihi.! week- end. Cliester Webber of Middlellold died In hospital Sunday less than twenty- four hours after a truck in which he was riding was struck 'w a train and hurled down a en-foot embankment at a crossing. Hospital authorities said Gt'orge Chandler, driver of the truck, would recover. 01 Sj-dney. Donald Cameron, 27, and Richard Harris, 30, were drowned when their slag truck crashed through the railing of a bridge into Muggah's Creek. The two men were trapped In the truck's cab. Air Service For Peace River HIDMONTON. â€" Air-mail service from hidraonton tj the Peace River country will be \naugurated in two weeks, according to information re- ceived by James A. MacKinnon, mem- ber of the House of Commons for West Hdmonton. The service will operate from Edmonton to Peace Riv- er and Orande Prairie, Alta., and Daw- son Creek, B.C., Mr. MacKinnon said. 35 Million On Relief OTT VWA â€" Appropriations for linemployment and relief in the supplementary estimates tabled in the Iljuse of Commons totalled ?1(!,283.400. In addition $19,500,- 000 ivas proviJed for monthly grapts-ii'.aid for the Provinces. The 1 nemployment relief appro- priation was divided as follows: Relief 'cttlement agreements with Provincial Governments, $100,000; and municipal relief projects, $7,- Fcdcral contriburion to Provincial 331,09(; : agricultural re-establish- ment in co-operalion with Provincial Governments, $52,500; contribution to f.\rn", employment and supple- monlarv plan.s. $3,283,500. Oat.^anding claims for direct re- lief i.nder Uni'mployment Relief Acti ot previour- years, $10!), 000; outstanding claiin.^-. for drought arc:\ relief. $215,200; contribution tov.ard ;he Greater Winn>i)cg .sew- a.'ie di.-^po.sal .scheme,- $302,200; de- veloi)UT.>:t and training projects for unoT.pi >,.-cd youn.n: people, $1,000,- .000; ;:rect relief for the ilriedout are?.s, $2,000,000; administration expcM^:cs genera.iy, $475,000, and 1infore<een contingencies, $1,000,- iOOO. No Debates Over the Air OTTAWAâ€" The country is to bo â- pared l^oth the tedium and expense ft listening to the radio broadcast of debates in the riouse of Com- Vi'mvi Minister Mackenzie King fcrought applauiie and merriment Elected President MONTREAL â€" .Tolm Bassett has been elected president of the Ga- zette P.iblishing Company, Limited, .succeeding the late Senator Smeaton White. Mr. Bas~ett has been vice- president of tire company for 17 years. Paul Bilkey. vice-president and Editor-i i-chief, was re-elected as vice-president, and J. S. Miller, sec- retary-treasurer, was elected a member of the noard of directors. Ross H McMaster joins the board as a representative of the White estate and dirpctors re-elected were W. J. C. Sutton and C. R, Peters. $2,250,000 For New Roads OTTAWA â€" Approximately $2,- 250,000 will be spent by the Do- minion Government this year in co- operatii n with the Provinces in providing roads and other facilities to reduce transportation costs to and from the mudng areas of Can- ada. Hon. Thomas A. Crerar, Mini-ster of Mines and Resources, is asking the Ho'cse of Commons to vote an appropriation of $1,400,000 at the present ''ession and as the arrange- ment is that the Provinces will spend $1 for every $2 provided by the Dominion, it is estimated that the to:il expenditure this year will be $2,')UO,000, IS there was a por- tion of last year's vote of $1,500,- 000 unexpended. Routes of the highways will be defined by the t'^ederal and Provin- cial Miiisters of Mines. There will also be provision for wharves and other l"acilities for airplane trans- portatim to the mining districts. The actual road building work will be supervLsed by the Provinces. 500 Millions For Navy WASHINGTONâ€" President Roose- velt's billion-dollar l<J37-38 national defense program was formally set in motion this weeK when the Hou.se Naval Affairs Committee favorably reported a $52(5.555.428 navy ap- propriation bill, ncluding $130,000,- 000 for new warships already under constru':tion or to be laid down. As soon as the naval bill is out of the way, a $416,000,000 measure to flna<Lce the army's activities will be introduced, the two together set- ting a peace-time record and carry- ing out the President's announced policy of a national defense second to none. To Wed At Home KANSAS CITYâ€" Mary Pickford, the Tjronto-born film star, will marry Buddy Rogers in California â€" at least her future father-in-law thinks so. Miss Pickford, wearing scarlet loungin^t pyjama.s, with slippers and fingernails to inatch, apparently squeMi'.ecJ rumor.s of a London wed- ding during a 30-minute stop-off here en route for London to join her fiance. "1 fcuess we'll have to have the whole family with us when we get married, won't we?" she asked Pro- bate Judge Bert Rogers, who met her at the train. "Yes, yes, yes" agreed Buddy's father, seemingly relieved because the remark eliminated an English locale h r the r.iiptials. For WorlJ Peac- LOS .WGELESâ€" An Anglo-Sa.xon alliance, backed by the armed forces of the L'liiled States and Great Britain, would constitute the best guarantee of world peace, .said Viscount Graigavon upon his arrival here fi'oni Hawaii en route home. "With their combined fleets, man- ))ower, and finances, no combination of enemies would dare make war," he said, "Something like that was in the' hack of the head of your Prcsideni; Wilson. Folks say ho lived too soon. Perhaps, but our children's children will prove him right." Trained Workers In Demand WESTONâ€" That there was a de- mand ijr the services of vocation- ally trained students, was the in- formation given Weston Board of Education by Principal E. H, 0. Wordan of Weston High and Voca- tional .school last week. Tb« great- est demnnd, he added, was for those accustomed to carpentry, wood- working and motor mechanics. Attendant* reports showed that the day enrolment In the High and Vo- cational school was 847 with 454 attending night classes. With a registrjidon of 350, attendance at King Street school averaged 310, while 'n Memoriu. school with a reg- ister of -^4 the attendance was 285. The eport of the school nurse in- dicated twenty-.iine school visits, eighty-n.ne home visits, 115 indi- vidual ifisits and 164 pupils examin- ed. Announcement was made that after being dormant for six years, the High school annual publication, "The Cjnning Tower," would be is- sued this year. $113,330,199 In Subsidies OTTAWA â€" Total cash subsidies and fia.'incial assistance given the Canadian Pacific Railway since its incorp jration amounted to $113,- 330,199 an answer tabled in the House of Commons by Transport Minister Howe The .urgest item in the total was $37,791,435, the book value of lines constructed by the Government and transferred to th-j C.P.R. Dominion cash aid, including sub- sidies 10 main projects and to acquired and leased lines amounted to $33,'' 1 7,88!), while cash consider- ation f-jr lands given up by the C.P.R. was $10 18^1,321. Assist mce under Unemployment Relief .-icts and the special Public Works ' oiistruction .^ct, from 1930 to 1937, amounted to 312,330,1!)!). Dominion land grants to the rail- way for all lines was 26.108,988 acres. King Will Act As Mediator Quints' Tlard Filkn HOLLYWOOD â€" At the robust ago of ll'iec years the Dionne (|uin- tuplets v'ill star m their third motion picture ibi.s .June. A story for the five little sisters was propaied at a studio here re- cently >vhich would offer acting op- portunities the 'luints never have bad befi^re. Last May 28. on their second birthd.i. the <iuints received $250,- 000 as down payment on a new three-picture contract running to tlie end of l')36. Like 11" other .stars in movie his- tory, the (|uints, unable to come to. Hollywood, have had Hollywood come to them for e;ich picture. Fishinp; Season Opens PORT DOVERâ€" The fishing sea- son opjned at this lake Erie port this wo!;i The lake has been free of ice practicaliv all winter, and there is 'lotbing to keep winter boats in liaroo Then- has been a very short • I spite between 1il36 and 1937 fis';ing becaese of the extension in'ante.l .it the ciose of last .season by the t.'ntario Department of Game and Hsr.eries. Wedding Will Take Place After Coronaticn CAN.NKS, Kraiu'e. â€" Edward, Duke of Windsor, will not attend the Coro- nation of King George VI, and he does not expect any of the Royal Family to be present at his marriage to Mrs. Wallis Warlield Simpson, it was reported Sunday. Friends of Mrs. Simpson said that Edward told the Duke of Kent, dur- ing their meeting at Enzesfeld, Aus- tri.v, last week, that he would delay his marriage until after the Corona- tion, The wedding will take place in Vi- enna ten days after the Coronation. Only a few close friends will attend. Mrs, Simpson was said to have asked her English lawyers to apply for a liiial divorce decree immediate- ly upon expiration of the six-months decree nisi period April 27. She and Edward wore said to have agreed that if the English Ipswich Court refuses a final decree, she will fllo another suit in a French court, since sho al- ready has filled the legal requirement for establishing residence in France. Will Carry Roosevelt Views To Imperial Conference Next May WASHINGTON.â€" When the Impe- rial Conference convenes iu London next May, Premier Mackenzie King will bo able to lay pefore the states- men of Great Britain and the other Dominions President Roosevelt's views on most of the questions vox- lug the world, as a result of the con- versations concluded here Saturday. Canada often has been pointed to as the logical mediator in composing differences of opinion between Lon- don and Wiishingtoii because of its understandings of both Covernineuts, but never hiis a Doinlnioii represen- tative been so well eijuipped for the role as Mr. King will be. "It was obvious," Mr. King said in brief eommeul to The Canadian Press here, '"that before 1 go to Ihii Imper- ial Conforeuce I should ascertain tlie views of thT President on the prob- lems confronting the world and with which the conference will have to deal." The Canadian Prme Minister de- clined to disclose the subjects dis- erssed with Mr. Roosevelt further than to say they wore of a general nature. Trade tnattors were not tak- en up. Last mouth Mr. Hoosevelt wrote Mr. King hUKgesting they should have an opportunity (jf talking over the problems affecting the two nations aud inviting him to lome to Wiish- ingtoii when convenient and be his guest at the White House, The tulLa between ilie President and Mr. King weio informal, doing to the White House Friday afternoon with Sh- Herbert Marler, Canadian Minister in Washington, the three had tea to;;other, and the President talked of lishlng and hunting. Keen appreciation apiiearnd to be prevalent ong persons interviewed yesterday that, with the European political situation as it is, a sympa- thetic understanding between the United States aud all portions of tlii" British Empire is well-iiigli impera- tive. This is one riasoii Canadians in Wasliinjuton taking an internation- al view of the situation are hoping for a trade a.greoment between the United States and other Dritisli Do- minions with mutual advnntagcii com- parable to those in ihu Cr.-'.ada- L'nited States treaty. Drama CoiiS;c3t WIN.NIPEC!.â€" The Winnipeg Little Theatre will r<!prosoui Manitoba at the Uoininiou Drama Festival in Ot- tawa. For Its presentation of "I^ovc- ly Mirat-Ie," by Philip .lohnsdii, it was awardcil lir.st place aud oiitlu.s- iastic praise Sunday night by George do Warfaz of London, adjudicator at the Munitoha Res'ional Festival. Mrs. Priscilla Wiiiclio.ster of l]w Little Theatre cast was adjudged the best actress in the festival and Rert Harrison the best actor. ]ii? appear- ed in two plays, .scenes from ".lour- ney's End." by the Players' Ciiild. and "The Road of Poplars," by the Pro- vincial Club, .Manitoba Government. Phone Subscribers Hold Annual Meeting by Phone RIMHEY, Alt:'.. â€" Suliscribers to the Rluffton Mutual Telephone Com- pany, llfty miles southwest of Edmon- ton, hav(! a now idea of how to hold a meeting. When rouds were suowbound re. cently each member stationed himself at his phone at an appointed hour and President Fred Hanson then op- ened the parley. Charles Montalbetli kept the miii- ules. and business proceeded in a regular manner. Sit-Down Strikes Must Be Stamped Out In Ontario Premier Hepburn Warns Agitators â€" Municipalities Unable To Cope With Situation Will Be Assittefl â€" Forces Are Held Ready TORONTOâ€" Sit-down strikes will bo stamped out in Ontario It the whole weight of the Provincial Po- lice and other Government resources has to be brought into play. Premier Hepburn announied Sunday night. "Wo are not going to tolerate them,'' he said, "and I point that out to the people now In this country â€" professional agitators from the Unit- ed Slat«s â€" to agitate and torment un- rest in our induBtrial areas. And for the benefit ot our own workers, let mo add that these of whom I com- plain are paid ollicials and obtain their salaries from fees levied against the very workmen whom they are supposed to protect." While making it clear that the pri- mary responsibility ot dealing with any sit-down strikes, or illegal tres- passing, rested with the municipality in which it developed, the Premier voic(!d the assurance that if such mu- nicipality, "after an honest endeavor to cope with the situation," could not SPORT REPORTER By KEN EDWARDS i/ Let's chut for a little while about .speed and its reiords. The "Pony Express" flashed the news, when Lincoln made his tirst inaugural speech, to Cali- fornia in 7 days, and 17 hours. Only a few weeks ago, How- ard Hugnes flew from California to Kew York in 7 fume-odd hours. It took Columbus 71 days to sail the Atlantic . . now it seems that -1 days IS sufficient. Did you know that Sir .Malcolm Campbe.l, the ni-m who has travel- led faster on land than any other man wto lived, was once arrested for travelling at 27 iniles per hour ^n a bicycle? The speed record in a motor boat (up to '903) wat. 17 miles an hour, and up to 1914 was 30 miles an hour. A track greyhound can siieed over a measured distance of 100 yards at top .--peed of 3(1 M.P.M. .A racing pigeon would do the journey in hair that time. Dr. Charles Townseiul, in Brazil, discovered a fly. a few years ago, that flics 11 miles a minute, â€" or 810 miles an In ur. . . this insect is callsG a "'cphcnemyia." The ' 'larracudfi" is said to be the fastest fishâ€" .-wims 80 M.P.H. .'\ man dropping with his para- chute onen, falls from 704 to 792 feet pei' miinite, or 8 to 9 miles an hour. A man dropping with closed parachute travels 10,384 feet in one minute, or 118 miles an hour. .-V boiTib, dropped from a plane, falls 1:).m32 feet in one minute and falls at the rate of 189 M.P.H. .And here couk's the story ot the snail and the tortoise: â€" The Minil travels 2 and 2-5 inches in one minute, while the tortoise travels 'iS feet, '• inches in one min- ute. You baseball fans will like this one. A pitched baseball travels 122 feet a .second. Johnr»s- Weissuuiller, the .Ameri- can champion, ::wims 4 miles per hour for a distance of 100 yards. And so, friends, enough for to- day, on speed and its records. . . . see us next week. â€" Good-bye. The Coronation Commemoration Medal handle it, all it had to do was to ap- peal to the Government. "Immediately," he said, "I will sup- port it with the fuli strength of tha Provincial Police, if necessary, aud other resources at the Government's disposal.'' Sympathy With Labor Mr. Hepburn said ho had every sympathy for the underpaid and the exploited, and the fact that his Ad- ministration had been quick to pasa the Industrial Standards Act, with its many benefits, and now had a mini- mum wage law for men g<dng through the Legislature, v.as adequate indica- tion, ho felt, of the genuineness of his sympathy and of that ot the Cabinet 111! had grouped about biin. "I am right behind any reform as long as it is brought .bout by order- ly and constructive methods." he said, "nut I will not tolerate the sit- down strike in this Province of ours, n the first place, it is nolhiiig but illegal trespass. In the second place, it is against law and order. When I became Prime .Minister one of the first oaths of ofllie I took was !o admin- ister law and order. That I shall do It I liavo io enlist the whole weight of my Administration t do so."' The official coronation commemoration medal dcsiijicl l.y I'e-.cy Melialfo, is being struck at the London Mint. It will be struck in two sizes in silver and gold, and bears the heads of Their Majesties, one on each side. This picture shows the two sides of the medal photographed at the Mint, • Accident in I.mdsay Btcomes Annual Affair LIND.S.W.-When a taxi driven by .rainc;i Robinson aud a car driven by Lawrence Pickering collided at Lind- say and Melbourne Streets Saturday, it was revealed that the same two cars, the same drivers, figured in a similar accident just one year ago exact'y and almost at the same hour. lioili cars were badly damaged. Need New Sense Of Responsibility Miss Lena Mades'n Phillips Urges Approaching P-'^blcms With Open Minds OTTOW.V â€" If all women were to be put out of their jobs today and sent back to hnme-niiiking, industry would be in greater eliaos than at the [iresent time," was the statement of Miss fjena Madesin Phillips, of New York, guest of honor and spea- ker at the Hu.siiiess and Professional Women's Club. While women 100 years ago had been without the vole, their sisters ot todtiy enjoyed privileges for which tludr sisters of a century ago had begged, said Mi.ss Phillips. There had been great and ilrauKitic changes in the last i"iitury, many ot the bene- fits of which, women had enjoyed. Women today, the speaker said, should strive tor a sense of responsi- bility with less of complacency. They should open their minds to attack the prnlilems of today from a now viewijoiiit. Morn than 150 members extended a warm welcome to Miss Phillips, as a member of the legal profession, .and more particularly as the president of the International Federation ot Rusl- ness and Proftssional Women. Miss Phillips is an associate editor of the Pictorial Magazine, and a past presi- dent of the Natioiiiil Council of Wo- men irt the United States. Quintuplets Gain Annette Heaviest of Famous Sis- ters; Marie Remains Smallest â€" Steady Growth CALLA.\1)KU, â€" Mario Dionne did not grow ill height last month and remains the shortest of the Quintup- lets, and Yvonne lost the distinction of being the heaviest baby when she failed to gain weigh while .\nnotto gaineil Ihree-iiuiirtors of a pound. It was announced at the Da' o Hospital for the f ined sisters. The Quintuplets tvero two years and nine months old on February 28. Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe who returned af- ter an abs(riico of two weeks in Tor- onto General Hospital where ho was 111 with iiiflueii::a, did not visit them lor fear of <'()inmunicaling the germ to them. He will not visit them for a few (lays, he said. Jjuring Kebruiiry each baby except height with Annette and Yvonno 'top' with ;Mi<^ inches, Kmilio and Cocile lie Willi .14 Inches, and Marie the shortest failing to increase her height of 33 U, inches. Yvonne was the heaviest Quintup- let a month ago but she failed to in- crease her weight of 29 Vi pounds dtr'ng FebrnaiT- .\nnette gained three-Quarlers of a pound to t.ako the heavyweight honors with nf>?i lbs. There is a dlffcri-nco of two lbs. between Kmilio and Cecjle, who aro tied for weight. Cecilo gained ono pound during February and no\| tips the scales at 27'4 pounds. Althoiigli Marie, the shortest ot the fivo girls, gained threcquarlers of a pound during tlie month, sho re- mained the ''lightweight" and her weight ot -'5-74 pounds is four pouuds less than the 2?-';4 pound rscorU of ' heavyweight ' A.iinelte. Câ€" N

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