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â€"Motor Car Skids on * to Railway Tracks William Kaufman. Gordon Eby and Harry fRobert, 16. $8 Bingeman St., Kitchener, _ were | takon _ to _ the K W.â€" Hospital | where they | were teated for shock and minor injuries. The first two were permitted to leave bui ltoberts is still under observaâ€" t on for possible internal injuries Phe voung inen turned off the Galtâ€" hichener highway a1 Shantz Station the th st sadiai stop out of Kitchener weross ie GRR. tracks which paâ€" .uÂ¥el jthe highway. A1 the moment they wese on the tracks a radial comâ€" ing from Kitchener hit the car near the engine completely demolishing it. , According to Kaufman. the driver uf the car, he did not see the radial coming and ran right in front of it. Kight Pages Vel. 82, No. 3 SHANTZ STATION, Jan.10 â€"Three young men had a narrow escape from death here yesterday at 212 p.m., when the car in which they were rid inz was completely demolished in a wollision with a Grand River Railway THREE MEN NARROWLY ESCAPE DEATH MOTOR CAR COMâ€" PLETELY DEMOLISHED car Provincial Police Officer Edward . Mitchener, who investigated the accident, states the driver of the tar did not see the approach of the redial car although the view at that point is excellent. The radial car was in charge of Thos. FeaÂ¥er, who was on a trial run under the regular engineer or imotorman, Fred Dowler of Preston. The accident could not be avoided as the driver of the radial did not expect the motorist attempt L0 cross. William Kaufman, the driver, e#â€" caped with a shaking up Gordon Eby with a scealp wound and Harry Roâ€" berts with a broken right pe‘vis. The latter is in the K.â€"W. Hospital. Dr. McTaggart is the attending physiâ€" clan Chop Off Foot to Free Man; Hike Seven Days for Help Sons Find Indian Pinned Down by Tree in Subâ€"Zero Weather.â€"Use Axe for Amputation. MOOSONEE, Ont.. Jan. 10.â€"A‘ 40â€"yearâ€"old Cree Indian lies tonight j in a hastilyâ€"erected wigwam 100| miles from the closest settlement,‘ one foot amputated by an axe. i It‘s 35 below zero in the remote region, 100 miles west of Albany on James Bay, where George Methat lies awaiting assistance that may not reach him for several days. Word reaching here today from Alâ€" bany said help was on the way. _ Methat, a trapper living on the small Ghost River that flows into James Bay, was alone on his trapâ€" line when a tree fell on him, breakâ€" ing one foot. When he did not reâ€" turn home that night, and for two cays, his wife and two sons started a search for him. When they found him, according to the story reaching Moosonee, the trapper was pinned by the tree. Unâ€" able to move him and fearful that bloodâ€"poisoning, which had set in, would kill him, the sons amputated Dlo00â€"poIRoning, WmCn nad SCt 10, / war o would kill him, the sons amputa!od"“OLF sHOT AT MARKHAMJ the foot with an axe. Then they, FARMER GETS $15 BOU]W'[‘\"1 tuilt a wigwam with canvas and tree | 4 branches. °B2 DC â€" Re Leaving their mother to care for Methat, the sons journeyed seven days on snowshoes to Albany for help, reaching the James Bay settleâ€" mwent late last week exhausted and hungry. Most of their food supply was left with the injured Indian. _A Roman Catholic ~priest and three Indians are en route to Ghost Â¥. Kaufman, G. Eby and F. Roberts Treated at Hospital for Injuries. |_ The fonor of presiding over Wwa ‘terloo‘s County Council meeting this ‘year will go to Charles Schuett, newly | elected â€" reeve of Woolwich ‘wwnsnlp whose appointment to the wardenship will be confirmed at the inaugural meeting this month. The !:otation system gives Woolwich the honor for 1938. Reeve Schuett was a member of Woolwich, councilior five |years, three as deputy and two as |reeve. Ban Speeches by Roosevelt, Baldwin BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 10.â€" A collection of speeches of Earl Baldwin, former prime minister of Great Britain, and President Rooseâ€" velt, of the United States, has been banned in Germany as "undesirable literature," it was learned today The speeches, made during the past few years, were published in Germany by a Swiss firm at Luâ€" cerne. German border officials said they were returned from Leipzig under the "undesirable literature" classification of the customs law E North Dumrfies due to a change in the statute has the necessary populaâ€" tion to entitle it two instead of one vepresentative, increasing the counâ€" .v council membership this year to 18. 1937 members who will be missed on the new council are exâ€" 'Warden Simon Kinzie, up to last year the oldest in point of service, Wesley Howlett and Milton Weber of | Woolwich and Simon Ditner of WIâ€" jmot. The oldest members this year (Continued on Page 8, No. 2) Woolwich in Line for Wardenship Reeve Schuett Slated for Honor at County Council Inaugural Meeting. MEMBERSHIP INCREASED |reu TO 18; TWO MEMBERS |wit! FOR NORTH DUMFRIES ‘XZ River with the sons on snowshoes. If they reach him in time he will be taken to the Methat home on a sled where the priest will give mediâ€" cal treatment. Later the Indian may be taken to Albany. SHANGHALT â€" Jan. 10.â€"Majorâ€"Genâ€" eral A. P. D. Telferâ€"Smollett, comâ€" manding British troops at Shanghai. protested against the attack by Japâ€" anese so‘diers on two British officers of the Shanghai municipal police. * General â€" Telferâ€"Smpllett accused Jupanese armed forces of invading the British defense zone in the interâ€" nstional settlement and was reportâ€" cd to have warned the Japanese miliâ€" tary that repetition might "result in the sravest consequences." TORONTO. Jan. 1u.â€"A 35â€"pound Lush wolf was shot in Markham Township, seven miles from Toronâ€" to Thursday. Robert Young, farm worker. was the marksman. He saw the animal skulking in a ditch, hurâ€" ried home for a rifle and bagged it after halfâ€"anâ€"hour‘s stalking. He colâ€" lected a $15 bounty. British Officers Attacked by Japs WATERLOO CHRONICLE A HOME NEWSPAPER FOR WATERLOO, AND WATERLOO COUNTY PEOPLE Warermcoo, Ontamo, TuEspay, Janvasy 11, 1938 To Act with France and United States in Protecting Its Rights in China, Britain to Resist Jap Expansion LONDON, Jan. 10.â€"Great Britâ€" min has determined to resist sternly Jupanese demands for virtual conâ€" trol of Shanghai and to discuss with the United States and France conâ€" certed steps to safeguard interests of Western nations in China, a high government source said tonight. Prime Minister Chamberlain, this source said, returned to London toâ€" day from Chequers, his country home, to assume personal command of a British program to curb Japan‘s expanding power in the Far Mr. Chamberlain, who has been in frequent telephonic communication with Foreign Secretary Eden, vacaâ€" tioning at Cannes, was expected to review the Oriental crisis in detail with foreign office experts and with individual Cabinet members. Act with U.S. and France. Foreign office quarters emphaâ€" sized that Britain would act only in harmony with France and the United States and that the future of the western investment in the Orient would be considered jointly with the Japanese demands for a dominant share in the administraâ€" tion of Shanghai. Responsible quarters held that C Udes n€ Japan not only failed to prove heri "By Moo promise to control Japanese miliâ€" l0ws: Fi tarists but neglected to satisfty Company Great â€" Britain â€" on these three, Piture C points: _ _ l ¢Conti 1. What specific action is being taken against the officers responsible for the attack on the British gunâ€" boat Ladybird and other shellings; 3. What action is being taken by Japan to guard against further vioâ€" lation of territorial waters around Hong Kong. Fear Attacks Deliberate. â€" _ 2. What is being done about the British request for safety zones for neutral shipping; _ 80 _ The Japanese political demands at Shanghai, and the series of atâ€" tacks on foreign individuals and property, are interpreted in some quarters here as delberate moves in an effort to obtain complete control of Chinese territory. _ _ Some speculation appeared in the weekâ€"end newspapers whether the British Government would take a firmer stand toward Japan over the teating of British police in Shangâ€" haie, than a demand for an apology and indemnity. Two Bamberg and One Kitchener Citizen Found Guilty of Theft at Centreville. Josoeph Waechter, aged 24. Bamâ€" berg and Leonard Lamka. 23. Wilâ€" mot St.. Kitchener, previously inâ€" volved in chicken thefts were senâ€" tenced to the Ontario Reformatory for two and one years, respectively. ‘Rose Waechter, 27, will serve six months. That it does not pay to steal chickâ€" ens was forcibly brought home to three offenders when â€" Magistrate Blake in Kitchener police court senâ€" tenced them from six months to two years in the Ontario Reformatory. They were found guilty of stealing ten chickens on the farm of John H. Sherk, near Centreville, shortly be fere midnight on December 24th. Provincial police happened along when a car with Rose Waechter at the wheel was waiting for her two companions with the bag containing the fruits of their chicken raid. Stiff Sentences For Chicken Thefts sheep. One was killed by the dogs and 12 so badly injured they were destroyed. BRANTFORD, Jan. 10. â€" Dogs went on the rampage in the Cainsâ€" ville district, just east of the city, last night, and today the fold of William Stewart, Sr., had 13 fewer Mr. Stewart was wakened by the barking of dogs. Calling his son, William, he drove away the dogs. The son fired several shots at the dogs, but non found their target. Dogs on Rampage, Attack 13 Sheep Many Buyers at Furniture Show Substantial _ Orders _ Placed Which Will Mean Much Employment in Twinâ€" City. Hundreds of buyers from all parts uf the Dominion are attending the anual Kitchener & Waterloo Furni twre â€" Exhibition _ whoch _ officially opened a few days ago. Manager L. A. Koeppel reports the p‘acing of numerous substantial orders for furâ€" niture and the exhibition promises to be one of the best in years. It is being heid in the Dunker building, King street west, Kitchener and conâ€" c‘udgs next Saturday. "By Moors, the exhibitors are as folâ€" lows: First floor, Beaver Furniture Company, Kitchener; Honderich Furâ€" piture Company, Milverton; Knechâ€" (Continued on Page 3â€"No. 3) ‘ Two trustees of School Section No. 1, Blair, Alex W. Beattie and \(‘horry Eldon Gehman have taken s ops to have two trustees, Harry Kinzie and Melvin Snyder unseated. ‘They are alleged to have paid a memâ€" ber, Lorne Johannes, secretary, for his services over a period of two years without the approval of the full board. Judge E. W. Clement. who has received a petition under section 1%5 of the school act. states that before he can act, an appicaâ€" tion with affidavit as to evidence of foct must be filed and applicants ohtain an appointment of which noâ€" tice can be given. . Salaries of Thirteen United States Executives In Excess of $300,000 Each School Trustees May be Unseated t NASHNVIILE, Tenn.. Jan. 10.â€"Ruâ€" dy Evans, 36, was shot to death by ‘cne of three men 18 miles north of here last night five hours after three men had killed a post office messenâ€" ger and escaped with ‘$25,000 at Guthrie, ‘Ky Ratepayers at Blair, S.S. No. 1, Allege Salary to Secretary Former auditor, Beattie, said he drew the board‘s attention to the matter following which $20 a year was voted the secretary, he to pay his own bond. ‘They returned to the policy of paying the secretary after he ceased auditing books with authority of the school section. Lorne Johannes‘ Version Questioned _ by _ the Chronicle, (Continued on Page 8, No. 1) BANDITS KILL TWO IN TENNESSEE; GET $25,000 Not Approved. Spanish Rebels Fail in Fighting HENDAYE, Jan. 10. â€" Spanish Government forces, their grip on Teruel tightened by collapse of inâ€" surgent resistance within the city, threw up strong defences today against insurgent columns pressing on the outside. The army worked speedily to consolidate the Government‘s first great offensive victory in the civil war, now 17 months in duration. Forced Back in Stif Battle in Teruel Sector with Heavy Surrender of the insurgent Teruel garrison and civilians who took reâ€" fuge with them in Asuncion Hosâ€" pital and Santa Cara Conventâ€" more than 6,000 persons in allâ€"was completed last night, the Governâ€" ment announced. | _Thirteen men received in excess of $300,000 each for the year, the |report showed, and nine of them | were officials of General Motors Corporation. William S. Knudsen, lits viceâ€"president, ranked second to [Sloan with $459,878. The surrender was a signal for celebrations â€" throughout _ Governâ€" ment Spain. The republic showered praise on Gen. Juan Rojo and his army for capture of the stnw'iic provincial capital in last ~month‘s surprise offensive and the blocking of the insurgent attempt to retake the city. Batte Not Ended. . Military advices reaching . the frontier, however, emphasized that the battle for Teruelâ€"already eatiâ€" mated to have cost 6,000 casualties â€"was not ended. Insurgent dispatches said the columns of Gen. Migue! Arands, Gen. Franco‘s Lower Aragon comâ€" mander, were encromching on the outskirts of the city. Peck Into Pay Envelopes Shows Gary Cooper‘s Salary $370,214. â€"Tops List in Hollywood. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.â€"A conâ€" gressional committee, giving the public a peek into the 1936 pay erâ€" velopes of the United States highest paid industrialist=, movie stars and financiers, disclosed today that Alâ€" fred P. Sloan, Jr., of General Moâ€" tors, topped the !it with $561,311. Eugene G. Grace, President of the Bethlchem Steel Corporation, $180,000, and Charles M. Schwab, Bethlehem board chairman, $150,â€" 000. The House of Representatives ways and means committee divulged the information, which had been given to the treasury, by corporaâ€" tions which paid employees salaries, bonuses, commissions and other compensation of $15,000 or more during the 1936 tax year. In addition to Cooper, this group included Ronald Colman, $362,500; Claudette Colbert, $350,833; Mae West, who led the list for the preâ€" ceding year, $323.333; Madeline Carroll, $287.913; Warner Baxter, $284,384; Marlene Dietrich, $269,â€" 333; Ruth Chatterton, $249,500; Charles Boyer, $249,145, and Rudy Valiee, $238,744. The report showed that 336 Genâ€" eral Motors Corporation officials reâ€" ceived $15,000 or more and 56 of them got at least $50,000. Mot o en n e dn n e iemed Some of the other topâ€"flight inâ€" dustrialists and their compensation included : In the entertainment world, Gary Cooper was tops with $370,214. Ten movie and radio stars received more than $200,000. Tuesday and Fridsy Price 2 Cents