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BECIN CGALT HIGHWAY THIS WEEK w# ‘"When | left for the Coronation roore than a month ago the contracts for the laying of the concrete and the finishing of the work had ibeen let, and were to commence at once. @hortly after I salied the two railâ€" way comnanies again came to a disâ€" prreement. the C.N.R. wanting more lind in front of the Goldieâ€"MoCul joch factory. The C.P.R. also was not satisfled, so they continued to disâ€" pute. iSince my return on Thursday the two companies have ‘been not!â€" fed to iron out their differences at once. This highway is going to be paved and it‘s going to be done now. "We‘ve waited long enough for the By rail companies to se:tle any disâ€" putes." . Kight Pages P E‘& No. 50 Will Start Work at Once GALT.â€"Paving of the double kighway link between Preston and Galt will commence very shortly, Hon. N. O. Hipel, M.L.A., for South Waterloo told the Chronicle here BSaturday afternoon. Mr. Hipel spoke alt the Hallman reunion at Soper Park. Questiongd by the Chronicle as to ‘what was holding back the work, it being understood a month ago that paving was to begin at once, Mr. Hiâ€" pel said : Hon. N. 0. Hipel Says Highâ€" ways Department Through Bickering with Two Railways. The grading and building of the rew double highway was done last fall. ‘The road from Galt to Preston had been built on the onposite side of the Grand iRiver railway tracks, while the PrestonGalt link will be the present narrow highway, on which several fatal accidents have _ Mr. Hipel intimated that work might possibly commence this week. occurred. Russian Fliers Land on Coast Flew Over North Pole in Intrepid Flight. VANCOUVER, Wash.â€"Three Rus sian aviators who braved the North Polar wastes in a daring attempt to fly 6000 miles from Moscow to Oakâ€" land, ‘Cal.,. landed here Sunday, grounded by bad weather, approximâ€" ately 580 miles short of their goal. _ Vancouver is across the Columbia River from Portland, ore. There exact whereabouts unknown for several hours in murky North Pacific weather, the intrepid trio glided down to a perfect landing at Pearson Field, Vancouver Barracks, at 8.22 a.m. (12.22 p.m., E.D.T.), 64 hours and 17 minutes after leaving Moscow. ‘Through an interpreter, the fliers, Pilot Valeri Chekaloff, 33; Coâ€"pilot Georgi Phillipovitch Baibukoff, 30; and Navigator Alexander Vassilieâ€" vitch Beliakoff, 40, said the landing was made because of poor visibility. Hipel Silent on Break in Liberals Mr. Hipel stated that he had reâ€" turned from Europe only on Thursâ€" day and so was stil} out of touch with matters at Queen‘s (Park. "Nothing for publication" was the answer of Hon. N. 0. Hipel on Satâ€" urday to the Chronicle‘s query as to his opinion on the recent break in the Liberal party between Preâ€" mier Hepburn on Ontario and Fedâ€" eral Premier W. L. M. King. Back From Europe GALT, Ont.â€"Back only two days from Europe where he attended the Coronation as the official delegate for the Province of Ontario, Hon. Norman O. Hipel and Mrs. Hipel of Preston, attended the Hallman re union at Soper Park here on Saturâ€" day. Mr. and Mrs. Hipel docked from their ship on Wednesday night, reaching Preston on ‘Thursday. HON. N. O. HIPEL who with Mrs. Hipel returned on Thursday from a six weeks‘ stay in Europe. They attended the Coroâ€" nation and the Empire Parliamentâ€" ary Conference which lasted three weeks, and then toured Holland and Germany for ten days. Mr. Hipel spoke at the Hallman reunion in Galt on Saturday. Represented Ontario at Coronaâ€" tion and Empire Conference Hon. N. 0. Hipel Is Back Home Speaking at the gathering of 1,000 descendants‘ of the Hallman family in Canada, Mr. Hipel described his trip abroad. He told of being held up for four hours off the coast of Laâ€" Trador and Newfoundland on their return trip Mby icebergs in a heavy fog. Many of the bergs are 1,000 feet cubes, with nineâ€"tenths of their thickness below the water. Canadian and United States icebreaking ships are on duty constantly blasting these menaces, Mr. (Hipel said. ‘The Ontario Legislature Speaker was the official delegate to the Emâ€" pre Parliamentary Conference, held in London after the Coronation at the same time as the Imperial Conâ€" ference. Matters of vital importance to the British Dominions were dealt with at the 21 day conference, at which every British legislature was BE SURE AND SAVE THE GOODâ€"WILL COUPONS When buying in Waterloo, shoppers should _ first check over the list of business places where coupons are given for cash purchases or payments of accounts. These coupons will assist some of the contestants to win one of the valuable prizes. But be sure to save your coupons. TOURED CONTINENT FOR THE CONTESTANTS WATERLOO CHRONICLE (Continued on Page 4) A HOME NEWSPAPER FOR WATERLOO, AND WATERLOO COUNTY PEOPLE Warteruoo, Oxtamio, Tuzespay, Junt 22, 1937 $T. MARYS, Ont., June 21.â€"Three men were killed instantly today in an airplane crash on the farm of Archie Dewar, in Blanchard Townâ€" ship, seven miles west of here. One of the dead men was identified as Arâ€" thur D. Leavens, of Toronto, the pilot of the craft, a Puss Moth plane, which bore license letters CFâ€"AGQ. The other two were not immediately identified. 3 KILLED AS PLANE CRASHES AT ST. MARYS Find Ail Dead s Ceorge Wilson, R. E. Hodgins, Ed. Davis. Archie Dewar and others who saw the machine in trouble, hurried to the spot, which is at the back of a 100â€"acre farm. They found all three men wlead and their bodies smashed and broken. According to the log book now in the possession of Coroâ€" ner T. J. Mcinnis, the machine, which is owned in Montreal, had been on the Toronto to Buffalo taxi run for some months and how it got to this district is more or less of a mysâ€" tery. From the position of the dead men and from the witnesses among the nearby farming area it was evident that the machine was proceeding in a westerly direction just about the lower layer of clouds when the pilot decided to land. in making a turn one wing, according to eyeâ€"witnesses, fluttered into the air and the maâ€" chine crashed headlong into a wheat field. After striking the ground the body of the machine skidded 50 yards to a stop. Town Engineer Claude Noecker announced toâ€"day that the Ontario Department of Highways has conâ€" sented to share half the cost of reâ€" surfacing King Street, Waterloo, which is now part of the Elmira provincial highway. The work will be done on a Wednesday, probably the second week in July. Motorists on this day will be asked to stay off King St. and traffic will be cut off from William to Young Sts. and reâ€" routed to Queen and Caroline Sts. Conducted Flying Business Art Leavens was one of three Leaâ€" vens brothers, previously of Belleâ€" ville, conducting a commercial flying business with planes and hangars at Barker Field, Toronto. Government to Pay 50 Per Cent. Cost of Resurfacing Road Weekâ€"End Death Toll 17, More May Die After Two Triple Car Fatalities ‘Three persons, including Kenneth Rloomfield, of London and Leamingâ€" ton; a Toronto girl, Georgina Gouâ€" lett, and a Bloomsburg, Pa., woman were killed when two cars met nearly headâ€"on on No. 3 highway near Icna, south of London on Sunday. The car in which Bloomfield was ridâ€" ing and which was bringing a party from Leamington, tried to pass a car which had been driven from a cross road partly onto the pavement. It swerved into the path of the Ameriâ€" ‘Topped by two triple fatalities, QOntario‘s â€" weekâ€"end â€" accident . toll reached 17 yesterday. Near St. Thoâ€" mas three persons lost their lives in a headâ€"on crash of two automobiles Near Ottawa three others were killed when their car was struck on a level crossing by a train. _iPeterboro reported a double traâ€" gedy;. two men killed when their rutomobile went into a ditch. â€" can car which met it with terrific force. Close to 1000 Descendants Benjamin Hallman Gather _ Plans have all been completed for Waterloo‘s big Music Festival and Grand Tattoo at the park Saturday, June 26. There will be instrumental soloists, massed bands, bands in parade, march past and bands in drill formation. The big feature will be the presentation of the Festival of the Empire, very fitting and appropriate for coronation year. With the rendition of this selection and the famous Tchaikowsky overâ€" ture "1812" by massed bands folâ€" lowed by an accompaniment of fireâ€" works and fiag remonstration in salute to the various parts of the (Continued on Page 4) of New Dundee who on Saturday was elected president of the Hallâ€" man Family in Canada Association at the seventh annual reunion held in Soper Park, Galt. Mr. Hallman fills the vacancy left by the death since the last reunion of President J. C. Hallman. Musical Festival Saturday, June 26 One of the worst accident records of the year took 17 lives over the weekâ€"end, thirteon of them in highâ€" way mishaps in various parts of Onâ€" tario. As if to give tragic variety to the picture of death, an elderly man (Continued on Page 8) works and Grand Tattoo Features of Program. Address NAMIC .......:â€"10.02, cesicereeroeveatvrereneersarseversresÂ¥rerirrrrearpreseersyirsaretserss Fill in toâ€"day and send to The Goodâ€"Will Club, The Waterloo Chronicle, Waterloo, Ontario. PLEASE CONSIDER ME AN ENTRANT IN THE _ WATERLOO GOODâ€"WILL CLUB SALES AND SUBSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN Heads Clan E. B. HALLMAN ENTRY FORM FOR CONTESTANTS (GOOP FOR 1000 VOTES) Seventh Family Reunion Held Saturday in Galt Park. SOPER PARK, GALT, Ontrâ€"Close to 1,000 descendants of Benjamin Hallman gathered here on Saturday afternoon for the seventh quinquenâ€" nial reunion of the family, overflowâ€" ing the picnic accommeodation and reâ€" newing old friendships and acquaintâ€" ances. Beginning to pour into the park at 10 o‘clock Saturday morning, the reâ€" union was well under way when the crowd sat down to a picnic lunch preâ€" pared by the various families. Late comers continued to arrive up to the supper hour. E. B. Hallman of New Dundee was named President of the family assoâ€" ciation, filling the vacancy left by the death a few years ago of Presiâ€" dent J. C. Hallman of New Dundee. Succeeding Mr. A. B. Hallman as viceâ€"president is A. C. Hallman of Kitchener. ‘Maynard Hallman of Kitchener was reâ€"elected secretaryâ€" treasurer. ‘The executive consists of J. Allan Hallman, Kitchener, Pphâ€" taim G. Haliman, Rosevillie, Moses Toman, New Dundee; Dr. S. Lederâ€" man, Kitchener; Gordon D. Hallman, Petersburg; Oliver Hallman, Kitch ener, H. Leslie, Kitchener; Aaron Hilborn, Galt; £&. D. Hallman, Wilâ€" liamsburg; D. Hunsberger, Preston; Mrs. A. Stoltz, Mrs. Oliver Betzner, and Mrs. Nelson Shantz of Kitchener. Welcomed to City Ald. Fleming of the Galt City Counâ€" cil extended to the family a hearty welcome to the city. Ald. Fleming sWbstituted for Mayor Serviss of Galt. Several musical selections were rendered ‘by the string trio, the "Maâ€" ple Grove iPals", consisting of Messrs. Stan. Harlock, Walter Cook and Ross Shants. 4 _ ‘Rev. iC. N. Good of‘Kitchener conâ€" ducted the opening tional exerâ€" cises at the afterdinner program, consisting of the hymn "Faith of Our (Continued on Page 4) With the Waterloo Good Will Club $1,000 prize contest now entering upon its second week, contestants are urged to register at the Waterloo Chronicle office at once. While the list of contestants anâ€" mounced in Friday‘s Chronicle is well away to a good start, it is known tiat many other contestants are colâ€" lecting votes from club merchants amd the Chronicle, but have not turned them in or registered. A final date for entry will be set shortly, after which no further contestants will be admitted to the race for the big prizes. IMPRESSIVE PROGRAM Contestants Must Register Soon New Officers Elected & Tucedsy and Friday Price 2 Cents