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nt DN = ® AD ---------------- EE HEE « News i y -. n Brief » © Relief Down 7!; Per Cent MONTREAL -- Federal relief fi gures for January show a decrease of 11 per cent. in the number of heads of families on relief rolls in Canada this year, compared with the number for . the same mcath fn 1936, Labor Minis. ter Norman Rogers révealed in an address here. The number who receiv, 'ed relief in' January this year was 7% per cent below the figures for Janu- ary 1936. 3 "In the light of these figures and the undoubted recovery in our indus- tries we are entitled to face the com- ing months with greater confidence} than at any time during the depres- sion through which we have been passing," sald Mr. Rogers. \s Decision Irrevocable ~LONDON, -- When tho -Royal, and her husband, the Earl of Harewood returned to London, au- thoritative informatior priceded them that the former King, the Duke of Windsor has decided irrevocably to wed Mrs. Wallis f* 'pson as soon as . her divorce is made final. It was reported that the Duke of Windsor agré-d to the sale to Queen Mary and the King of the estate at Sandringham which he perronally in. herited from hi: father, King George 5 ------ $14,000 OTTAWA, -- Made-in-Canada san- dals worth $14,000, are a coronation gitt to Queen Elizabeth, it is announc- The sandals, made fn Montreal of Canadian, leather and" by - Canadian workmen, each would be studded with '500 diamonds and 500 rubles, Sebas- tiani said. He added eleven other pairs of shoes would be offered, her Majesty. as -a Coronation present. To Aid Young Farmers EDMONTON, -- Alberta grain com- petitions in future will be without ex- - hibits from : Herman Trelle, world's champion grain grower. The Wemb- ley, Alberta, wheat and oats king told an Edmonton meeting of sged grow- érs he wanted to leave the 'Alberta field open to other producers, but he would continue to seek honours in shows outside Alberta, "If you want some seed just let me know what you need and I'll send it 0 you," Trelle declared, after saying <= he intended to do everything he pos- sibly could to help young grain:grow- ers. Two Holidays in May «TORONTO, -- Thig city will ob- serve both holidays in--May---==-the Coronation on May 12th will be a public holiday throughout: Canada, and Victoria Day, May 24th, is a sta- tutory holiday. . : University examinations commence on May 1st, and are usually over be- fore May 24, it was pointed out, and & one-day interruption of the sche- dule is not considered ' os Day is likely to be- ome a day of heavy "cramming" for __imany of the college students, ERIECER °. . SENET Cl Se The banks will be closed in all prabaniily on both days, and the Stock Exchange will follow suit," sta- ~ted an Exchange official. "I'm not worrying anyway for I've reserved a good seat for the Coronation." Bounty On Iron Ore SAULT STE. MARIE, -- Sir James Dunn, Algoma Steel Corporation Pre- sident, told a meeting here he -ivas authorized by Premier Hepburn to an- nounce the Legislature would pass a "bill getting a bounty of two cents a unit on siderite iron ore mined at the Helen Ming in the Michipicoten area, Starving Herds CALGARY, ~--Dead hors ern Alberta last week ag ranchers battled to get feed and water to the starving herds. More than forty days of subzero temperature with snow piled high over the grazing grounds, followed by a chinook which was not powerful enough to melt through the giant drifts brought about the ranchers' cri- sis. Snow-drifted highways prevented the: bringing of feed to the ranches a condition that exists in many districts today, No N In search o. ffood, herds have rang- ed for miles, subsisting on twigs of willows, buck -brushes and other shrubs, On some ranches the cattle have not rested for weeks, maintain- dng a ceaseless hunt for fodder, With reservoirs frozen to the bottom, - a great many of the ranchers and far- mers have had to haul water to their stock. Feed is being hauled long dis- tances where highway conditions do permit. To Stop Reckless Driving ~ OTTAWA, == T. I, Church of To-|- ronto-Broadview. proposed last week to put teeth in the Criminal Code, to stop wholesale slaughter of pedes- trians by reckless or intoxicated mo- 'torlats, He suggested a penalty of one Fourth yf : Princess in a serious| hd - year's imprisonment or a fine of $200 or both for persons convicted of driv Ing wantonly or furiously or for the causing of an gccldent by cutting fn abead of 'another motor vehicle, Mr, Church desires a further change to prevent a person who has caused the death of another while driving an automobile to be prohibited from driving during the nevt ensuing - He seeks to define'the powers of & jury in cases of manslaughter arising out of motor car killings, He propos- es an amendment authorizing the jury to declde the question of fact as to whether the accused person is' guilty or not guilty on the evidence adduced. Hé claims there has been much cri] ticism of many cases of gross negli- gence having been taken from the jury, with the result that persc : guilty of gross negligence escaped. sr e-- Flu Gaining In North TORONTO, -- Reports from Mat- tawa" say 'physicians are on 24-hour duty combatting an epidemic that has cut school attendance 25 per cent and forced town officials to close both high and separate schools. In Hafleybury, Dr. W. C. Arhold, Medical Officer of Health, was in the hospital under treatment for bronch- fal illness, while a flu epidemic clos- ed three schools after the attendance had been .cut 40 per cent. At Cobalt and New Liskeard schools remalned open, although attendance had been severely cut in the former town, - At Brantford, Dr, W. Davis, of Ohsweken, Medical Superintendent, for the Bix Nations 'Indian Reserve, reported. that influenza was on the wane in. his territory, A few more of the cases had cropped up, but most of those stricken in the original epl- demic were well on the way to re- covery. 'Dominion Contributions Not Sought: By 'Britain LONDON, -- There was no Inten- tion of calling upon. the Dominions to make any coxtribution to n common defense fund, Neville Chamberlain, Chancellog, of the Exchequer, declar- ed recently, Chamberlain 'said the Dominions had spent a great deal of money upon perfecting or improving their own defences and that was their contribu- tion to the common fund. No other form of contribution, that he was aware of, was under discussion : t the present time. : Course in Meteorology TORONTO -- Dr, W. 8. - Kirkland, "Principal of the Central Technical School here' nifnounced recently that establishment of a course in meteor- ology with experts from the Meteor- ological Society, may be made pos- sible next fall, Vote Canadian Airways Into U.S. ---------- Association : 'CHICAGO, -- The Air' Transport Association of America have announc- ed Canadian Airways Ltd., have been voted membership and two of its offi- cers appointed to assoclation' commit- tees, PES. in] @G. A, Thompson, ganeral r 1ager of Canadian Airways, was named t» the -association's operating commit- tee, and T, W. Siers in charge of the line's maintenance hase at Winnipeg was appointed to the maintenanc committees, gil . i, Col. Edgar 8. Gorrell, president ot the Air Transport Association, gald in a statement the Canadian line was 'considered. a model for its size and for the unique terrain and conditions encountered in {ts year-rcund servic- es to points as far north as Aklavik in Rush Quints Inside As Plane Appears Sudbury Fliers Think They We-e , Taken for Kidnappers When They Flew Low to Get Good Look. , SUDBURY. tuplets were highly interested in an airplane which was flown over Dafoe T---- MHlgan this week-end, the two air men reported. The nurses of the hos: pital, however, quickly gathered up' Annette, Cecile, Emille, Marie and Yvonne and hurried them into the nursery at the first sign of the plane. "They must have thought we were the kidnappers coming to snatch the children by airplane," grinned Milligan, in telling of the incident, Milligan, who owns a taxi stand | recently purchased a Taylor Cub plane. With 'Bobby Smith at the con- trols, he was flying to Sudbury. As they passed Dafoe Hospital, they saw the five bables playing in the yard. Smith flew the plane low so they could get a good view. "They kept looking up at the plane and toddling around in the yard, Then the nurses got wise to the fact that there was a plane overhead," Smith related. "They rushed out into the yard, tucked a quint under each arm and hurried them into the house." "Did the children object to such treatment?" ' "Well, they. seémed (very interest. ed in the plane and kept pointing at it. They kept running away from the nurses, who. had some time col- lecting them," replied Smith, "When they finally got on to the fact that the nurses were after them, -they kept running all over the yard. Finally, each of the nurses tucked a quint under each arm and brought them kicking into the house. There was one quint left over, and a nurse came =~ The Dionne quia: |: | Hospital by Boyd Smith and Harold} od AE Pata $7 ih ---- Spoiting Comment - By KEN EDWARDS A . In his career, George Living: ston Earnshaw pitched and won 78 games and lost 48, in the Interna' tional League, won 113 and lost 71 in the Ameri- can, and won 14 and lost 22 in the National, scorinz 24 shutouts all told. Remember that world .mous ball tosser, Walter Johnson? He seems to have gone the way of all good athletes, by being broke and trying to keep his head up by dairy faym- ing, : Jesse Owens, the colored flash, and hig family seem to be sensible people all through. Although Jesse is today one of the greatest sprint] ers in the world, and despite his $60,000 plus more on the way, the Owens do not "put on the dog." Jesse bought his mother and father 8 16-room home so 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 though his son is famous, he sticks to it. The great Diz. Dean of Cardinal fame, is valued at approximately :$400,000. . . , Hence Diz. is holding out for a mere $50,000 this year. He says it casual-like, with a Dizzy smile: "I've got 'em just where I want 'em." Speaking ot baseball greats, Ty Cobb wes the greatest ball player who ever. lived. "He led the Ameri- can League batters for 12 seasons and in 1915 stole 96 bases. You have. possibly heard of the Aga, Khan sometime or other, in fact, "he seems to be making the front page now in India. The Aga Khan is the dean of the British turf, He should be, he has sunk out and picked her up, too. Then we flew away." - | $4,000,000 'in English livestock! Attacked by © stitutional--Air Service OTTAWA---The highway traffic clause of the- transport bill was con- demned before the Senate Railways Committee recently by bus and transport companies of Eastern and Central Canada andd representatives of six provinces. . In a day-long sitting of the com- mittee, the Provinces of British Co- lumbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, "Ontario, Quebec and New Bruns- wick protested -the-provision--in the bill concerning Federal regulation of certain highway traffic. They claimed it was a violation of Pro- vincial rights and unconstitutional. FEAR FURTHER HANDICAP 'Representatives of bus and trans- port companies followed up this ob- jection with the claim the legisla- tion™ was unnecessary and inexpedi- ent. They said - their companies were being heavily taxed by the Provincial Governments and further licensing by the Dominion would be a great handicap. The highway traffic provision pro- vides for Federal Government regu- lation of all traffic of interprovincial and international character and movements on .Dominion highways. «: The clause of the bill referring to the Arctic." Highway Traffic Clause is Highway Traffic Control Clause Is Challenged As Uncon- Control, But Protest Anything Too Drastic. 'Government regulation of air trans- Six Provinces Warning. Agree To Limit port came in for comment when officials of several Western Canada air services appeared. They -said limited control was possible but warned against too drastic regula- tion, ' Irving S. Fairty, vice-president of Gray Coach Lines, Limited, Toron- to, told the committee his company was regulated by the Province of Ontario in 75 ways, and "that is| more control than is exercised' over railways." Ll g BUILT NEW BUSINESS The Duff Commission found. that coaches and busses were not sub- stantial competitors of the railways, he said, y "We have practically built up a new business on our own in coach and bus operation and no railway economist would say we have ever taken more than five per cent of business 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 $936 annually to the province in various ways. . Snow storms, rain and gleet to- gether with high winds, created new flood dangers throughout Central On- tario over the week-end, The Grand River was on the ramp- age again and at Elora it was report- ed to be at the highest level in fifteen years. A tremendous ice jam at Fer- gus was swept out at 8.30 Sunday night. The roar of the ice break could be heard for miles. High winds ripped oft roof tops, levelled fences and smashed windows lover wide areas, Wallaceburg and Dresden were In darkness Sunday night when a score of Hydro poles were knocked to the ground. Water In Hospital At Penetanguishene, six inches of water flooded the main street and fire- men were called to the General Iios- pital to pump three feet of water from the basement, The hospitat fires wero 'put out when the water flooded the furnace-room. Worst damage was caused by the Grand River. The Canadian Legion clubrooms in Elora were flooded, and homes along the river bank for miles reported water entering basdments. Two miles east of Fergus the roaring waters were brushing the bottom of Shand's Bridge, while two other bridges were reported covered by the floods. At Elora, the levee near Bls- sell's factory was reported to have cracked, endangering the factory and levels below, Fergus Bears Brunt The Fergus-Elora- area bore the brunt of the floods. * Several streets In both towns were under water, while farmers along the river were rushing their stock to higher land, fearing the water would sweep away barns, Tho Fergus-Orangeville Highway was covered with four teet of water and at one point in the river tho water was sald to have risen thirty feet. To the north, torrential rains caus- ed the most danger. Barrie, Midland and Penetanguischene all reported flooded basements and dangerous highway conditions. Six cars were stalled in a subway near Midland. Bus traffic was delayed.' Two washouts disrupted train ser- vice on the Canadian Pacific Railway near * Midhurst, about c'ght miles north of tlte town. Trains are being re-routed -over the Canadian National Railways tracks threvgh Barrie. in from Lake St. Clair. A score of Hydro poles were knocked down, Op- crations of the Dominion Glass Com- pany were upset by loss of power, Ex- tra men were called to work when the blowers failed. The Wallaceburg power plant on the Snye River was also -affected by the storm. --Near-Cyclone Rages AILSA CRAIG, Ont.--A "storm of near-cyclonic porportions swept this section of Middlesex County late Sun- day causing heavy damage. The blow lasted 10 minutes. Telephone and Hydro service was disrupted. The town was in darkness for some time, but shortly after the supper hour the lights were restored in the downtown area. Telephone ser- vice also was resumad, Houses Surrounded FERGUS.--Setting a new mark for the past half century, the huge Grand River ice jam started away from here with a thundering roar and within half an hour had surrounded two houses along the northerly bank with the occupants forced to vacate through three feet of water, Four persons trapped in a frame house owned by Jack Howard, fled t | | | Fate i 'NORTHERN ONT. PILOTS SUSPENDED - FOR OVERLOADIN® PLANES, {= EVERY BODY WAS LIKE: ME "THERE'D NEVER BE ANY SCARCITY or WORK, HAIRLOCK ! y WG J) , -x_, Permits G2 81. HoMAS CHURCH ICE-S CONDUCTED BY " Cons IENTIONS OBJECTS JAILED FOR 6CORNIN® INGERSOLL WOOD-PILE, ATNESS ) Wat, : IL- NAY MEN. In Kent County the storm swept |- -=} hop. High Winds, Sleet, Snow Sweep Central Ontario Grand River at Elora Rises.to Highest Levels in Last Fifteen ~ Years -- Hydro Poles Break in Wind -- Farmers "In Fergus District, Rush Stock to High Ground -- Barns Threatened by Floods. through a yard which resembled a miniature lake as the huge cakes of ice struck forcibly against its walls. Only a row of cedar trees, creaking loudly with the pressure of Ice against them, saved the Howard home 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, {rom a stable near the river edge when the ice swirled around to a depth of several feet, Water rose ten feet fn less than an hour above the Beatty dam flooding the boiler room of the lower story with three feet of water and extingu- shing the fires in both boilers. "It's the highest I've ever seen it," declared James Gow, "and I've lived beside the river for 55 years." Cow's residence was flooded with threo feet of water, Want Lewis C.1.O. For Canadians -- Clothing Workers Pass Resolution Urging Formation--Press 40-Hour Week MONTREAL -- Immediate estab. lishment of a Canadian branch of Jno, L. Lewis's Committee for Industrial commended by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America meet- ing here Sunday in thelr third all Canadian conference. Dolegates were present from Toronto, Hamilton and Montreal locals. The same resolution fully endorsed the organization drive in the steel in. dustry (now in progress 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 * all possible financial and moral support." The Lewis C.I.O. was formed in the United States with the object of en- listing all workers in a given indus- try into one big union, instead of into separate units organized on a craft basis. The Canadian conference of tho Amalgamated Clothing Workers in the preamble to its resoluation, extolled the C.I.O. method as vital to the preservation of labor solidarity. Wants National Agreement The conference also decided. to press immediately for the establish- ment of the .forty-hour work week "on a-national basis." This was taken to mean that not only would a forty- hour week be a demand in the new Toronto and Hamilton contracts, where the present agreements expire next May 1, but that Montreal-unfons 'would take advantage of a clause in their brand-new contract (Jan. 1, 1937--July 1, 1938), to ask that nego- tiations. be reopened on the subject of work hours. At present the union contracts fn all three districts are on a 44 hour-week basis. Mollison to Fly F ilms Of May Coronation LONDON. -- Captain James Mol- lison plans to fly films of King George VI's Coronation in May from London to New York in a plane to be built specially for him, it was reported Sunday. The long-dfstance flier expected to remain in the United States until autumn, when he will use the same plane in the. New York-Paris air race, commemorating the tenth an- niversary of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh's history-making Atlantic ~ " Production Aid Thousands of Acres in Eastern Ontario in Need of Drainage Surveyors Told TORONTO.--If properly drained, the production of thousands of "acres in Eastern Ontario could be greatly Increased, declared Lieut.-Col., A, W. Gray, chairman of the drainage com- mittee of the Assoclation of Ontario Land Surveyors reported to the annu- al convention of the association re- contly, In Grenville county, the speaker sald, a two-mile drain was placed and now over 20 families are making a good living from the land, No taxes aro owing on the property while at least seven of the holdings were sold for taxes before drainage was install ed. Much of this undrained land, he pointed out, produced inferior tim. ber owing to the wet condition of the soil, C. Fraser Aylesworth, charter mom- -} ber, urged the erection of a calrn on the..anclent "post" at Kingston to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the organization. From this post all or- iginal surveys in Ontario were cen- tred, Situated 76 feet from the Sir John A. Macdonald monument at King and West streets, tho post is still visible several inches mbove the ground, j Prepare "S 28 For Syrup Season Syrup Already LAMBTON COUNTY -- Allen Grit- fin, 14, a few miles east of Sarnia, bas ushered in the 1937 maple gyryp season already, Allen has tapped hdit a dozen trees around his home . manufactured about a pint of syr "It ran pretty fair for a few days, Allen sald, His mother pointed of two days to boil the sap down kettles cn the kitchen stove. Col weather stopped the flow today. who make. large quantities of syrup are getting thelr "shanties in order. Most "shanties" use wood for the bjg furnaces which heat the pans or the ev-porators. This {s the season when t: >» wood is collected. South of ({lencoe is the Coad bush, fn which for many years the late Willlam Coad made hundreds of gal. lons of maple syrup annually by the pan method. His nephew, Richard Coad, put in an exaporator a few years ago. Maple sugar production taken al- together {8 a big Industry in Western Ontario. The evaporator {8 a great metal surface fluted so that it represents a tremendous area to the flames. Cold sap starts in at one corner and trav- elsup and down in little channels more and more of it evaporating until at the opposite corner it runs off as the syrup. By the older pan method used for many years the sap is boiled until it reaches a certain consistency when it 1s cooled and sediment collected during the bolling is allowed ta settle down. Later the "batch" is finished oft by more boiling. Finishing off is a ticklish business in which the pans are constantly in danger of holling over -- attendants stand by with a plece of fat pork, the merest touch of which will cause the seething mix- ture to subside. Maple syrup dealers say that the great maple forests of Quebec form one of the main sources of. maple sy- rup supply. This part of Ontario they. claim has fallen behind in its produc. tion during recent years, . Schemes To Aid Wheat Industry Varied Opinions on Marketing Methods Are Submitted Before ~ Mr. Justice Turgeon WINNIPEG.--Plans to assist Can- to producers and develop foreign may. kets have beon placed before the Tur: geon Royal Gralit Commission, which stands adjourned until its resumption in Vancouver carly next month; In the 1,200,000 words of evidence already written «into the records dul ing Winnipeg and Saskatoon sittings, the commission has heard argumocnts for and against various forms of mar- keting. Causes of declines of wheat and flour exports and numerous views on various phases of the {industry have been submitted. Tariffs, embargoes and quotas by European countries and goneral cots traction of world trade were hlamdd for reduction of wheat exports , . . among contributing factors were cited Canada's textile tariffs, which wore declared to have reduced purchasing power {in European countries which bought Canadian wheat. Exchange Stabilization Reofprocal trado treaties, atabiliaa- tion of exchange and vigotoud' ad¥vef- tising and sales policies were ad¥o- cated as steps to extend Canad wheat sales. Open competition had to be met and quality standards had €o be maintained, witnesses '-declafed. Importance of foreign markats to the wheat and flour industiy wae genét- ally recognized, ne Marketing methods brought out wilde discussion, Representations were mado on behalt of varloug kinds 8t wheat boards, pools and the J ar- ket and futures method altMoigh sub- missions of the wheat popls them. teed prices were propdped as an aid to farmers and oppdsed- on the ground they offered nothing to farm- ers who had no crop to sell. Crop Insurance Crop insurance and classification of land for use, establishment of an agricultural bank to provide cheap money for farmers, control of the Win. nipeg Grain Exchange and its protec- tion, if found necessary, against fof» eign speculative raids were other pro posals advocated. Appointment of a supervisor for the Winnipeg market found some support, The open market and futures me- thod of trading was advocated on the ground it reduced costs of marketing and in general did a better job than agencies based on control principles, Insurance features of the futures mar- ket to protect against price fluctua- tion were cited, Wheat board proposals included a board paying a minimum, guaranteed price and directing sales, pool with the government guarantee. ing the initial payment and operating in competition with the open markét was suggested. Proposals also were made for a wheat board to give farm ers a selling service based on initial and interim payments with the open market continuing in operation for those who desired to disposa of thelr own grain, : ! Lad Neas Sarnia Has Made Pint that Allen had taken the best part Throughout Western Ontarlo those : ada's wheat industry loud assistahds selves have still to bo made, . Guaran- A great So] A SR I i nu Sine ES : RIG on go ge a we CR WEA Sr ~~ Sm. Lew.