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4 0 Ba ES Want Strike STRA'LVORD. -- Fifteen hundred furniture workers in twenty-seven factories {a nine different Ontario * centres, including nipe Toronto plants, . are to be called out on strike this week. - - , A hastily summoned conference here late Sunday attended by J. F. Marsh, Ontario Deputy Minister of Labor, and members of the District Council of the Furniture Workers' Union, failed to avert the strike, Mr: Marsh asked the union to delay the walkout until after a new conference between manufacturers and union re- presentatives. Frank AM. Wright, President of the District Council of 'the union, sald the request could not be met. The union made plans Sat- urday to call out the men Tuesday and its plans could not he altered, he declared, Nails Slander LONDON.--The = Sunday Referee gald in its news columns Sunday that a "malicious whispering campaign" concerning the King's health is being conducted by scandal-mongers, ainong whom it numbered "famous Mayfair hosts and hostesses, prominent stock brokers and Left Wing politicians, most of whom are disappointed office- seekers." . Denying King George's health is in any way questionable, tl... newspaper called attention to the fact that it is a treasonable offense to spread slander- ous reports regarding the person of the King: : The Referee said. {ho basis for the rumors include the fact his Majesty did not broadcast a Christmas mes- gage, paid only one visit to the Brit- ish Industries Fair, and the recent postponement of 'he Durbar in India. The reason the King has not ap- peared more frequently in public since his accession, the newspaper continued, is because he is fully occu- pied learning the complicated task of kingship. : Steps Train, Then Dies . NEW YORK. Fifty-five-year-old Joseph. Wal:h brought' his subway train to a safe stop and slumped over dead. The motorman's fatal {illness struck him between the 34th and 14th Street stations of the ling, and he ap- parently { ght off death until he could safely halt the train. He died, said a physician, at the Instant he brov~ht the train to a stop. Wind Grounds Plane SUDBURY.--High winds grounded most of the planes at the Sudbury air base. A plane owned by Harold Milligan took off in the wind, tose about twenty feet, and landed un- injured about thirty feet from the hangar, Milligan tied his plane after that and decided there had been enough flying for one day. Fears Mass Suicide FUENFKIRCHEN, Hungary.--Dark- ness, hunger and danger of death from oxplosions fafled to shake the deter- mination of 2756 miners to remain on a 'stay lown" strike in the coal pits here until their demands for a 20 per cent. wage increage are met. Batteries in the strikers' lamps have burned out. Their only supplies were sugar and liquor, PECS. Hungary. -- Twe demonstra. ors were shot and killed and six, in- luding two women, wounded in a slash with police near the mine where 267 coal miners were entrenched on strike. Three hundred men and women engaged in the demonstration and stoned police as they tried to clear he way to the pithead. The six in- ured were taken to hospital, Mine Director [chick, who sald he thought the demonstrato~s were Com- munist sympathizers, said the demon. - gtration occurred after the striking miners returned unopened a' letter sent to them by the management, The (Government launched an investiga- tion of the troubles, i Need Riot Says Mother FORT ERIE.--Treatment accorded hor 17-year-old son Harold in school here brought Mrs. Morley Spratt be- fore the Fort Krie board of education with 've remark: "What we need is @ riot like in Guelph In our high #chool." ~ - It suche a riot occurred, she sald, here would' be an investigation "and pleaning up." She sald her son had to stand in a hallway for 36 minutes ono day beo- cause he misbehaved. Principal H. RB. Thompson sald States teacher found him shosting aper balls with an elastic band, He pald the case was being investigated. Hungry Strikers R.fuse Pies LOS ANGELES, -- Ten men went hungry in a pie factoy this week. Conducting a "dit-down" strike for B per cent. wage increases, they ave had no food from the outside ond now decline to éat the company roduct, There are dietic as well as oral reasons for this, they said: We won't touch a non-union pie," gald Paul Magyar, Sunday LE oh Summary of the News a ee oS a a EE a a dn tS Sane a a Salesgirls Hold Fast DETROIT,--One hundred and fifty "five-and-ten" girls slept in the as: gembly room of Detroit's central .F, W, Woolworth store while their lead- ers-debated whether to include other units of the company's forty-store me- tropolitan chain in a "sit-down" strike. A meeting of the Strike Committee of the Waiters' and Waitresses' Union wag postponed without explanation, Plans for pressing the strike were to have been formulated at the meeting. A. J. Dahlquist, District Superin- tendent of the chain, said all stores in the Detroit area would open in the morning - with the cxception of the main one held by striking girls. Rules Millar Will Valid TORONTO.--Upholding the decision of Mr. Justice Middleton, court of ap- peal at Osgoode Hall recently ruled the "baby-race'" clause of the Charles Vance Millar will valid and held that mothers of illegitimate children are not entitled to share. The claus. leavey the half million dollar residue of the eccentric law- 'yer's estate to the mother giving wirth- in Toronto to the most children with- fn 10 years from Millar's death as shown by registration under the Vital Statistics Act. = Appeals of I. F, Hellmuth and Sam- uel Factor, on behalf of relatives at. tacking the validity of the clause on the grounds that it offended against public policy, and of John R. Cart: wright on behalf of Mra. Pauline May Clarke, were dismissed. In delivering the judgment of the full court Chief Justice N. W. Rowell indicated the findings were unanimous. He pointed out that Mr, 'Justice Mid- dleton had held that in the clause un der consideration the word "children" meant legitimate children and did not include {illegitimate children, Toxoid Campaign RICHMOND HILL. -- Within the next few weeks it is expected that every school child and every pre- school child in thig village will have received the complete course of anti-diphtheria toxoid. One of the largest groups to turn out so far Monday and Dr. Rolph IL. Langstaff medical officer of health, stated that the village is now in a fair way to cut down the danger of any serious epidemic to a minimum. "The par- ents of the younger children have shown a lively interest in the mat" ter," saide one of the teachers, "and seldom has a movement been pro- moted showing such = an excellent response." Favour Strike : TORONTO. -- Following a meet- ing ni the Labor Temple of members of the International Brotherhood of Maintenance - of - Way Employees working on the Canaian National Railways, H. R. Dancy, Chairman of _ the union, stated there was a pro- nounced feeling among the men in favor of a strike to secure a restora- tion of their wage-cuts. The meeting, Dancy stated, had been called to explain the state- ment issued recently along with the ballot sent to all members of the seventeen unions working for the Canadian National and" Canadian Pacific Railways. The ballots must 'be returned by March 15, he said. "The maintenance - of - way em- ployees are receiving $19.68 for 'a week of 48 hours. There are other railroad workers earning less. While I cannot say so officially, the work- erg are in favor of a strike," said Dancy. Famous Editor Passes NEY YORK. -- Unable to combat pulmonary congestion followyng a heavy cold, Rollo Ogden, 81, editor of the New York Times since 1922, died here this week. Famous with the profession of journalism, Ogden's name was not well known to the general public because his work was done in the editorial columns of 'the Times, where writers are - anonymous. Throughout his long service in jour- nalism, he was associated with only three newspapers -- the Times, the New York Evening Post and, for a time, the Manchester Guardian of England, ¢for which he was New - York correspondent. 3 Oliva Dionne Appr:ciates Act of Government CALLANDER, Ont. -- In two sen- tences, Oliva Dionne confirmed an announcement in the Ontaio Legis- lature that he had become "one of the keenest advocates of 'continued .Governmental protection and assist- ance" for his quintuplet children, At his home across the road from Dafoe Nursery, where the quints live apart from the rest of the fam iy, Dionne said: "We appreciate the protection of the Government. We couldn't get along without it." It was the first admission by the slender father that he agreed in any way with Ontario legislation under. which all business and personal ars: rangements for the quints are in the hands of a board of guardians. A member of the board, Dionne sel- dom, if ever, attended a meeting of the board. ka." $100,000 Price Asked For E. I Ranch Three Groups, One From Toren- to, Were Negotiating for Pur- chase--Duke Needs Money. OTTAWA.-~One hundred thousand dollars {s the approximate price anti. clpated for thé Duke of Windsor's Al berta ranch, now for sale under the direction of an English bank, It {3 learned in Ottawa. : iit Three groups of prospective pur- chasers were negotiating for it, one of them a Toronto group, but the To- ronto group is understood to have to have dropped out, The ranch, soon to pass from the ownership of the Duke, {3 regarded as one of the finest in Canada, It has ofl potentialities which have never been probed. It {3 understood the Duke of Windsor is in need of the cash expected to be involved in any transfer. Relax Restrictions on Lumber Exports REGINA.--A bill to relax restric tions on shipments of timber from Saskatchewan for pulp and paper manufacturing was given second read- ing in the Legislature this week. The bill would enable the Province to salvage burned-over timber that is fast deteriorating. It is designed to bring to completion negotiations which have been in progress between the Government and certain Wisconsin in. terests. Existing legislation does not permit export of timber for pulp and paper manufacture, The bill would restrict shipments to timbers that would de- terforate rapidly. 17 Different Ways and None Correct NEW YORK. -- Seventeen crack spellers from New York University and Hunter College managed to spell the nanie of the German Nazl emblem soventeen different ways and none was correct. The word, which stump- ed an intercollegiate spelling contest, was '"fylfot," synonym for ¢"swasti- Vincent Massev Visits Canada's New Destroyers . CHATHAM, ENGLAND, -- ilon. Vincent Massey, Canadian High Com-. missioner, accompanied by Mrs. Mas- sey, visited Canada's new destroyers, the Fraser and St. Laurent, Saturday. They were met at the Chatham dock- yard by Captain V, G. Brodeur, com- mander of the Fraser, and were re- celved by Admiral Sir E. R. Evans, Then they boarded the St. Laurent, where the officers of both destroyers were introduced. The High Commis- sioner spoke to the crews briefly at the quayside and lunched on hoard the Fraser, where he presented silver cigaret hoxes to the wardroom mess "of both ships. Hunt For Oil VICTORIA --British Columbia has Joined the Western Canada hunt for oil, which the optimists of the oil flelds hope and prophesy ultimately is to mean "from $75,000,000 to $100,000,- 000 per year" to Canada. British Columbia's quest for oil is being pursued in a 650 square miles area bordering on Alberta and Mon- tana, Flathead, where they have drilled 4,000 feet through hard rock, in.contrast to the spasmodic hard rock strata underlying Turner Valley, Al. berta, is the scene of present B.C. efforts. Wells may have to be sunk 8,000 feéet here to the limestene, as against 6,000 feet in Alberta. The cost ofeach exploratory venture fis likely to be a quarter million dollars or nearly twice as much as the aver- age Alberta well. - year in Canadian history - showing first surplus SPORT REPORTER By KEN EDWARDS Napoleon La- 4 jole is probably the only ball play. er who ever sign- ed a contract on the back of an envelope. : Ty Cobb, Jr. |"son of the great- est baseball play. er that ever lived is - the Universi ty of Georgia's, new court coach, Did you know about "toughy" Eddie Shore; at the top of National Hockey League femme for many years . ... he led kis- own orchestra before his hockey debut, saxaphoning all the way , . . lock out, maybe Vallee is tough, and we don't know it. It has been my »rivilege in tLe past to talk with all kinds of speed demons, holders of records on land and water (including Sir Malcolm Campbell, the man who drives faster than a bullet), but never have I had a tete a tete with a paracuhte jumper, nevertheless, 1 have gathered facts that should. be of interest, Parachute jumpers are usually call ed members of the "Suicide Squad- ron." John Tranum, an Englishman, fell 17,600 feet before . pulling the rip- cord of his parachute. One would probably think a jump like this would mistaken, as I was. Gene Austin, vet- mistakes, as I was. Gene Austin, vet- eran jumper, stepped off a plane at 20,000 feet, falling 16,000 feet before doing anything about it and received $50 as per contract. : Austin says he travelled 120 miles an hour in this jump. He says after about 1,600 feet you take your first somersault, and reminds us not to pull the rip-cord unless we are hori: zontal to thc earth and facing it, oth. erwise we will experience a terriffic- jolt . . . say, wait a minute, who's do- ing this? . . , thanks just the same, Gene. Happy landing. Financial Review OTTAWA -- Following are high- lights in the financial review pre- sented today in the House of Com- mons dring the Budget Speech of, Finance Minister Charles Dunning: Estimated grand total expendi- tureg fiscal year 1986-37 .of $529,- 518,000 against total revenues $452,120,000, leaving gross deficit of $87,395,000 Revenues highest of any other except 1928-29, largely 'due to sales and income tax increases. : Ordinary expenditures $51,528,- 000 less than : ordinary revenues, on ordinary account in many years. General improvement in all branches economic 'activity except building and agricultural produc- tion, but compensating increase in prices of farm products, Dividend distribution highest since 1930 and increased. 13 per cent., as compared with 1935, A warning against speculative fever such as brought on the finan- cial collapse of 1929 and expression of the Government's hopes this movement may be restrained. "Disheartening" failure of nuni: bers on relief diminishing propor- tionately with revival of business. 'Aberhart Admits Failure Of Plan In Time Pledged - N In Eighteen a. The People--Premier Only Seeks Advice of Fol- hart Government was entrusted Sun- day to the men and women of Alberta who elected it, the first- Social Credit Administration in the world, in 1935, From the pulpit of the Calgary Pro: phetic Bible Institute, Premier Wil liam Aberhart admitted his failure to establish social credit in Alberta in the eighteen-month {ime limit he set in the election campaign. He asked his . constituency organizations to ad- vise him whether he should resign or carry on his efforts toward establish- ment of a new economic order. He desired no advice from political oppo- nents. Honest Government In the meantime, the Aberhart Ad- ministration will carry on until the men ~nd wo: "1 who- elected it have expressed their wishes, The Premier suggested no association votes bo tak- en until the first week in June, al- though he would welcome expressions of opinion any time. "May I assure you wé are ,not throwing up our hands," the Premier cautioned his supporters. He Impress- ed on them he had no intention of re- signing unless the people desired a change, either in leadership or party. "We are more and more convinced," he said, "that the new economic order can only be introduced ly constant and gradual pressure until. our peo- ple realize its true worth and full value. We still are anxious to con- tinue our endeavors and you-ean be assured of honest government." Meanwhile, the Government was pushing ahead, Mr, Aberhart said, and this was no time for "lukewarmness and half-heartedness." Legislation to take the 'final moves for further action" would be presented at the present session of the Legislature. One of the reasons shy he suggested the vote of his supporters be delayed until June was to see this legislation enacted, Says Promise a Contract The Premier sald many "strange rumors and old wives' tales" had been flying around the past few days about his possible : resignation. He could say definitely: he was not resigning. "At the time of the Provincial elec- tion in Alberta, previous to August, 1935," 'Mr. Aberhart said: "I made you a definite promise. I made it not for the purpose of gaining your sup- port, but for the reason that I wanted to give you definite -assurance - that you would by making no mistake in honoring us with your confidence. That you did splendidly. "Now, I believe that a promise is a contract that should be fulfilled if at all possible, and. it is my intention to fulfill my promise today. "] promised our supporters faith- fully that in eighteen months I would- try to establish Social Credit in Al- berta, and if, for some reason, I was unable to do so I would tell them frankly and leave the matter:in: thelr hands whether I should continue my efforts further or resign. "Next Tuesday, March 2, the eighteen months will have passed and, as you know, in spite. of. all our ef-. forts, we have been unable to intro- duce Social Credit as we had hoped. Probably, the reasons for our failure are more or-less evident to you. Ethiopian Leaders Render Unto Caesar That Which Is Caesar's A delegation of Ethiopian leaders visits Premier Mussolini in Rome---at the specific request of [1 Duce--on a social scale, While the bearded visitor eyes the conqueror of his country sternly, the one in the centre smiles and bows humbly, March 9 Set As Budget Day Ontario House to Receive Year's Figures a Week From Tuesday TORONTO.--Premier. Hepburn" an- nounced Sunday night that Budget day in the Ontario Legislature had been set for Tuesday, March 9. The Cabinet spent all Saturday af- ternoon putting the semi-final touches to various estimates and to the bal- will be revealed befo:e the session ends: ! Some twenty. speakers, Liberal and Conservative, are to be heard this week before the debate on the Address in reply to the Speech froni the Throne is wound up. It will require "night sittings, Tuesday and Thursday, and probably Wednesday, to dispose of them. Highlights of Budget OTTAWA.--Following are high- lights in the Budget forecast present. ed in the House of Commons Thurs: day by Finance Minister Charles Dun. ning: Estimated expenditures for 1937-38 for all purposes, $520,000,000; estim- ated revenues, $485,000,000, leaving a deficit of $35,000,000, which is equal to the net cash deficit of the Canadian National Railways. Forecast of balanced Budget at end of fiscal year 1937-38, provided pres- ent improvement maintained. ' No change in income, excise or sales taxes, hut some additions to -exemp- tions under sales tax, : 'Numerous downward revisions of tariff rates in general, intermediate and prefsrential schedules, apart from changes incidental to the new Canada- United Kingdom Trade Agreement, Free entr." to Canada from all coun- tries of small personal gifts, Restoration next April 1 to 6 per cent. reduction fro-u civil servant sal- aries, now applied to all salaries of $1,200 or over. Total tradé in 1936 up to $1,633. 095,000, an increase of $274,435,000 over 1935: Canada-advances to fourth place 'among. trading nations of world in ex- port trade, and ~fth place in total trade. i --Visible and invisible trade figures, including tourist traffic, show Canada to have a favourable balance of $617, 000,000 of exports over imports. : During the last fiscal year tourists spent $250,300,000, an increase of 24 pr cent. over the previous period. Since the new Canada-United States trade pact became effective, exports to the United States have increased 26 per cent .and imports by Canada 18 per cent. Head-On Crash Fatal to Five Three Children and Driver Killed Instantly in Nova Scotia--Tot Dies In Hospital MIDDLETON, N.S.--Death of B5- year-old Mary Eisen in hospital. here increased to flve- the number killed in a highway accident at near-by Wil. mot Hill Saturday. The child died late Sunday night, less than twelve hours after her two sisters succumbed to injuries suffered in the head-on collision of two auto- mobiles shortly before noon yester- 'day. x: The two other Eisen girls killed in the accident were Agnes 7, and Geor- gina, 3, 'Arnold Keddy, driver of one of the cars, was killed almost instant. ly 'and 7-year-old Keith Hatt, one of five children in the two cars, died be- fore he could receive medical treat- ment. : There were few details of the col- lision, but it was believed one of the cars was on the wrong side of the road as it epproached thy summit ét Wilmot Hill ; Hospital authorities said Sunday the condition of Mrs, Mary Noble, one of the five survivors of the accident, was still critical. The others, most of them painfully injured, were expected to re- cover. ; Mrs. Mary. Eisen, mother of three of; the victims, was one of those in. jured." She and her family were in an automobile driven by Arnesley Hatt, 'father of Keith and Willoughby Hatt, also occupants of the car, The car driven by Keddy contained his brother Wilfred, who suffered a Jured. ¢ Passengers of both cars were resi: dents of this district, AN. atiy sonia his 1 ance of the legislative program which. fractured lég and internal {njuries, "and Gordon Hudson also seriously in.' 1l Health Insurance ~ For Oniario Voluntary System to Be Tried in Three Centres Under Beard 'of Dctors and Lavmen TORONTO.--Health {insurance for persons of moderate means will be launched: in: the immediate "future in Toronto, Essex and Norfolk Counties under the sponsorship of the Ontario Medical Association, 'with head offices in Toronto, it was announced Thurs. -day. 2 By paying $2 a month for himself, $1.75 for his wife, $1.60 for the first hild, $1.25 for the second, $1 for each additional: dependent, a wage-earner ° may receive thé bect medical service in most of its phases for his family, Entirely. Voluntary : The plans is entirely co-operative and voluntary, A patient may have a doctor of his own choice, and doc-- tors, who are willing to -participate, will 'receive the fee as laid down in the O.M.A. tariff, An organization, known as the Ontario Medical Services Corpora- tion, comprised of both doctors and laymen, will direct the service under a provincial charter. Dr. J. A. Hannah, of the Banting In. stitute, who has assisted in working out the plan, stated dental care will be included, if and when the sanction of the dental profession is received, Nursing services, however, are includ. 'ed in the plan when dcemed neces- 'sary. Says Farmers Pay Bills Well Implement Firms Asked To Give "Details of Figures Conviction the farmers of Canada paid-their bills for farm machinery better than figures submitted by the implement manufacturing companies would indicate was expressed by Hon, H. H. Stevens (Rec. Kootenay East), Thursday before the Commons coms mittee on agricultural implement prices. The committee spent the day study- ing returns made by the International Harvester Company of Canada, Iimit- ed. It showed in the last ten years the companies had accepted notes- for $52,395,000 in payment for farm im. plements and of this $6,771,000 had been written off as --lost. : To get a true picture Mr. Stevens and Dr. T. F. Donnelly (Lib.,, Wood Mountain), contended the figures also should show how; much the company collected in loading (higher prices charged for miachinery sold on time rather thin for cash) and on interest above six percent on deferred pay- "ments. If these were placed against bad debts, committee, members were 'convinced the losses would not ap- pear so seat. . * Another objection was that much of the loss would be found to be from sales in drought areas. This was a national calamity and the credit of the Canadian -farmer should not be made to suffer for it. R. T. Graham, counsel for the com- mittee, and Walter Macdonald, audi- tor, told of difficultier of getting a breakdown to provide the information Mr. Stevens asked. It was agreed how- ever, farmers often paid 10. percent, and more interest when the loading was taken into consideration. "Some of our figures run as high as 40 per- cent," Mr. Graham said. Officials of the harvester company will be before the. committea early next month and this question will be discussed. - i Indicates Faults In School System Speaker: Says "Opportunities For Education Are Uneverly Dis- tributed - MONTREAL, -- The present system of education is failing to train pupils for later life, said Miss Jessie M. Nor- ris, past president of the Canadian Teachers' Federation, when she ad- dressed a meeting of the Local Coun- cil of Women recently, Opportunities for education are unevenly distribut- ed, largely on account of different liv- ing standards. : Since there fs no compulsory edu- cation in Quebec, many children are not receiving the advantage of the schooling and are taking employment instead, said thé speaker. Another reason for this state of aff~irs {s that the courses of study do not suit every child as not all have the academic type of mind, More vocational work should be wrovided, and teachers should be trained to teach household arts to girls' and manual work to the na, boys, she urged. 0 |S 1 The "project" method which moti- * vates modein education is almost pro- hibited where large classes are con- cerned, said Miss Norris, who declar- ed there is great need for smaller classes. where Individual attention and the chance for the child to devel- op his own particular talents would be possible, Insufficient attention {is given to the problems of mental hea'th .today, she: found, Gerard Sampson, counsel for tke Store Employees' Unlon, spoke in ad- vocacy of earlier closing hours for shops. : » ET 5g $ Gay -