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:3 Every once in a while we note complaints in the )ress, daily and weekly, about the amount of adver- ;ising that is being done over the radio, and how .‘mad” the fans get when a perfectly good programme .;s interfered with by somebody telling of the merits .pf their wares. We have never gone into the matter Hery fully, so cannot speak with any authority, but as I've understand the situation, nearly all the pro- "grammes are sponsored by commercial firms and this ’neing true we cannot see where they are transgres- lhing very much when they wish to make some of their ' )usiness announcements. The radio is a commercial : )usiness and an hour's broadcast over any of the "nations costs money, how much u: cannot say, but ht must be considerable in the case of a coast to (yoast hook~11p. Leaving out the cost of the radio and. fits upkeep. the. many musical and other programmes 10.81 the fan the large sum of one dollar a year for a ficense. Surely he cannot complain if, in an hour‘s 'Musical and other offerings, he has to listen for a "ew minutes to 'some. advertising chatter. Refuse ' hese firms the opportunity of advertising their DYOdUCtS and they will soon cease broadcasting, and ghen where are our programmes to come from? many of the returned men hopelessly incapacitated, it seemed that the situation had been reversed and anything was too good. Most of us for a good many years have been of the opinion that the Pensions :Board are too arbitrary. Holding their appointment :through the Government they were seemingly res- ‘ponsible to nobody, ruled with a high hand and in too many cases decided against disabled veterans who lwere justly entitled to pension. Though coming at a late hour for many, the de- cision to give the veterans a square deal will be welcomed by the citizens generally. It may be in- .teresting, however, to note that as late as 1927, a bill sponsored by Frank S. Cahill, Liberal member for Pontiac, and one of the leading members of the party in the House, would have taken away from the war 'veterans any little considerations they were enjoy~ fing. This bill was to amend the Civil Service Act and Mr. Cahill sought permission to introduce it on the 13th of December, 1926. It appeared for first ' eading in February, 1927. This amendment would ave taken away from the returned soldier the very small preference then given him in seeking employ- ment in the civil service. The disabilities he suffered, :lhe dangers he faced, the time he lost in the service bf his. country was not to be considered at all if Mr. Cahill’s bill carried. Luckily the resentment of the Conservative mem- .oers was so keen that the measure was finally with- drawn and nothing happened, though the amendment stands on the records as a lasting evidence of the iack of regard for the returned man by the Govern- ment in power. Now that an election is pending the 'returned man is to be given the consideration he should have been receiving all along. PAGE 4. In refusing to go to Washington to refute the tatements of Hon. E. C. Drury, who a few days go denounced the Ontario Liquor Control Act in )ntario, Premier Ferguson has done just what his dmirers would expect. In refusing he is reported to ave said that he does not want to urge his views on |he liquor question on the people of the United .tates, who must settle their own problems. Premier ‘erguson might have said more if he had chosen. the consideration they deserve, and which they have hitherto not received, will be gratifying to those citizens of Canada who take the country’s war-time promises seriously. When the fight was on and enlistments were being made, there was nothing too good for the soldier: but with_ the war over and Ontario’s first citizen as the head of the Govern- ment is but enforcing the Act the people of the ’rovince sanctioned. To do this we would take it hat he can be neither wet nor dry publicly, no matter .‘hat views he may hold as a private citizen. Des- ite the assertions of some of the electorate, Premier ‘erguson is not allied with the liquor interests. Ieither is he allied with the drys. As the premier f this Province it is his duty to enforce the existing tatutes. placed on the books by the votes of the Hon. Mr. Ferguson is not interested in the sale of itoxicants in the manner some people think, but he 3 interested in the welfare of the Province general- '. and the results of the past three years or so ave proven that he has the situation better in hand man any of the extremists, be they wet or dry. And 3 time goes on these conditions will improve. Circulation for 12 mamas, 1,400 mmeeâ€"Plvecenupersinzlcwpy; bymaflin mammnmmmumudmnm mmmnmlmsmpu Ofliceopen on Wynlchtstrom‘ltolonu. The recent announcement from Ottavva that the Dominion Government is to take steps to see that the disabled veterans of the Great War are given THE WEEKLY “INDEPENDENT” HOWL The Kincardine Review-Reporter last week said: The Ontario Legislature will soon prorogue and the ceple are still waiting for Premier Ferguson to alflll his election promise regarding the strengthen- 1g of the Liquor Control Act. And when the session loses, we opine, the people will still be waiting.’_’ __ - Evidently the Review-Reporter editor is so blind olitically that he cannot read anything in the daily apers tha't savors of Conservative pre-election minis, fulfilments. Even the dear old Globe. which Res fierguson and the Tories and the Liquor Control .ct much like the devil likes holy water. has been )rced to admit that Mr. Ferguson and his Govern- ment are sincere in their desire to curtail the sale f intoxicating liquors in the Province. We in m} with his own op'im'ou than with the Truthâ€"WATSON. The Review-Reporter is listed in newspaper irectories as “independent” in politics, but the iitor never misses an opportunity of taking a slap 3 the Tory party and its leaders. Whosmsr is afraid of submitting any question, ivil or religious to the test of free discussiop, -_is The. Durham Chronicle The Hon. George 8. Henry, Minister of High- ” i9 @110 Ontarjo vaeljnment,_will_have the sup- PREMIER FERGUSON IS RIGHT A MOVE FOR SAFETY RADIO ADVERTISING SOLDIERS’ PENSIONS Thursday, April 3, 1930 The Ontario Divorce Bill has been the cause of quite a lot of dissension between the “pros” and the “antis.” Personally we can see no argument against Ontario having her own divorce court, and cannot agree that it will make for more divorces in the prov- ince. If we simply have to have divorces. we can see no reason why a provincial court cannot handle them better than a Dominion Senate and at half the cost. While we might not go so far as to say that all di- vorces are wrong, we can at least admit that they are unfortunate. An Ontario divorce court should not at all mean that divorces shall be easier to obtain, and so long as the bars are not let down there appears to us no reason why this province should not handle its The Owen Sound Sun-Times says in a news head- ing “Chatsworth Sage 45 Per Cent Right in Four Months,” in his weather predictions. This is true charity! The newspaper might just as easily have stated that he was “55 Per Cent Wrong”. And how the mighty have fallen! We note that the Sun-Times refers to the Grey County weatherman as from Chatsworth. Had he been 90 per cent right, no doubt they would have had him from Owen Sound, to which city he is reported to have moved some two years ago. The action of the Ontario Legislature in ap- proving the principle of a bill that may eventually mean the elimination of the mail order optometrist and the licensing of travelling eye specialists is a move that should have been made long ago. This prac- tice of going about the country testing eyes and in a good many cases living off a gullible public, has been sanctioned too long and the new legislation, if it does become law, will be welcomed by the best 0p- tometrists and eye specialists in the country. While all travelling eyesight specialists cannot by any means be classed as detrimental to the public inter- csts, there have been too many fakers and these have made it hard for the honest and really competent practitioners. There are some so-called eye special- ists who glibly advertise “no glasses prescribed un- less necessary” but we have yet to meet one individ- ual who did business with these gentry who were told that eye glasses would do them no good. An eye doctor, like any other tradesman, should be paid for testing eyes whether glasses are prescribed or not. There are too many whose business it is to prescribe glasses. They have to make money, the pre- scribing of glasses is the only way they have of making it, and as a consequence anything from a watering can to the family cat is fitted with glasses if there is somebody to foot the bill. Evidently the Legislature has taken the stand that the public should be saved from itself, and it is not very far wrong. Three No York girls made an attempt last Sat- urday to lea! ;> to fly an aeroplane in one day, expect- ing to make A solo flight before evening. We haven’t heard how it came out, but in any event it brings home the old saying: “If it were not for the fools in the world the rest of us would have a harder time making a living.” The world do move. Only a few short years ago the theatre, to a good many pe0ple, was the child of the devil. A newspaper dispatch this week says that there is a movement on to provide special theatres for children in some of the larger cities. An Iowa farmer milks his cows to music supplied by the radio. We would advise him not to tune in on some of those “Blues” programmes. The cows might reciprocate and the customers complain that the dairyman was putting water in the milk. After having tried on several occasions to pick up CFCA in Toronto when hockey matches arebeing broadcast, we are inclined to the belief that the Tor- onto Telegram was right when it described this sta- tion as a “tin-pan” broadcasting station. While suc- cessful on occasions in getting the hockey returns, in the great majority of cases the CFCA broadcast has been faded out by more powerful stations on either side. In the daytime we can pick it up with little trouble but this is when the United States sta- tions on nearly the same wave length are silent. Is it not time that someahing was done in the matter? Are Canadians not entitled to listen in to Canadian programmes? In the past it has been said that the United States stations were getting the preference. This is all too true, but there is a very good reason. United States stations are easier to get and hold than grammes put on in Toronto, but while the broadcast- ing stations there are easily picked up in the day- time it is often impossible to get them clearly when the nightly continental programmes are on. Radio fans naturally tune in where the programme is clear and where there is the minimum of interference. All too often the Toronto stations are blown off the air and cannot be picked up again. CFRB is badly interfered with by KDKA, CKGW, Toronto’s strong- est station has quite a time holding its own with WLW, while CFCA cannot be heard at all once WABC in New York and a broadcasting station at Shreveport, La., get going. It may be that our location in Durham has some- thing to do with it, but the complaints around here are the same in all instances, and it is felt that if Toronto wants to be heard over the air it will have to request isolated wave lengths or install more pow- erful stations. Failing this, radio fans in this locality, cannot be blamed very much if they tune in on the United States stations and stay there. proposed legislation to prohibit the crowding of the front seats of automobiles, the idea being to pre- vent unnecessary accidents through handicapping the driver of the car. The front seat crowding is prac- tised mostly by the younger set, who possibly see nothing wrong with riding three or four in a row, and who do not take into consideration the handicap they are placing on the driver. Presentâ€"day motor cars travel all the way from thirty-five to sixty miles an hour and the man at the wheel must be alert at all times, more especially in case an emergency arises. Hon. Mr. Henry’s prOposed legislation is sane, too, in that he does not attempt to tell the motorist that he must not ride three in the front seat. It is admitted that in many of the cars two adults and a child, or even three adults, if not too big, may ride comfortably and with no danger, but there are other times when this practice would be positively dangerous. The motoring problem isbecoming more intricate every day and this latest is but another attempt to make the highways safe, not only for those who ride three abreast, but for other travellers who do not. MAIL ORDER EYE SPECIALISTS WHY NOT INCREASE POWER? THE DURHAM CHRONICLE bottles otrumwereinacertainspot behindacertalntreeatacertalnplace. Whenmemaninthecounu'ywason on his telephone line. That the three should be out at an unusual hour and their being no apparent object in their errands amused suspicionâ€"Allister: Herald. Young Housewife: “Are you sure this cleaner that you are selling will really take out the dirt.” Agent: “Will it? Say lady. yesterday Irubbedsome oflt onacopy of sometimes amusing incidents which could not happen were interruptions impossible. It would be impossible to hear the clocks ticking or birds sing- ingasisottenthecasenow.Nowwould itbenecemrytonventcodeyarns get a certain liquid article (not liquor). 'I‘hetwomen mused acouple oi yarnsbywhichtheonecouldbeadvis- edbytheotherwhethertheliquidhad beenprocured. Thecountrybrother wascelled and toldthat the three A telephone device which makes listening in impossible has been suc- cessfully applied to some rural lines in the United States. In Chicago where there are party lines in some districts the new invention has given utmost satisfaction. When central makes a connection between two lines none but the two receivers can be in service. It a third receiver is taken down the con- nection is broken and central knows where the evesdropping is being done. With the loss of entertainment derived from taking down the receiver when anybody at all is called on a rural line much of the pleasure of life will be denied many harmless people who, while they are listeining in are silent, a virtue rarely practiced by many of them. For others having occasion to putincallsoverrurallinesthereare Acting on. information contained In a telegram received from Dr. Wilfred Derome ,of Montreal. who for the past dav or two has been examining the revolver found back of the Goldberg Monument Works two days after the shooting . Inspector Alexander J. Mur- ray ordered Steinberg's arrest and formally charged him with murder. The arrest followed a diligent imes- tigation which has: lasted since the night of March 5, when Goldberg’s charred. body was. found. slumped over his desk in his: office at 153 St. Pat- rick Street. Toronto. after he had. been shot through the head. Steinberg. a brother-in-law was arrested on a charge of vagrancy and until Monday had been free on hail of $1,000. Abraham Steinberg, aged 50, of 126 McCaul street, Toronto, was taken into custody early last Monday night at Toronto and formally charged with the murder of Samuel Goldberg. The ar- rested man owns a store in Cheslcy which has been conducted. in his name for some years, and for a time he had a store in Hanover. conducted by his son, Sammy, but the business was un- profitable and was closed down, the stock being moved to Cheslev. Owner of Store at Chesley Arrested by Toronto Police Following Mysterious MURDER CHARGED “Tsis sub-committee is, I believe. composed of three members from the executive and apparently have the power to settle all disputes and pro- tests so that once the executive is elect- ed, they have nothing more to do with the league’s government, except pos- sibly the odd unimportat executive meeting. There was one of these meet- ings to my knowledge, this winter. I was indirectly notified of it through our local hockey club secretary, but was unable to attend. “At that meeting a motion was passed disqualifying three Paisley players. I lodged a protest with the league secretary against this action. and on a vote of the executiveâ€" my- self among themâ€"returning a verdict in favor of the Paisley club. the motion was rescinded. This was the one and only word I had in the management of the loop this winter. I feel sure other members are in the same position. “You will quite probably find, upon investigation, that this question as to the scene of the Markdale-Listowel play-oi! was settled, not by the execu- tive of the league as a body, but by the sub-committee. have stood likewise when the game was finally played. But, until I read the excerpt in your paper from tho Dur- ham Chronicle, I knew nothing what- ever of the matter, and was never con- sulted by league officers, nor had an opportunity to vote on it. I trust I have made my opinion clear to you, and hope you understand thoroughly that I did not do the “how- tow act” to Listowel.’ opinion that Listowei is the controlling force in the league. Listowel was or- dered to play Paisley in the Junior SeriesoftheNHL” thisseason, lnthe play-downs. Soft weather halted the series. When cold weather resumed, was cancelled. Who was responsible for the change I do not know, but the fact remains that it was a repetition of the old, old storyâ€"Listowelâ€" got first choice and final . say. Where the trouble lles. who the trouble-makers are, or what can be done to remedy it, is as well known to yourself as to me. Personally, I did not “tell to back up Mr. Murphsf'_on Death Preventing Listening In AGAINST PARTNER C. B. MCKENZIE; January was forecast as “mild and moderate. with one storm near the end of the month." The records show the first half of January was mild. but the second half was very cold. There were no storms. The Sage’s forecast for April is “Dry weather and average temperatures throughout the month." Magistrate Jones of Brantford on Tuesday rendered judgment in the case of Rex vs Boughner. the latter being charged with obstructing an officer in the discharge of his duties. The case arose over the execution of a war- rant for a breach of the L. C. A. Quoting many authorities. Magistrate Jones concluded that the imperial sta- tutes of 1667 provide that upon the Lord’s Day “no person shall serve or execute or cause to be served or execu- ted any writ, process warrant. order. judgment or decree,” and no later leg- islation specifically provides otherwise. The defendant was dismissed. The unusually mild spell at the end of February was correctly prophesied by the Sage, but the first half of the month was mild too, with the exception of one or two days. For the early part or the month he had predicted heavy storms On his forecast for March. the Chatsworth astrologer was away below par. “Milder and dryer than usual with spring coming early in the month,” he predicted. The average temperature for the month is higher than usual, due to several very mild. days, but March has been 50 per cent wetter than normal. The precipitation this month has been 3.10 inches in place of the average 2.20. And the weatherman echoes the sentiments of a large number of people when he re. marks: “I don’t think we have spring Read The Chronicle ads on page 7. SUNDAY ARRESTS ILLEGAL ACCORDING TO OLD LAW December was partly corresponding to the Bage's forecast. except that that most important day, December 25, was fair when he had announced it would waswondednguthemercurycouldgo Meteorological records give the Chotsworth Sage, Mr. J. ‘1‘. Bowes, an average of 45 per cent accuracy in his predictions for the out three months of 1930. Only once since his forecast was published in September has he been loopcroentright. Heprophesied tho beginning of winter about Novem- ber 27 and by November 29 all Ontario CHATSWOR‘I'II SAGE 45 PER CENT RIGHT IN FOUR MONTHS Owen Sound Sun-Tina SUN LIFE ASSURAN E COMPANY , OF CANA A Room 409. Head 06 ice Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada Montreal 1929 Read The Chronicle ads on page 7. gallery gods, noticing his dilemma. ex- claimed. “Mona, the place is full!"â€" Blrmingham (England) Weekly Post. 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