Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 02, 1938, Winnipeg, Manitoba Balloon hoax Winnipeg free press monday May 2, 1938 Page seven. Verdun to Singapore flight revealed As Schoolboy prank Montreal May 2. Eric Titt perpetrator of the ver run Singapore balloon hoax busily of heated newspaper clippings sat i Day the Little chinese pen in the far off seaport whose Fin played a major part in the prank that amazed Canadian Scien fic circles. The Story that a Hydrogen filled five cent balloon had soared Ines from nearby Verdun to Singa pore blew up Friday night. Titt said he and Edmund Wong 14 with whom he had been Cor ing got together to play the on the 14-year-old Verdun or ugh school student s class mates. Eric was one of four chemistry students who inflated the balloon and released it March 1. It disappeared into the air and nothing was heard of it until Tcha Tung an old chinese said in a to Titt s chemistry teacher that had landed in Singapore. Tcha Tung said he would return the balloon if postage were for warded look at this Kellogg s Corn flakes on the menu this morning sure everything on these air. Lines is the Best wherever Quality foods Are served the Choice is isl Logg s Corn imitation can match their flavor and crispness. Always oven fresh in the patented heat sealed inner bag. Enjoy Kellogg s often. Beady to eat with milk or Cream. At All Gro cers. Served in restaurants hotels and dining cars everywhere. Made by Kellogg in London Ontario. Hmm se775h packed better mate better Eric confessed he had written the note himself had mailed it Back. It s a wonder to me they did t notice before that it was my he said. I tried to write shaky like an old Man but my Mother when she saw the letter in the newspaper said Why they la know s you handwriting.1" Eric was timid about confessing the hoax but he decided it was the Only thing to do because he did t want his pals to lore the Money they had collected for the More about accidents continued from one until he stepped out of the truck and was told by the girl s play mates you be knocked Joan tragically the child s father had witnessed the whole Accident from the Verandah of his Home. Rush ing to his daughter s Side he Gath ered her in his arms and carried the tiny body into the House. Or. H. M. Speechly provincial Coroner attended and the body was removed to Clark Leatherdale s funeral Home pending further investigation. Sable who aws married and the father of eight children was being driven Home by Harry Slatten 35 Rose Avenue St. Vital in the latter s truck. About half a mile South of Sable s Home six Miles North of pegu is Man., rounding Sharp turn in the Road the vehicle apparently went out of the ditch then Back onto the Road it raced swaying wildly until it turned Turtle. Pegu is is eight Miles North of Selkirk. Slatten was thrown Clear but suffered severe injuries to his right ear shoulder and Back and extreme Shock. He was rushed to Selkirk Hospital by . Sable partially thrown from the cab and his head was pinned beneath the vehicle. Or. D. G. Ross Coroner of Selkirk Man., attended and ordered the body removed to Gilbart s funeral Home. An inquest will be held. Three others injured three other persons were injured in week end accidents in Winnipeg and at present Are detained in Gen eral Hospital. Condition of each is fair. Thirteen year old Robert Greg Ory 587 Alverstone Street suffered a fracture of the upper jaw and a possible fracture of the neck when he fell off while Riding London May. 2 up Duke of Connaught sunday quietly observed his 88th birthday at his Home Bagshot Park Surrey with a Small family luncheon party. The Duke s health was announced As Good. He is a former governor general of Canada from 1911 to 1916, and a Sori of the late Queen Victoria. The King and Queen called to congratulate him. They stopped while motoring from Windsor to Buckingham Palace. Dry cleaning simplifies House cleaning y out guests will notice the difference curtains draperies blankets slip covers Chester Fields rugs and How much brighter your Home will Zoric cleaning returns everything fresh and clean with All its original Sheen and Lustre and is absolutely odourless. Phone 86311 Zoric dry cleaners. 88 on sunday protect children s eyes w w there s no Glare in Al Bastine tinted Walls and ceilings. Those Lovely water Colour tints Are restful to the eyes pleasing Brasac economical ab138 along a path on the South Bank of the Assiniboine River near the foot of Montrose Avenue at 2.30 p.ra., sunday. Friends with Young Greg Ory at the time told police they did not know the cause of the Accident. Tj70 Young men were seriously injured when the car in which they were Riding crashed into a parked car and then careened into a Tele phone pole on Euclid Avenue near Hallet Street about 1 . Sunday. Vehicle and metro Mudry 20, of Gladstone Street owner of the vehicle and metric Mudry 20, of 4 hover Avenue. The latter was unconscious for a time and six stitches were needed to close a wound in his head. A third passenger in the vehicle Steve Mayva Nyk 25, of 536 Pritchard Avenue received bruises and a shaking up but was not detained in Hospital. Police Are Uncertain who was driving at the time of the Accident. Week end Accident toll heavy Hamilton ont May 2. Up mrs. Edna Campbell 29, wife of Donald a. Campbell member of the noted Campbell Brothers Curling rink which won the Dominion championship and the Macdonald Brier Tankard in 1935, was killed when an automobile driven by her husband overturned on a Highway near Here sunday. Phyllis Pasel 24, suffered a Shak ing up and Douglas Graham 27, fourth occupant of the car suffered a fractured right leg. Campbell was uninjured. Police officer killed Brampton ont May 2. Up detective James Watson 48, Veteran Toronto police officer was killed saturday night when a car which he was driving at a 90-mile-an-hour clip in Pursuit of a stolen Auto Mobile crashed into a heavy Iron Bridge Structure. Five die in . Vancouver May 2. Up sudden death claimed five lives in British Columbia Over the week end. C. Newman 30, drowned in Mohun Lake near Campbell River on Vancouver Island saturday night when his Canoe upset while he was fishing. His wife and infant son with him at the time were rescued. Ivar altars 38, was killed when struck by a Block of Wood while working in a Vancouver Island logging Camp. T Alfred h. Allen was killed Satur Day at Victoria when he fell from the breakwater at the outer Harbor. He lost his footing while assisting a schoolgirl to climb the Wall. Don Lekich 39, died in Vancou ver general Hospital saturday night from injuries suffered Friday night in a Street Brawl. Art Yip chinese was held on a manslaughter charge in connection with Kelieh s death. A Street game ended in death for six year old Thomas Daumont of Vancouver. He suffered a fractured Skull when he ran into the Side of an automobile while playing with companions on a residential Street Flemington n.j., May 2. Trapped in a flaming Auto Mother and daughter burned to death Sun Day As three other members of the family and a Friend All injured in a collision which Cut Short a Sun Day Outing looked on helpless to Aid mrs. Anna Waeckel 49, of Dela Ware gardens Camden county and her daughter Madeline 22, of the same address were caught in a mass of flames As the car fell on its Side and the gasoline tank was punctured. _ _ mrs. Eva Maley Dies was septuagenarian mrs. Eva Maley 74, widow of William l. Maley who died Early saturday at the Home of her Daugh Ter mrs. Nestor Ivimey 37 Furby Street will be buried in Elmwood cemetery tuesday afternoon. Fun ers services will be held from the Clark Leatherdale funeral Home Rev. A. J. M. Gray of St James United Church assisted by Rev w. E Donnelly of Young United Church of which mrs. Maley was a member will officiate. Born at St. Mary a ont daughter of the late Rev. Stephen card and mrs. Card mrs. Maley came West-12 years ago from Ottawa Onu and had resided with her daughter mrs Ivimey. She had been Well and St until two weeks ago when Motorboat St Johns nfld., May 2. Up was begun sunday for a Motorboat with 13 persons aboard which left Englee for St Anthony a 60-mile trip More than a week ago and has not been re ported since. Both places Are far up Newfoundland s Bleak North Eastern coast near the Strait of Belle Isle. A boat was sent out from St instructions to search coves of Fichot Isle at the Mouth of Hare Bay where the Motorboat is believed to have taken shelter while awaiting a Chance to Cross lie Bay. The unreported Craft left Englee in Canada Bay april 23. Five of Hose aboard were patients bound for the Hospital at St Anthony and were accompanied by nurse Curran of the Hospital s staff. Little uneasiness despite the time the boat was taking to reach its destination its failure to arrive apparently caused Little uneasiness. It was believed generally it encountered difficulty crossing Hare Bay still billed with ice and anchored until a shift in the wind cleared a passage. No government Aid was asked in the search and the boat was not re ported officially As missing. Butcher robbed of in Cash waylaid by two armed hold up men shortly before 12.30 . Sun Day Harry Findlay 490 Dominion Street proprietor of the Furby meat 595 Portage Avenue was robbed of in Cash and his Auto Mobile. The car was abandoned on Goulding Street and was found Sun Day afternoon. Or. Findlay was returning Home after closing his store when the i As line the National Wall coating a daughter is survived by two sons Harry in of Toronto and s. Roy of also by a brother William a card k.c., of Portage la Prairie. Vancouver May 2. Armed bands held up waiter Mucins night clerk in Theta obtained Theta locked their victim in one of the hotel s Large ice boxes and escaped. 13 aboard robbery took place. Leaving the engine running he stepped out of the Auto to open the garage door and just As he was unlocking the Small door two men both carrying Black revolvers approached. Put up your said this is a alter relieving their victim of the they got into his car and calmly drove away. Both bandits were wearing dark suits and Caps were clean shaven 25 to 30 years of age about five feet seven or eight inches tall and spoke Good English. Open Creamery at Crystal City Crystal City stan., May 2. Spe Large number of Farmers representative business men from the District and neighbouring towns responding to the Board of Trade attended the official opening of the new Creamery Here Friday afternoon. Reg Follett proprietor and Les Mckay Man Ager showed the visitors Over the Plant which has been built and equipped with the most modern appliances at a Cost of and has a handling capacity of one Mil lion pounds of butter fat in a year. Following a reception in the Community Hall Short addresses were Given by or. Follett Reeve Preston l. A. Gibson Dairy com missioner and Honi Douglas Camp Bell minister of agriculture. Or. Campbell quoted interesting figures showing comparative values of Field crops and Dairy produce and urged the Farmers to keep building up their herds. He also announced the appointment of an agricultural representative to be located shortly in this area. Visitors included a. Mckenzie and f. Donnelly of Brandon. Lunch was served by the ladies. Theo. Greenaway presided. Marriage control Lemdon May 2. Control of All marriages in great Brit Ain within the next 25 years is predicted by sir Farquhar Buzzard prominent physician who said the state interferes with the lib erty of a criminal because he is harmful to the Community. There can be no doubt that the a fences of ill advised marriages Are equally damaging much further reaching and almost impossible to Quality dyers fir cleaners since 1900 Henry Bros m i t e d Telephone 89654 Biori you insure consult association head office Branch office confederation life building Winnipeg. F. B. Mceown manager. 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