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Tuesday, January 02, 1940

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 2, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday january 2, 1940 Page thirteen s trojans whip Tennessee vols Rose bowl classic provides with Grid thrills Jans r the Rose Tennessee York Jan. 2. A the of Southern California s Tro and the Texas aggie the de Eption of Georgia tech s engineers and the defensive skill of Clemson s tigers carried those Jour teams to victories monday in outstanding football games. Marc than fans in six cities welcomed the new year on the Gridiron. Southern California preserving a unbeaten record i fixture Defeated h-0 before 92.000 spectators. It Wos he sixth Trojan Victory in the classic. Texas a. And a. Led by jarring John Kimbrough. Save the South a convincing demonstration of on White Power football by conquering Tulane 14-13 in the new Orleans sugar bowl where 73.000 watched. Georgia tech stopped Missouri s Paul Christman after the first touch Down then went on to win 21-7 with a dazzling display of passing and running As 36.500 fans filled Miami s Orange bowl. Clemson. With All american Banks Mcfadden looking after the defence and Sophomore Charley leading the attack de l feat a Boston College 6-3 in the i Cotton bowl at Dallas. Tex. A Dis appointing crowd of the str Ichun a .15 . De Lavignette is. Popp Cyfus y is. Nicholson Davies is. Orris. Brown f. Henderson Milne is. J. T. Haig. 9.15 . Thompson is. Watson. J. B is. Yates Fleming Robson poultry is. Kirkwood Burgess is. C cd Arnid. . Brown is. Rhodes Ridd is. Mccunn Arnor is. Faulds Eaton is. Sinf Juton Oward is. Edwards. St. John . J. Shark is. Edge Price is. Aikman is. Allen. Reeve is. David a. C. Campbell. Thistle Clements is. Lovie it Mph is. Weils is. M. Johnston. Mcelheran s. Sullivan Crosby train san Leneveu. A group 6.45 c., is. Thiehl p., Cook e. H. Munro a. is. Gillis s. Bangarth A Boll g. A. A group 845 a. S., s. Head l. H. Ste Marie r., is. Mac Turriff. R. G., is. Newman w. Cornish a. Is. Mcgown j. Fort Rouge coults is. Macdonald Glinz Avis. Graham is. Anderson. Johnson is. Glasgow soccer rivals play to 1-1 draw Glasgow Jan. 2. Up Cable crowd restrictions went by the Board monday for the annual new year s Day soccer Battle Between Glasgow rangers and their old rivals celtic. Fifty thousand spec biggest crowd in the United kingdom since the Start of wartime football oct. The teams fight to a 1-1 draw at Brox Park. The draw kept the Light blues at he top of the scottish West group Queen of the South had a Greal Chance to narrow the margin help a rangers but the Dumfries squad lost 2-1 at Ayr and remains in Sec Ond place two Points behind. In the game at Brox each team bad a goal disallowed in the first five minutes. Just before the interval Waddell put rangers in the Lead. The celts fought Back strongly in the second half and five minutes from the end Carruth knotted the count. Falkirk whipped St. Johnstone by Jour Clear goals in the East group to stay at the top of the Heap by hearts offer a Strong Challenge and Defeated the neighbouring Hinbern ians 6-5 at East Road. A few English Section matche were played. Arsenal Smashe Charlton athletic 6-2 to maintain an unbeaten record and Queen Park rangers went into a tie with on hand for this at san Francisco spectators sat in a steady rain to see Tiv West s All stars trounce a picked Eastern team 28-11 in the 15th an Mial shrine Charity game. Catholic University and arizon state of Tempe played a scoreless tie in the Elpaso. Texas Sun Bow filled to its capacity of Southern California s Triumph a perhaps the outstanding event o the Day Lor the trojans not on scored on Tennessee a feat which 35 opponents had t been Able to d in a two season stretch but hande the vols their first defeat in i games and they did it in co Viric ing style out playing the Southern ers practically All the Way. One touchdown came in the la two minutes of the first half when Ambros Schindler plunged the last foot of a 27-Yard March. The other was made on an 85-Yard drive in the final two minutes of the game with Schindler again engineering the tally. For the final Yard he passed to Al Kruegrr who caught the winning pass against Duke a year ago. A record fell at new Orleans too where the South s largest football crowd a thrilling Battle. Kim Brough was the biggest part of the show for almost alone he carried tie bail 70 Yards on seven plays in the waning minutes to score the winning touchdown after Bob Kel Logg s 75-Yard Lunback of a punt had Given Tulane the Lead. Two Brilliant runs one of them 59 Yards on an end around play by Robison. The other 34 Yards by Earl wheby and some Brilliant passing by Little Johnny Bosch gave Georgia tech its decisive Triumph. The passing of Leroy Zimmerman of san Jose Calif state and the kicking of Arkansas Kay Eakin featured the West s ninth Triumph in the All Star contest. Fumbles and a bad pass from Centre helped the i victors increase their score. I at the Sun bowl neither Catholic nor Tempe could get inside the other s 15-Yard line. . Juniors slave Field Day North Battleford. Jan. 2 up displaying far Superior strength in every department the Edmonton athletic club juniors walloped the Beaver juveniles 12-0 in the first hockey attraction of the season in North Battleford. Only a handful of spectators were on hand for the game. With weight experience and finish on their Side the . Crew held a Field Day on the Beaver goal flashing the red Light three times in the first four in the Middle session and five in the third. Blefgen in the . Cage spent a quiet eve Ning Between the pipes turning aside All North Battleford attempts Junior finalists last year gave the fans present a few treats As they executed some Brilliant passing attacks that were the sure thing from the time they left the Edmonton defensive zone. Chad and Mcgill were the top Point getters with six each followed by Kular with five. These lads were the pick of the . Crew. Valsh. Mitchell is. Mcdowell. Civic caledonian Mcmahon is. Blair. Stanbridge is. Dennison. Webster is. Watt Heminway dines Gilbert is. Aitken. Grain Iju Chantle kitchens is. J. Doe. Gamble is. Gray Irvine is. Hay is. Avery Nap per . Lawson. A chillier j. Wilson is. Mcleod. Hodgert is. Form Doc. Bickel is. Pulford Allan is. Henderson Jacob is. Smith. West Ivil Donavi 7 is. Mclean Wallace is. Parsons. Dack is. Wood. 9 is. Earls. Allan is. Sid Dall Alderson is. Waddell. Deer Lodge Macdonald h., is. Welsh j. Carson is. Mcdonald. R. G., is. Cas Sidy Welsh. A., is. Eagley Middleton is. Pearson Mcdonald A. Is. Woods. Fort Garry Low is. Finnic Macdonald is. Gor Don. Fryer is. Hultman. Pepper is. Mac Fadden Lyons is. Munro Egan is. Scott. Granite Leach is. Brett. Heatherington is. Bournemouth in South a grou through a 3-0 Victory Over Reading Farr discharged from British air Force London Jan. 2. Up Tomm Farr one time British Empire heavyweight boxing Champion a discharged from the Royal air fore saturday because he Pas an Eye examination for flying a an observer or gunner. This scene is from Madison Square Garden new York where yes basketball fans had gathered for one of the Many All Star Moutal headers arranged for the famed sport Structure in the Winter the Cage squads have got to travelling like football teams these Days and visitors to new York on. This occasion was the Southern California team which proceeded to defeat Long Island University 57-49. To bring to an end a string of 43 consecutive wins accumulated by that team Over the past two seasons. It s grown to quite some proportions has basketball in recent years. Continent s thoroughbreds have birthday Lexington ky., Jan. 2. Continent s thoroughbreds had a birthday yesterday. There no celebrations no parties and Little if any change in feeding schedules. But the horses who attract thousands of persons to the tracks each year had a birth Day just the same. 1 i the Observance Xmas principally a clerical task. In the books each thoroughbred automatically became a year older on Jan. 1. There s one dissenter however even though his objection in t recognized by the registrar. That s Man o War most famous of All race horses. Big who work 20 of his 21 races starting As a two year old in 1919 and then was retired to sire other turf greats formally Cele Brates his birthday March 29. Hell be 23 when the next one Rolls around. But technically Man o War was 23 monday. Likewise his Long line of children including such notables As War Admiral crusader Clyde Van Dusen american Flag and passed another mile the most important transition increasing the age of race horses is that which puts juveniles into the three year old class and makes them eligible for such Rich races As the Kentucky Derby Preakness Belmont stakes and Arlington classic. Right at the head of this budding group stands by Melechi voted the outstanding two year old of 1939 by turf writers. Stepping out of the three year old class Are w. L. Brann s Challedon the horse of the Woodward s Johnstown Winner of Derby and curlers Start off the new year in festive mood 1 i battleship Stone. Probably Trewhitt. Wallace is. Or. William Young Man is. Ainley. Pilgrim is. Trench Teney is. Ross. Mcdonald is. Low Little is. Toombs Tho Taura is. Munn. Elmwood keeping is. Day Beattie is. Meikle Berry is. Mclean Denning is. Coleman Mann is. Lome. Caledonia convicts win Jug bowl classic Caledonia prison farm Jan. 2. A North Carolina s Jug bowl Gridiron classic went to Cale Donia 30-0 monday Over the Central prison eleven. Five Hundred prisoners with time on their hands were among the 800 spectators. Winnipeg ski club meets wednesday starting 1940 with the True leap year spirit the Winnipeg ski club will hold a ladies night wednes Day at the Edgewater rendezvous. Skiers will meet at the clubhouse at 8.15 o clock. Although actual instruction classes have not commenced due to the absence of Snow Norman Knight has been Busy giving Chalk talks to his corps of 15 instructors who will go into action at the first substantial fall of Snow. Old country soccer results Glasgow Jan. 2. Up year s Day football matches played in the old country resulted As follows scottish West Airdrie 1, Albion 4 Ayr 2, Queen of s. 1 celtic 1, rangers 1 Dum Barton 3, Morton 2 Motherwell 1, Hamilton 1 Partick 3, Clyde 2 St. Mirren 3, Kilmarnock 3 Queen s Park 4, third Lanark 2. Scottish East Alloa 3, Stenhouse Muir 1 Arbroath 2, Aberdeen 1 Dundee u. 2, Dundee 1 Dunfermline 3, Cowden Beath 0 Falkirk 4, St. Johnstone 0 hibernian 5, hearts 6 Raith 2, East Fife 5 St. Bernards King s Post English South a Charlton 2, Arsenal 6. South a Queen s Park 3, Reading 0. East Midland Doncaster 1, Sheffield u. 2. Western Liverpool 7, Crewe 3. Exhibition games Blackburn 4, Huddersfield 2 Barnsley 5, Sheffield w. 0 Bolton 3, Preston 1 Bury 3, Bradford 3 Darlington 3, Leeds 1 Carlisle 2, Bradford 2 Manchester v. 1, Blackpool 4 Middle Bro 5, new Castle 2 n. Brighton 6, Accrington 0 Southport 2, Everton 2 Man Chester a 7, Stockport 2 Chester Field 7, Leicester 2. Three men killed in Alberta mine this year s Kentucky Belmont stakes. Cadorin Jan. 2. Up tragedy struck this Little mining Village 180 Miles West of Edmonton on the eve of the last working shift of 1939 when a surge of deadly Gas caught a group of miners in no. 5 Pauel of the Cadorin Coal com Pany s mine killing three men and causing injury to another. The bodies of Jimmy Maddams jr., 28, John Burnside 41, and Dan Spinazze 48, All trapped in the mine were recovered by t artificial respiration for More than three hours by a Rescue Crew failed to revive spark of life in their bodies. Six barely escape six other miners barely escaped the same Fate As their fellow workers but one of them fire Boss Peter Nicholson suffered face and body lacerations and Back injuries when he fell Down a 150-foot Coal Shute dragging Miner Hugh. Doch erty who had been overcome by the Gas. As the deadly odourless methane Gas seeped through the gob above batteries in the panel the fire Boss and Docherty rescued Charles Lockhart a Miner and it was on a return trip to attempt to Rescue other miners that Docherty was overcome. Nicholson dragging Docherty collapsed just As he reached the Coal Chute and they plunged the shuts instead of Back into the mine. An official mine Board inquiry will be. Opened later this week mine officials said. Day returned As mayor of Toronto Toronto Jan. 2. Up mayor Ralph Day was re elected in a surprisingly close race with Lewis Duncan k.c., and communist candidates were overwhelmed for Board of control and City Council positions yesterday. Backed by the City s three daily newspapers mayor Day had a margin of Only to when the night s final return w. A s received with six of 852 polls still to be from who new year cheer Giraudoux says France is Happy at Friendship of Britain Empire with ease. . Western Gaudes loses and is Milwaukee Jan. 2. Pace National boxing association bantamweight Champion demonstrated enough superiority Over Johnny Gaudes of Winnipeg Cana Dian Champion to win a Dull 10 round overweight fight monday. Gaudes disputed Pace s right to the title when it recently Wab awarded to him. The Clev Clander who weighed showed greater willingness to mix by Seither did much damage. Gaudes weighed the Wisconsin athletic commis Sion fined Gaudes and Bannec him for 30 Days for his safety firs performance. Mary Hunan is planning on going to Banff for the Canadian ski she says she will probably learn a lot for the states feminine ski team May be there. It will Cally be a Rand meet if the american team does compete. The two United states teams the East and the West Are to compete at Sun Valley Early n March and May be planning to take m our neet before going to the luxury spot. The Western earn will be captained by mrs. Al Ludley of Minneapolis while East they will be led by Eliza Beth Woolsey of Cornwall. Conn., 1939 Amateur i Champion. It is expected that such skiers As Clarion Mckean who is instruct Ress at Sun Valley Clarita Heather another Sun Valley teacher and Don Fraser wife of the Sun Vauney sports director will be on the teams. These Are undoubtedly the women who will form the nucleus 10 states teams. Canadian Champion Paris Jan. 1. Up havas French has a feeling of Good heart and Security because Fate has Given it great Britain and its dominions As friends comrades and allies Jean Giraudoux head of the French general Bureau of in formation said in a radio speech saturday. At a moment when new year cards Are being carried by All trains and All boats of the world this is the one that we would like to Send to Britain and her dominions whom we associate her in our Friendship and in our Ood Giraudoux said that each of our two nations shall Rise on the first Day of the new year with an ally who shall be worthy of her. This is our confident Assurance and i Jimmy Coo Jack Johnson is dangerously 111 Minneapolis Jan. 2. A Jack Johnson negro former heavyweight boxing Champion of the world was taken to a Hospital sunday night suffering from pneumonia. His physician said his condition was serious. Johnson has been Here two weeks with a museum sideshow. Umstaedter defends title new York Jan. 2. Umstaedter of. Louisiana state University was the new nations indoor Junior Tennis Champion tues Day. Umstaedter seeded favorite in the tournament beat his doubles mate Dick Bender of Westfield n.j., in the final monday 6-3, 1-6, g-3, 6-4 Joey Fishbach of new York die not defend his title because he had passed the 18-year-old age limit. Ten competitions for ski tourney Banff alta., Jan. Competitions have been scheduled for the 1940 Dominion ski championship which will be held at the mount Norquay ski Camp Banff next february 29 to March 3. From a competitive Angle the greatest ski tournament Ever held in Canada the meet will Combine the Canadian men a women a boys and girls championships. The pro gramme will be As follows thurs Day feb. Cross country boys downhill. Friday March slalom ladies downhill girls downhill. Saturday March Down Hill ladies slalom girls slalom. Sunday March jump ing boys slalom exhibitions. Bradman bats double Century Melbourne Jan. 2. Up Cable another double Century by Don Bradman featured the South Australia Victoria Sheffield shield Cricket match which ended tues heard Duncan Day in a draw. The hard hitting mayor Day acted Asad mini Strator of the City 61 Bonn g e r Many for the British g o v Ern ment after the fast great War 1 de in Early returns and Day did not pull ahead aussie Captain hit up 267 runs 1 More than he compiled against new South Wales a week ago. Victoria made i will be our Reward. Germany can not have such an Assurance but it is not for us to pity her on that Fate has Given us As our Friend and Comrade in War the nation which we would ourselves have chosen for our nation of great Giraudoux continued. We would have chosen Britain for the esteem in which we hold her. From Joan of arc to Wellington and from the Black Prince to Rochambeau the English and the French have had quarrels which have sometimes been rough and stiffly fought out but never have the two Peoples had relations which involved tyranny or Black mail servility or adulation and they have always settled their accounts As Between Back to Britain until 100 polls had been counted. The entire 1939 control and most of the City Council were re elected As voters went to the polls in cold snowy weather. The same 846 polls gave control Ler or. F. J. Conboy con troller j. D. Mcnish control Ler Fred Hamilton and con troller w. J. Wadsworth Aid. Stewart Smith censured by the Council this year for communist activities ran sixth in the control Board race with votes. His chief antagonist on the Council Aid. D. A. Balfour was fifth with and Robert Harding seventh with Fred Collins and j. B. Salsberg other communist candidates were Defeated handily in the City Council race. Approve sewage project by nearly three to one the rate payers approved a sewage disposal project but turned Down a proposal for two new traffic arteries to relieve downtown congestion. Hon. R. J. Kirby Ontario 475 and visiting replying with 610 and 60 for one wicket. Bradman reached his Mammoth score in five hours 40 minutes hit Ting 27 fours. It was a masterly innings but he gave a hard Chance in the slips after scoring 61. To Date Bradman has an average of 221.5 and the season is Only half finished. For the victorians Keith Miller made 108 runs and Percy Beames 104. Then was Joy and merriment and the air of Good sportsmanship and Good will prevailing in All greater Winnipeg s 15 Curling rinks on new year s morning As the big army curlers exchanged visits or indulged in Friendly games among themselves. As one curler at the informal luncheon of the Grain Exchange club put it Well there s no better Way i know of starting the new year than with a Friendly Curling As is their usual custom on new year s morning president Harry Tompkins and the members of the fort Garry club entertained from the Manitoba Curling association Strathcona West Kildonan Grain Exchange Deer Lodge and the Granite. The press was also be their guests but the sports writers slept in. President Tomp Kins spent a Busy morning looking after the visitors in typical fort Garry fashion. The Granite and Strathcona clubs exchanged visits and everybody at both clubs All say they had a Fine time. And that goes too for the thistles and the civic Carleys who Iso exchanged visits. Following their annual custom tie Grain Exchange club had As _ their guests five outside rinks in luding the . Council fort Garry St vital. West Kildonan and he civic Caley. At the pleasant and informal gathering where. The Isi Torrs were entertained at lunch president Gordon Lawson presided and among those who spoke were Neil Sullivan Cliff Hudson or. I. O. Fryer Wynne Thompson Harry Tompkins and Charlie Harris. The rest of the clubs in greater Winnipeg played a number of Friendly games among themselves. But the highlight of the Day s festivities among the curlers was the very enjoyable party of the Granite club in the afternoon. Hera president Steve Trewhitt and his colleagues headed by George Good Rick were at Home to their Mem Bers and the representatives of t be sister clubs in the City. With an abundance of Good things on the big table and a first class orchestra playing All afternoon it was one of the Best new year s Day gatherings Ever held by the Mother club. President Bill Mcalpine and Secretary Charlie Harris of the Manitoba Curling association spent a Busy Day calling on All Tho clubs in greater Winnipeg extending seasons greetings to the boys. Infant escapes serious injuries in Brandon crash Brandon Man., Jan. 2. Condition of Murray 11 fuehrer s Blond girl Friend returning Home on Stretcher i ,600-mile mercy flight completed Edmonton Jan. 2. Pilot Al Brown of Edmonton wrote Finis to 1939 by successfully completing one of the most spectacular Worth land mercy flights in Northern his tory a trip from port Radium to Cambridge Bay n.w.t., and Back to port Smith n.w.t., where he took two eskimos to receive Hospital treatment. Brown Pilot of Mackenzie air ser ice completed the flight Satur Day in an elapsed time of five Days. Sunday he flew 500 Miles southward to Edmonton after Leav ing the eskimos Abgoon and miss Anne in care of or. J. A. Urquhart at. Fort Smith and was by his family just in time ree minister of health has consented to to see the new year come in. Hat before she vent to fort William last year she had very and still she came out on top. Mary probably realizes that Tum we of Gertie s had a great Deal to do with her beating he Hampton but still the Manitoba girl showed up very Well her be _ a in Misri Viper style. Self. This trip to Banff w thanks William Mcnaughton for her information on the girls hockey team at Hamiota they have had a feminine squad at Hamiota for the last tour years. The girls Lound it hard to get organized but finally by put Vint Rines polish her style. Us. Us dances Selling hot dogs and overcoming parental object tin Tion they for several seasons they played the Crandall girls but last year the Crandall team was Dis organized so the girls played the boys midget team. This year it is doubtful if the girls will be playing in Hamiota. Mrs. Mcnaughton is in Winnipeg now and still is anxious to play hockey if not that at least to watch them practise. That s real enthusiasm. London Jan. I. Honorable Unity Valkyrie Freeman Mitford Blond daughter of lord red Esdale and probably the closest British woman Friend of Adolf hit Ler is expected to return to her native land a Stretcher. Hitler it was reported arranged the carefully guarded Jour Ney. The news chronicle reported that Unity who was in Germany at the outbreak of War been there Ever since was Given every facility for the trip by the German fuehrer including a special ambulance Type they got started bought suits and hockey equip ment and were getting along real Well with Only one they lacked teams to compete with. I Wra Nadian figure skating championship dates have i heard that the e at Ottawa As previously an been set for Jan 19 and be d to shape for much earlier than usual. But conditions have been Een rather a soc noun cad. K this is so it win. C to t b Ives them less than in fvenf3 the dates Are w. Year they were about the end of Jaar is season that win Peg is 20th cent a by a three Way tic Lor first place was rated when wreckers took two games the leading jokers while top swept their series with . Jalley Kats won two games for run i Mission. Kibitzer swept three on yanks to climb into second place. H. Sync sky. Of Topnotch ers took the Lead from m. Gerlovin for the Ime in three weeks with 708. Other a rfcs Over 600 were m. Kay 647. E. Pm of v. Hawrylk 618. P. Sinclair 607. J. Ujj Janski had a Fine game of 301. Top raised their own three game re up to 2977. Such this season Winter club ice until like Mary Rose two weeks g get on some have probably eater or York. She to e n been practising for a Good to rival on nov. 30, and i gues or. Skaters however will be at have Granite Carr that the easterners t to Workmo for s thai states the East May Nui nov it hard on Winnipeg skaters in perhaps May push weather conditions that existed be they local abets Chance at the coveted crowns. The so railway car through the Reich. She Las been ill in Munich. The 25-year-old British girl has Deen an ardent admirer of Hitler and nazism for several years. Her family Learned Oil Christmas eve she was returning to England. She is due at a South coast port at noon today. After crossing the Channel on a Stretcher. From the port she will be taken to a Hospital where she will be examined by some of Britain s leading surgeons. The fourth of lord red Esdale s six. Daughters Unity is a sister in Law of sir. Oswald. Mosley Leader of the British Union of fascists now known simply As the British she first met Hitler at a nazi summer festival in 1935 upon returning from Germany classed herself As a woman cabbage Butterfly flies in january while bringing in Wood Mon Day afternoon eight year old Bruce Tuffs Fairmount Road in Charles Wood came across a Lively cab Bage Butterfly tuesday morning Bruce brought the Little creature up to the free press. Hon. Units Mitford the sewage disposal project on the understanding that it must be added to within four years to do away completely with the City s sewage problem. By four to one the voters ruled against the principle of allowing office holders elected sit for the duration of the War. But to 27j459 they gave their opinions in opposition to the Ontario govern ment s plan to have office holders has one Brown reported Abgoon suffered serious hand and face Burns when a gasoline lamp exploded in his Igloo near Cambridge Bay Situ ated on the Northern Side of Cor nation Gulf. Miss Kaglik suffered from a stomach ailment. Or. Urquhart re ported both eskimos in Good Condi Tion and expressed the opinion thai Abgoon s hand would not have to be amputated Brown said. Months previously believed to be in serious condition after an Auto Mobile Accident sunday afternoon was stated by Hospital officials late monday to be quite satisfactory further examination revealed the infant daughter of or. And mrs. W. Murray Newdale Man., had suffered Only superficial injuries. The child was in a car driven by Omar Cook her Grandfather together with mrs. Cook Anil their two daughters mrs. Murray Mother the infant and mrs. T. Callahan Manitou Man. All were admitted to Hospital Olio Wing mishap when the car accelerator jammed to the floor As Cook attempted to pass a car and Slippery pavement sent the vehicle nto the ditch where it sideswiped. A Telephone pole. The Accident occurred shortly before noon Sun Day North of the City where no. 1 Highway turns South into Brandon. Cook is suffering from head in juries and the child s Mother received a fractured ankle. Only other Accident involving in jury reported Over the week end was at the Arena rink monday eve Ling during course of a juvenile eague hockey game. Nine year old Jack Hazelwood 345 ninth Street received a Cut on his forehead when he slipped and fell against a girder while playing at the Side the rink. He was taken to his Home after treatment. Port Arthur mayor re elected port Arthur Jan. 2. Up W. Cox Liberal member of the Ontario legislature for port Arthur was re elected mayor for a seventh term yesterday by a majority of 365 Over his Lone opponent Alderman George. Wardrope. The vote was to t. J. Mcauliffe George Bendell Allan Gray c h Harrison w. R Brown George Mccomber and John Boswell. A former Alderman Harry Hogarth was returned and two newcomers to Council Are Alex Gibson and A Oaks Sam Ashton and r g Walsh were re elected to the Public utilities commission members of the 1939 Board of education re elected were o. R Tanner a v. Chapman or. W. T. Mcgorman h e. Cushway j. W. Jolly and mrs. R. E. Carlson. Newly elected to the Board were j s. Ritchie Rev. T. Watson and Wilfred Burns Harold Stanworth and William Gibson were re elected to the Parks Board and or. E. Eakins also won a seat. Jewish Pilot killed London England Jan 2 Spe first South african in the Royal air Force to be killed in Active service was a jew piles. Rosofsky was killed in the Kiel raid. Lions on spree Vancouver Jan. 2. Ci1 Van Couver Lions staged a second period scoring spree in a new year s Day Pacific coast hockey league game i to beat Seattle sea Hawks 7-2. Three of Sudbury family killed Sudbury ont., Jan. 2 up three members of a Pioneer Sud Bury family were killed Early yesterday when struck by an Auto Mobile As they stood beside their own ditched car on the Levack Chelmsford Road 18 Miles West of the victims were Joseph Charle laronde 48. Of Sudbury and his Sisters mrs. Jane Gregg. 55, of Sud Bury and mrs. Thomas j. Lawlor 59, of Timmins. The Driver the car that struck the Trio William Thompson 8, of was placed in Sudbury District jail by provincial police on a manslaughter charge. Aged woman Kwh cd Marmora ont., Jan. 2 Kathleen Feeley 70, of is terror was killed yesterday when the automobile in which she was driving was struck by a Nort Brouno. Can Adian National railways freight train a mile East of Here. Miss Belles More Feeley her daughter was reported to be in a critical condition suffering from a fractured Skull. Geoffrey Feeley 28, Driver of the car and Marg Aret Payne four escaped serious injury. Kenora and Keewatin Greet 1940 noisily Kenora join. 2. Kenora and Keewatin citizens gave h warm Welcome to 1940 when it was ushered in monday morning with the blowing of whistles ring ing of Bells and All the noise makers that could be used at the Many Public and private dances held in. Both towns. The old scottish custom of first looting was indulged in More than Ever this year and crowds travelled from House to House until the late hours of the morning. Hones were confidently expressed for the new year and at several churches watch night services were held. Again saturday night. Wallace on her Way Dauphin purse snatching Dauphin. Mari., Jan. 2. Snatchers were Active Here mrs. Alex Home was robbed of her purse by two men on the dark part of 4th Avenue . A week ago miss Nellie Meakin on her Way Home from work had her purse containing her Wagel and spectacles taken in a similar manner. Police believe it was the same pair. Aye us tailor i Oce office s Una form and great Coats for All very attractive prices from the of inert 22-07. Khaki and air Force Marathea materials Ana Isaac can s Melton . To have a very Fine line of imported Tweed suiting to order Why Wear beadymade8? j. Morris son merchant Tullon on 276 carry St phone 05 535 ;