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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 29, 1938
Page
7
Dr. R. G. Wallace of Queen’s University Kingston urged citizens to learn facts about themselves and their governments to form sound judgments and have the courage to express them. He warned democracies face external pressure and stressed internal discipline over external control.
Hon T B McQuesten announced six two minute films on good and bad motoring and cycling to be shown in Ontario's 225 theatres over six months. Provincial police drivers helped stage episodes to dramatize unsafe driving practices. A separate note recalls a dog saving three families from a Limerick fire and Ireland entering winter time with a storm.
The lesson centers on Andrew bringing Simon Peter to Jesus and the call to become fishers of men. It notes the setting in 27 AD and 28 AD with Bethany near Jordan and the Sea of Galilee, and explains Peter's transformation from fisherman to follower. It emphasizes Jesus knowing hearts and the pivotal draught of fishes. The text links the miracle to a broader ministry beginning.
Anthony Uden watched Sophie Tucker during a recent broadcast linking a reunion. Hilsie Thompson and NBC conductor Frank Black are noted for their musical interests and past works. Rosemary Lambright, 19, joins Kitty Keene Inc and Fanny Brice pursues painting in Bel Air. Jeanne Brown leads WCWO music since its opening. Shortwave reception surges with DeForest Crosley Spread-Band dial expanding reach to foreign stations.
Dominion Agricultural Department officials study marketing problems at the request of Hon. James G. Gardiner Minister. Gardiner will consider a general marketing act after receiving the officials report.
J J Doolan of Nova Scotia Light and Power told Halifax engineers that rural electrification costs are lower in Nova Scotia than in Ontario. He contrasted Ontario's 50 percent grant and loans with Nova Scotia's act subsidizing domestic charges above 1.25 and treasury support for sparse districts. He cited $2.50 per kilowatt hour for a small farm versus about $2.80 in Ontario.
Germany now leads with 15 million bicycle owners followed by Britain 10 million France 7.5 million Japan 6 million and Italy 4 million in the latest figures.
TORONTO one ninth of Canada’s deaths last year were due to cancer about 1000 monthly. Dr C C Ross says early diagnosis regular exams and prompt treatment could cut deaths to about 500. Lip cancer mainly among pipe smokers. mouth cancer linked to poor mouth hygiene. Watch lumps and growths. sudden indigestion after age forty signals possible cancer. A rabbit owned by Jack Harris of Bistow Sask chases a dog owned by Dave Doney and Sandy the Scotch terrier helps track it.
Toronto writer Lady Willison, famed across Canada as a leading literary critic, died suddenly at her home. Her death removes a prominent figure in Dominion letters.
A newspaper puzzle listing horizontal and vertical clues for a themed word fill in which famous judges and related terms are solved. The grid includes references to family ties, law terms, and musical or geographic hints as crossfill clues.
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