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THE CALGARY HERALD Secti ion CALGARY, ALBERTA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1940 Province Will Appeal Ewing Judgment On Debt Act Second REPORT LIBERALS Still Together Flying Twins Off For Overseas Service William and George Marr Following in Their Father Steps EXPECT MANION TO SPEAK HERE ON FEBRUARY 19 Conservative Head To Leave Soon For West NOTICE FILED; WILL BE HEARD EARLY IN MARCH Ruling Affects All Promissory Note Collections READY TO BACK CITY UNITY SLATE Would Name Only Two Candidates Here J'Vu' I A jL-' CIVIL RIGHTS? Judgment of Mr. Justice A. F. Ewing, declaring the provincial AIR AND RAIL Dr. R.

J. Manion, leader of the Conservative party, will be In Calgary on Feb. 19 to deliver his election address. Announcement of Dr. Manion's air and rail speaking tour from the lakehead to the coast came from Ottawa today without additional details.

The itinerary has not been completed beyond the date set for the Calgary meeting, though the MARY ROSE THACKER, Mary Rose Thacker Will Perform At Ice Carnival Mary Rose Thacker, the attractive 16-year-old Winnipeg girl who thrilled a continent last year by winning the North American figure skating championship, will demonstrate her skating prowess to Calgary audiences this month. Announcement was made today that Miss Thacker will be the featured performer at the annual ice carnival of the Glencoe Club in TO CO-OPERATE Two Calgary Liberal candidates and complete co-operation with the "Committee of 10,000" sponsoring an independent citizens' slate in the next provincial election today loomed as a definite possibility. 0 Meeting Monday evening the management committee of the Calgary Provincial Liberal Association wrote these two recommendations into the records and fixed Saturday, February 17, for the nominating convention. At that time the whole matter will be placed in the hands of 392 delegates representing all parts of the city. They will be asked to decide the number of candidates and basis of future operations.

Equally Divided It has been generally rumored that the "Committe of 10,000" has for some time considered that six candidates for the five-member riding might be good strategy, the selections to be two Liberal, two Conservative and two Independents. Next Monday evening primaries for the five districts Into which the local Liberal organization divides the city will be held when representatives will be selected on the basis of one for every 100 voters or major fraction thereof. West Calgary division will meet at Mount Royal school, Hillhurst-Sunnyside in the Oddfellows Hall; North Calgary at Balmoral school, East Calgary at Trinity church hall and Calgary Centre at the Public Library. Traffic Patrols Will Be Honored Schoolboys to Be Guests of Junior Chamber of Commerce Forty Calgary schoolboys, mem FRANK SPENCER One of the main reasons they volunteered to serve with the first Royal Canadian Air Force squadron ever to leave the Dominion for active service was that their father was one of the first soldiers to leave Canada in 1914. Aircraftsmen William James Marr and George Marr, known as Bill and George, aged 20, are the twin sons of Mr.

and Mrs. A. W. Marr of 619 Twenty-third avenue west, and they will soon be on their way to England with the 110th Army Co-operation squadron of the R.C.A.F. At present, accompanied by 14 other members of the picked squadron, they are on departure leave in Calgary.

It's a picked squadron in the true sense of the words. For from all the Air Force men in Canada were chosen these lads, and there are 16 from Calgary. George and Bill volunteered for the squadron and were duly accepted. They would have been disappointed boys if they hadn't been, because they wanted to be in the first squadron to "go over" this time, as their father was a member of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery which left Calgary for France in 1914. Leaving Wednesday On Wednesday the lads will take leave of their family and friends and rejoin their squadron in Ottawa, to await embarkation orders for England.

The twins will celebrate their 21st birthday, probably somewhere in England, on March 8. To them will go congratulations from a multitude of friends in Calgary. From the time they first started school at Cliff Bungalow until they were graduated from Rideau Park junior high, their smiling, freckled faces, topped with curly sandy hair, could1, be found wherever the gang was having fun. After leaving Rideau school, Bill went into a local oil company, while George worked for a local bakery firm. Before the war broke out they had joined the 113th Bombing Squadron In Calgary, and were parading wo nights a week for training, When the day for active service came they were among the first to volunteer.

Being perfect physically, they were immediately accepted. And so they went into training here, living at the headquarters at Currie Barracks. The day finally came when orders to move to a. new station came. There was considerable speculation as to where they would be stationed.

Finally it was announced leader is expected to visit Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg on his way east, Dr. Manion will leave Toronto for Fort William, where he speaks next Monday night, and will follow with meetings at Brandon 'on the 13th, and Regina the following evening. Present plans call for him to speak at Victoria on February 17, in the afternoon, and to fly to Vancouver for an evening meeting. He will leave the same night by train for Calgary. Local officials of the Conservative organization stated today they will be announcing arrangements for Dr.

Manion's meeting shortly. Building Permits Imperial Oil, 240 Thirty-ninth avenue southwest, alterations, $1, 200. E. Coward, 2126 Ninth avenue east, double garage, $125. A.

Pingle, 1725 Bowness road, alterations, $400. Mid-West Paper Sales Com pany, 222 Ninth avenue west, alterations, $1,000. Examiner Press, 601 Eighth avenue west, alterations, $280. Calgary Pentecostal church, 928 Eighth avenue west, addition, $2,875. H.

H. Farman, 1414 Four-A street northwest, alterations, $100. PARADE FRIDAY The 13th District Signals will parade at the armories at 8 p.m. 23. WILLIAM MARR QUICK MONEY SCHEME BRINGS TERM IN JAIL Two Dollars for One Proves Temporary Harvest ONCE TOO OFTEN Sackville Palmer, local short change artist who has no fixed abode, came back to practice once too often to the Koffee Counter on Seventeenth avenue west.

Palmer worked a confusion scheme to tangle up several cash iers in the city and produce divl dends of $1 a time. He would walk into a store or restaurant, make a five-cent pur chase, hand a $2-bill over the counter, receiving a $1 bill and 95 cents in silver in change. He would then pocket the $1 bill, take another nickel from his pocket, submit the dollar In small change exchange for a $1 bill. "You might as well give me my $2 bill back and I'll give back this $1 bill and we are all square," the 28-year-old youth would say then, walking out $1 the richer. Stopped To Argue He did that at the Shoprite stores, Kesnick's confectionery, the Universal confectionery and twice at the Koffee Counter.

Then he made his mistake. He attempted the trick for the third time at the Koffee Kounter. When it failed to click he stopped to argue; and then the police were notified, and Palmer was picked up. He pleaded guilty in city police court this morning to committing all the above offences and was sentenced to serve three months on each charge, sentences to run concurrently, at Fort Saskatche wan jail. CALGARY PHOTO ENGRAVINOCO I A LBLU.U i Friday.

will include Speaks Tonight "The Romance And Exercise of Sea Power" will be the subject of three radio addresses to be delivered over Station CFCN by Kent Power, K.C. This first, one will be given this evening at 7 o'clock, the second on Thursday evening and the third next Tuesday evening at the same hour. Alberta Gunners To Serve in East A -contingent of young Alberta lads, who will assist in guarding Canada's Atlantic seaboard, have arrived in Halifax, N.S.; according to information released today from censorship The group of 24 artillerymen left Calgary on Thursday evening of last week. They will be brigaded with maritime artillery units for defence of vulnerable points on the coast. It is believed they are the first Alberta troops to enter this branch of defence service.

All of the men were members of Lethbridge and Edmonton batteries, who had been left behind when their units left for overseas, because they were too young to be sent from the Dominion. They were a jovial group when they left the C.P.R. station, for they had not liked staying in Alberta when their fellows left. They were sent from the depot of Military District 13, since no established artillery depots were left by First Division batteries when they departed. Debt Adjustment Act ultra vires in sofar as it restricts collection ot money owing on promissory notes or bills of exchange, will be appealed to the Alberta Appeal Court at the sittings of that court in Calgary next March.

Notices of appeal were filed at the courthouse Monday afternoon by the attorney-general of Alberta and by the maker of a promissory note who was defendant in a suit brought by the Atlas Lumber Com pany which brought the validity of the legislation into question. The appellants claim that Mr. Justice Ewing was wrong when ha held that the provincial Debt Adjustment Act conflicted with the federal Bills of Exchange Act with respect to promissory notes. Say Trial Judge Wrong It is also claimed that the trial judge was wrong in not holding that the Debt Adjustment Act was procedural, having to do with the administration of justice and civil rights in the province and within the field of provincial legislation determined under the British North America Act. The notices of appeal were filed by W.

B. Cromarty, Under the section of the Debt Adjustment Act declared ultra vires by Mr. Justice Ewing, no action could bo commenced to recover money owing under a promissory note without special permission of the Debt Adjustment Board, if the debt were incurred prior to July 1, 1936. READ FOR CASTING Members of the Calgary Little Theatre will meet at the Montes-sori school at 7:45 o'clock this evening to read for parts in the play, "The Torch The director will east the play if sufficient interested persons read for parts. WEDNESDAY MORNING 2 Racks HATS Values up to $4.83.

Serve Yourself 40c Darling Hat Shop ana eighth avenue west For RHEUMATIC PAINS Arthritis, Neuritis, Stomach Trouble, Catarrh, Prostata Gland, etc. An axeallant aafeguard against common coldn, an Intarnal disinfectant. Excelo Capsulated GARLIC OIL Easy to take; no disagreeable odor nor after taite. If your local druggist has not stock on hand, sand us a Money Order for $2. SO, and wi will aend by return mail a box of 100 capsules, enough for one month'e treatment.

Excelo Products Company DEPT. 2 P.O. Drawer 249, Calgary, Alta. On Dec, 31st, 1939, the agreement, under which we had been operating the Optical Department in the Hudson's Bay Co. Store in Calgary, was terminated.

files of customers' records Jewellery Store) Fv.ciiHla for 1940 I SO Will be I II 7 MM GEORGE MARR HURT IN CRASH NORTH OF CITY, WOMAN DIES Injuries Were Not Thought Serious At First WENT IN DITCH Mrs. Edward Kercher, aged 47, died at her home in Didsbury, Monday; afternoon, as a result of injuries received in an automobile accident on the Edmonton highway, near the Calgary municipal airport, on Wednesday afternoon of last week. It was believed at the time of the mishap that Mrs. Kercher had sustained only minor injuries, but upon returning home she was confined to her bed and lived only a week. A coroner's inquest was summoned In Didsbury this morning, but after swearing in a jury, was ad journed until February 14.

Mrs. Kercher is said to have visited Calgary last Wednesday in company with her husband, who is the Didsbury town constable, her 18-year-old son, George, and J. V. Berscht, Didsbury businessman. It is reported that the car, driven by Mr.

Berscht, was proceeding east near the airport after dark when the driver suddenly saw a car parked on the highway. The car bearing Mrs. Kercher struck' the parked car, then careened into the ditch, according to reports, Following the collision, it was thought that the travelers had suffered only minor bruises and a severe shaking up. They proceeded north to their homes. Mrs.

Kercher had resided at Didsbury for the past 17 years. She was a native of Souris, Mon-itoba. Besides her husband she Is sur vived by four daughters, Mrs. Purdy, Forest, Ont, Mrs. F.

Good and Irene of Calgary, and Edna, Didsbury; two sons, George and John, at Didsbury; her father, John Cherry; Souris; three sisters, Mrs. G. Cunliffe, Vancouver; Mrs. E. Cundy, Saskatchewan, and Miss Louella Cherry, Souris; two brothers, Charles of Souris and Rilet of North Dakota, and two grandchildren.

Funeral services will be announced later by the Jacques Funeral home. Delegates Study Dividends Scheme In keeping with resolutions approved at the last annual meeting, delegates of the Alberta Wheat Pool convened in Calgary today for a special session at which advisability of adjusting the capital structure to provide for payment of dividends in future years when profits are available for the purpose, will be considered. The meeting was opened by Lew Hutchinson, chairman of the board cf directors, who mentioned that when the session was first called there was no indication of possibly itoba organization, is in acknowledgement of Mr. Green's "outstanding contribution to the wild life of Canada and to the sportsmen of the West, by his introduction of the Hungarian Partridge In Alberta 32 years ago." It was in 1908 that Mr. Green, acting In the name of the Calgary Fish and Game Association, contributed his own money, supplemented by that of other members, to Import the sporty birds from Hungary, Since that time, the progeny have spread until today they bers of the school safety patrols who are co-operating with the public safety council of the Calgary Junior Chamber of Commerce for the prevention of street accidents, will be guests at a banquet in the Club cafe on Thursday evening.

Twenty public and junior high schools in the city have school patrols and two representatives will attend the banquet from each school. Chief of Police David Ritchie will be a head table guest. Host for the occasion will be Alderman Reginald G. Smith, and arrangements are in the hands of Hugh John Macdonald, chairman of the schools committee of the public safety council. One of the features of the evening will be a showing of safety films.

At a meeting of the public safety council yesterday, it was decided to record Calgary's traffic fatalities by sewing one black cross on each white flag, above the "Deathless Days" signboards, for each death that occurs. Application is also being made to permit charter regulations governing the closing hours of barber shops and beauty parlors to apply also to barber schools and colleges in the city. Another amendment sought would empower the city to include non-teaching employees of the public and separate school boards In the civic employees' pension scheme. Another seeks to have application for appointments to the board of sinking fund trustees made at any city council meeting during the month when the terms of office expire rather than at the last meeting of that month. The city also seeks to exempt from general taxes the Calgary Jewish cemetery and property being used for educational purposes by the Chinese Public School Victoria Arena on February 22 and A virtuoso on the silver skates at an age when most skaters are still only climbing the ladder to success, Mary Rose was coached for her big championship by Howard, Nicholson of New York, who also trained Sonja Henie, former world's champion.

The Winnipeg girl last year also held the Canadian senior fancy skating championship. This year's Glencoe Carnival Is being built around the theme of the fairy tale, 'The Wizard of Oz," and will present man of the accomplished skaters who have delighted spectators at previous carnivals. Reserved seat ticket sale for both nights' performances opened today At the club, off ices. GIVEN LONG TERM William O'Morley, of no fixed abode, who obtained a 1937 model car from the General Supplies, in Calgary, Feb. 1, drove it to Pincher Creek, and then disposed of it for $100, was sentenced to 15 months' In prison with hard labor by Magistrate D.

C. Sinclair in city police court this morning. Dr. 0. Beauchemin M.D.

208 Grain Exchange, Calgary Post Graduata 'of Paris, Chicago nd Montreal. Metabolic Urinary and Skin Diseases A. J. Harrison H. J.

Akltt HARRISON AKITT OPTOMETRISTS and OPTICIANS Correction of Sight and Muscular Defects of the Eye. PHONE MU243 SO6-807 Southam Bldg. Calgary Now! Flashing Blades of Star Performers Are Being Groomed To Trace a Story of Speed, Action, Color, Thrills at the Glencoe Club Ice Carnival Mark Down the Dates the Time the Placet Plan NOW to be therel Thursday Friday Feb. 22nd and 23rd at the VICTORIA PARK ARENA 8:15 p.m. Special But and Train Pares Will Be In Effect! THRILL TO THESE STAR PERPORMERSs MARY ROSE THACKER, N.A.

Amateur Singlet Champion. HOPE BRAINE, World'! Cham pion Figure Skater, MARGARET MONAHAN, Inter. national Gold Medalist. 100 Club Members Presenting "Wiiard of Or" on Brilliantly Colored Ice. "Jerry Fuller and Hie Orchestra.

Tickets May Be Obtained Now From Secretary of Qlencoe Club. City Is Seeking Five Amendments In Bill Submitted to Government Special schools for off N.C.O.'s. "Orderly officer is Lieutenant J. N. geant A.

Wenborn. BIG APPLE CAFE Th Home of Home-Cooked Meals. SMALL' OE STEAK afciJl 1112 First Street West M4929 CALL CALGARY CLEANERS FOR SAME DAY SERVICE Featurlnfl the NEW TRI-CLENE Process Guaranteed to Please Vou. MB27T 1312 FIRST STREET W. OPTOMETRISTand OPTICIAN 309-210 Southnm Bldg, R1141 Hours: Dally, to 6:30.

Wednesday afttrnoon by appointment only. SLEEP IN niiicT Comfort EMPRESS HOTEL CALGARY RATES from 81.25 (Single) FREE PARKING AREA TONIGHT CJCJ-7 O'CLOCK HEAR Dr. Warwick F. Kelloway C.C.F. Candidate East Calgary j.

Albert Johnson C.C.F. Candidatt Wett Calgary 9 Other Broadcasts by Mr. Johnson 1 FEB, 14 CFCN 6: FEB. 2J MAR. ft CJCJ 7:00 p.m.

MAR, 19 CJC 7:00 p.m. MAR. 83 CFCN-10H6 p.m. Cut Out Save for Refereneel if "oi that the officers of the squadron would go to various training centres for advanced flying instruction, while the aircraftsmen would go to Ottawa for intensive training at their particular jobs, Sent to Training Upon arriving in Ottawa their squadron was disbanded and they were appointed to various places to, train, according to their individual duties. When the training was completed, the call for volunteers for an Army Co-operation squadron for overseas service was issued.

Many were the applications submitted and comparatively few were accepted. It was a singular honor to the old 113th that 16 of its former members were taken on. Now the time has come for these lads, young though they may be, to go forth and to uphold the valor, dignity, courage, the record set by Canada's fighting airman in the last war. LAST RITES THURSDAY Funeral services for Louise Doris Millett, aged 28, of Water Valley, will be conducted by Rev. A.

D. McDonald, at Cremona United church, at 2 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in the Cremona cemetery. two elections, which might affect the situation.

In event of adjustments in the capital set-up being approved these would necessitate a bill being placed before the legislature asking charter changes. John Fowlie, Bindloss, is chairman of the meeting, by J. A. Johnasscn, Woolford, and H. I.

Montgomery, Nanton. provide sport for hunters from Alberta to Manitoba and down Into Dakota and Montana. In 1937, Mr. Green was again in the forefront of a movement that brought Chukar Partrldgps from India and it is expected that these upland birds will become as popular as their Hungarian cousins. The same group of men also imported the picturesque RinRneck Pheasants.

The honorary life membership in the Manitoba association will be presented to Mr. Green at a dinner in Winnipeg on March 8. As a consequence all Proposed amendments to Calgary's city charter have been forwarded to Edmonton tp go before the legislature for approval at the forthcoming session. It is possible the bill may be delayed this year owing to election postponement of routine matters at the first J940 session. The city is applying for the right to fix the maximum speed at which motor vehicles may travel upon the highways in the city.

Snow Forecast In Some Areas TEMPERATURES Degrees. Maximum, Monday 28 Minimum, Monday 4 6 p.m., Monday 23 Midnight, Monday 18 Minimum In night 10 Maximum in night 28 5:30 a.m., Tuesday 10 9 a.m., Tuesday 15 BAROMETER Inches. 6 p.m., Monday 26.26 9 a.m., Tuesday 26.16 Normal 26.26 High Low Pcpt. Montreal Toronto North Buy White River Port Arthur 31 ES 20 18 trace 28 28 31 26 trace and customers' prescriptions have been removed by us to our own office. We In a position to rnplace youf broken lensei from those original records or to re-examine your eyes for a change in glasses when that la necessary, with all partlculari ot your last teat on hand.

In Business Since 1912 Complete Factory On Premises. KEEP THIS ADDRESS FOR REFERENCE S. AlWYN BARTLETT, Sight Testing Service The Alberta Optical Co. Ltd. 118 EIGHTH AVENUE EAST CALGARY.

ALBERTA Brought Partridges Here Manitoba Group Honors City Sportsman (In The Chauncey "CALGARY WEST CONSERVATIVE NOMINATIONS A convention will be held on Friday, February 9th, at 8:00 p.m., in the Public Library, for the purpose of nominating a candidate to contest the Calvary West Federal Constituency in the forthcoming election. ALL CALGARY WEST CONSERVATIVE SUPPORTERS ARE INVITED 25 3 5 .02 24 10 trace 25 30 .15 24 9 tt-Hct 19 7 trace 22 10 18 12 .01 33 16 7 .04 10 9 trace 22 12 41 13 22 17 trace 47 43 .23 48 43 .26 The man who first brought the Hungarian and Chukar Partridges to augment the wild life of Canada has just been honored by distant sportsmen that reaped better sport as a result of his vision and generosity. It was learned today that Fred J. Green, prominent Calgary businessman and pioneer member of the Calgary Fish and Game Association, has been honored by being nominated an honorary life member of the Manitoba Game and Fish Association, The award, the first granted in the 56 year history of the Man The Pa MlnnKilusa Regina Mmme Jaw Bnttleford Swift Current Medicine Hat Lethbrldue Edmonton Victoria FORECAST Alberta -Cloudy tulnv and Wednes day with anow In aoine lltrlcti; nol much changa In tumpeialuro. I kl Th.

Vs.nuits.ioca CALGARY WEST CONSERVATIVE AbSUUiAUUN ERNEST JATER, Secretary..

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