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fiftythreemile gale sweeps tanker from moorings halifax oct 29 a furious autumn storm bore down from the northeast today and left a trail of property des- ructlon and damaged shipping as ft raced over nova scotia and out into the north atlantic driving wind and rain played havoc with roads and communication lines and along the coast the raging north easter swept two vessels adrift drove tho tanker talaralite aground and sank a sailing yacht there was no loss of life the 53mile gale carried the halifax lightship away from her moorings t the height ot the st n early this morning and she drifted for hours off halifax harbor before distress signals by shortwave wireless brought assist- in co in bedford dasin the storm tore the imperial oil companys tanker tala ralite from her bertli and drove her rground mooring lines of the 2361 ion motor vessel parted as she tossed nt the dock and the wind swung her kway from the wharf and into shal low water anchors were dropped oerboard but they failed to hold the talara lite had completed discharging cargo and the lightened vessel was stranded high on the shore the tugs coalo- polis and ocean osprcy tried to refloat her today but efforts were unsuccess ful and the tanker remained hard aud fast tonight in halifax harbor the yacht pin ions owned by paul doyle was torn from its anchorage and sunk the craft was designed by w j roue de signer of the racing lioouer blue- nose of lunenburg at way river valley near hants- port the swollen river overflowed its banks and covered a long stretch of highway under six feet of water the roadbed east of windsor was hooded also and remained impassable to night at berwick in the annapolis valley the cornwallis river rose over somer set road streets were washed out by the terrific rain and scores of cellars flooded at lunenburg home port of the grand banks fishing fleet no shipping damage was reported trees were up rooted however and communication lines were felled h h groff passes on ascah girls body bears knife wound gag in mouth of armless legless trunk found in sea peninsula que oct 29 the aim less and legless trunk of maud ascah 15 was taken from the freezin waters of gaspe bay here saturday and preliminary examination reveal ed tho young woman had been knifed in tho abdomen aud gagged with a handkerchief together with her cousin margaret ascah 17 the girl disappeared from her home here on aug 30 a country wide search was begun and about a week ago a girls foot was found wedged in the rock of the gaspe coast it was tentatively identified as hav ing belonged to her while a coat and shoe found nearby on the beach were identified by relatives as having been her properly the body was taken from the water on saturday by fishermen and police who continued dragging the bay con vinced that the older girl met a simi lar fate the body was only partly clothed parts of the girls dress cling ing to her shoulders tenrjs cow and chickens at hundred and six pierce fla mrs martha weeks of keeyesville hillsborough countys oldest resident celebrated her 106th birthday almost three months after the anniversary date the party given her by the wo mens cub here was planned origin ally for august 7 her birth date but she became ill at tiie time so the celebration was postponed mrs weeks lives alone on a small fa in lending to her cow and chickens toronto returns english families to homeland by means of a cooperative plan negotiated between the local and provincial mothers alowauee boards and the city of toronto two widows ami their families will be returned at the citys cxpente to england where relatives have undertaken to care for them a largo part of the expense will be absorbed over a period of months by the provincial board a substantial saving to both city and province is involved in the plan which relieves botli administra tions from any further calm of the individuals ihus benefitted may tie world mark for eggs british columbia fullet skips a day but starts lay ing again agassi bc oct 29 dauntless derreen laid an egg early today and gave her backers almost positive as kurance she will tie the worlds re cord of 357 eggs in 365 days she lias now laid 355 eggs in 363 days derreen couldnt make the extra ogg that would have put her on a pinnacle by herself and let saturday go by without a cackle but at seven oclock this morning while w h hicks superintendent and the en tire staff of the dominion experi mental farm tiptoed about in anxi ety the good hen announced to the world the race was on again the jearlyday laying showed she was back to the cycle which should normally produce onoaday for the next two lays at least derreen 10l her official name is in her pullet year and is a white leghorn when she laid her egg late friday it was forecast at the experimental xarm whore they study form and performance to the finest degree that sho would miss saturday she vlid but swung into a sure stride today berrecn has carried the farms hopes of producing a world champion tbis year 56860 awarded in powlett case university of alberta held responsible for haz ing injury edmonton oct 29 an award of 56s60 with costs was made by mr justice w c ives in supreme court to c h a powlett and annand powlett calgary in their damage action against the university of al berta mr powlett sued the university of alberta on an allegation that his son armand became insane as a resuk ot the 1932 initiation- at the univer sity there should be compensation for the boy as far as money can compensate fully the judgment said mr justice ives gave a lengthy judgment in it he observed i am not unmindful of the doubtful state of the recovery of young powlett the judgment did not differen tiate between the university the board of governors or the senate of the university it stated merely that th plaintiff should receive the amount stated the first issue before u is to de termine the direct cruse of the men tal breakdown he said to do this i must rely almost wholly on the evidence of the vey able and experi enced psychiatrists at the same time in weighing the balance of pro babilities emerging from that evid ence i do not propose to exclude such common sense as i may possess as a layman lowest wheat crop grown in western australia in years perth western australia the wheat pool of western australia estimates 162450000 bushels ot wheat for the 193334 australian sea son it may be better than this according to other ad rices by reason of the late rains and an additional 3000000 is prophesied the yield from western austra lia is expected to bo 32500000 bushels from 3200000 acres sown this is the lowest return since the 192627 season and comes out at a little over 10 bushels to the acre the estimates by the pool from the other states are 40000000 bushels from victoria 50000000 from new- south wales and 35000000 from south australia western australias harvest for 193233 was 40000000 bushels com menting upon the coming harvest the west australian says failing some early signs of the market re acting favorably to the wheat agree ment and to heavily reduced esti mates of production in canada argentina the united states and australia the wheat pool estimate is 165000000 compared with 200000- 000 bushels last year the federal government may count upon strong demands for another wheat bounty it may be hoped that in framing the 1933 budget the federal government will not overlook the plight ot the wheat industry foremost canadian horticulturist and hybridist henry h groff whose death occurred recently at his home in sinicoe ontario mr groff who was in his sotli year was a recognized authority on the gladiolus and the iris in a china shop fakenham norfolk england a young bull last week rushed into a shop where queen mary and the the princess royal were examining goods in the china department the animal had fled from traffic in a crowded street outside the royal party looked up in sur prise at the sound of commotion and the queen found the bull standing almost beside her its drover and clerks hastily ejected it before any damage resulted the queen and the princess remained unperturbed her majesty said i have heard of a bull in a china shop but had never seen one before drug chamber of horrors visited by mrs roosevelt washington mrs franklin d roosevelt recently paid a halfhour visit to the chamber of horrors ex hibit at the department of agricul ture prof r g tugwell assistant sec retary and author of a proposal for revising the pure food and drugs act explained to her and her daugh ter mr curtis dall about the nu merous examples of what the food and drug administration describes as instances of false representation of the curative powers of certan pat ented medical preparations poisons contained in certain cosmetics and some substandard food preparations probe of deaths follows arrest furs up 100 per cent by yearend prediction victoria furs by the end of the year will be up in price 100 percent states samuel dmitrovsky polish fur merchant of tientsin who reached the city by the president cleveland from china there are no more fur stocks left in china and th stocks in united states have been disposed of in a falling market said mr dmitrovsky who controls one of the largest fur collection businesses in the far east married by recorder who saved dogs life bridgeton nj three weeks ago recorder frank j lore saved the life of a dog when he paid the license j for the owner arraigned in municij pal court and just because he did that miss ronnie saslow 25 of 21 north bos ton avenue atlantic city decided that she wanted recorder lore to preside at her wedding to albert h gordon 33 of 330 pennsylvania avenue atlantic city miss saslow a lover of dogs was informed by her mother residing in london england who read an ac count of the incident in a london newspaper to get married by that jersey judge who saved the life of a dog and she did i the couple immediately departed on a honeymoon new auto license colors announced quebec automobile license plates in the province of quebec next year will show black figures on a back ground of aluminum grey it was learned here the plates will also bo slightly longer than usual but not so broad on the left que will be written vertically with 34 on the ri at tho other end of the plate with tho number between canadian teacher in us reengaged five months deadlock in board of education caused by british subject on staff bloomsfield conn miss nellie k paget of coldstream nb has been reengaged as a teacher in the blooms- field centre junior high school after a five months deadlock in the board of education caused by her being a british subject the board held is first meeting since two new members were elected october 2 it voted 4 to 2 in favor of accepting the recommendation of charles m larcomb superintendent of schools that she be retained reengagement of miss paget was opposed by some because she was a canadian at a special town meeting september is however a resolution was adopted urging her retention miss paget has been a teacher here nine years newlyweds are 81 and 77 years old howell mich marriae license application was made here recently by william m poole si and mrs martha stimson 77 both gave their homes as superior neb the prospective bridegroom has been married twice and the bridetobe once california insurance man held while four being investigated los angeles oct 29 a trail of deaths originally ascribed in part to heart ailments was under investiga tion by the district attorneys office today in the case of alfred l cline insurance man of glendale calif cline arrested a week ago is being held at san bernardino on a charge of grand theft in connection with tho robbery ot a los angeles man martin frame 00 who said he had become drugged after drinking a glass of but termilk given him by cline quantities of a hypnotic drug aud also a swift acting poison were found in the possession of cline when he was arrested officers said the deaths under investigation in clude those of clines wife mrs bes sie vau sickle cline her brother lu cas brandt mccreery rev e f jones english evangelist aud mrs carrie may porter in the deaths of mrs cline and the evangelist estates were left to cline as beneficiary 33000 by the former and 11000 by the latter arthurorangeville road will be finished in 1934 orangeville it is announced here that the unpaved sixmile stretch of roadway between here and arthur will not be constructed until next spring nearly seven miles of con crete has been laid from arthur east for those west of arthur this high way known as no 9 is the shortest way to toronto and the portion in completed is said to be the worst of the 22mile stretch during the spring and is not passable for several weeks dufferin county council asked the de partment not to do the work this year owing to the present high taxes and the government lias complied with their wishes announce new road in peterboro county peterboro tho burleigh falls- bancroft road will be rebuilt and re routed by the ontario government in order to supply better traffic facilities for the northern part of peterboro county and to give work to jobless during the winter it is announced by t p lancaster mpp for peter boro a small party is already at work rerouting the road construction work will begin at o ce and work camps each capable of housing 100 men will be established along the pro posed route the new road will eventually become a modern artery of traffic and a link in the row road from toronto to pembroke shorten ing the distance by 105 miles mr lancaster said four killed as plane crashes in barnyard westboro mass oct 29 a woman and three men were killed here when the airplane in which they were flying crashed in a barnyard observers said the plane fell from a height of 350 feet after a strip of fibre had been torn from one of the wings it struck with terrible force and its nose was buried in the soft earth to a depth of three feet too many jokes become annoying toronto robert white is firmly convinced someone is trying to annoy hi m when a radio announcer congrat ulated him over the air on his 85th anniversary white secure in the knowledge he is only 45 laughed it off jjut when bogus phone calls arrival of emergency crews from a gas company and tho waterworks de partment as well as a long string of taxicabs and the fire reels prompted him to ask police to run down the joker unreported 10 days on lake winnipeg two fishing boats and 24 men safe selkirk mad oct 29 two lake winnipeg fishing boats the luberg and the question mark unreported for 10 days are safe in northern ports word ot their safety was received here the boats carried 24 sailors and fishermen the luberg is at dauphin river on the west side of lake wiuuipeg 200 miles north of here and the question mark at gull harbor so miles to the north ot selkirk a longdistance tele phone call put through by a member of the question mark crew to relatives here gave the crafts position both boats had battled terrific north ern storms during the past week but came through without mishap to either vessel or the men aboard the boats were engaged in carrying fisher men aud supplies to lake fishing sta tious 15000 pass bier ofhillierbabe toronto oct 30 while police are still endeavoring to find a clue or mo tive behind the death from exposure of bunty hillier lsmonthsold child from all parts ot the city and out of town people came in an endless stream saturday and yesterday to mourn at the bier banked by flowers agaiust a huge bank of beautiful flowers the whito lambskin casket rested in the living room of the home through an open doorway a few feet away could be seen a little empty crib its blankets folded a baby plate lying upon the pillows the baby dressed in a little lemon- yellow frock with satin ribbon flowers rested with a rosebud in a chubby hand the frock had been her party dress upon her feet clad in short lemonyellow socks rested a spray ot lilies the gift ot her godmother and godfather mr and mrs s beach har rington a silver plate against the white crepe de chine lining bore the words our darling advertising is termed strong industry aid oshawa advertising has proved itself to be a strong aid to indus try said r s mclaughlin presi dent of general motors ot canada limited here last week and these days when a strong and persistent selling program contributes so ma terially toour national welfare it is desirable that workers in the adver tising field should be increasingly alert and coordinate their labors more than ever with sales effort truth in advertising is important today and so also is the ability to observe and take advantage of the changing viewpoints of the buying public exhibitions of advertising such as those announced by the to ronto advertising and sale club for october 31 are for this reason valu able contributions to the public good the club deserves warmest com mendation for staging an advertising and art display at this time said mr mclaughlin and is showing praiseworthy enterprise and energy in its plans for the show which i understood is to be on a larger scale than in former years latest us train driven by motor philadelphia a staines steel streamlined motor driven train be lieved to be the first built in theuni- ted states was demonstrated last week in a run from philadelphia to bridgeport about 20 miles away the three car train attained a speed of 78 miles an hour on the first car is a 600horsepower internal com bustion engine burning a nonexplo sive fuel directly connected with the engine is an electric generator the car also contains a 30foot rail way post office and a baggage room the second car is a coach seating 60 passengers and the third another passenger coach for 56 passengers with a buffot to serve light meals officials said the entire train weighs as much as one ordinary pullman coach and that its operating cost would be onethird that for a steam train the train left for texas where it will be placed in service churchill awaits storage shipment grain will be kept in readi ness for 1934 opening churchill man first shipment of wheat for winter storage in the gov ernment elevator here is hearing this northern port over the hudson bay railway coming from saskat chewan the grain will he stored in readiness for the 1934 opening of navigation more than 500000 bushels are en route to the port and when shipments from the prairies cease at freezeup the elevator will be loaded to capa city with a total of 2400000 bushels montreal has deficit of 1426584 for year montreal a deficit ot 14265s4 resulted from financial operations ot tho city of montreal for the fiscal year ended dec 31 1932 according to the annual report of the director ot finance the net debt of the city is shown at 16105723j an increase ot 12- 412085 over last year the markets produce prices toronto dealers are buving produce at the following prices eggs prices to farmers and coun try shippers ungraded cases return ed fresh extras 35c fresh firsts 33c seconds- 20c pullet extras 25c graded cases free 30c for freh ex tras 34c for fresh firsts 17c for sec onds butter ontario creamerv solids no 7 19 to 1954c no 2 184 to 18ic churning cream special 19e no 1 18c no 2 10c ol shipping points cheese no 1 large colored paraf fined and government graded 9 to 10c twins 10 to 10hc triplets 10 u to 104c poultry a grade alive sprin chickens over c lbs 12c over svi to 6 lbs lie over 5 to 5 lbs 9c over 4 to 5 ibs 8c over 2 to 4 lbs 7c broilers over 1 to 2 lbs 10c fat ted hens over 6 lbs 9c over 5 to g lbs 8c over 4 to 5 lbs 7c over 3v- to 4 lbs 6c over 3 to 3m lbs 5c old roosters over 5 lbs 5c black and red feathered birds 2c jess per lb dom estic rabbits over 4 lbs oc white ducklings over 5 lbs 8c do 4 to 5 lbs gc guinea fowl per par 90c poultry a grade dressed spring chickens over 0 lbs 10c over 5 a to g lbs 15c over 5 to 5 lbs 13c over 4 to 5 lbs 12c over 2 to 4 lbs lie broilers over 14 to 2 lbs 13c fatted hens over 6 lbs lie over 5 to g lbs 10c over 4 to j lbs 9c over 3j to 4 lbs 8c over 3 to vi lbs 7c old roosters over 5 lbs 7c domestic rabbits over 4 lbs 12c white ducklings over 5 lbs 13c do 4 to 5 lbs lie grain quotations following are saturdays closing quotations on grain transactions for car lots prices on basis cif bay ports manitoba wheat no 1 northern 66c no 2 do 64e no 3 do g2c no 4 do 61 t manitoba oats no 2 cw 34ic no 3 do 32ic no 1 feed 31ac no 2 feed 29ic mixed feed oats 23c manitoba barley no 3 cw 38iic no 4 do 37yc no 1 feed screenings 17 per ton ontario grain approximate prices track shipping point wheat 60 to g5c oats 25 to 27c rye 40 to 42c buckwheat 33 to 35c live stock quotations steers up to 1050 lbs good and choice 5375 to 4 do med s3 to 325 do com 2 to 275 steers over 1050 lbs good and choice 4 to 475 do med 350 to 4 do com 250 to 350 heifers good and choice 375 to 4 do med 3 to 375 do com 2 to 275 fed calves good and choice 625 to 650 do med 4 to 450 cows good 225 to 250 do med 2 to 225 do com 150 to 2 canners and cutters 75c tc 1 bulls good 2 to 225 do com 150 to 175 stockers and feeder steers good 250 to 275 do com 150 to 225 milkers snd springers 25 to 45 calves good and choice veals 650 to 750 do com and mod 350 to 6 grassers 2 to 250 hogs bacons fob 510 do off trucks 535 do off ears 560 good ewe and wether lambs 6 to 625 do mod 550 to 6 do bucks 425 to 5 culls 4 to 450 sheep good light 2 to 250 do heavies 150 to 2 do culls 1 to 125 world fair to stay open to november 12 midnight chicago a century of progress exposition will remain open until midnight of nov 12 officials ot the fair announce the scheduled clos ing date was oct 31 the extension of time came in re sponse to demand of city officials and civic organizations that the fair be kept open to permit a huge arm istice day celebration nov 11 and a personal liberty day nov 8 in anticipation of repeal of the 18th amendment an attempt also is being made to continue the exposition through next year but fair officials have reached no decision beyond nov 12 heifetz going to russia after 17 years absence new york after an absence of 17 years jascha heifetz the violinist will return to russia his native land lie announced recently that he had accepted the invitation of the soviet government to give a series or con certs in moscow and leningrad be- beginning tho middle of next april heifetz left russia in the throes of its first revolution in june 1917 he made his american debut in new- york the following october industry lookout decidedly better money from england expect ed to help situation houses in demand toronto looiening of money foi home building mortgages a reduced mortgage interest rate and more funds for lending available from hug- land as sterling holds close to par in canada are held by contractor and builders here as bright spott of the near future that may help tc lift the industry from four years ot depression doubled up as families in nearly every larg city have doubed up and available money for speculative and private home building has tightened the building industry lias been in the dumps in 1929 canadian construc tion contracts totalled about 377000 000 while it is estimated the total outlay in 1933 will not exceed 60- 000000 builders look forward confidently to several factors to improve the situation they believe a loosen- of money for home building is im minent now that the federal govern ments conversion loan is out ot the way according to w j fugler a prominent contractor and director ot the toronto home builders associa tion cheaper money he also suggested the possibilitj of a cut in the mortgage interest rate in the east to 6v4 to 7 per cent and 3 to 12 per cent in parts of western canada in recent months it was pointed out a limited amount ol funds has been available for actual home builders but very little foi speculative builders such allotments of funds have been limited to 50 per cent ot present- day building costs which means that owners must have a pretty good nest egg to begin with it was said hardly any contractors in the field taking secod mortgages for part of their outlay as in he days before the depression demand growing building in toronto is no heaviet than in the same period last year though contractors point hopefully to a rapidly expanding demand foi houses they believe the same situ ation prevails in other parts of can ada doubled up families with their growing incomes are looking for pri vate domiciles some of the money now available for construction is from england and this supply is excepted to increase with sterling holding close to par here the toronto home builders as sociation said mr fugler is gatu ering information concerning the operations of building societies in the old countrv where it is understood loans are afforded up to so per cent or more ot the cost see steady increase leading builders and real estate men hero agree the demand foi houses may be expected to increase stadily over the next few years with homebuilding practically at a stand still through four years the pressure en the countrys building resources will be all the greater when more heads of families who have shared homes get jobs and begin the search for individual houses it was said there was a moderate advance some months ago in botl lumber and brick prices but cast purchasers are now said to be able to get materials little higher than the prices ruling at the lowest level of the depression builders reported a steady demand for houses of betterthanaverage class more of these being erected in toronto suburbs this year than last about 2250000 of such building has taken place in the kingsway district in the last four years and on the northern border in forest hill vil lage and vicinity about 75 houses worth from 15000 to 30000 each have been built this summer lindbergh sees no new air route london col charles a lindbergh believes there will be o regular pas senger air service between america and europe via greenland the route he recently surveyed during the next year it was stated by the lon don times the newspaper said however that the famous american flier was not yet ready to offer a final opinion regarding yearround service over tho route and will withhold com ment until he has made the trip by air in winter frost nips apples napance oct 29 as an aftermath ot tho cold weather of last week heavy losses have been sustained to apple crops ot the tate variety one wellknown grower of swltzerville i four miles oast of here will lose prac- tically all his late crop estimated at two thousand bushels nearly all sloans pest battle is costly winnipeg the campaign to com bat the grasshopper menace inaugur ated by the government was carried through this year at a cost between 50 and 60 per cent over the 15000 expended last year manitoba officials state canadian fire losses toronto fire losses in lanadu during the week ended october 18 1933 are estimated by the monctaj limes at 200000 as compared witr 107400 for the preceding week and with 183125 for the same weak i year ago