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_. -.-.-. uuvv U1 uciuu unymmg like] this." Fire Chief William Traeger said he believed the fire started in a! basement; rubbish heap at about 6, am. (7 am. E.S.T.) Investigators` ez11'Iie1' hnri Dntnrfv.-u'nnr3 um L----~~~ TOSSORONTIO Reeve-Robt. Dermott. TOTTENHAM Reeve-W. J. Bray (x). VESPRA Reeve--Wa1ter E. Downey; puty, .Andrew Cumming. VICTORIA HARBOUR Reeve-Edward Dutton. W. GWILLIMBURY Reeve-E. J. Evans. 41.111. Reeve-M. Asselin ; - Simpson. TECUMSETH I Reeve~-Norva1 W. Brawley; De~ puty, Fred Apperley. W! 1-om: McNICOLL Reeve---Geo. Patterson. STAYNER Reeve-Dougall McNabb (x) . SUNNIDALR Reeve--Jos. spicher; Deputy, H. M. Barker. Reeve--Chas. J. David W. Curry. ` NOTTAWASAGA Reev&-Percy A. Nerf; 1 Wm. McC1eod (X). ORILLIA TOWN Reeve-A. Harry Oliver; I Perry G. Yale. OBILLIA TOWNSHIP Reeve--M:a.nIord Home; I .3; S. Drinkwater. \, /, one ! t.c ve-I. H. Luck; Deputy, A. M. "Ifudhope. `I Reeve-Wm. Wright (x). u Reeve-Geo. Miller. ELEVEN CHANGES \l 19.0.1.7 ulvesugators` had entertained the theory that a boiler explosion or escaping gas was the cause. 11,`... AL I THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1940. `FAA! 4 vnnuunntl Reeve-L. Borrow. MEDONTE Barr; Deputy, Grant vrinm - uunllb mIlU\\'H "While I looked a nut rd` 1` u....,u (Continued from page one) MATCXIEDASH nnun 1' .- PENETANGUISHENE e-W. R. Benson (:0. 2..-\-.... -- ------ , _ ..,.,....u a \VUlHLLl of :1 thlrd storey win nrlnrl r\ru a1._ ., MIDL?N D 1. Hartman; Deputy, H. [ I 3 being broken on|- third storeys and! ring thrown out. hof Innl.n,1 A TIN Y TAY _.._ ...- uuuaki. How the blaze spread so quickly through the 45-year-old structure puzzled remen. The building is in three sections and contained 85 apartments. Firemen said the me! appeared to . sin1nlt:mcousl_v in] all three .~0cti::n.s`. District Fire Chief William Hut-; ner said 11 lintlies werc taken to the Hennepln County m0l`:llf`. With- in 9. few minutes a. correspondent, ,,,,. .` .......,_y \\L'l"l I n the p:1\'cxne21t,."1 -9, spminecl his! vxnrl r- .- storey window *- I Gratrix ; Deputy. Deputy, H. E. ' - Deputy. Deputy. Deputy. I u unuvrv . I Harold Martin said he found a ,nmn lying, badly injured. on the i ground beside the building, wailing iQuit throwing g1ass_at me." Oc- icupants of the building above him were kicking the glass out of win- dows so they could escape. [: ._e ..... |J|Il mu: uummv and; _:.* the entire h()l(.`I. (:n\'u1'in: 11213:: -!..-`block. in mnes. i I saw :1 child trapped in the] middle of the building on the third floor, Mcwaclo said. There were ames all about him, and he just' stood there scrcmning. That laxted for 15 minutes and then he was quiet. I was through the `war. but I never saw or heard anything like this." ' ` ,..._. .......uuA.u5. As remen searched the wreck- age of the upper oors, they found so many bodies that ambulances and hearses were pressed into ser- vice to take them to the morgue. one ren1a.n suffered a possible `broken back when he fell through I the roof. Only one victim could be identi- ed immediately, even tentatively. She was Florence. Hessing, 30, who was seen to jump from a third- lstorey window Y1 .-. ._-1_1 - - - - counted seven more bodies carried from the hotel by remen. Leaves Only Brick Walls I The fire raged through the inter- ior and left; only the red brick walls standing. 1 Ag 4=............ _--..-u-~ .. vnaglum) 1: an uauuui. place, Miss Perota says. and this can be veried by reference to the newspapers. . In 1940, she caims Joe Louis will at last meet his stic superior and Such predictions had all been pub- _'1lshed long before the events took I I he will lose his heavyweight crown. I In the past, she says, she has pre- -dicted.the outcome of all of the Brown Bomber`s ghts correct to the round. Another sports predic- tion was that Welby Van Horn, the } sensational [made such a ne showing at For- est Hills this fall, will be the new Budge" next year. Aquarius, the astronomical body governing President Roosevelt's ac- tions, changes daily, Miss Perota stated. The President may not {make his decision about running for l `j"-`;- -`j young Californian who ' ` psychic powers, A tiny. black-haired woman, with large brown eyes, Miss Perota. is known as Gipsy Lee" in the res- taurant on Manhattan's upper east side, where she looks into peoples futures. Employing my own plus glimpses into the crystal ball. she has foretold in the past: the death of movie actress .Jean Harlow, the Hindenburg dis- aster, the abdication of King Ed- ` ward VIII., the passing of the U.S. ` Embargo Act, and the recent death ` of Douglas Fairbanks . 1 Qnnl-\ n..n.::..a.:...._ 1., - -- - ' These and other predictk '19-10 were made here to-day ` Helen Perota, president of 1 _temat1ona.l Asociation of Tellers, whose headquarters New York. 1 ,, _.- -.,.... 4:..u\.L uauuuu. Wlll. more in the world limelight in some way" next year than ever be- I fore ! ..-.... ..u.uua.u_y wul IJCUUIDC a repub- I1c.- The war will be over before February. A European ruler will die in 1940. And Canada will be more in H-xn 1Irr\s~`:J I:_- -U- '- A New York, Jan. 3.--Hit1er will lose SEES HITLER S OVERTIIROVV, NEW REPUBLIC AND CANADA I IN LIMELIGHT-JOE LOUIS DE- ` FEAT. H('1lI'(I screams of Child A. B. McVVz1de. 42, who lives >1'oss the street from the Marlbor- 1!.` '/11gl1. said he was: z1\vz1ken0(I by the worst, sore-mus I ever heard." He said he looked out. me window and `.7 cn\'(,~1'ing` hlm-1: 11211:" V in nGi\'\t\r- here -to-day by Miss u president the In- tlonal Fortune `s, are in Vm-Ir predictions for ha ha... 4... .x,_. - --- Watchnight services at First Bap-j Itist Church, Clapperton St., and the Among her other predictions for Salvation Army Citadel. Collie!` St., 1940 are: a big plane crash mvoiv-`drew fairly large congregations which ing a number of notables. lots orfgathered to see the old year out divorces. the beginning of the end and Welcome 1940. of the depression, a great travel year for the railroads. more oods and a further lin the southwestern United states,;legitimate theatre l- in the west ve years and then re-: turned to New York. ' comeback for the She herself started foretelllng the futures of others about 10 years ago. Born in New York, she went; west to Denver to become a school -tacher. "after being disappointed in a love affair." But before school` opened she turned to fortune telling tx) pay her boa.rd and did so well at it that she forsook the teaching profession entirely. She remained in the five re-p New il An-.n..... I--~ At the rst convention of the Fortune Tellers` Association, which is termed Internationa1" rather than Nationa1" because of the re- cent inclusion of several Canadianl seers, they had considerable success in reading the bumps on the heads of some sheep through phrenology. This took place at the State Fair ` in Trenton, New Jersey, and since ' then the predictions of her associa- tion's members have been listened I to with great respect, Miss Perota said. In spite of its illegality, there are about 100,000 fortune tellers in the! ,U.s. and nearly 2,000 in New York City alone, Miss Perota estimates. To avoid conict with the police, ifortune tellers look for a. tip for! their readings rather than ask any set fee. " ` I Fortune telling for a. fee is illegal[ here and one of the purposes of Miss Perota`s organization is to at- tempt to legalize the profession They are also working to weed out; I quacks from the trade, and do - away with charms, love potions and so forth, which their president re- gards as all so much bunk." ...__ H,,. .. . Last year Miss Perota introduced the method in which the seer stud- ies the tracings made on ice by skates and thus tells the fortune! of the skater. ' tress, will die. There will be two deaths and a scandal in Hollywood. Two prom- inent movie stars, one a. fair-haired ` actor, the other a dark-haired ac- The actor will meet a. very unusual death." The big scandal in the film capital will be between two people over money. Younger movie stars will be the order of 1940, and Canada's Deanna. Durbin will be way up on top. The latest wrinkle in "seeing" is to employ doughnut dunking, Miss Perota. said. nut in half, dunk a piece in your 1 1 J J V ( 9 You break the dough- ' coffee and then hold it so the drops 1 fall into your cup. Your fortune is thus formed on the surface of the liquid. E a third term until the last min- ute. If he does decide to run, he will be elected, Miss Perota be- lieves. But in any case the next president of the United States will i be a Democrat, and Mayor LaGuar- dia will be somewhere in the cab- inet. ._,.. -...u uun.u.u UH L116 p11\ Richard Daniels, 29, sprain back when he jumped from storey \\'i11cio\\'. A xvomur. jumped from :1 third was killed. The Barrie Advance um. auu mrs. U .M.cQuade, over the` holiday. - Mr. Maurice Hanna spent last? week in Woodville. 1 Miss Athol Lapp. R.N., of New York, visited with Mr. and Mrs. W. i A. Hanna for a few days last week. ` The Women's Association of Bur- ton Ave. United Church will hold. `their meeting on Thursday at three) c`c1oc1;. ,1 nu nulitl LJEKB Clark Scott, of Toronto. spent New Year's with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Scott. Don Bowen, of Westwood, N.J. spent a few days with.Mr. and Mrs. E. Bowen, Burton Ave. Mrs. Frank Wright, of Normetal Quebec, visited with her parents Mr. and Mrs. C .McQuade, the I holiday. I JLC1C- Mr. and Mrs. Keith Meredith and da.ugLhAer, of Locklash, spent; the holiday with Mr. and Mrs. B. Mere- dith, Cumberland St. I Gregg (`.nn1 nf c............- _._---- uuuu, um Gregg Tuesday liam Rf. !News of I I A_llandale uuu. ua.mpDe11, or Queen s Univer- sity, spent the holiday with friends R here. `Mn. A...` x-_,, -- - inf rw.......1. ru-_,,, H _ 9 ........ ..., nu. awn. nuucr. I Miss Winnifred Appleby has re- " turned to South Porcupine to re- sume her duties as teacher aftei spending the Christmas holidays atl her home here. ' Miss Lorraine Keetch is spending '9. short time visiting in Windsor. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Mayor, of To- lronto, spent New Year's with Mr. and Mrs. Grant Mayor, Dunlop St. u; J.vu'. ana Mrs. Lally. Dr. and Ms. Chantler, of New Toronto, were in Barrie Sunday ow- mg to the death of the former : grandfather, Mr. Jos. Butler. 'nIl im~ `X7 .... -...v A A, ....4.....:,. Windows were he the second and thir furniture was being said. 1001 jumped out of th do\\' and Izmded on 'I3ir.I. _.__.,-- ._ y -. I Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Lally and Master Scott Lally, and Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Stone, all 0! Toronto `were Christmas visitors at the home !of Mr. and Mrs. E. Lally. | Dr, and Mr: n1~.....n.... .2 -nm _, ._.-.. nu LV.-LD- win. 13. 138.110., 1 Beverley, returned no Windsor on Monday after spending the holidays with the latter's grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Armstrong. ` Miss Ruth McCullough, R.N.. To- ronto, visited with Mr. and Mrs Ed. Armstrong over New Year's. Mr. Gordon Armstrong has return- ed to Hamilton after vacationing with his parents here. Mrs. Walter Mole, of Addison, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Gordon 4 Maple Ave. 11.. .- -- ~ uxu Vis {#41, Don Campbell, of Queen's sity, spent the hnlidnv ntith s...-....,.n VVATCHNIGHT SERVICES uu ucJ. nauu D1. Coulson ,of Syracuse, spent with his parents on Wil- A _ .......-.4 ...w., uu ruuuuuy. N0! only was there the traditional New Year's celebration, in which fam- ilies must g9.ther- around the festive board, but the occasion was doubly unique at the Prott. home, for Mr and Mrs. Prott were celebrating their fortieth wedding anniversary It was on New Year's Monday 1899, that Mr. and Mrs. Prott were married at Uxbridge by Rev. Fraser of the Presbyterian Church. Fol- lowing their marriage they took up residence at Zephyr, near Uxbridge, ` where they resided for four years later going to Port Perry, where I Mr. and Mrs. Profitt Observz 40h Wedding Anniversary Turkey with all the trimmings" was the order of the day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Pro- tt ,55 Worsley St., `on Monday. Not onlv was thm-p nu. +.....q.-a:,.....u u-_. DOUBLE CELEBRATION ON NEW YEAR'S DAY AS CHILDREN GATHER FOR OCCASION. Storeys The re was discovered by James-` Swanson, a cab driver. He describ-i ed scenes of panic in the blazing building. I Saw Women Leap Three I Barrie Business College 45 TORONTO STREET ASK ABOUT OUR ( Showinggat The Imperial Thealre Thursday, Friday, Saturday This Week V--- .....u..unum are warning in omces of mzmufucturing plants, stores, banks and for Government. officials. The re- putation of the school plus frequent contacts with executives creates a steady demand for qualied young people. STUDENTS ENROLLING on January 2 will be advanced indiwiduallv as ranidlv ac -,mc:.".....mu.. --- --~--~'-`-' "` IIIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES and former College students ':an qualify here for 1940 opportunities in minimum time and at surprisingly low cost. TREET PHONE 445 CHRISTMAS SCHOLARSHIP PLAN The Advance joins with the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Pro wishing them many more yea: happiness together. (Continued from page one) ' ed ladder from the third oor. . l John Carlen, caretaker of an: apartment house across the street, :said one of three main entrances was already a mass of ames when he noticed the re, and all nine doors leading out of the triple build-' mg were choked with ames by the` ' time remen arrived. Firemen arrived within ten min-I. utes, but were hampered by the ex- treme cold and it was another 15 minutes before they could bring hose lines into action. Water froze 4 on the outside of the building and l the street soon became an icy lake. A re department official said: It was reported to us that therell was an explosion. When we got { there the entire roof was ablaze and x every stairway was blocked. by the < L ames." Both Mr. and Mrs. Prott are ac- tive members of First Baptist Church, Clapperton st., where their assistance is a valuable and appre- ciated asset in many departments. or their six children, all but one 'was able to be present to observe the wedding anniversary with their parents. ...,--_..v. nu-4 Av wna hut: LCJMJIIBIS OI this school who were responsible for the very fine turkey which graced the Prott table on their wedding anniversary, It having been present- ed especially for the occasion. an, -- they lived for eighteen years before moving to Barrie twenty-two years ago. For some years Mr. Prot: has been caretaker of Victoria School and It was the teachers of thlc cnhnnl mun ...,...,. __._-.V- offices of Pnrnnrnf n{`nn:nI.. ml-_ --A _,,___. ....... mu, nunuy Prott in vhnavv ....A._. ,, years of Page Five many Gib l.. FLAMES SHOOT