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.Poor1..h n ners'May
Lose Youth's Job
Bad Speech and Snobbery. '
Are Other Stumbling Blocks
Poor manners, poor speech aril
:job--spobbcry:--are--m'atarphling-..
bloelxs. in the paths of "boys and
girls fresh ,out of high.:school—
acccrding 'to a .preliminary . sur-
vey of 1,000 former high school
students conducted ,,by the ' U.S.
National Association of Secoud-
• aty. :School.' Principals . The surrey is being c.oritinued
on a targe ecaie, rnvol'ving 34;009
'.,former—students and , more • than
10.0high. •schools. " :;
1 r. Edward •Lindy, director' et
the survey' and himself a high
school principal at Abingdon,
Mass„ says:
'
• "The •preliminary srvey • shows
u•
that we should ' ta, y to . < dignify'
al types of work, , not merely
'white collar' jobs. And itshows,
I thick, that We: should - offer
more diversified' vocational treiza
•
ing.•'
VOCATIONAL .GUIDANCES
VERY' 'HELPFUL ,
Interviews with • employers of
the • 1,000.'' •revealed • that poor
rnanners.an•d incorrect speech are
prevalent among high-schoolers. -
Employers also :.advised thatthe
three R's . be taught ,more thor-
oughly. One man said, "For mer
.pleasea teach, them to ap_ell.',',
Other. conclusions:
1...Con'munaties with' two distinct •
•types of high school -- one :eol-
lege' preparatory,'. one 'vocational
—do the .best job for students.
' Vocational courses, which' pro-
vide 'actuet' Work -eiperi`enee" are
most successful. ' 7 For instance,
instead of merely studying bank-
ing,` students might, .manage their
own licenced bank. •
lealth-llldasks -fair-a,
;lr •
These improvised . yashriiasks
have been introduced by the Brit-
ish ministry of health: for occu-
pants of 'air-raid shelters' to pie-
-yea, spread.
ie=.verity:spread• of -',disease,, -and- epi-
demics. The mask is made of
ninon. The triangular area cov
. eringthe nose and 'mouth of the
yashinask is ''proofed" 'with a
coating.. of cellulose lacquer. The
mask is folded over 'an elastic
cord which holds it in place.
Prospectors Are
Growing Fewer
,
Ontario s Minister of MinceQ
Worries That The Situation
Imperils the, • Future of Min-
' ing In the Province,
• Canada's mining • industry,
ion va rue iii
ct a
u
with s a• 1940 A rod
e .- of more.- - than..
Ontario- -alone o mo
4250;000 000, is in jeopardy be-
cause ora sudden slump in, pros=
• peeling. Sow Ron. Robert Laur-
ier,, minister of. mines, recently •
told a Toronto -audience.,
"Ontario' records show that ,in
1937, claims' totalled 15;296; he
said.. The number fell to 9,047
in 1238 and to 4,772 in 1939.
TOO MUCH LAND •'TIED ' UP•
"Scarcity . of unfrozen capital
remains ,the primary . douse • of
prospecting doldrums," Mi'. Laur-
ier explai led:' "I am confident it
is possible to alleviate; the'• sites
tion by a co-erdinaiaion of federal
and :provincial . effort to that
•en'd." . '
Oise' suggested method of is-
' silting 'prospectors, would • be ,fa-
vored treatment"by the 'transpor-
1 tation systems of Canada; the
minister, said. ' - .
"1, have no* under considers;
tion. a measure ' which' will no
doubt be: received' favorably by s.
the 'majority of prospectors," he
said. "I am empowered to throw
for 'aking . p stented niitiing
open r st. g
claims -on which the acreage tax
has long been overdue. Nearly 70,-
000000,1106000,1106'of favorable pr•os p peet-
• ittg growths have been tied up, in
softie eases, for 30' ,years:" -
e+:
Savin4 %Trio's•;
Natural
Resources
G. -G. TONER,
Ontario, Federation of Angles,
:.
ONTARIO(NO-O32)WLS -
"Like Vie -hawks the owls have '
• been given a bad name that they
do --net • -deserve.-.WAIL-aerie aex-
-
,ception;• the great horned owl,,
they'.; are'beneficial in that they,
feed upon the' mice that chew. •up
the farmers' grain. There are sev-
er-al species. in Ontitrice but aa
they are, nocturnal,, being'' most"
active at night; • they are seldom
noted except by the naturalist.
.A few ,migrate, one or two are
yeaer round .residents . while. a
couple more appear here as wire-
ter
in-ter visitors from 'the north. '.
` '" The Horned Owl '61*
The - great horned owl . should
„be-put-in^a class -Ry -himself --for
my experience has been that ,he '
isdefinitely destructive to pool-
' try and game in settled farming .
communities. Yet this creature.
has his good points''and uses. In.
the wilder districts „rabbits may
become very numerous • so that
young trees may 'be destroyed
over.' large areas. Normally this
tree killing would • do . no great''
hared :::hilt, : where re€orestatiene is
under way the rabbits .:must be
controlled :and .a fewhorned owls.;
are the easiest way of doing this...
As! I , have emphasized: time and
again in these, articles nature, can
'usually take bare such a prole-
-- fern
rob--•rem ';and we see' this -hero in the
control of rabbits by the "horned
The Snowy Owl • •
If you happen to live near.
some of otir wide lake marshes
you are familiar with the snowy
owl that' visits sigh :-places' in
-winter:' These ,owls seem to come •
dow.afroisii the, Arctic when there
is a •scarcity of .food in•. 'that re
gion. :We krarkethat. Aron' ani-
mals,' such, as the •lemming. mice
on which 'this owl normallyfeeds,
have cycles of. •abundance and
scarcity,' One year they will be
abundant , and the' next . very •
scarce. Lack° of mice -,in the lean:
years • is, ,the probable reason for
the ', occasional appearance of
snt'•y' — -I` do not know whether Cin. southern Ontario.not
the snowy ew1 has a call note
bat • I think dratit has. Cer-
tainly,: anyone . Who has been -in
' the wods: at night has'' heard the
, call qqf the great honied owl. Its
notes ' "Hoo,• ;h.00 -hop," ",are shiv-
er`y -to the unin-rti-ated bu p ra'
ther like toe hear them. There are
stories -ef this owl attacking'
people while they were walking
along, woodland.: roads-. „at. .night....
Pe ly-r-theee-wereairais•take re
on; the ' part 'of. the owl' for I
doubt if even .the fiercest of them
could imagine that he. could mil- I
low a' man.
'!he Book'Shelf..
"MY NAME, IS ARAM"
- By William Saroyan. ,
This book of delightful stories'
by the topnotch' American -writer ,
and Pulitzer -prizewinner, William
Saroyan, gives us ' a series of pica
tures of ::life =as it appears to, a'
nine-year-old Armenian boy who
has his eyeswideopen, his ears
, ale t, his sense of hurnor 'alive
to every excuse for laughter. He
mimics his entire ,assortment. of
•nnclese-the sad. uncle, the reek
less unele, and the uncle who had
, to -be given advice •=- fliuch'to the.
f?xasperation of his roaring .old
grandfather.
The reading 'public' is saying,
after digesti:ig this book: "Not
• since Mark Twain ..."
Some of the chapters , are
headed: "The Presbyterian' Choir
Sin
"The
rr ,, "The Circus" Singer's" •• r
Pomegranate Trees"; "The .-Sum»
mer. oe the Beautiful White
- Horse"; "112_ Cousin" Dirkan;' the r
Orator".
"My Name 1. Aram" . 'b
. , y
William ° Saroyan . Toronto:
George •J. McLeod Publishers
Ontario Farms
Being Depleted
Prof. Henry G. Bell of .the. On-
tario • Agricultural ' College . • at
Guelph,, Ont., said in an address
at Toronto the middle of Febru�
ary that the; fertility of Ontario's
soil isbeing, depleted at the rate
of almost $136 ,a . farm at pre
sent replacement costs.
He t'ol'd Mie arirruai meeting of
, the T•otofito Crop' Improvement
Assoalstron,' that a survey of soil
depletion statements for one year
revealed a loss in Are nutrients
for every ,farm ,:in Ontario of
1,57e pounds despite efforts to
revitalize the soil with manure,
iegurnoe and fertilizers. "We are
proceeding in .reverse," he staid,. '
' "There is no room in the Weat-
ern Ifiemisphe;e •for ny,notions
a.bout "outt
racial superiority."
: ••-« Henry A. Wallace:
A ; Ski Honeymoomb>t the Hills Near 64ebec City
Enjoying a .ski •honeyrnoon at the Chateau- Frontenae, Quebec; .My:
and Mrs::: Seymour- Robins of New. York City. are 'shown Bele on the
snow covered hills •of..,the Lac Beauport winter playground', just ,nine -
miles from '.Quebec City.. They were - marri•ed, in Quebec on . January
21. Mrs.: Robins' was form �rly. Miss Jean Baird; daughter of Mr. and
:.Mrs.. Lloiyd..S•utherla.nd: BAixd„ and:. was born. 'in_ Halifax, N.S.. oho is, a
noted, fashion illustrator. Mr.. Robins,,originally hailed from Hainilton,
Ont.,. encl.-is an art director for. Harper's .Bazaar' and a number of
agencies,
Photo.
THE W'AR:WE.E1K-.--,.:Commentary
.:. 'lir -
o� (.rent Evehlts;..
HITLER : IS THREATENING
AN UNDERSEA OFFENSIVE
"Spring is coming, the season
t.n which we .will•- be 'able to
challenge the opponent ''.' .
:One thing is certain. Wherever
British ships cruise we shall set
against them' our •submarinee
'until . the hour of decision."—
• Adolf Flitter:, '
"in a cause of the. -kind for '-
'which ; we are yfighti.ng . . .
there .can • be. no question of
compromise,, or partey."-eWin-
stoat--Chureb i 11.
The head men of 'the three bel •
-
liger,ent natidps last Week let their
own people• • and the world know
what their,- plans. -weire for -the'
mediate', futur-ec.
Speaking in reply to, an • offer'
from••, Japanese • Foreign , Minister''
MVlat.suoka to mediate the war in
Europe, Prime Minister Winston.
Churchill- -Great- Gritein ;leder
ed that there could be no '•coni-,
promise or parley—both sides
would have to fight on to the end.
A 'tong War
,Tho disillusioned, . disheartene'd'
,people of Italy, heard 'their' Duce
M5 aol'ini. frankly confess that Fas-
cist' arms had, met with ,serious
reverses, in Africa, that- the entire
Tenth Army ,had been smashed.
Coupled . with these , admissions
came a promise of a new Italian•
offensive ''against the Greeks and
tio,, to the' foes of •Italy. The, war
• would .be a long one, he predicted:
Addressing • the entire Genian
nation, Reie'hsfuehrer:.Adolf ' Hitler:
renewed his oft -repeated pledge of
closest ea -iteration
wth Italy
and.
roared defiance. at, Great' Britain.'
He warnedof a great naval offens- •
lye to come in March and, April,
with • submarines 'unleashed in
gantic force 'against British. ship-
.Upon
hip-
P ing. UAon
al -boats rati
er than' u
P-
on air owe
p i, the Nazis were eve
_dently relying, -their,+ tlx mat51i..Bel-
tish sea ,Pineer._ln.ttie_ Yinal:.strng-
$le-
Nazis 'Retying On Submarines, '
Hitler referred to. "new tyiie"
subs to be thrown into the .counter-
siege of Britain -=undoubtedly pock
et. U-boats: A neutral naval sburee
recently estimated that ,the Germ-,
ans' might have is many as :690
undersea craft, all told; available
in the spring. •(T•Ia.l! of that force,
some 30.0 laboats,• might 1 :'kept
', c.oustantly' on ,lea' v.gil •about the
British Terris e`?; ':the •w.eather
• proved):' ' ' •
• - Change 'in •Strategy
Kirke. L. S.inipson,. • Associated
Pressman writing from Washing.
ton; expressed this opinion If _it
.15' siibmarines,. intimately co-oper- •
-sting: with aircraft and occasional
Nag surface raiders, upon • which
Berlin is chiefly relying fou victory,
it would tend to .explain 'much. in
German military ,strategy. It could .
mean' tliat what Germany • 'actually
is.. seeking to accomplish in • the
Balkans is preservation of the sta.'
tus ,quo. That would r mean jtis't en
.ough ,Nazi help ,for I`italy and the
Mediterranean to keep her; in' the
.war-and,to 'keep a substantial part ,•
of British sea power in that thee -
'Are 'of operations. It would mean,
also, just: en'ougb pressure on Baa
kan neutrals (Turkel', Bulgaria,
,Yugoslavia$ to reader 'theln. in-
active• so far as helping Greece
was concerned. Tlie same reason-.:
panes'c
activities in the Pacific -they have
certainly contributed tev a diaper.-
, sion• of.. British sea power." ,
''Th'et' Hitler's hand .in • the Bal-
kans. might' instead' be forced was
:
the belief lett week held by many
experts Who saw ainple eIv"idencb
of a new war front opening up• .
there, should Britain decide to de •
-
• spatch to Greece heavy •rei'nforce-
Ments ' from Africa; and' -should
Turkey' decide tofight. y cid g t. , •
•
. `oS'ubetitute'For fie/ate-5n
The loeg-awaited.. German. in..
nasion of Great -Eaten). proper had
,jlot come off. Nor, as we predicted •
$' r WnrlRht•w�i:rniG+'�'�"'' ��,«;Y'�iK'+'�,p-;'
•
•
in this column last week, would'
• it be likely to, if Hitler thought
oy,
win the war. RIs, Munich speech
tended to heighten expectation that
a prolonged campaign of attrition
against Britain's lifeline in the At--
Iantic—(choking/off .supplies, from
the ••United, ,States), paralleled, by,�,
he could • ffad some esalway t
-•--a-stepped-un-air-on-tbe-Brig ---
Islles could be espeated' as. a sub-
sUtute. • '
British, authorities continued to
talk, of 'a long war, realizing" tjiat
•Hitler w ll fall a ly' when it is fully
e aaeli fished that he cannot maintain • ,
superiority' in ; the heavens, l now
ever gain control.ef the seas; • '
More Destroyers,• Semehow-V
an" the . conain.g'crisis, Arheric n •
equlpment'tn combat the submarine•
• menace's acd. more. destroyers= from
-.the U•.S, were 'viewed• as absblutely. .
essential.' Responsible men • hi
Washington 'were of the opinion'•'
',that with the. final enactment ot`;
• the9'Lbeee-Ind Bill .accomplished,
-the United States• would now com-,
.. meeee furnishing,"almost anythipe •
we have" to ,aid Britain. Additional
•destroyers would • be transferred
right ,away,. it was believed; and
following a series of quick ^ "aid.
'.acts' ' over, a period , of'. the next.
three months,, the• United, . States
. would likely be,in.the war..
" Pacific. War? 50-50
Iiiform:ed speculation in.' the U.
• S. placed the chances .of .war with
Japan .'close to 50-50:. it .seemed
aclear_that .the Americana ..Navvy
would. strike if japan attacked
'Singaporeor:. the Eas:t. Indies:, _It
was not fully, known whether or.
not, Japan regarded the V. S. posi•'
tion in the crisis as bluff -some
• hot -head' "incident": might precipi
tate armed-•eon€liet iii• -the Faeilie:
s• In 'face of the dark situation
tiie.Far East,'.efforts were renewed
last' week by plaited States and.
Russian officials IQ adjust difficult
trade, and . poli•tical,..d, .problems be-
tween
••the two !countries and to
striv=e for ini.provement of relations
generally; •
• • Soviet Preparedness . , °
. 'Presenting the Russian budget to
easetpisere-•So-v.iet,-Finanaa Corn •
• rnissae Zvereff reaffirmed that the
policy of the.t. -S. S. R. was one
of neutrality •in the' •present• war.
N'everth'eless preparations were •
• tade to spend this year. 25''per cent
more on arms than last year.'•The
Chairman of. the Soviet Board of •
Defense Industry declared in Mos --
cow that, the 'Soviet Union must
adopt meas.urea to equip its nation-
al •economy, with 'advanced ..tech-
nique to keep. the country it adue
state of . preparedne'ss. "We 'must
spare no' means," he said, "for the
produe,tion, of :planes, • tanks, .arma-
ments,ewarships and ammunition."
For thea yearJ$41 a gr oss_fncrease_..
was planned in Soviet industrial
production Of '17 to . 18 per cent
Over 1940. •
• • • e
• _ . __Canada.--
. aniada.-•'
In. the Dominion, the death of•
Sir Frederick Baiting, 'foremost
Canadian scientist, • -mourned . by
everyone, overshadowed .all other
news -of •iinnortance . •.._Leighton ._.
, McCarthy,. K.C:; prominent Toronto
barrister and friend eta President
Roosevelt was named the new Cane
• adian Minister to Washington.
Mr. Lapointe Calle.-A halt
• Backstage intrigue at Ottawa was
. hit in a sensational; speech in the ,
House of Comalans'5last week by
Jean Francols .Pouliot, colorful 'Lib-
era M. P.' for Temseouata. Refer-•'
ring to the campaign for a National
• Government' being conducted by
various Canadiat newspapers and ,
politicians, Mr. Pouliot declared •
were trying to seize' control of.Can-
ada's ' wealth ., ;by this expedient.
Colonel. J. L. Ralston, Canada''s Fin-
ance Minister, whose name was
mentioned 'derogatorily by M.' Pou-
liot
stoutly defended himself in a
speeelr 'whit'h.was cheered by both
sides of the House. Amid roars of .
applause from Liberal•benches, Min-
ister of Justice Ernest' Lapointe
declared his, plovinea Qu
ebec—un-
anim u`
ery opposed any- suggestion
that a National Government be or-
gauized to meetthe present' em-
er'geney, - "The- mere mention of.
such a proposal," he said; "rouses
such memories that it is. really a
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HOCKEY
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RANGERS• BRUINSS AMERICANS '
..BLACK HAWKS • REP),WINGS
'You .can own the fineat•'
collodion of great hockey
players pi tures ever'of-'
tOed--Pieturc&of441the
pleyere in all',the
teams, Allmeasure5°x7°
.are nxibU,Rted ..weld ..
• a llaseeuitabieforfranung'
' .and they're free! For each,
picture ired.,send one ,
Bee•Hivik Syrup label or
two•Durham,.or Ivory
i3taich labela along with
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Specify N.R.L, players
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BEE .,HIP /E SYRUp
crime to refer' to it: I beseech •the
promoters. of this 'scheme to', let
well enough alone: I implore them'
not to undermine pwblic confide ice
intheir freely elected rulers." '
' It 'was learned last week:: that as..
noon . as negotiations ' with Ontario •.
and'Qisebec 'werecompleted, nego-,
tiatioei With the United States con-
cerning the at, -Lawrence .seaway'
plan would go full steam ahead. -
Canadian, National
Railways Revenues
The gross revenues of the all-
inclusive Canadian National. Rail-
ways System for the week ending
Feb. 21, 1941, were ,$4;944,875
as, compared with 4442,741,
for ' the 'corresponding ,r
pereid -af. 1-940, a4 la -
crease . of^,; 802;134
or 19.4%
Canada Grows Finest .
Ginseng' in; World':
.....Ginseng is a .'me'dicinal .herb.
or 'centuries it was known and •
used" by'the Chinese, highly valped
for, its tonic benefits. It is a native
Canadian. plant being first dis-
covered herein 1784. -Since that
time Canada has annually 'sup-
plied
sup_plied Ginseng to China until
Canada is now. viewed as one of
the- most • important- world.
sources. Great clainis .are made
for the tonic effects of Ginseng
Teo,The Danunion is looked
to,as the main • ' source f.
hig• quality roots as it be -
conies more evident each. year
, that the S.opthern-grovye ..product -
:fails miserably •by comparison.
This' crep has made thousa_n t Q.f:e-
dollars• for Many growers; crops
from a half acre have sold as
.high .as $8,000. A -well cared -for
plentir g.;averagee a ton . of roots ,
per, acre. • A . small . outlay - will,
start you in this intesest'ing and,
paying•---.,busizjess ' Ginseng- may.
be planted under suitable condi:-
tions in a; •bush .or .orchard or in.
beds ;prepared ' in the, open: ' Do-
minion ,Seed' House, 'Georgetown, '
supplies• the necessary. • cultural
and planting direetions 'with every'.
order, free of charge.
More Americans
Trekking Dere
In 1940 Immigration" From
U. S. 'Into Dominion Lncreas.
ed 26.3 'Per Cent
The •tre:: of 'American citizens
into Canada .from United States
increased 26.3 per cent in 1940
over the previous year, : the; Irrh.
migration Department .reports.
Branch . figu'res showed those
entering, Canada' numbered' 2;314 '.
against 5,649 in, 1939.
'MANY, RETURNING....
CANADIANS
tuber'
The viiiof
returning Cana-., .
diens . also increased' in 1.9.40,.
those cominghoine from. the
United'• 'States numbering' 4,990,.
compared 'with 4,610 in 1.939,
•Imniigratien officials said these
'figures • • on the movement from •
the •United . States- were incom-
plete and pointed out that :'United
States citizenscoming to Canada '
to join the Army, Navy,, or . Air •
Force might obtain,:_admission on .'
a' ii}}on-immigration basis.
Children from the United
Kingdom, , in ' Canada . now as war
guests,, are not included. in the
list of immigrants; and actual
immigration from 'England, . Ire
land, Sco`t'land, and Wales show-
ed a drop•of 14:8 per ageing..•
1939 , Last year's. total '.was 3,-
021 against 3,544 in 1.939.»
Total 1940 immigration was '
11,324 against.'4,6,990 ' in, 1939:.,
Not Worth St.'
.
Th Seattle, calculating. ' that
' "the fine probably would . 'be'
higherthan the value of the
car," a man surrendered -his 1921 •
sedan rather than pay his fine
----for-overparking: -Thorne:
LIFE'S LUKE THAT
• 'Ih
.13.3r Neher '
• ea
�ays
rri c.
.inindur
4,Aramirm
•
"They're not to 'clurnb ....Did -you ever hear of anybody borrowing •
money from a dog or selling him a good oil stock?"
WINSTON CHURCHILL -VI
Leader of Embattled Stain
'Wins -ton 'Churchill waa again is 'the
cabinet, as :first lord of ..the, admiralty,
when the second', world, war broke out,
Once again his problem was th4 ' 14 boat
menace and how he, as first lord.rould
successfully combat it. ,
An» ardent foe ' of appeasement,Churchill',
Whose political career apeared ended when he
backed the''cause of Ring Edward . VIII against
Primee -Minister
Stanley
Baldwin. .
in 1036, be-
came,prirne minister with the fall. of Chamber -
t„ t'
til
it I
When France 'fell, Churchill,' knowing, the
bideous implications of that event, spoke to '
-all .
1 s a
n8' i.hmen v-ia-the radio and asked that .they:
eteei .themselves for the groat ordeal which• it'as
to conte a few seeks later,.
•That `orclo;'i'1 of rearing destruc-
tion and flaming death— has dome
and' the'.Enclish peeele, led by the al-
ways *Oita always aaA e crve
.ort Churc.ill,-
are again proving the
magnificence of Angio -Saxon courage.
THE 1~ND
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