HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1940-07-18, Page 3• Technical Schools
Start Operating
' This Month in Canada 55
Technicalor . Vocational
Schools are Opening 4- To
Train Youth for Skilled War
Contract. Jobs
• Hon. Norman A. McLarty. Feder-
al Minister of Labor. announced in
• ' the House of Commons that 55
technical or vocational schools will
be In coperation in, eight of the
•Aisle proVinces this. month. They
will be open to give technical train-
. frig to youth and it minin' sum of
b,000 trill have training facilities,
• the minister said. In some inatand-
es, double shiftS will be working.
• "These• ShopsW,said Mr. McLarter,
'will be used pteprovicie instruction
in °emulations Connected with In
dastries engaged in war- contract
work and will be devotedechiefly to
e machine shop.' sheet Metal work.
moelding, Welding, Prodactien wore
kers tor aircraft mannfacturbeg
• -and. where there is a demand, mo-
, tor MeChanics aad, wood working.,
The Minimum age oe admission
• is /5 and at the outset a large pro-
• portion of th& trainere will be also
drawn from theetudents in the ,
senior year of ' the technieal
sehoo/s. Older then will alsehe ad-
-1r mated to these course, provided
they bare had sonde Previous `ex-
,
• perlence in the trade for which the
• training is deeWed.
WITHOUT CHARGE,
"The technical schools facilities
are tteirig placed at the disposal of
• the government 'without charge for
rented or depreciation as the Mun-
icipalities' .contribution," Mr. Ne.
Larty continued. ,
The schools are distributed as
• follows: Ontario, 24; British Col- •
urnhia, 5; 41berta; 2; Saskatnhewan
.3; Manitoba. 2; Qtiebec, -12; New
Brunswiek 6; Nord Scotia: L.
2..93 Buffalo
Newly Killed
Recent' Slaughter in Three
Reserves in Western Canada.
Disposes of Surplus Animals
At the^ recent. statiehter of sur-
plus huiffalo and other animals in
• Western national parks. 4,104 ani -
male were killed. according to a I
retorn tabled in :be House of Coui-
awns_
At •Buffalo Nail:oda! •Park 2.918
buffalo. 113 Manse. 1.06 elk and
242 deer were killed. while IS buf-
" fala were killed at RvBn Moulmein
Narioria/ Park and 7 at P eric•S.
her: Natitina/ Park_
MEAT. HIDES SOLD
A sm or $ekesee was realized'
from the sa:e nzneat and bides at
Buffalo National Park... The meat
was sold by tender to Canada Pae:
kens at $5.75 a hendredweight for
choice qaality, $4.75 for other good
and zop and boner quaiity anitable
only for processime.
Meat sold as Riding 3lotintain Na. tional Park brought cents *
pound and 3 cents and 1;4• cents
suitable only for processing.
Meat sold at Riding Mountain
ational Park brought 5 emits a.
poand_ 3. rents and ,1aT'a cents, res-
pectively, for the same geadee.
SOME GIVEN; TO ill.'DLANS
Al! other uteat was made avail-
able for Indian relief.
At Buffalo National Park 500 spe-
eiaily selected baffalo hides were
reserved for the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police. The • contractor
took the baianee at 81_50 each, re-
aardless of size or condition.
Picks Wrong Lot
But. He's Lucky
, Hamilton Home -Owner Er-
ected Bungalow On Wrong
Property; Swap Arranged
William Hannaford parrhased
from the city of Hamilton a lot
• end on it he erected a brick bung-
alow.
•
He appeared before the board
of control last week and confess-
ed:
have now discovered that I '
bud.: 'on the , wrong lot."
Board of control, howeVea,
• solved the difficulty quickly.
Since both lots belonged to the '
city the controllers authorized a
trade, the owner surrendering the
Jot he bought and getting the
ene en which be buire
A Fornuila For
'Finding A Jolt
• Mrs, Rocesevelt • Gives Three
Very Sound _Rules
Mrs Frankiin D. Roosevelt, last
vicek toldel50 east -side (tie* York)
troye and girls iter formula for find- ...
tea , meioyment was:
"1:\Dr-aW a fine lino between be -
frig too az:zressice and iziowing
puir own ability.
Never feel yiou cArt-tdo a
•"3. Datil give the impreeshm you
aseeeseeeee etel..,.=seeeeeesee'eleas...e.e.ess--,aestee*
Yoe-
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Canuck Soklier Off To France G• ets A ii‘uth-Organ
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•• —a .-'','•ot. oietel'oetee. - •• , 1
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- Lady Astor,. American -horn' Member • of the Shish parliament, 'hands ,a mout.h-o.rgan - to a • Canadian
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soldier as he sails for France—one 'of the first .contingent front the new world to Join the'13,E.P.---he dide't
stay .ifi France long. Theie. Canadians-had,..barely reached France .when news of the armis.tif...e forced evacu-
ation of the .B.E.F. . • • • • e ,
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I VOICE
.9F THE
• NOT MUCH. FUN •
Hints for motorists: Watch the
red lighes„ the intersectingstreets,
the level crossingi, the ear
• front 'end the car behind_ After
that :hey can enjoy the s_cenery.
—Cazaw.a Journal.
MAY STILL SNORE
. At Pontiac, Mich., a seetert has.
granted a petition of e rah -tie -ter'
forbidding, members of his Can-
•gtegation frern rat:.
whispering mating faces at the
preacher. Apparently it Will sti'd
be in "order to sieep, snore er
cotigh.
Thoatas 'TirecredeurriaL
THE HARDY PIONEERS
Pioneer life in Western Ontari4
120 years ago -was a continual
blitzkrieg against wolves., ben,
• faraine, sickness, or cold_ , When
we have become a:, hardy as they
were, we shall fear to. invader.
—Londen Free Press.
: .
WORKING FOR EVERYBODY
Next time :he irzeorae tax folks
ask us who we are working, for
we shall tell theta for the instal-..,
latent men. Coaldealer, two banks,
an insararece company, an auto-
mobile dealer and the ret of the
time for the groceryrnan.
Brandon Sun.
Says Its Permissible
To Split Infinitives
School Ceitimitteernan Joseph
Lee of Restera Maar, thinks• .
school rhildlien and teachers. in,
Boston should be ' permitted to
split infinitives -any damP•
wy
they wish." • • I
,'1.
Seek Travel Permits
• He proposed in a motion at a•
committee meeting last week that.
• School. Superintendent Arthur L.
• Gould be instructed to issue an
order adViting the teachers, and
pupils that split lnfinitivee are all
"Too often." he etarged,
• guage is taught by a. set of toles,
rather than as a Ineans of co n -
•eying thought.!'
• The cominittee, however. des
aelined toimmediately act on F.'s
!Mot
• QUebeC. Speed •
Laws Changed •
• .
Motori'sis Must No Use' Cove
Discretion 'on .0pCn' Roa-ds
' Queoee reetorists are al•la•avi-a
ese theiredis'crtonin•' the matter
Of...epeed *hen travellin.a on hard.' •
•surfated..bialaway.'s where there are
no dwelars o•r as the
result of an amendment ;to. the
Motor Vehiele Ac: passed by the
°Le4lelatire,...AssenahlY bet "aro me •
teastetabie ii is •fe7bliidert.
• , •
IN BUILT CP •AREAS„
• The'bill. which is now •c•petratiae.
. ',also. forbids a speed in •excess.of 50
olorniles, an. hour en.- hacal-eurfaced
roads -to which, dwell:nes er build-
ings hare, aceess.
31°1ot-it-ale' may .travel at .4.). nines
'per hour on. Mountain reads- or on
.gravel road si affording gpod•visibile
ity in a straight line, but.musatalSo
slow down 'te 20 mules per hour. On
winding mountain roads. on carves:
in commercial diStriets: in, front
schools, at intersection's and at, the
level railway crossings, It is forbid-
den to pass, on a curve 'or .when
• climbing. a steep
SIGNALLLNG REOCIRED
• SPecific rulings will also be en-
foree.d in connection with siznats.
The bill states: . • • . •
"Eery ,drirer of a vehicle desdre
•Ing to stop, slow down or turn on
the. -road Must make the follow -lee
• /signals,: .
Left • turn:. place the arm hori-
zontally; right turn: 'place:the fore -
Arm upwards; stop or lessening of
-espeed piece the arm' downward,.
Every driver must „stop at ever)"
place where the -re is a stop ff*a,,
No More Coffee
For Italian People
Coffee is no /conger avai:able
to Italian civilians,. it was report-
• ed in a bruadast picked up in
New York.
•
• Only- the armed- forcts and hos-
pitals continue to receive supplies
of coffee, which are imported.
Next to wine. coffee, is the basic
• beverage of, the 1talai peeple.
One hundred Steuzs and leae_
ers representing six differenr.
troops of the Parkdale Area of
Toronto paid their annual week-
end visit to the. lfith Troop of
Buffalo, N.Y. Part of the pro -
grannie was a• sighz-s:eeing fear,
after which the Canadian boy3
ljeined the _Anierican Scope:: in
decorating he graees of Buffalo'
war heroes_
A field day '•pl"ltgranarne for
SeoutS of the Isne Brant (Scheel
for the Blind) Troop of- Brant-.
ford) 'was surprieingly, like that -
of Sceuts with 2 their facultiee.
• Each patron ran a Tulle, usieg
t'Scout's pace" airereateiy •waile-
ing and running 50 many paces.).
The- ereeted. a flagpole using
five Scout saves and only four
• rapes; deciphered a message in
Morse and trea:ed apatieat 'Whose
injuries were detailed in the mese-
age; and finally built' a fire and
boiled- a pint of water. The aftee-
neon's aetivi:eis ended' with to.
• `campfire -and singseng. •
14 forma:iy thanking Ottawa
Roy Scouts for services renderei
,during the recent big Tri -District
Conference of international Ro-
tary. held in the Capita/. Confer-
ence Secie:ary Norman G. Foster
• declared, we would feel incap-
'abL: of handling etech a large
crowd without the assistance of
the By Scotts"! •
O A ror psite troop ot Kingszen.
Onto., Scouts joined sortie 200 Am-
erican Scuts of the Jefferson '
Lewis die-trict '" for a week -end
"Camporee" at Grass Point State
Park, N.Y. The Cantpot-ee was
-
one el' a series of interriational
Scout get-togethers of the adjac-
ent bordiel-' districts which beget)
last year on the eetnsion of the
visit ef Their Majees. '
*
s Timmins. OWL, Rover &nut's.
• under the direction of the polite,,
proved so efficient in handling
traffic during the recent • North-
ern Ontario Scholastic Track and
• Field Meet at Timmins that Chief
of Police Gagnon is formulating
plans for regular use of the older
Scouts in handling the towires
traffic problem. This probably
will inehzde directing traffic at
the city's Main intersectionon
Satarday evenings..
World Population
Increases' Yearly.
According to the figures of tile
League of Nations, the average
-annual increase in population
• the world is 30,000,000. Other
estimates are 20,000,000 a year. .
REG'LAR FELLERS- The Art Critic
Refugee Chilclren(
Need Adjustment
•
Montreal Mental Hygiene In-
titute Official Warns of The
'Heavy Strain Child Evacuees
Are tinde'r
eh:-.rgo of environment Under
Eleotioual streSs subjects refugee
children -to an unusually thea"TY
strain. in, the opinion of Mrs. W. T.
E. MitelielL•directrut of the educa-
tional program of the Montreal Hy-
giene Institute and a member of
The exeetnive of the newly-fermed
Quebec Provincial Council of Home
• and School.
• "The satisfactory a.djustaiedt of
refugee Children tor. their • new. en..
viroriment .Canada demand's 'a
carefulcorrelation opt • .h.onte and
school with the various institutions
ih the eommitnity Which.: are iater-
. Esrki, actively 'ion • child •:ctelfert","
-slite:.deClarect •
7ilowever intentiOned'r the7
• parttn ts are. good intention's ,alone
tannoi..aake.zhe,pliee..of intelligent
anon ledge • and und'eastanding. This
ys particuiari.ythe case with.s.arangh
children eho enter homes -ender
EMOtiQnal stress such, as will be oc-
,•casioned by their.. removal from.
Great Britain to this- Dominion:.
• • PROVIDE SUITABLE • ,
ENVIRONMENT'
Itsbould be 'the duty, ef parents
-•,and 'partieulariy. foster parents, •to
take adVaatage of all organizations
in the •community• whore programs •
are direcied towards pdPviding
ableerivirOamental. conditions 'and
proper •child guician ee. With
gentgUidateee, a developing child.
,not only can bilt will learn to con-
sider the nights and privileges of •
-
ethers as Of equal importance with
his own; he will -learn to be social-
ly ca-openative and contributive; he
wHl develop 'Self-exprsive, creat
iaeinzenests and.activeiest he will
learn, to :acitle 'the daily problems -
and diff!(-alzeS. he Meets with in-.
te:ligent planialness. efficient skill
and. tier,:eyerance. • •
"Nut" Drivers
Foun• d Menace
• • Ousting Urged: I5,000 Lives
A Year Could Be Saved in The
united State, Is Claim
Lives of the 15 i'ete eeeton.s kilied
• in traffic accidents in the 'United
States' each year might be saved it -
"nut drivers" were eiineinated with
mental tests. the Ametitam Medica/
Asseciatien was';�!d at !ts convey --
Tien.
Agreeine with popular opinion.
Dr L-owell S. Se-iling, of Detrol
• Micee. reported 'that mental examin-
ations of trafficoffenderls in the re-
co-iler's court of that 'city sho -
• that many of them had „keit abo
enough sense to, turn a steering
wheel- and step on the accelerator.
The tests made on persons h -id
into court' incinde a physical. exam-
• ination and :ests of reaction time.
judgment of speed and distance. and
co:or blineinces. In addition, the of-
fenders! are 'submitted to mental
tests. he said. and required to0"e
their entire history in order to .b -
min •their intelligence rating.
• "%Veen intelligence is rated be -
mow normal a driver Is obTiouz-:y
not competent to drive. no matter
how well he may react reeebanteal-
ty." Dr. Selling declared, becp.use
his judgment in an einergeney Is
sere to be fau/ty. ais a rs-eult, many
licenses of, drivers are '
Solace Found
In Gadening
'WOrlirig With Nature to
• Create Something 'of Beauty
• ea
. These are trues that try men's.
souls — and faiths. Ideas and ider4s
which for" centuries have' seemed
solid as stens ,dissolve and: disap-
pear almost overnight. The mind is
left groping for any .realities that
will endure: for -any fundamentals
that rein:tato' unshaken, say's the
.New.York ,Times, • •
In swell an emergency Contact
with the earth, with the cycles of
growing things Which follow spat, •
terns that remain unehaken even
when capitals are .stortned and civ-
ilizations are ove4terned. a.ss.atues
'a new inapoetan,as, ogees an aneho^ •
to sanity.
CONTACT WITH THE EARTH
:It is small wonder then that in
such times •of stress men and wza
men have algals .ffinind n healing
Ail stabilizing solace in garden-
ing a sense of security that may
be,unreaeoned btiris none the less
effective. •Such a solece is not -"es-
cape," it is the ftuidamental reas-
' surance that comes. teem intimate
contact With tundameatee thinks: it
• g9es back farther and roots ,deeper
• than the tiphearals,„Wrought bye all
of history's .men, 'op 'horseback.
These have •Come.' hut they 'have
gen'e; and the grass roots that a
• stirs -jag tank crushes beneath its
tracks remain, and will be growing
egreen again when the steel plat
.tust and the driver has long lain
/forgotten.
Those who have 'gardens, ,who
o have had persona l experieince of
• this soul and nerve 'mending con-
tact with earth and growing plants,
need not be toldo these things. And
ethers, seeking something to turn
to for a measure of relief and of
reorientation ip theee dark days,
Will discover them, in erer-increas2
ing numbers, ad'aime goes by. And
-working, • with nature, to create
something of beauty, something of
usefulness, is the eldest and still
the surest anodyne in an ateaos-
phere .f universal des. ,
tructiera
Car Industry
Will Change
• Chrysler President Says New
Tax, .W1111 Alter Type of Out.
put in Canada ,
D. MAnefield. President of
.• Centteration Cii" Can-
Latited. Said in 11-Milsor .last
ttc•ak he belie -red the automobile
would beable' to adjits.t
•its -if to conditions arising out of.
new taxes • en motor ears and
maiatain the_ volume of •boriainessare;-,
ea:red.
His .statement •
•'"1:15 toci 5000 10 say with asstir-
ance what the fait effect of the new
hatlzet will be onthe operations
the ea:ape/Me thdusu-F. 1 have
every- eonfidence, however, thazthe,
iedustry willbe. able 'to Adjust it-
self te the new conditions' and to
naaiatain. La' ro:ame of • busies
, 1 essar'y to -efficient operation.
"Iral and commercial Teo-
:te ti-anSp4ratfn have been -wo-
P524
ven so thoroughly into our national
economy that it is not relsonable
to believe that they will or can be
t reduced below the level of their
necesSary contributipa to national "
effigiency underany conditions.
"I woold even hazard the belief
-that the war economy wii/ inere-as.e
rather than reduce 'the neceesiTY
for motor. Vehicles, although. the
kinds of Motor Vehicles reiiiiired
may be changed. •
•
A Tug -of -War
- To ,Bring Rain
Burmese girls held • a
war .at ,Mandalay for d!days-to
bring. about • a. storm. :They . be-. . .
lieve that befalls aety,year
when no zain falls- immediately
before the Thingyan, Burmese
water-throtv-ing , festival.
O Lock Your "Car
A joy ride in a stolen Mei:areal
automobile ended in death for
one of the occupants,. This is an
unpleasant say e the
Canadian Police Bulletin, that the •
joi-riding season is at hand and
that there are quite a few youths '
who are not beve seizing" any
parked. auto for the purpose. One•
remedy is for motorists to lock
their cars when they leave them
on the streets. The Precaution
• may prevent theft and perhaps
Save life. •
after rolling 20, you
are not satisfied that
they are smoother and
better cigarettes, we will
cheerfully refund the
purchase price.
LIFE'S LIKE THAT
. By Fred Netter.
• e -1
(O5*f55t bT Fr.e
'Just think, 'dear, no wotk for,ltwo weeks!!"
•.
By GENE BYRNES.
eismegmemetinmans.aam,
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FOR 7141S BEETOOTIFUL.
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1,41NOriaraas 0 FOR Tr'.. X WC1UkOtqf
COINC,Cr..iNaf 40filE
SOLD TO 'THE UTTLE •
GENTLEMAN IN FRONT
FOR FIVE CSIT5f
TAKE IT, SONNY/
el".147 •er,
1:11.:43
to.
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A scene •outside the p,a-spert.
office in Westnifirts•ter, LondenBtitisherg „as
awaited permits for
children and relatives• seeking to
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