The Brussels Post, 1938-12-28, Page 2r
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News
Parade
13y Elizabeth Eedy
HAPPY NEW YEAR; We are Ile
palmist by nature, Out the ou
,pok tor Canada in 2000 doesn't ex-
ctly cause our spirit to rise up and
',hlleer the lueomini; New Year with
Unqualified enthusiasm. A million
:people on relief: 400,000 young peo•
pie Without jobs In n land of plea -
II; til -feeling and non -co-operation
between governments.
What's to be thankful for? one
Wright ad, Lots, For these things,
that we really have a wonderful
Country, of boundless potentialit-
lest that we still are a free people;
and that It is possible to turn our
backs on our mistakes and start
anew,
SPREAD IT ON THICK; Canad-
ians are being asked by he Nation-
al Dairy Connell, please, please to
put more butter on their bread,
and to slap it thick In the pan when
frying things. L'se it up for good-
ness salce, because the country's
butter surplus has reached unpre-
cedented proportions.
"This has been a year of abund-
ance in butter production to Can-
ada, United States, and in almost
all butter -producing countries the
entire world over," says Mr. A. C.
Fraser, Secretary of the Council.
"We have In Canada, as they have
in the United States and Britain.
larger stocks thau we ordinarily re-
quire. In Canada we have upward
of 15,000,000 pounds we would like
to remora from the country if we
could find a buyer. The buyer is
not available. If our 2,000,000 -odd
families In Canada would cook with
butter this winter ocr situation
would be rectified by sprit;."
WHO KILLED HIM?: Something
that, the newspapers on this contin-
ent haven't featured very big is the
story emanating from London. Eng-
land, that the German Government
arranged for the killing of their
own embassy official et Paris. von'
Rath. whose death was the signal
for rhe outbreak of terrific pogroms
against Jews inside Germany.
(Young Polish Jew Grynszpan was
merely the catspew, the story
goes). The Paris secret police de-
clare there is no doubt whatever
that the German government plan-
ned it all. In London, even the pro -
Nazi daily. The Observer, concedes
that the possibility of a deep -laid
Ger'tnan plot is interesting tt say
the least.
IHE WEEK'S QUESTION: Just
what is the significance of the Uk-
raine in today's news? Answer:
This rich piece of territory extend-
ing across south European Russia,
eastern Poland and eastern Czecho.
slovakia is the objective of I3itler's
'Drive to the East", to obtain pos-
session of which he first bad to re-
duce Czechoslovakia to a state. of
powerlessness; now must make it
Possible to march through Ruman-
ia. The Russian part of the Ukraine
is a vitally important unit of the
Soviet economic system, Including
the black earth belt, the great coal-
fields of Donets., the irontield of
Krivoi Rog, the important indust-
rial centres of Giev and Kharkov;
the great electrical generating sta-
tion of Dneiprostroi; ports on the
Black Sea. The Ckralne contains
50 per cent. of the coal In Russia,
70 per cent. of the iron, 95 per cent,
of the manganese, and the greater
portion of the wheat, copper. gold
and other minerals Germany would
like to have.
Preparing For
Arctic Circle
Hudson Bay Trainingn School
Qualifies Young Men for
Posts in Far North
Fourteen young mor are attend-
ing the Hudson's Bay Company's
fur trade training school at Win-
s nipeg preparing for tests they
must pass to qualify themselves
► as assistants in various trading
► posts as far north as the Arctic
P- Circle.
100\In nine weeks they are regtijred
to learn the rudiments of fur grad-
ing, merchandising, post account -
ng, first aid, wireless telegraphy,
adio mechanics and carpentry.
use they are bachelors, they
also learn to do their own
ooking.
Necessary Versatility
Such versatility is necessary,
said R. H. 0. Bonny -Castle, acting
personnel manager for the com-
pany.
"Many of our men are entirely
on their own resources. They
can't go to the corner store for a
chop for their dinner, or call n
mar, to repair the outboard motor.
Verb often there's no doctor near
by and our man is called upon to
render -first aid to natives who
have met with an accident."
((Sixty per cont. of our post
era are mar'r'ied men, Their
stylish clothes and the
1 are great imitators.
toekings and lingerie
and polo shirts and
men. It isn't a
et -striped blanket
Lone White Man
Rules 9 Islands
Eight Degrees Smith of the
Equator A British Adminis.
trative Officer, Is In Charge
of 44300 Subjects
If you look at a map of the
Pacific Ocean, somewhere near the
meridian of 180 degrees, "where
time ceases to be,' and about
eight degrees south of the Equa-
tor, you will sec the Ellice Islands
marked thereon. There are nine
islands in the group of coral atolls
—Nanumea, Nanumaga, Nintao,
Nui, Vaitupu, Nukufetau, Funafu-
ti, Nulculaelae and Nurukito, all
quite unpronounceable to English
folk.
Mail Thrice a Year
But this little kingdom of 4,300
South Sea Islanders, remote, iso-
lated and far removed from the
world's activities, is ruled by one
white man, Mr. Donald G. Ken-
nedy, the British Administrative
Officer, Be is the only white,man
there, and he says that ho speaks
English so seldom that he finds
ditflculty in becoming fluent again
on returning to civilization.
Mr. Kennedy has under his care
the entire population of 4,300
scattered over the nine islands.
The mail boat calls three times a
year, when he has.a chance to talk
with the captain. Once a year, a
naval sloop from New Zealand
looks in. This is Mi'. Kennedy's
great occasion,
More Chickens
Fewer Turkeys
Went to the Old Country From
Canada for Christmas—The
Dominion's Birds Are Rated
Tops
More Canadian chickens graced
the Christmas tables of British
householders this year, bat Can-
adian turkeys were fewer in num-
ber in the British Christmas trade
than a year ago.
Total About Same
The total amount of Canadian
poultry shipped to the United
Kingdom for the Christmas trade
is about the same as a year ago,
approximately 500,000 pounds,
Turkeys shipped numbered 20,428
against 24,624 last year, but 80,-
628 chickens were shipped com-
pared with 52,244 a year ago,
Fewer ducks were shipped this
year -4,200 against 17,000 and
the geese about the same at 4,400.
Ml Canadian poultry exported
must be inspected and graded by
Department of Agriculture inspec-
tors and because of its high qual-
ity the Canadian turkey and other
fowl have made a place for them-
selves on the British market. They
command a premium over other
imported birds.
Mostly From West
Due probably to the prolonged
drought and a shortage of grain
for feeding, the turkey crop in the
Prairie Provinces was smaller than
a year ago and chickens were also
fewer.
Want Democracy?
Then Work For It
Rt, Hon. Margaret Bondfield,
Former British Cabinet Min-
ister, Visiting Canada, De-
plores "Laissez -Faire" Atti•
tude
Rt. Hon, Margaret Bondfield,
former Labor Minister in the Brit-
ish cabinet, urged women of Can-
ada to choose honestly between
democracy and totalitarianism.
She declared if they earnestly de-
sire democracy they must work
for it.
Speaking at a meeting of the
Women's Canadian Club, Toronto,
the first Woman Privy Councillor
deplored the "Laissez-faire" atti-
tude which allows people to think
one way and act another. She told
her listeners "80 per cent. of the
Japanese war materials are com-
ing from this continent—Yet your
sympathies are with China".
Trouble SpotOn The Baltic, Memel Is A Quiet Town
Memel, object of German ambitions to expand along the Baltic,
once again takes the news spotlight following the smashing pro -Nazi
victory in the Diet election in Memel territory. Kaunas, capital of
Lithuania, and Kaunas province were put under a state of emer-
gency. What lies in store for Memel territory, taken from Germany
after the world war and handed to Lithuania, is uncertain.
EAST
by PRUSSIA(
(GCRMAMrV
P O L A N D
PUCK
CHASERS
NEWS OF O.H.A. DOINGS t
Secretary W. A. Hewitt, of the
O,11.A., along with other hockey
officials, assisted the N.O.H. A. in
the grand opening of the new rink
in Schumacher, Ont.
Bill Grant is back in the Good-
year's line-up after being out
thr'eo weeks with a broken toe,
Goodyears have lost Teddy Man-
oryk for at least three weeks; he
is out with a broken arm suffered
during the exhibition game with
Toronto Varsity.
Regina Tisdall, of Oshawa's G.
M, men ran into a brokennose in-
jury during one of the many
scrambles 4n their tie game with
Goodyears.
Referee Gordon "Beef" McKay
of Hamilton, ran into a cut lip
over in Niagara Falls. Two stitch-
es Were necessary to close the
wound.
Army Armstrong, of Oshawa,
has handled two games in Toronto
and made a fine impression on
each occasion.
d
St. Catharines will be without
Roust, their centre -star, for sev-
eral weeks. He is suffering from
a spine injury.
Brantford Indians make the
Eastern Hockey League tour op-
ening in Baltimore on Wednesday,
January 4. They play in Hershey
and Atlantic City on Thursday
and Friday nights and then meet
the New York Rovers in Madison
Square Gardens on the Sunday af-
ternoon. Coach Leo Reise will
take along about 16 players for
the test. Sherbrooke's failure to
accept the C.A.H,A, invitation
paved the way for Brrantford$s
chance to travel. Here's hoping
they have better luck on the trip
than did Goodyears,
Caves In Arctic
Yield Evidence
Of Ancient Life
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Discovery in Canada's North-
west Hinterland Leads to Be-
lief Primitive Man Migrated
There from Asia
The discovery of large mountain
caves in Canada's Northwest
hinterland, believed to contain
evidence of habitation by primitive
man thought to have migrated
from Asia thousands of years ago,
was reported at Edmonton last
week by Dr, Wesley L. Bliss, an
American archaeologist.
After a five-month expedition in
the Northwest Territory, Dr, Bliss
said his findings add strength to
a widely -accepted theory that
America's first inhabitants reach-
ed the continent across the Bering
Straits either' before or after
glaciers swept over this continent.
Location Stil, a Secret
The archaeologist said that -the
exact location of the mountain
caves would remain a secret until
he returns to them next year to
make a more thorough examina-
tion.
'Valuable relies found by -the
expedition in caves and other
formations will be shipper to the
University of New Mexico, They
include roughly- chipped stone
weapons andscooking utensils and
a precious fragment of an aged
basket weave.
Elephant's Tooth Found
Dr. Bliss found a preserved
elephant tooth on the rim of the
Arctic Ocean. He said elephants
and other mammoth animals un-
doubtedly roamed that region at
one time.
Farm Relief
Cost Falling
Agriculture Minister Gardiner
has indicated Dominion Govern-
ment expenditures for rural relief
in the Prairie Provinces this year
might not exceed 50,000,000. This
compared with 526,000,000 a year
Better Crops the Reason
The improvement is due to wet-
ter crops and a resulting decrease
in the areas of total crop failure
in which the Dominion pays 100
per cent, of relief costa. Prac-
tically all the outlay this year will
be in Saskatchewan, as little as-
sistance will be required by Mani•
tobe and Alberta.
In municipalities which have
had an average wheat yield of less
than five bushels an acre for suc-
cessive years the Dominion as-
sumes the whole cost of fuim re-
lief. In other areas with ehttei
average crops but still in need of
relief the costs are shared be-
tween the Dominion, the province
and the municipality.
Narrow Room
Needs Carpet
The long narrow living room is
not an easy room to make home-
like and every effort should he
made to do away with that long
look. Instead of using rugs in this
type room you will find it will in-
crease the width to carpet the
room to the baseboard. Then cut
across one of the narrow ends by,
putting your davenport crosswise
witl• a table in back of it. Care-
ful planning of the furniture can
do much to get rid of that long
narrow appearance. ,
Excessive summer heat is now
blaned for the death of fish_.in
some rivers of Germany.
Kings Liable
To Nicknames
History Provides Many Ex-
amples, Some Are Most
Unflattering
Not even kings are Immuue from
nicknames, and history provides a
great many examples—unkind as
well as flattering. The various
Kings Charles. especially of Prance
seem to have been particularly
liable, and lead the way to the roy-
al nickname parade.
There was Charles the Bald, son
of the second wife of Louis the
Kind; Charles the Simple, son of
Louis the Stammerer: Charles the
Handsome, son of Philip the hand-
some; and Charles the Wise, who
was fond of books, rather a rare
distinction in his day. Ile inherited
the library of twenty volumes
which had satisfied the literary
yearnings of his father, but left,
at his death in 1380, some 900. pret-
ty well all there were then.
Charles the I''at was King of Siva -
bin and Italy. Charles the Bad mis-
governed Navarre. Charles the Bold
reigned over Burgundy, and
Charles the Warrior over Savoy.
In one month recently Bombay,
India, imported 0,010,548 yards
of cotton piece goods.
- VOICE OF
THE PRESS
THEY WEAR BIG HATS
Theee aro lots of people in tbia
world we can see through. But
we never get them In front of us
at the movioe,-,-lvlontr'eal Star.:c..
T! -IAT CERTAIN UNITY
Those people who say there is
•laelc of unity in Canada are not
wholly correct, They overlook the
fact that we are all agreed sourer
thing should be done about it.---
Toranto Saturday Night.
NO LULL -
Canadian' politics is never with-
out a certain' liveliness. No sooner
is the rift in the Ontario Conserva-
tive lute mended then. Federal and
Provincial Liberal leaders began
to exchange fraternal amenities,
—London Free Press.
WILD LIFE IN THE NORT>I
Yes, there is still plenty of wild
life in the Northland. A train of
the Hudson Bay Raiiway was held
Up for hours by a herd of 10.000
caribou which moved a:ross the
line in front of the locomotive.—
Brockville Recorder and Times,
Na ONE TO FLAME
Coroner's juries perform a very.
useful service to the state by sat
vestigating the circumstances lead-
ing up to fatalities of one sort and
another, and more particularly
with respect to motor accidents of
railway level crossings. but not
infrequently they bring in 'he fer-
tile' verdict, "No one was to
bionic". We have no quarrel with
such a verdict. But in nine times
out of ten the roan who is to blame
is the driver of the car whoa(
fatal ending is the subject of the
inquiry.—Guelph '•ler ":-y
TO STO? BRAIN EX?C:.T
The only way to stop or lessen
the drain (on Canaditnl brains to
the United Btateci is by providing
greater inducements here fel'
young Canadians with ability so
that they need no, go abroad.
That ran be clone by greater sup-
port for research, by better re-
muneration for those doing vela-
abl: wort: in the technical br'ane'c-
es of the public service, and bet-
ter remuneration for these en-
gaged in higher education, The
nations' gain from consistent ad-
herence to such a pi licy would
far outweigh the additional cost
.which would really not he very
great.—Winnipeg Free Press.
Morocco has placed the making
or importation of gas ma.sks uncle•
government control.
LIFE'S LIKE THAT
3y Fred Neper
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i .. - Pores, tw:, be 1 .4 Velar) h -13 - f%3E ,'tfw'-1"
"That's what you- got for putting your lunch any or place."
WONDERLAND OF OZ
"Do you matte all of the paper
dolls?" inquired Dorothy. "yes," is -
plied Hilae Cuttenollp. "I cut them
ulct with my setasora and paint the
faces and some of the costumes.''. It
is very pleasant work and 2 em
happy in malting my natter village
grow." "But how ttt, the paper dolls
happen to be (dive?" naked Atha.
Idnt,"The nnst dolls made Were not
alive," refilled Il,e little glle6n. "I'll
tell you all about it."
Copyrighted 195:, Reilly i Lea d
"I need to live near the castle of
a great No':cress mimed Ullndu the
flood, and she saw my dolls amu
Wald- they were very pretty. 1 told
her t thought I would like them bet-
ter if they were alive and the next
day the aurecress brought me 11 hit
of ni,tgte paper. 'This 1a 111' paper;'.
She said, curd all the dolts yen oh
nut of it will be able to UI 111 1,1,
taut,. Wbt'n. yen have u.,ocl It 11 rp
come to me and 1 win g.ve you
Mere.'"
By L. Frank Baum
"Ur amnia 1 wus delighted h iii
this present," continued. alias Un -
tench'', "bat the dolls 1 matin were
so thin that 1 feuntl any breezo
would blow them over and scatter
them dreadfully. So Ullnda built Il
wall around the place to keen tha
wind out and told me to build n
Papel' village here and to be HS
queen. That Is why I started' the
,illege which ,Mutt now see. It was
I _ay years ago that I built the first
balsa end I've kept very hast' Lind
(Wade Illy village grew."
"Many Years 050" exclaimed "tint
i'lm, "Will' how old are yen ch[Itl?"
"1. never loan track of the yea's;"
sold Mae Cuttencllp, laughing. "S'ou
sec, 1 iloa'L grow mi at all. I lila
stay the sante 111, I was when ]'!first
name here. Perlman I'm eider Oulu
even you are, madam, but I wouldn't
any for sire." They looked at the
lovely little Rlrl wcintlertngiy rod
lha Wizard asked: "What happefts.
to your paper village when 'it
rains?„