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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1930-07-17, Page 2England to ave Huge Rail, Bus and 'Plane Merger London, Eng.—Within 18 months there will be no more railway Stations in England. The heads of the leading /our railway services are trying to find a new name for the present de- pots. Some have suggested "travel," others "transport stations?' Nothing definite has, been decided upon as yet. This changeisdue to the fact that the "Big Four" Lave decided, to ra- tionalize their services and to out out unnecessary wastage and competition. Withinless than a year these railway companies will control all the road services. Already they control 85 per cent, of the motor transport and 75 per cent. of the coastal shipping. Efforts ere new being made to draw the Imperial Air Service into this huge transport scheme. When this is done, a traveller will .be able to purchase -a ticket which veil take him. to hie des- tination by rail, motorbus, or aero, plane from "anywhere" to-"anywhe're". in the United Kingdom. Where rood 'or air transport is quicker than rail, travelers will transfer to motor coaches or aeroplanes, and vice versa. One of the results of this rationali- zation will be that this country' will have the best transport service in the world, and the present railway denote will be used as travel centres for all nubile transports. Atlantic is Spanned Many Times y Planes Captain Charles E. Kingsfor'ci- Smith and his companions, flying nen- stop across the North Atlantic from Ireland to Harbor Grace, N.F., an, compliahed a feat that had been ,per- formed only once before and attempts at which had taken a toll of eight lives. More than a score of planes had pre- ceded Kingsford -Smith in Attaittle !lights, however, some of them having crossed 111 the opposite direction over approximately the route chosen by him, and others farther to the north or to the south. Among the latter were several important flights across the South Atlantic, Successful trans-Atlantic flights in heavier-than-air craft have Included the following: 1919 May 31—N0-4 flying heat crossed from Trepassy Bay to Lisbon with, stop at Azores. June 14—Alcock and Brown made iirat non-stop Night. flying front New.; foundland to Ireland. 1922 April le •-First South A t!nettle rinse - Inc. by Cabral and c*nnthiii , meal Lisbon to Rio tic` Janeiro. est '.'rain' Contest Excludes W "men. Bernard Shaw Found to Possess Best—Sir. Oliver Lodge Second London.—George Bernard Shaw, :ac- cording to readers of the Spectator, the well-known weekly review, pos- sesses the best brains of any man in the country. The Spectator is a jour- nal circulating among the more. thoughtul class 02 people whose opine ions in regard to mental ability are worth considering, The result of a recent vote 1s -inter- esting in many Ways. Here are the leading men in their "order of merit": Bernard Shaw, 214; Sir Oliver Lodge, 183; Lord Birkenhead, 162; Winston Wells, 86; Lord Melchett, 62; Lloyd George, 50; Philip Snowden, 48; Sir John Simon, 45. The present Prime Minister does not receive a vote and Mi. Baldwin gets but 13. The Archbisbop of'Can- terbury, Dr. Lang, finds no .place but the Archbishop of York (Dr. Temple); with 32 votes, follows closely upon the het-leof Lord Reading, who obtain- er 35, Fir James Barrie is "placed" by 15 vctere and follows G. K. Chester - ton's 17. No woman was included on the iist. 1524 turtle,. Arno Oyer. rr:•- etl from Library Europe to Labrador vitt Cl t f e ztl:zncl in ��` )' ' y Has Sound' flight around w,•ld. Proof Music Room 1 1921 S l�iII February 3 to ,Inst 16 Cele 1 ! the --^- Marcheel de Pined° math' 1 lento Meny minsual servle0.5 are offered trip, E0roere ir) 1ot)th Ateeti t 1,1tl t` euldie Libraries, but one of the Vatted States via .'St r. lt, fee•, pre t e`1 inter t ting recently noticed is May 20, I eta,' r^h 21nr !hat performed by a branch library from New Yore. t' Plate. of New Yarn. It contains a sound - June 4. 4- tear. nee P. c !1 tn`6,rll!n Need remit eqn !•ped with a fine phone - flew to t1' , nlaay with Chute, A ;'t•ttalh tele re people. may go by ap- Levine. pointeen1 to hear their favorite Tune 29, t0 -Rear A in:r;=.! Pyrd 11 u0i(1. Fiftretn hundred records are ' made his err inr to France.t, hl''• 10(•05 of them eymphontes, Ai^ust 'r Rn ock and seek, rb t p, r tri,: 101 11110.1`. 01111 ether standard from Newfoundland k 1, n,1,n daring rc1ks. Newftnnnctlar,d loki•+ 050811 If the t=ry ra.'o.i by edueativaalistsl October 10 tr, 2O--Cns:rs and Le• h 1t taste in music lo being lament-! brix flew from Paris t° ilttrltr,o Av.,, ably lower- 11 by the influence of the and (mutt/well t'0 the 11uit, d 9 taus. .afi!o ir, L3 be beileve:i, a project such 1928 as this wt tld appear ul:kely to pros - 1928 12, 35 FLOE nen•stnla tiv t- r''r .3ut :he contrary le tone. Tele ward flight, the Bremen flew _!rem T:e t,. ' ]r rt,°m 0 patl'ntni0ed Every min. Lend to Gym rile Cs. raid. • ,' 3,1 the nine enure a day it Is; .11101' 17 - 31;0 .int a L:.tk:r s, t pe:0. -It t.ai :mob ed people applyt ed to e:101011 10 tit.: Frientl"hip. "rnry tn311111 1111(1 innts are July 3, 4--Fh ,t etre Stop (hOhl 213.01 1111 troch in all 30appo11 s.tme13001105 130101(0 to South A3031.1( 5, I ,:,11 1,33 '1313"-e less who go .o Mar their. " WO DC, rPefn r rile' per •, mas"ci.11V, ('00(0(1 t t :e and rat anthers nt orchestras 1929 eine e le ,, n v Wafers -et \veleta as they, M fah 21 21 fhe Je 1 a, del in.,' t... t+'d by various artists, Gran Prrdrs N:w :srnt E;'um `.pain 1 ns',:• :, el psb1,e 11er:tries or p11i1- to Brazil. •1 ]t 3 0' (5'izenv might ,well Con• .111110 IR 1 e:llrw P rad new !:',-111 80. , .flats following the 0xa0tnte of Orchard Beach t.1 Cnn vt,-a,• tarry ;etc Note Yuri; .hrary. Jtnlv8.9 9. --Williams .-Lu 5..±t 'r} f!en' .1):,.i,. et (''"'.Idea music (1111 the' from llaun to S?950 r cp en:ty{,to "rear!" it may have, 1930 :1:1tr,1 I.ti -131s al'proachIng those June 23. 24, 25-- t rpt :n let f:,rti fP t;rd (y cola r, ir,za of the printed Smith and entrrpanirus new i,t:1t Irr.- ,,ret. land to nattier Grate. N.F. French Births Exceeds Gsr,+.:erny Limits Muskrats Deaths During Quarter Menace to Public Works Paris—The first three nutltths of Berlin --'rhe C'ommissicner of For - this year have shown; that France ells, Ludwig Scvhaster, has put his again has more births than deaths. • foot clown en wholesale muskrat The mortality report made pnblie breeding on the ground that the rod - ere lists 10,797 more births than eats would undermine railroad and deaths. In the first three months of river embankments and impair the last year deaths exceeded births by safety of dams, waterwotics and road - 7,000, ways. The improved showing was attiihut-3 Commissioner Schuster pointed out ed to a lower death rate, the roduc- that 50,000 miskrate !fere killed are tion being nearly one-third, while nunlly in Germany to arrest the dam - births remained the same. For the age they cause. To raise them com- entire year of 1929 there were 12,000 merclally, he said, would be to invite ma1'0 de11tl18 than births. j treat trouble, U.S. Slayer Faces Electric Chair Or Inoculation With Album:me c, N.M.—Woo Dak San hacl the choke recently of death In the elertric chair or of redemption in the service of humanity. Sentenced to death for the murder of a countryman, the Chinese was given the alternative of submitting to inoculation with trachoma germs that science may learn more about the dis- ease that is the scourge of Indian tribes. The plan to offer Woo life imprison - tient instead of the chair on this con - Mien hien was presented ..by Dr. Polk Richards, United States research phy- sician, hysician, at the Albuquerque Indian School. Dr. Richards promised Alvin White, the slayer's attorney, that every effort would be made to have the death sentence changed 'if ho would grant the use of the Chinese for experimental purposes: isease The trachoma germ long has been e scourge among the Indians. Feer years ago, Dr. Hiedyo Noguchi, noted Japanese scientist, dict considerable research work here among the In. diens. IIe believed that he had iso- lated the germ, but he died in 1928, a victim of his own research. No opportunity, however, ever has been granted for experimentation of inoculation upon human beings, Only monkeys and other animals have been inoculated, Medical authorities generally have conceded that an experiment upon a human being is needed to Complete re- search. If :the Chinese will not agree to the plan of Dr. Richards, be must die next month in the electric chair. Neither White nor Woo has made a decision. Yac, Sting Spectacle. t was a thrilling spectacee • for yachtsmen when his majesty's richt, Britannia (right) raced Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger for the America Cup, Shamrock V0 on the Solent, recently. Britain Accepts I OId Swiss, Town Will is Equality Status e rid Bank Seat Lloyd George Says Dominions Won Independence in Great War London—The determining factor in the Great War was tine British Um- pire, said Mr: Lloyd George recently in an address to members of the Im- perial Press Conference. It was a very near thing as it was; much nearer than I care to think when I reflect neon it, he shied. The effeet of the war upon the con- stitution of the Empire had been re- volutionary, and the quality and in- dependence of the young nations of the Empire were .tow 13fcomplislled facts. accepted unreservedly by Great Britain, and acknowledged by the world. But the problem of the future still remained. "The next step af'er equality is ef- fective unity. Make unity as effec- tive as you made equality; Jr you don't the Umpire will not remain," advisee the, speaker, R-100 t;i- Start Late in July Lindon.—The Air Minister, Lord Thompson, told the Imperial Press Conference recently that the airship R-100 would leave for Montreal on its maiden trans-Atlantic journey during the last few days of July, Lord Thompson added that be would be making a journey in the other new British dirigible, R-101, to. India, in September. - Flier To Carry Own Automobile New York.—Capt, R. D. Archibald, British flier, plans to carry an ant01130- bile 011 1118 flights hereafter, mainly for picnics when he lands somewhere. Tie has crime from England witb the car, a tiny tiling, weighing half a ton and three feet high. A plane he is having built has parking space. X (incredulously): "Did yoti say he was a prosperous farmer?" Y: "Yes, he sold his acres to the golf club!" By R.•ORKHARD Baslehas been chosen as the seat of the Bank for Iitternationai Settle. 3 meets as a town favorably situated lh the heart of the European Continent, • equally exposed to Central and West- ern European civilization and unrier the protec iw1 of Swiss neutrality, Even before Basle became a member of the Swiss "Bund" about 500 years age, the town was the banker of the '.Swiss Confederation. Basle is an independent State, in the SWISS Confederation and has a government and a Constitution of its own. The comparison with other towns of similar size is, therefore, not quitean adequate comparison. According to the census of 1920, 73 per cent, of the residents were Swiss citizens, and of the total of 27 per e.eat, of foreigners, 20 per cent, were Germans, 3 per cent. French end not quite 2 per cent. Italians. t Basle has never ;hall .a .pronounced international character like other Swiss. taints, especially Geneva, since the League of Nations. Though pro- gressive in a general way, the prole- rase rosrase Is, compared with towns or the United States, slow, and we 0111 its social life still rich in deep-rooted traditions. The Basle as pictured in the Revue des Deux Mendes in 1803 Is still largely the Basle of to -day. "The cleanliness which onss remarks seems to be the result of old habits; 1t has passed into the character of the People, Solely occupied with their affairs where they manifest a persist- ent and calculated patience, they do not let Mistimes transgress the bor- ders of their homes. King Opens Althing on Spot New i unaesthetic Where ' Fittest' . One Met in 930.1 Boon to Patients • Simple Rites Mark Opening o,f World's Oldest. Parliament— Thousands Attend 'Ceremony .Thin g'vellil'; lee.—Christian; Bing of dashing river that caseat105 itself Toelan1, opened the -1930 session of the throngh Almatnlagjn•n•ift.- They plod - Icelandic Altliing, June 2 at the very, spot where 1000 yearn ago this oldest parliament In the world first vets goon versed, Bing Christian stood 'upon a huge rock in the -middle of -the plain of Thingvalla where grim goatbeard, the lawgiver, in ancieht days, recited front memory the entire code of Icelandic law. The ceremonies ever° simple as of old, so simple as to obtain an almost religious aspect. The broad plain was dotted with many thousands of persons who had come from Ear corners•of the earth. Crowds began arriving from Reyk- javik,; 35 miles away over twisting mountain roads, early in the morning, From a pulpit hung High on the side of a cliff like an eagle's nest,. Bishop Jon I•Ielgason conducted divine ser- vice, after 1i^kith the Icelanders formed Into a long procession and crossed a ded along the winding road over the same route tat en, by the first legis- lators of the ancient Icelandic Repub•' lie to the great Rock of Laws in the center of the historic plain. 'There they grouped themselves in the ratan-! her of the ancient Vikings under 1110 1 banners of their respective localities. c The.Icelandic Patlianent, or Al - thing, ie now, held in. Reykjavik, but formerly it was 'held at Thingvellb' ori the Plain of,Assembly; The Altliing is reckoned to have been established in 930. A universal code of law for the Icelandic Republic was then accepted. At the time the northern peoples did not Write (town their laws, but memorized thele and had' them rehearsed 3n public at theh' "things" or "assemblies, The exact wording .of -the first code of laws of the lcelandie Republic is not known, for It was not until 1117 that Icelandic laws began to be recorded in writing. Scotsinan and Jew Wtti°ld Mirth -Makers American Wit is Smooth— German Ponderous and Chinese Polite "A Scot opened:: hie purse and a Wroth flew out!" That is a_ classic one -line --laugh that has tickled the ribs Of the world. First published in an English newspaper, it was speeding out of this country by wire, wireless and ,cable to Europe, America, and the East, almost before Britain had begun to smile: Within a week It had ,appeared in twenty elf - forest lauguages in every corner of the earth. White, black, brown, red, and yellow 'faces had opened from the centre because of it. It comprised the perfect' Esperanto 100511-5 joke the whole world Understands, The reasons were its brevity and its simple language. 18 contained no dou- ble meanings or play upon words. A Scot is a Scot, a purse is a purse, and a moth a moth, in any language. The joke is as good in Sanskrit or Bantu Not all jokes that appeal to Englisll- spealdng people make foreigners smile. You have heard that yarn, no doubt, of the Englishman, the Scot, and the Jew who went into a public - house; the Englishman stood a round of drinks, the Scot stood six •foot two, and the Jew stood in silent adinira- tio11? That is the sort of joke that is only funny in English. Try to translate it into, say, French or German, and you are lost. The core of the joke is the triple meaning of the very "to stand." There is no equivalent word in any other language. The alleged meanness of the Scot and the Jew's shrewd bargaining are subjects of world-wide appeal That is because Jews and Scots are more widely distributed over the earth's sur- face. than are any other nationals. Mothers-in-law, too, -are good for a augh 111 most countries. A Portuguese paper published the following recent - y: Budge—"You are accused of killing your mother-in-law." Accused—`T did it out of pity, sir." Judge -"Out of pity?" Accused—"Yes, sir, out of pity for myself!" That might as easily have been used in an English, American, or German journal. But here's a warning. I once told a mother-in-law story to a Chinese. It all but lost me his friend- ship, IIe listened gravely . to my No doubt the establishment of the 1 Bank for International Settlements will mean many changes for this old 1 town on the Rhine. English Girl Typists Fail London—Five out of every six girls failed at tine latest examinations for typists held by .the civil service oom- missiou. An aspirants were between the ages of.eighteen and twenty -eight - and only 150 out of 920 passed the test. Gigantic Olympic Preparations T1.ousands of tons of concrete are poured into famous Los Angeles coliseum, whore most of track and field sports will .beheld in 10th Olympic games. chuckling and then told me frigidly that he had made a mistake -he had once thought 1iea gentleman. Chinese of all classes t'egard home and family ties as sacred. Anything: that disparages a mother of father by :marriage is sacrilege, Much- the same applies to 'Indians, When an Indian calls you his father and bis mother, he is paying you the highest compli- ment. Yet he is invariably guilty of an unconscious joke whenever 11e wishes to be unusually polite. A stock Phrase for Such occasion is: "Sahib, 7011 are my father -and my mother, and I am the son of a pig!" It never strikes him as funny! Even before'Proh115111on gave a glut of chinking jokes to the world, the sub- ject of alcohol was a universal smile - winner. Spain was laughing the other day at the story of a manwhoseomit 1st: had told him that his weak sight wasdueto too. much drink. "On the contrary,"the mann replied, "when I drink I see double!" And the adven- tures of the heavy father and timid suitor raise a smile in every land where e man and u maid mance love: I pick this one from Romer— She: 'What!! You come to ask my. hand.armecl • (th a rifle?" 11e: "Well, you see, r m1on0 told me your father was an eel n 'r!" Tho "dear 01d lady" y 'n in known in every 0ouni817 exoept 3 1130 hetet, where age is vene11 >:1, 1(313 is from Belgium. A young men 11 3 taken his elderly aunt 'to the theatre, He tells her that the next act takes place a year later. Old Lady: "Are you sure our tickets will still be valid?" The Germans and the Swiss never fail to "fall for" a joke against doctors. A Swiss told nlgthis quite recently. A doctor was showing a woman a fine tiger' -Wit. "Yes," he said, "one of my friends wounded it, but it was I who finished It off» "Now, now, doctor," cooed the wo- man, "you'll never make me believe that this tiger was 0110 of your pa- tients!" through this floated tough the ether the outer night from a German wire- less station:— Doctor (after examining a patient): "Yon are suffering from alcoholic abuse and a weak heart." Patient; "You'd better give me some- thing for the heart!" American humour includes skits on domestic differences Lime would offend Many people. Thus, a. prominent jour- nal had a sketch recently of a young wife with a revolver in her hand and a little girl hooking up eat her. The mother is saying: ''Run and get the movie camera, dear; mamma's going to shoot -at papa again!'!" And au- other—of a husband rettu'uing home at Christmas -time to find his wife em- bracing another man—bore the cap- tion: "By Jove, I forgot the mistletoe!" Just as American humour is slick, German ponderous, and Chinese polite, so the _ main characteristic of the French has always been an aptitude for the quick retort, Prince Talley - rand, the famous diplomat, limped• badly, and one day on entering a room he was met by a woman with a bad squint, "Monsieur do Talleyrand," eho ex- claimed, "how you want!" In a flash came the answer:— "As, you see, madam, all cock-eyed!" Whether your face is white, black, •or yellow, a laugh makes brothers of us all. An Old "Sky -Hawk" Cheyenne, Wyo.—Arriving hero re- Gently from Omaha, Neb., James (Jack) Knight, veteran pilot of Boo- s! Avertin Lacks Objectionable Features of Ether — l -lea -rt Closely Trvlated to Emotions . Detroit.—Avertln, a 1ie30 anaesthetic developed in Germany, w1113h is begin- ning to be used by A1051'ican surgeon's, was described to members of the American Medical Association meet- ing hero recently by. Dr. Arthur M. ShipleY,01 the University of Maryland School of Medicine T11is anaesthetic is rapidly replac- ing other 1n.111any types of operations. It 1s sn2e and lens none of the objec- tionable features of ether. The drug is injected about half an hour before, the operation and the patient falls quickly Pinto;a deep sleep. There is" no fighting nor any feeling of appr'e- hensiun. The patient' tomes to the operating, room without having had any nervousness a1111, consequently, is fu 11113011 bettor shape to stare the operation. . There is no nausea or restlessness afterwards and the patient is spared 11111511 or the pain and discomfort im- mediately following the operation, be- cause be doesnot awaken until hours after it is over. This long, natural sleep gives the body a good start ,to- ward healing before consciousness re- turns fully, and this Sac:Chastens re- -- covery. In some cases ether is given in addition to avertin, hut only.a•small amount is needed. ' Limits to Employment If the patient has disease of the kid- neys ,the liver, the rectum, advanced disease of the blood, pulmonary tuber- culosis or colitis or is .very old and. feeble, averti0 cannot he used. It has been very successful in brain and eye operations. Because it i'eduees the blood pressure somewhat, it is particu- tarly good for operations 03) 001 tints with high blood measure, which might otherwise be hazardous. The technical name for :worth: is trihrometllanol. It was developed by Dr. Richard Willetraetter of Munich, anti Dr, Dulsvet'g of Jena. litun has developed his brain at the . expense of his body, Dr. William J. Mayo of Rochester, Mim1., suggested at the meeting. Tire poet's notion' that the heart related closely to the e1110ti011s alas a basis in fact, Dr. Mayo said. This theory has been scoffed at by scientists, who claim that the heart is merely a blood pump and we must look to the mind and nervous system for the emotions: When the mind. gained control of the body and the sympathetic nervous system lost some of its power to regulate a man's ac- tions, man learned to control his emo- tions. This n10y have thrown an ex• tra strain on the heart and accounts, perhaps, for its deterioration in civil - a s 13 1 d b sell man. Leading Cause of Death - Heart disease is the leading cense of death to -clay. The important vagus nerve system whish connects the brain with the heart and the stomach may sustain an unsuspected relation - hip between the heart and the erne - ions. Dr. Mayo called this a "sur civil - 1 relationship originating in that haclowy day when hunger, fear, love rad hate ruled the early ancestral tato and the psychic influence of this 'elallonshlp, has lost. none of Its nt:lgl c." Very many surgeons die of heart disease, Dr. Mayo pointed out, and snr- e1y is a profession requiring stern ontrol of the emotions. The know - edge that a man's life lies i« his lands eann0t be allowed to affect the urgoon or he could not do his best work. Perhaps the extreme control which surgeons constantly exercise tn'ing most of their lives puts too m alt of a strain on the heart, Dr. 14Iayo said that this problem should e investigated clinically and also by laboratory experiments. Japanese Diet to Preserve 40 -Year -Old Signboards Tokio -After weathering forty . Years of rain, snow and !teat, and es earthquake, two wooden signboards. are soon to be peeserved as national treasures. The Alps .have lung in front of the Imperial Diet building since the formatio not that body in 1890, when they were painted, under .an imperial order, by one of the direct descend- ants of llichlzane Sugahara, almost mythical "father .of calligraphy" in. Japan, Diet buildings have been twice de - greyed by fire without thesigns be- ing Injured, and in the great earth- quake of 1923 they were not even shaken from their hangings. New, with the new 12,000,000 yen Diet. tilling nearing completion they will e replaced by bronze tablets. When 10 Diet moves the signs will be pre- erve(1 in the Imperial Museum, , Begin your new life in Vile old world with the resolve expressed by Kipling: "At any price I can pay, let me own myself."—President I•Iibben of Princeton. ing Air Transport, Inc„ completed his 8000th hour of .flying, representing an air mileage of approximately 800,000 miles. He has never had a major mishap during his flying career. A WATCHER A poor man watched a thousand Years before the gates of Paradise, T Then while he snatched one little nap 11 it opened and slue—Persian, " y The only way a population can' In keep 'young is to have a birth rate' con above the death tate,—W. 5, Thomp• p1 MI, n,_ Scripps Foundation, co The two small brothers were to bed. hey had been lying very still when 1011' mother entered the room to say Good -night," Michael, aged five ears, asked; "Mother, why do we ave a sky?" Before his mother Id answer, three-year-old John ex. ales.!: "To keep the birds in, of arse."