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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1932-03-10, Page 6- t!")1' ?. - LONtSCQUT ;op Good Turns—A New Idea A new opportunity to perform that daily good turn has originated In Bed- ford, where it has wonthe praise of the community,. The Scouts of the 66th Troop have developed aplan whereby they get into touch with the local physicians whereby the latter may call neon the services of the Scouts as messengers, furnace tend- ers, or other service in the homes of the sick The boys call this "Sick - Home Service." Lone Scouts could very well do similar work and we suggest you get into touch with your local doctor and offer him your services for this pur- pose. A Strange Birthday Coincidence February 22nd again brought the strange coincidence of the common birthday of Lord and Lady Baden - age 18, 1st Kincardine Crew.. Rescued three boys from drowning in the Har- bour Channel at Kincardine. Two of the boys had gone to the rescue of a; third, but were unequal to the task.: The alarm reached MacLeod while he was several hundred yards away and ` his timely action undoubtedly prevent- ed revented a tragedy. Gilt Crosses -3 To Scout William Labute, age 17, 19th Border Cities Troop. Rescued a boy who had gone beyond h1s depth in the Detroit River at Walkerville. Tn Scout William Murrell, age 12, lst Parklands Troop. Jumped off the bz akwater at the mouth of the Etobi- coke River and rescued a young girl who had fallen in. To Scout John Wodle, age 15, 1st Bridgeburg Troop. Ran into house where fire had started from a pan of Powell, World Chief Scout and Chief grease, took the burning pan, rushed Girl Guide. through the back kitchen, and got it Liverpool's Lord Mayor on Scouting into -the open before much damage That there is too much spoon-feed- had been done. lug to -day, and that Scouting "helps Certificates of Merit -2 boys to fend for themselves," was To Scout Elmer Schlievert, age 15, given as one of his reasons for sup- lst Galena Troop. Heard sounds as porting the Scout Movement by the if someone was In difficulty in the Mis- Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Mr. John H. sissippi River, ran to the shore, saw Inskip. "Scouting taught boys to be , small child struggling iu the water and independent, and to find their places ; ' pulled her out in life, instead of driftiug," he de - To Scout Waldemar Hi11, age 16, let Glared. i Newburgh Troop. Rescued a girl who Awards For Ga-"-ntry III had lost her presence of mind when Lone Scouts will be very interested she realized she was in deep water to know that ten awards were recent- and was in danger of cirowuing in the ly made to Scouts of this province for Napanee River. gallantry in saving life and property 1 Letters of Commendation -4 in many cases at ver: great risk. The To Scout Jack O'Donohue, age 15, 1st highest award for gallantry Is a Parklands Troop, and to Assistant bronze cross with a reel ribbon. This Scoutmaster Ernest F. Ward, age 13, is only given where exceptional hero- lst Parklands Troop. Scout O'Donohue ism has been shown or extraordivary saw a boy in difficulties in the river at risks fav -d. `Eldorado Park, swam to his assistance For gallant deeds where the risk is and kept the boy's head above water not so great, a Silver Cross with a blue until A.S.M. Ward was able to reach ribbon is awarded, whilst those who the scene and take the boy ashore. • do exceptionally well in case of emer- I Camp gency, though without any great risk It is under consideration that the to themselves, receive a Gilt Cross. In , Lone Scout Department organize an- other cases deserving of recognition, other camp during 1932 for registered Letters of Commendation are issued. ! Lone Scouts under the direction. of The following is a list of the awards officials of the Lone Scout Department. which have recently been made and! sire you interested in this? 11 so, which all Lollies will agree are de- twrite to headquarters and register serving of special mention:ntion : your name as a prospect t for camp. You Sliver Crosses I will have lots of fun, and learn a lot about Scouting, too. Membership in the Lone Scouts of Ontario is open to all boys of this pro- vince who are between 12 and 18 years inclusive who are unable to becoma To Scout Bert Bryan, age 12, 26th Loudon Troop. Rescued a small boy who had fallen down a disused well. To Scout Douglas Grantham, age 15, 18th London Troop. Saw a girl strug- gling in the water of the Thames River members of a regular troop. It is de - where the current, due to recent signed, particularly for Rural boys. If I storms, was very swift. Went to her you would like further particulars, assistance and in spite of her strug- write to Lone Scout Department, SoyI glee rescued her. Scouts Association, 330 Bay Street, To Rover Scout Angus K, MacLeod, Toronto 2.—"Lone E." -.9 Soviet Russia Faced By Traffic Problem Increase of Vehicles Causes Congestion in Narrow Streets Moscow.—City authorities are al- most daily faced with the problem of _regulating the capital's ever-increas- ing street traffic. Although the num- ber of vehicles is small, compared with the figures for other large capitals, more and more automobiles and trucks are honking and hooting their way through the narrow streets of the So- viet capita]; and the congestion and. confusion at crowded corners where automobiles, trucks, buses, street cars, horsedrawn cabs and wooden peasant carts all dispute the right of way with each other and -with pedestrians are sometimes very great. Semaphores have now been installed at many of the main crossings and the Muscovite police (or inilitiamen, as they are called) are endeavoring to perfect themselves in the art of di- recting traffic. The city Soviet at one time issued •a draoonic order to the of eet that all citizens had to Walk only on the right-hand side of the street and could Bross only at speci- fied places, on pain of summary fines. While this ruling was allowed to fall into disuse because of the sheer im- possibility of enforcing it, there is still a vigorous educational campaign to dissuade Soviet citizens from walls ing on the street pavements or from executing perilous zigzag crossings which involve the dodging of half a dozen different vehieles. At the same time reckless chauf- feurs who drive in the crowded streets of Moscow as if they were on country loads are being called to account, and some who were found guilty of caus- ing serious mishaps have been depriv- ed of their licenses 'and sentenced to terms of imp isonnient. Canadian Trade is Benefitted By Embargo Removal Ottawa.—Several Australian import Strong .'Winds Damage Akron When a guest of wind beat the stern fin of the dirigible Akron to the ground the other day, two men were painfully injured, consider- able damage clone to the ship and five congressmen passengers got a fright. Famous Auto Racer To Seek Buried Treasure Daytona Beach, Fla.—Sir Malcolm Campbell, British .rc.'rtsnan,. who has travelled faster en land than any other person in history, hone: to *' tit; climax a thrill l; ed career 2 - with a scarch for buried treasure in the Southern Pacific t:cean. _f his obsessions. desire .. The a •e is an The other is to drive an automobile at a speed of 300 mi'es per hour. He is confident both goals will be reached during his lifetime. But just as important to Sir Mal- colm as his racing aspirations, is the treasure hunt on picturesque Cocos Island. He will seek the treasure of Lima, hidden by pirates 110 years ae;'o. The temperament that drives Sir Malcolm seeking new records and new thrills already has endangered his life a dozen times. 9 -yr. -old English Child Proves Shorthand Prodigy We have become quite accustomed prohibitions and surtaxes imposed in to the various child musician marvels 1930 will be removed. Details of the and mathematical wizards of tender action by the Australian Government years, but now we have something were cabled by D: H. Ross, Canadian new. Trade Commissioner in Australia, to At the age of nine, May Goodwin, a' the Department of Trade and Com- little English girl living in Puteaux, a coerce This action will improve con- suburb of Paris, has written a neat and ditions for export of certain lines of accurate letter in shorthand to a short - Canadian manufacture benefiting by hand enthusiast. He says it took his lit -1 preferences under the trade tle daughter eight mouths to learn to agreement concluded last year bo- write in this way and during this time tween Canada and Australia. she did not interrupt her school work The Australian prohibitions went in m any way. to force on April 4, 1930, with a view to specially restricting non-essential imports. This import prohibition is now repealed on agricultural imple- ments, electrical cooking and heating appliances, electric smoothing irons, confectionery, dry batteries and cells, barbed wire, and 23 other items of minor importance. Canada's exports of agricultural im- plements to Australia during the fiscal year ended 'March 31, 1930, totalled $969,304; while during the year foI- lowing, when the prohibitions were in force, these exports dropped to $310,- 290. The farm implements under pro- hibition were cultivators, harrows, scarifiers, stump -jump plows, drills, reaper threshers and harvesters, and' horse-drawn hay rakes. Canadian exports of electrical cook- ing and heating appliances to Aus- tralia were $172,251 in the year just previous to the Imposition of prohibi- tion, rohibition, and trade fell to $60,698 during the first 12 months that the prohibi- tion was in force. Exports of Canas dian confectionery to Australia for these periods dropped from $16,553 to $1,472. Surtaxes of 50 per cent. of the duty otherwise leviable were imposed as from lune 20, 1930, This ,surtax, the Trade Commissioner reports, has been removed from various 1101115 of in- terest to Canada, including wrapping paper, paper bags, strawboard, furni- ture, unspecified wood manufactures, pianos, cordage, twines, and nine items of less importance. "Good gracious, Junior, I forgot to shake the bottle before a gave you that medicine." "Don't worry, rummy, I'll turn a few handsprings,' -Chicago News. Bog—"X got a real kick out of kiss- ing Jane last night." Grog—"Any More than usual?" Bog ---"Yea, the old man caught me,"—Witt, Before Summer Looking 2orward to the spring One puts up with. anything. Ott this E'ebruery day Though winds leap down the street Wintry scourgings seem but play, And these later shafts of sleet --Sharper pointed than' the first— And rstAnd these later snows—the worst -- Are as a half transparent blind Riddled by rays front sun bellied, ---Thoreas 1'iardy. Poems. The love of Heaven makes one heav- enly, Passing Through the Panama Canal For those who have experienced a 1 passage through the gigantic locks of the Palladia Canal the following ex- cerpt from Elinor lilordaunt's "The Venture Book" will recall vividly their own sensation, She writes: We pass into the Iock through an immense gateway, from which steel gates have rolled silently back into the side of the canal; the gates close, and an amazing process begins. In reality, of course, the water rushing in from culverts rises, taking ns with it. But that is not in the least what it seems like, Rather, the walls.' of the lock, the top of which has been on .a level with the crow's nest, appear to sink very slowly down and down, drawn under the water by seine force which leaves us high on a level with. the top of it. It seems as though a lifetime had passed in this amazing process, while the barometer in the captain's cabin I sinks beuath one's eyes, with a heavier weight of air.' And yet, from the moment the great steel gates close . behind us, to tit moment the second pair above opens to admit us, is no' more than thirty minutes in all. Not! the least surprising part of the whole affair is the fact that no one appears i to be doing anything whatever, apart from the pilot, who walks up and down the topmost bridge, barking out an oc- casional order, Night has closed iu before we pass the second of the Miraflores locks, and drop to sea level: a perfectly clear greenish -indigo night with a full moon overhead. As I look back over the length of the ship, the sight is extra- ordinarily fairylike, fantastic, and un- real. Viewing Skaters On a waterlogged margin of the habitable globe, in the early after- noon of time, our poor legs and feet, so long the tools of a mistaken conven- tion discovered their use. ,It is but a convention still, an abstraction of free movement in the flat, but in the perfect flat.... . And if as action, skating is thus supreme, so is it also a spectacle. Here are poses—ono, not that, not the frozen fixity of the studio, but the free poses that are possible to a body at once inflight and at rest. They are so fixed that the eye can follow and comprehend, yet with a slow play and change. And to enrich "this change and play there is the counterpoint of draperies. It echoes the movements of the limbs, with the repetitions of a canon, or with other freaks of fugal variation. It is not now the perking and twitching of the stuff, as in walk- ing or dancing; it is a lingering wave of the last impulsion, resolving itself gently into the next. If artists were not the prisoners of custom, the edge of the rink would be .encircled by sculptors modelling those forms in snow.—From "Confessions of a Ileep- er," by D. S. MacColl. Australia's Population Canberra, Australia.—The popula- tion of Australia on June 30,1931, was 6,500,536, exeluding full-blooded abor- t iginals, according to Prof. L. F. Gib- lin, commonwealth statistician. The increase of population for the year was 61,538. For the decade 1921- 1931 there had been an increase of 1,064,802, an average annual gain of slightly under 2 per cent. Forerunner of Spring It's sure sign of spring when baseball uniforms corns out of tie mothballs. Members of the New York Gieuts are shown selecting . (rttttite tor 1932 at their l'.,oe .Angeles training quarter& Backed with high -peaked mountelles, the causeways to the locks, shortened and broadened by perspective, show like tite top of an immense Christmas cake, the tall white concrete pillars with their lights, clusters of five hun- dred wax bulbs tinder concrete shades, like candles set above them. The lit- tle engines with their bright crimson ]amps add a still more fantastic note of decoration to' the scene. It is an Appropriate finish to the transit through an isthmus in itself fantastic beyond all words, worked to their own ends by men who, as it seems, could scarcely have realized the magnitude of their own powers. - Take it all in all, the whole effect of the Canal Zone is theatrical. The islands aro not islands at all, but the tops of mountains pushing up through the water; the mountains themselves are cut to pattern, placed just so; the green of the vegetation is more than a trifle overdone, as are the exagger- ated madder and vermilion of the cliffs. The machinery of the gigantic trausformation scene left lying about, with the pathetic remains of the heroic failure of Lesseps, suggests the idea that it has all .been Lrought•there by trolleys, small enough because of the I primal flatness; that the valleys which open between the mountains are mere • wings leading to the green -room, with ! nothing whatever at the back of them. We have the feeling that it all must come to an end when the last of the I lights go out; and the electrician, for- saking his engines, goes home to sup. per and bed, leaving the night watch. man. seated on a little camp -stool in. the center of this vast stage."—Elinor Mordaunt, in "The "Venture Book." Immigration in the Future La Petrie Montreal, (Ind.) : Hon. W. A. Gordon, temporary Minister of Colonization and Immigration, has de- molished the impression held by some that Canada, which, in consequence of the economic crisis, has hermetically sealed her doors to immigration, will adhere indefinitely to this policy and will only count in future for her num- bers on the slow natural growth of her population. The exclusion of im- migrants is imperative at the present time, as they could not in existing con- ditions find a subsistence in agricul- ture or industry. But when times get better again, as they must do, Canada will have to take steps to increase her population. When we are prosperous onee more, the introduction of immi- grants in sufficient numbers and of a suitable kind will be essential to the preservation of our country. $8,500,00 Bridge Proposed Linking Denmark -Continent Copenhagen.—A bill empowering the building of a railway and vehicu- lar traffic bridge across the Stor- strom, between Sealand and Falstar, has been brought forward by the Min- ister for Traffic, M. Frus Skottc'• This bridge will dispense with the railway ferry service across this waterway on Denmark's main route to the continent. It will be 3,270 meters long and will be, it is claimed, the longest in Europe. The cast is calcu- lated at 33,600,000 kroner er ,8,- 500,000. During the Iasi two years 45,000 motorcars have been transported across by the railway ferries. Motor- cars will be taxed moderately for crossing the bridge. Chinese Boycott Excludes Books from- Japan Tokyo.—Despite the boycott on Jap- anese goods in China, Japanese trans- lations of standard occidental works still find a great sale in the Chinese market. The written language of Japan is so similar to that of China that most educated Chinese can read it with no difficulty, and these Chinese look to Tokyo for nearly all the trans- lations they get of foreign books. The Japanese are indefatigable translaitors and American and Euro- pean books are translated by the thou- sande yearly. Forty-seven U.S. Periodicals Now Published in Canada Ottawa,—Forty-seven fiction publica- tions formerly printed in the United States are now being printed, for their Canadian distribution, in Canada, ac- cording to a statement made by C. H. Calan, Secretary of State, in the House of Commons, last week. • The estimated gain in revenue from September, 1931, to December, 1931, in- clusive, is $17,500 on these fiction pub- lications. The import duties ou United States publications entering Canada from Sept 1, 1931, to Jan. 31, 1032, was $206,806.72. India's Vast Population Shows a Big Increase The population of India has in- areased about 10 per cent. since 1921 and is now 352,986,876, nearly three times that of the United States, ao- cording to preliminary returns of a re- cent census. Of this number, 181,921,- 914 are males and. 171,064,062 females. The Ilindus number 233,380,912, or 73 per cent. of the total, the Moslems 77,- 743,928, the Silkhs 4,306,4.12, and the Christians 5,961;794, Teach self-denial, and snake its prac- tice .pleasurable, and you will create for the world a destiny mare sublime than ever issued from the grain of the wildest dreamers .Sir 'Walter Scott, The Legislature In Brief .-.-.-f.-.-.-.-.. The outstanding event of the Legis- lature last week was the denunciation of M. F. Hepburn, Provincial Liberal Leader, by Premier George S. Henry. "This was caused," the Premier said, "through. Mr. Hepburn's attacks on the Ontario Hydro Power Commission and its administration, and the Premier held that Mr. Hepburn founded his argument upon an anti -public owner- ship sheet published in Chicago." Reading from this sheet Mr. Henry showed that the Hepburn language coincided directly with the material contained in the Chicago publication, which is termed "For the Use of Disin- terested Citizens, Taxpayers and Other Organizations believing in the proficiency of private ownership and opposed to public ownership." Premier Henry pointed out, as a glaring instance of misleading state- ments, that the pamphlet referred to had said that the cost of the Chippewa development was one hundred and fifty million. "Government figures show," said Mr. Henry, 'that the cosi was only seventy-six million." Premier Henry moved an amend. ment to that introduced by W. E. N. Sinclair, Opposition Leader, which placed the Liberals in a position of voting `for" or "against" Hydro. It pledges the Legislature anew to Hydro and to the principle of service at cost, also pledges .support to the efficient service rendered by the Commission. Ten speakers took part in the de bate on the Speech from the Throne, adding to the discussion on Hydro. They were: Wilfrid Heighington, Tor- onto -St. David's; Austin Smith, Essex; W. W. Staples, South Victoria; Fred 3. MacArthur, Northumberland; J. F. Sangster, Glengarry; T. A. Murray, Renfrew North; and R. A. Baxter, South Oxford. The Mortgage Relief Measure was advanced to the Committee stage and it ie hoped that the act will be en- forced within the next two weeks and will probably date back to February 2nd. Arthur Ellis, South Ottawa, intro duced an amendment to the Railway 11V1unleipal Act which would vest in the Ontario Municipal Board all powers to control and direct motor transportation systems in the pro- vince. The measure does not inter- fere nterfere with municipal authority within their boundaries. Document on Stainless Steel is Locked up for Thirty Years London.—A document of unusual in, terest has come into the possession of the Cutlers Compay of Sheffield, with the stipulation that it is not to be read for nearly thirty years. It is an account of the discovery of stainless steel, and has been given by Harry Brearley, the disooterer of that • material, It is in. a sealed envelope, which is not to be opened until the Cutler's Feast of 1964. Mr. Barclay has also presented to the company the first table knife blade made of stainless steel. Turkish Air Lines To Link Main Cities Beyogiu, Turk. --Tire Turkish Gov - ailment has signed a contract with the Curtiss-Wright interests for estab- lishment of commercial air linos con• necting principal Anatolian cities, A national society will be establish ed for the purpose. American experts have arrived in Turkey to drawn Pleas.