HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1932-05-12, Page 6Voice of the
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Canada, The Empire and The World at Large
being urged to grow soy beans. But
the trouble with Canada today is that
there are too many soys and not
enough laughs.—Toronto Star.
CANADA
Reckless Driving
Twenty -).line people were killed in
automobile, accidents an the highways
of the province in March. The num- A safe has been invented which it is
bey will probably be larger for the claimed to be impossible to open. It
month of April. As trafac increases evidently embodies the chief features
auring the summer the fatalities will of a taxicab window and a sardine tin.
also increase, judged from the esperi- —Ottawa Journal..
mice of past years. ...... "
Most of these fatal accidents have • Just as the 1932 wheat crop peeps
been and will be due to reckless and through the Alberta soil "ranee dis-
careless driving. In no `sphere of coverts the need of more Canadian
human activity is recklessness and wheat. 'Which is an excellent form of
carelessness so lightly condoned or balance. --Toronto Globe.
visited with such trifling punishment, THE. F IE tN P I R E 1Kre
despite the great danger to human life y
that Is involved. Britain and Europe McGill
Severe penalties and severe punish- We in this country are part of Eur
meet are the only means of protection
for the public against those who re-. ape. We may regret that we are part Moiler
ue to obey the laws and drive with ` of Europe We may wish hthatn Strahe its ( a
f narrower and honor
"Leviathan" Starts New Season
lt
N"ff y. 2
after a long winter nap, the Leviathan has had a spring rub -do a and is ready for service again
see her leaving the Boston drydoett --- T-__._.,...,,,,,_
amnion and consideration, If e•t ery
careless driver respo Bible f r an accii-
dent were made to _
„ .. t ....� the n0
oustc0 sequences keeping
offe ceethere1foot to the Straits of Dover. --Mau- year on May 26, it was announced at'
the boar
would be a rapid and substantial de-( Chester Gnardiala, the university. The honor list of those, FourtlhindA meet HdiExribal el insi rst o safeguards, Hygiene Council
the number of highv'ay reel- 1 who will receive degree of Doctor of 1 neral tribal an I Passed unanimously a ene Coun to
;cline in 1Vationaiism and the World Laws nlaly includes Horatio Walkor,
stents and fatalities.eans, R ' h d the Brrtrsh that eliect and deck ed
Suspension of driving lice imps for The sed tariffs; theld nationsectiveli individuallydenms Isle of insist 1 the dean of Canal an painters a Dr.
longer periods than are now � ,
in the ease of recklessness and drunk- on keeping them. The world collec-} John S. Plaskett, director of the Do-
enness at the wheel of a car would go tively says that reparations and inter`-' minion Astrophysical Observatory at
ra, long way toward effective 'prevea- national debts r •'s ruinous; the nations, Victoria, B.C.; Dr. John H. Finley,
.niton. Permanent cancellation would, individually protest thatlleley wo lannot e 1- associate and itor o f !heal ew York
in fact, not be too drastic or more than abandon their claims. T ,
rt Y.
f<Iirs public interest requires in same leby arma says !the r atious at it is ing ndiS d all -I gr duated rof McGill Ua former niversity who is
nadian and a
teases: 'Coronto Star- lay armamentb;
ly light stubbornly to naintaiu their now Surgeon -General its the Unitech
1. Prescribing For Listeners own armaments. All these things are
The amusing feature, however, is licked together iu the great world con-
troversy. 'We are getting to the polut
the attempt of witnesses at Ottawa to when this quarrel must be comlaosed
Tell lite committee the kind of pro~ or the system. we cal3 ;'capitalism" will
)rams the radio listener wants to hear. break down. And yet b r a queer para-
ilioes the radia listener really know dox it is in most countries the capi-
£iimseh a Isn't it s. fact that he is all talists, or at least the rich and well -to -
over tare dial in the course of au even- do, who are most ardent in the defence
eng, and that one evening his taste dif-
iters from another evening? The fan
Who wants Amos 'in Andy may also be
aan appreciative listener of the grand
Opera programs from New York. He
may take on a medley of old-time jigs
bad a lecture on the gold standard in
the same evening and enjoy them both.
$n. the middle of it all he may wish to
learn the result of a hockey match at
;RVinnipeg or Regina. We would like
to see the Solomon who is able to say
With certainty what a radio program
should be made up of to please every -
' F',a 1 f Willingdon Escorted Hygiene Council Urg
pal. ---McGill University I 1 despatch from Indra to Toronto
lantie vas Canadian painter, a. Canadian re
over wider. But sentiment cannot scientist, and two prominent citizens ' our former Governor-General, the effort should be put ore al
D � Fall of i�tillingdon, recently paid an taro at full strength and efficiency
alter geography. 'riot all that can beI of the United States at the annut�I i nfficial visit to the Klls'bex %'ass, sr., the health departments and caniluul>-
convocation to be held this rth-western Indian frontier, ice- agencies concerned with health
eaid or done at ds 4f the
News Oddities
Partners Solve 'Problem
After Ten Lawyers Fail
Detroit, --.-Ten lawyers litigated fde
13 weeks to effect a dissolution) of the
partnership of.Mr. Jacob Shevitz and
his uncle, Mr. Isaac August, princip.
ally because the partners hadn't kept
books for 10 years.
Then the partners • settled it all to
their own satisfaction in less than 8(
minutes, They wrote an. 98 slips of
paper the descriptions of the 98 pro-
perties they jointly owned, shuffled
the deck and started dealing on a "one
for you, one for >.ne" basis.
Devotion to Canaries
. Cause of Divorce
St. Louis, Mo. ---Mrs. Leona Stern.-
fels sought a divorce from her physi-
clan husband and, although her suit
did not specifically so state, 150 can-
ary birds could have been named as
co-respondents in the case.
Her petition stated that Dr, Arthur
F. Sternfels passes most of his leis-
ure hours with his canaries, that he
frequently spent as much as $75 for
a single bird and had invested at
least $5,000 in his hobby
Dr. Sternfels denied such excessive
expenditures and insisted that every'
professional man is entitled to a di-
verting hobby.
Non -Poisonous Reptiles
Swallows Deadly Loser
Boston.—The milk snake niay be s
non-poisonous, comparatively harm-
less menmber of the snake family, but
when he is aroused it would seem that
he is sure death to the venomous cop-
perhead, according to a description of
a thrilling battle between a 'iiopper-
head and a milk snake as related im
the Boston Society of Natural History
bulletin-
Lewis H. Babbitt came upon the
snakes in Simsbury, Conn. He de-
scribes the battle thus :
"For 15 minutes 1 watched this
fight in the mountain side..The snnakes
were twisted into an apparently inex
tricable knot, with the milk snake
squeezing the copperhead harder anti
harder, nmaintaining all the while a
secure grip with its jaws clamped
near the copperhead's tail while the
latter sank its fangs into the neck of
its antagonist. The contestants were
balanced on a small stone but in their
struggles fell cff, and rolled some "
health, in the face of disturbeddecon- two feet down the slope, bringing op
omic conditions, becomes even more against a boulder."
d •that
Unavrrsity 'to Honor r o
Painter and Scientist By Agridi Tribesmen Continuance of Health Units
• --- lYIaking an urgent plea
will naspeca
` t1 ;ti ew Yorlt Times we read that that, under present conditions,o mai1.-
body. He would be such a wise bird
that he should be put to work on the
unemployment Problem—Regina Lead -
Poet.
°" Back to the Land
Where an unemployed man is anxi-
ous to get busy on the land, he should
be encouraged in all passible ways.
Given access to suitable land, a. willing
Man. with some initial help, might
easily be placed in a position where he
could lift himself 11y his own produc-
tive exertion out of the mire of unem-
ployment. Not to give such a man his
c haute at a time like this is little short
of a crime. and it is ie this light that
the question sltoulti now be looked at
by the City Council and the other re-
,aponsible official bodies. Iluemploy-
fnent is striking into a new phase in
W'i'nnipeg, and the most strenuous and
titelligeut measures will have to be
adopted to cope with it. and there
tUtould be no delay in getting such
Measures. started. -- Winnipeg Free
Press.
to assure ini ofa ge to bring the
alty to the Rajah an
Crown. Such unpleasantnesses as general question to the attention of
ha'.c cnecurred ort the frontier in the governments, other national organize -
last two years have been the work of tions and the public generally.
five per cent. of the younger tribes- Reports from many sections of the
men, led astray by Russian emissaries. Dominion, the resolution states, in
The tribal leaders pdayed the Govet'n- dicated apprehension lest the neces-
anent "to pity the poor people and sary efforts towards reduction in gov-
show its pleasure" by restoring to ernmental costs might lead to mate -
them the right to join the •army and rial curtaiimeuts in health. services.
the police force. As the Viceroy drove That
oile eaist is the stressed first in the wealth.
Copnc 1's
statement which notes that, despite
unfavorable economic conditions, the
national health has been maintained
at a high level. Up to the present
time, this level has been raised year
after year. It is further pointed out
that . expenditures for the protection
and promotion of public health have
been very small compared with out-
lays for other public services of in-
trinsic merit and that they do not,
for this reason, lend themselves to
deflation.
That maintenance of the p'ubiic
States army.
The convocation address will ne through t hl Khyber
Pass
asst e way wasr
given by Dr. Finley who represented g '
United States at the unveiling of the ;troops, he buts by
aa localmalekvies
of confidence ---
pus
own c from
goodwill monument on McGill cam-
pus last Spring. In addition to the ' Cin ed by confidence
immensely
m men elders land the
e -
honorary awards, the degree of Doctor
of Science will be conferre'1 on lir. I, Afridis in general. The military
M. Rabinowitch, director of the De- roads in this district were originally
of nationalist economies and national partment of Metabolism and physician built for defence purposes, but they
armaments. If between them they kill in charge of the diabetic clinic at the now fulfill a most useful function as
roads of peace, which make possible
the capitalist system, it will be they Montreal General Hospital. the intercourse between the
themselves wito will have done it.—J.1 -- --- t e freestets and the bazaars of Pesthe
ha -
.d. Spender in the London hews-Chron-1 +�
icle (Lib.) I Stainless ,Steel. Secret war. Thousands of Canadians will be
To
Be Opened in k interested in this bit of news from a
I remote paint o11 the Empire's far-flung
Educations in England
Sheffield, England. The story as,frontiers
I vital than in norma! Limes au Punctuality of Employe
English education is very much alive.' the discovery of stainless steel, a -- .a oe vigilance such as re Y
I
There are still dull patches in it, of secret for several years, is not to bees
course, but, go where you will, you are. told for another three decades,
never far front a school which is show -1 Harry Brearley, discovered of the
ing strong power of adaptation to the l process,. has given the "cutlers' core-
' • T1 et pay. ," of Sheffield a sealed envelope.
Coal Gas As Motor Fuel
Proves Success in Test
Santiago, Chile --Experiments were
conducted recently in utilizing coal
new needs of the commuu 1 •
times before in history English educa-1 admonishing the society not to open gas with a special carburetor as fue
tion has liusbed with renewed energy; it until the cutlers' feast of 1960 for automotive vehicles an increased
first under Alfred, next at the time of i The envelope contains itis story of prices for imported gasoline apiaeared ( c
the Reformation, and last in the early the discovery.'t lengthy confer business and financial. leaders as well
any relaxing Saves Himself and Wife
duced health. services would. cause.,
I would be fraught with danger, are St. Catharines.—The fact that Ice
given as reasous which prompted was a faithful and always punctual
the Council's action. At the sea-. ernpleye saved the life of Barry Lowe
ice and his wife when they were ov trconte
by gas at their home. Lowe was noted
for his promptness in arriving at
work, and when hi failed to appear
his employer despatched a .messenger
to ascertain the reason. The messen-
r'er failed to receive any answer to his
siou over
Riddell presided, with J. P. Bickell,
hairmau of the finance committee,
which Ikon, ear. Jus
inevitable, despite en
-"�" earn of tlueen Victoria But never till; -- --: - ences between government officials I as public health officials, were pies-
nov has it been free from the cramping ; Irak Government Banishes and the two oil companies operating'
put and expressed themselves as
sum -
influences of poverty. To -day it is well; in Chile. 1 strongly in support of the sentiments b
Chairs For Visitors 1 knocks at the Lowe home, and he be-
furuished and free in its choice of An experimental automobile was expressed. E— -y came alarmed. The police were sutu-
methods of work. Thes teachers are Bagdad, leak: -Tile 11linister of Fa run satisfactorily for fir's kilometers; mooed, but before they arrived the
lit totryays of teaching; nonce has issued instructions to all (about three miles) on one cubic d t Plan
at liberty new tv i Soviet n txs rtes , constant knocking had aroused Mrs„
to get into the spec air; to use other' depart.meuts under his contra, tits! meter of
ac in nue trial. { t�'Yder for Gierman Iron' Lowe from a stupor and she stumbled
tools than the pen. A school needs 1 in the future there must be only - 6arliu. Recons reports front to the door. Her husband was found
space, zest and freedom afe it it is rightly one chair in the rooms of headschairs
i � - Debts 'of Edgar Wallage ; L;asen said. Soviet industries had it: another room completely overcome
to train those who a few years hence departments, All other chairs a
Will make or mar the tone and temper be taken away. Greatly Exceed Assets placed new orders for 300,000 torts of, by fumes escatzi„Q from a gas heater..
r+ as - to the Daily! iron bars and sheets and that pos1 Both respohded to medical attention.
of town and village, of factory, shop,
and farm. Not all the schools have
yet made full use of their new oppor' 1 r Ons ran o
tuuities. But England is now dotted
over with good example;. of the new
education. -'--'.Che Master of University! sary for the transaction in spec .gently 8i3,GOt11. while the personal es-
t or quick -lunch bars in Belgium. To -
College, tlxt",sr�i• in the tiirectator ((.on- business. tate of the late author.
who cried in!0001 aeeestillabeine enrsTerms
ideled.fivaue•
California, cm T eb, 10, was nil.
don r , _.._.._.._-.:._.-.--
5,000 Paris Flats Empty The affidavit, however was sub-'
World Pricese Platinum Deposit Found
Paris:..Oiflciai housing records in- acct to correction, the newspaper • 20 Miles From Pembroke
While prices of wand commoditiesala.two
dicate that empty apartment, space said, -as - t. was Iuoomplet The regarding
`, platinum
have been tumbling for the last. two is now available for 5,000 families. bis earuingsI em totce;- t'iudin et: a A effect of the competition, is putting
years, the British trade unions have The apartments range frim two to quoted his widow as having said; deposit in the Township of %'riser, out bills. "No tipping allowed here."
nailed their wages and hours to thek ase- extravagances and exc•essivei20 miles from here, was reported in Waiters, with newly acquired d'ig-
gfive principal rooms. with central the debt were clop to heavy racing,40
em) o nity, after the war, proclairued that
they want no more tips, but expected
10 per cent. of the hill for service.
This they got, but insolence took the
place of the former obsequiousness,
and none of the small services usually
rendered for the tip were given unless
more largesse was forthcoming.
This, combined with the blue laws,
Fortunes in the Making
i'S a have a communications from a
well-known New York financial Ina -u,
Who recalls that the world outlook has
It is understood that this order London,—ACCotdrll
framed to pre.vemmt the waste of taihi- Mail an affidavit of Edgar Wallace's siUly ?00,000 additional Lops would ; Spread of Automats
vials' time by visitors whose visits estate presented for probate showed; be• ordered later,
iu the Pith. lulus
Cuts Waiters' Tips
to Government offices are apt to oe debts of about £51,000 (currently Brussels.- Cvelve months ago there
prolonged far beyond tate time neves- $:140200) and assets of £13.000 (cur -1 tries so far this year were estimated'
P I .t between 300 000,000 and 400,000' t were pcacticallp no automatic buffet
day there is one at almost every street
corner, and they are having a quite
unexpected effect, In the automat
.}pie serve themselves and pay me
tips. The smaller cafe, feeling the
wall, and. refused to lower them ani heating and elevators, and at au
inch. This is called maintaining the, eat rental of Erato 1155 10 ,�21 generosity.
standard of living. Other countries! J-_ _ -~--
P 1. r rte recently. More than
claims are reported to have been
stalled, and prospectors from North-
ern Ontario are reported preparing
to. flock into the district. It is un-
derstood the discovery was made some
time ago by John :Roberts, mining
engineer, tor a Beucbburg
which is preparing to develop a rich
feldspar deposit. has been ruining the licensed victual-
-.--- -- ers' trade. Now that tipping in the
8.000 Canadians Addicts smaller place at any rate, is to he
eholisltecl, better tinges may be corning,
To Drugs, Report Shows
Ottawa.—Every effort tad been/jedYctnal PlaltJtt
been much blacker at certain crises in fail to recognize the right of the Brt-
the past than it is today. I fish artisan to a higher standard of
Dealing specially with conditions on l.living than themselves: they lengthen
their hours and lower their wages io
suit the changed conditions of the
world markets, which, consequently,
they snatcth from under our 'noses.' --
A 'Truthful Tory in Truth (London 1,
idols continent, our correspondent says
veryoue's income has suffered in the',
ant two years, but in nine cases out
f ten it has not suffered enough to
nterfere with food or comfort, Instead
if crying about paper losses and mak-
ing things worse by continually talk -
fug about them. penple should be
thankful to be alive and well. Untold neither the United States nor
iaumbers are out of work, are suffering While
4.nd desperate, but compared with any other nation that trades heavily
,many parts of tbe world Canada knows with the United Kingdon. can do'
nothing of poverty. "If your business 'other than regret that the British are
is good, say so. If not” say nothing.I making the entry of foreign products;
' 'he overworked word, psychology, into their country iucre'asingly difti-'
Mays a large part. t.o•dey in the public' (lilt, the fact stands out that they haves
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attitude, People are waiting now forldefinite 1)rli"panes to aC"irieVe. I!•ut•t11P.r-,
i+ erneone else to make times better, lo- l more, they believe that the attainment I
Stead of working hard and slaking 1 of those objectives warrants thin
*tem better themselves. Tb e3 corn- means to accomplish ahem aro weverl
bare commodity and stock. prices lo• lunfortnunte it may be for the, rest of t
fly with those at the 1929 peels. They the world, one can hardly disregard i
ielettse to take advantage of the won-It.he facet. that the Bridals are only auto -1
deriul opportunities afforded by the lating the example •.aver) them by the c.
break in prices. They say they are' suffering nations. )',•ovi h ave Jolrr-1.
waiting for beeinees to be good before nal.
buying anything. or .doing anything
eonatructive themselves. They hest- Crisis Still to Come i
tate to buy :recnrities at a. fraction of If there is no actual sta.rvutlon any
i9;'9 prices, but with egnally good fu- where -.,- even Chicago reports that
tare proSpeet2." I "food is adequate and 114' one is sttf-!
W certainty do not think of foster- Tering from cold"- there is every -
fug any fresh epeenlative campaign,) where misery and want. More and
but on the oilier hand the, preeent is more workers have exhausted their
alta time Inc coinage instead of feat'; savings; available relief funds are ruu-
fur work instead of for whining; for Hing low. Spring and Summer may
;wale saving. taw spoudiug atilt sane bring aea.sonal improvement, in Indus -
1 tvestitig. New fortunes are in tite trial ceonditioLt in some localties, as
• eking:, A few glse ones knew it and Itl Detroit, but no one expects 11. to
tt;a fakini: advantage of the aviation. Solve the problem of relief. From
"Toronto Mall and J' mplre. viewpoint of tbe welfare waiters the;
W_. real twists i; still to COMM New •Torp,
nese 1ers in the Cho the area area 'rimes.
OTHER OPINIONS
'More British Protection
n• a Rai. married •l
A native Indian couple, ivit•. and Mrs. Ilima sr i ot4t)u to 1
ladle, have given notice in London, 'England, of their inte
g
through a seonnd ceremony, as they are travelling and an Bnglis
certiticater wcuttd lieip then. In evolving ter passp0t't2.
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traffimade in Canada to restrict drug': Fruasela.—•The Minister of Agricul-
werec, yet. it was estimated there Imre has decided to promote the eulsi••
were 8.000 ding addicts in this court vati411 of aromatic and medicinal
try, Rt, lion, Arthur Metghen told
the Senate 1"ec eutly. 'Pia interna pants in this country. band has been
tioual convention for limiting the ae]•ected .Cor the experiments, and 1ee-
ma.nufacture and distribut'.totr of liar tures with slides will be given at I,e!;,
cope drugs at, Geneva was approved.sines and other centres. Herbs are
Senator Meigbcn ex.plttinett the largeiv used in 'Belgian medicine, a it; cherry stall.nd
imposes of the cnrconvention.sclioua tiotnplaints are treated will.
such sirnpie remedte,,
or bltncl berry loaves, which cu r•iotl .y
Japan ladl`e's a Warning enough are (toile Suet•+:: ti ul-
"Hands Off Mli,ch Ltria"
Tokio,-•-A wainel,; to theal[,eagtle of More Americans Visit Manitoba
Lo
then 1.010, according "bands off Manchuria" was issued by tors in 1Nations and to Soviet Rmasa to keep; Manitoba bad awee Amc rieau '1••
11;11. in •
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General Satlao Jerald, Japatiese War the president or the Winnipeg ,met
minister, in as speech to Lite kokes Manitoba Tourist and Convention Bur-
hnnsha, a patriotic society at Osaka, eau. Automobiles entering Manitoba
The society is the nucleus tic the Province from the United States in
mrr'aeutcollatry-wide nalrnnUlt>t move- 1081 tnta.led 47745-•-4;500 more than
mete my in lie8)) ..1i. S Commerce Reports.
it Yy :Tamil.ool Week" Palnned
Tires Match Color of Gars
Perth, 4V. Ansi. The'l'astoritl• Tires to match color' combinulions
• motor cars are the latest iennva-
te' .Aesociat.ion with other local in-
s '. �
titrtut,rons, bas e
ltav 20 to 21 as "'Wool Week," to ad-�l :•11.tnica :41;r,., szitu}.
t . .11 in the tire industry. .Popular
t apart the week.
vertise the high quality fleeces grown 1 t, . a ',1 . ,01 t tart orchid forty -
'
e r
to !Ills cnunrtry aria" are n:i`eted hien, Thep etold rather high.
by the association for woolen goods •n letter places,tc u,
Iof various kinds,