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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1939-03-02, Page 3e`'` ``s ara e Bj Elizabeth Eedy KEY TO PACIFIC: The most im- portant island in the world has Fallen into the wrong hands. The domination of Hainan by Japan will strike heavily against Great Britain, France and the United States, strategically situated as the island is athwart the British Far Eastern lifeline; menacing France's Indo-China ports; threat- ening the United States' lines to the Philippines and Hawaii. Should Britain and the U.S. ever decide to act in concert in the East, their movements will now be seriously hampered At the present moment the is- land's chief importance to Japan is as a base from which air at- tacks can be launched at China's two remaining communications with the outside world. Looking at it the long way, how- ever, as Generalissimo Chiang Kai- 'Shek put it last week, the seiz- ure of Hainan is the first step in a southward expansion of the Jap- anese Empire. Japan now has an excellent' jumping-off place toward the Dutch Indies, rieh in oil, and is inn better position than ever before to accomplish the eventual domination of the whole Pacific. CHILDREN, TAKE CARE: Every- body's islet Ferdinand the Bull— who loved to smell the flowers— in the movie or in the book or in the song (advt.) and loved him too, we're certain. But for all his charm, his mildness, Ferdinand is yet a menace. Because little chilrren love hint too much. "Not wisely, but too well" .. . Ferdinand, the bull who never learned to fight, is giving children a false idea of bulls in general. They see a Ferdinand in every snorting, pawing, tearing bovine. Tell them it's a dangerous animal, they don't believe you. They know different, knowing Ferdinand. So if your little chilu is gored this summer while proffering flow- ers to some fierce bull in a pas- ture field, you can't say we haven't warned you, PREPARE FOR PEACE: Colonel Tchou, dynamic former secretary to China's Chiang Kai-Shek, speak- ing in Toronto last week made a significant . statement which it would be well for un Westerr de- mocracies to think o'.er. "e ou'il never achieve peace by preparing for war; you must pre- pare for peace!" HELD UP: The British North Am- erica Act can become one of the .greatest barriers to social progress in the Dominion unless t 11 the nine Provinces agree to co-operate for tilt common good. That, in fine, was the substance of a speech by Hon. Norman Rogers, Minister of Labor; to the House of Commons last week when he announced that the Federal Government is prepar- ed to introduce a hill for institut- ing unemployment inauiance in Canada. Other countries have unemploy- ment insurance. Why not Can- ada? Because the B.N.A. Act leaves loopholes open for the pro- vinces to set up bowls each for their own particular rights. And reform is blocked. THE WEEK'S QUESTION: Why are automobile insurance rates in Ontario going up the first of this month? Answer: There has been a narked increase in public lia- bility and property damage claims the ;last year. The increased speed limit, too, tends to make each ac- cident more costly. (Incidentally, fire insurance rates on cars have been substantially reduced). Testing Cattle For Tuberculosis Ontario Breeders Ask Federal Government to Speed Up the Work — Many Farmers Un- der Serious Handicap... The Dominion Department of Ag- riculture oriculture was urged in a resolution adopted at the annual meeting of the Ontario Cattle Breeders' Asso- ciation to "speed up" the work et testing cattle for tubercnlosie. The resolution, adopted after W. P. Watson of the livestock branch, Ontario Department of Agrieniturc', • told the meeting that at the pres- ent rate It would requite 24 years to complete and test 'n this prev- ince, declaring that truny Ontario breeders wore under a seiioue hen- dicap in nlarl,e.ittg cattle. Important To Cattle, Business •. Mr. \Va[son, 1)I'50 ti ng a import on tubercnlosis testing in Ontario, Bald the work b:'„an 12 years ago as a. health measure but now was a "most inlportnu1” factor to Um en- tire cattle bueiness. Ile added that there are 5u0,000 cattle in areas ander test in Camera an(1 100,- 000 ,000;000 in other areae. Petitions for tetemeulosis testing have been circulated in all counties in the provinee except Renfrew and the county conueli there now is working on the proposal, he said. It was hoped to have all c'ommit's •in 'Southern Ontario signed up this Year. in favor of llle ltlen. • Canadian -Born Actress Weds Peer's Brother Honeymooning in Hollywood after a surprise marriage in Tucson, Arid'„ are Frances Drake, Canadian -born actress, and 'her husband, Cecil 00, ,Arthur Howard. Howard is the brother of the Earl of Suffolk. Canad :.'s Greatest Highway Protect Road Connecting Peace River District With Great Slave Lake Will Soon Be Under Construction -- 400 Miles Long. Final sanction was given last week by Federal Resource Minis- ter Crerar to the construction of a winter traction road connecting the Peace River division of the Northern Alberta Railways With Great Slave Lake, almost 400 miles farther north. This will be the greatest road- way of its land in Canada. It will serve the purpose of a railway and tractors drawing 10 or more' trailers will ply along it. To Radium Mines Departmental officials expect that next year the pitchblende concentrates from Eldorado • Mines;,gold concentrates from the •'Yellowknife Mines and the Rab from Great Slave Lake will be hauled to the railway over this - road. • For the return trip food sup- plies and construction • materials will be hauled northa • it Will •fur-,. nisi) a direct connection between the alining fields and the farm lands around Fort 'Vermilion in Northern Alberta and the Peace River districts. Although the distance was less from McMurray to Great . Slave Lake, it was decided the Peace River route was preferable be- cause the country over which it would pass is more level. Co-eds Are Told What To Eat, Ele Saner Food And Less Cosmetics Urged By Miss Davis to Class At University of Western Ontario—"Can't Trust Own Tastes". One teaspoontul.ot cod liver oil tontales as much bone -building vitamin D as 1,500 servings of spin- ach, Miss L. M. Davis, instructress in horse economics, told a class of co-eds at the University of West- ern Ontario last week. "Cokes and chocolate bars are the modern adolescent's diet," she deplerecl. "There are 30 food ele- ments necessary to a well-balanced diet, and we cannot live and retain our health without them. A little less money spent on cosmetics and a little more spent on the right kind of food would mean a lot to the average beauty of til" American wroman." Diseases Due To Wrong Diet ltefnting the common impression that " in the good old days" PeoD1s didn't fuss so much about what they ate and were no worse off for it, Miss Davis quoted an article in. the Journal of -the American Dietetic Association, which stated that is Charlotte Bronte's day school- chil- dren were too weak to take pleYsi- cal training because they were fed inadequately. Many diseases .at- tributed' to the wrong diet have been wiped out by modern medical methods, and now the problem: le how to choose foods which are not deficient in food .values. • • In this day there are fewer nat- ural foods, Miss Davis said, and more are manufactured. But many of the artificial:brands are deficient in nutritive value, even tbough they are more pleasing to the taste, "We can't trust our tastes any more," the specialist in home econ- omics told the co-eds, "we-ve got to learn what we should eat and why." More Orchards Being Planted Production Of Fruits In Domin- ion 'Has Been Showing An . Upward Trend In Recent Years.. ,Frotin-ctiou,,ctiiiteliate Imp data bic fruits in Canadalave been showing an upward trend in recent years, according to the Agricultural Situa- tion and Outlook for 1939, issued by. the Dominion Departments of Agri- culture and Trade and Commerce. In the case of apples production has been increasing steadily since 1926 and the 193S crop, while only slight- ly higher than that of 1937, was more than 15 per cent. above the previous five-year average. Heavy new plantings in recent years in- dicate that the upward trend in pro• duction may be expected to con- tinue for some time. The fact that apple production fluctuates greatly front year to year as a result of weather conditions snakes it diffi- cult to forecast the price outlook of this product in advance. Ship- ments of apples both in barrels and in boxes for export were sha'1'ply higher in the fall of 1933 than in the previous year. McIntosh Reds Lead Thirty-three commercial nurser- ies reported to the Dominion De- partment of Agriculture on sales of trees during the year ended March 31, 1928. Apple trees led the list at 44:1,187, trio -thirds • of which were winter vc rieties. McIn- tosh continues to lead all other varieties for planting. Other sorts that continue to be popular are Duchess, alho ta, Yellow T'ranspar- ent, l'ameuse, Wealthy, Cortland, Delicious and Spy. Many communities in England are limiting dance hours to mid- night. WONDERLAND OF OZ VOICE OF THE PRESS WOLF AT THE POOR Its Swetlen, packs of wolves art keeping people away from cliurah. That isn't what's keeping them away over here. --Toronto Star, :rFI1 OLti RELIAI3LIR When we're moved. to epoak slightingly of the "horse and'buggY days," we might remember that the horse would always start on a colds morning, -•-Owen Sound Sun -Times, AXES TO GRIND It is strange that nearly everyone who protests against increased debt and increased taxation has hia own pet project which, if accepted by the governments, could only mean more debt or more taxation, — Brockville Recorder and Times. YOU'RE TELLING USI Addresses to the King are to be as few as possible, and Lis Majes- ty will not be expected to reply. This might be a good policy to fol- low in regard to all distinguished visitors. A weakness of Canadians is their tendency toward speech- making on the slightest provoca- tion,—Toronto Globe and Mail. SMALL TOWN EDITORS Editors of small town papers meet a lot of people. In spite o3 the fact that a good 50 per cent. of these people want to sell him something, he learns a little about a great many subjects from conver- sations with callers who find it considerably easier to gain access to the office of a small town editor than the holy of holies occupied by editors of metropolitan publica- tins.—"Lindsay Post. SAFE DRIVING --JUST l3 RAINS Safe driving is not a mechanical problem—although the mechanics of safety must 'be enforced. It is primarily a problem of the human mentality. It is not a question of stronger metals or safety glass or brakes or laws or penalties. It is purely and simply a matter of brains. Death lurks, not in the mechanism of. the automobile nor on what we are pleased to call "dangerous crossings". Death lurks in the human mind. — Vancouver Sun. Homemaker Should Understand Drugs Dean R, 0. Hurst of the Ontario College of Pharmacy recommends pharnnaey as a course of study or, peeeleee eiteialla those coeitein- plating marriage. "The course in pharmacy is of exceptional practical usefulness. No other college course contrib- utes quite so much knowledge use- ful to the wife and mother. Even in such arts as baking of cookery, understanding of the principles of pharmacy is invaluable. It is especially valuable to the mother of a growing family, improving her knowledge and judgment in the care of children." Theth 'he BOOK SHELF By ELIZABETH EEDY By ELIZABETH EEDY "SK1-INC+ FROM A TO Z" By Walter Amstutz You don't read this book. You look at the pictures. Each page carries five or six photo illustra- tions taken with a high-speed cam- era which analyse for you every ski-ing movement in all essential phases. Individual details ,;an be studied at leisure with the help of the printed explanation at the side of•each picture. As a handbook it is excellent. Mr. Amstutz' book is the result of the careful study of a lifetime spent on skis. Broth the beginner and the expert will benefit from what he has to teach. "Ski-ing front A to 2" . • by Walter Amstutz ... Toronto: Ox- ford University Press . .. $1,50. Children Of 14 Eat The Most Food Consume Of Human Being Is Highest At That Agri The small baby does notequire as muds energy producing rood as the active boy or girl: The baby of one month of age needs about 500 .calories in 24 hours; of two months, 610 calories; of 6 months, 750 calories; of 10 montane 900 cal- ories; of 12 menthe, 1000 and of 24 months, 1200 calories per day. Af- ter thin time, however, the child begins activities which increase greatly the demand for energy food because the child is also at this time growing at ' au exceedingly rapid rate. Fewer Calories Needed Thereafter During the last Pity years at- tempts have been made to set up standards of food requirement for children of various ages. The cal- ories required increase steadily with age, reaching a peak at the age of 14 after which there is a drop. It must be remembered that for energy requirement 6f the body it is the carbohydrate foods which are chiefly important. In carbohy- drate foods we include not only sugar but also all of the 'cereals like oats, corn, wheat, rye, rice, barley and similar grains. Once children objected seriouslyy to such foods because they wets monoton- ous, but novra'ays ' l tufactnr- ers of prepared cereals have de- veloped so many different modifi- cations that any sort of appetite or taste may be met by the foods that are availab'.e. Supplementary estimates an- nounced by the British Govern- ment included an appropriation of $445,550 for participation in the New York World's Fair. Fewer Tourists Entered Canada Duwiug 1935—Volume of Mcp for Travel Declined 'ourista visiting Canada in 1930 spent an : estimated $209,999,090 compared with $290,000,000 in 19re, according to a preliminary report issued by the Dominion Bureau el Statistics. Expenditures of Cana. dian travellers abroad were esti• mated at $120,000,000 against $124, 000,000. The favorable .balance to Canada on her international tourist account may be placed at about $149,000,000 in 1938 compared with: $166,000,000 in 1937. Though Visitors Spent Millions Volume of motor travel to Can- ada declined In 1938, the total num- ber of automobiles entered for touring purposes being 4, 346,645 compared with 4,511,840 in 193'l' Estimated expenditures of motor tourists in Canada were $178,000,- 019. with $181,332,000 in 1937. Tourist entries in Canada by rail, as reported by immigration officers, totalled 757,860 in 1938, a decline of 137,097 from 1937, There are 40 -million Ukrainian people, most of theta in Russia. GUIDE BOOK to GOOD VALUES * When you plan a trip abroad, you can take a guide book, and figure out exactly where you want to go, how long you can stay, and what it will cost you. ® The advertisements in this paper are really a guide book to good 'values. If you make a -habit of reading them carefully, you can plan your shopping trips anti save yourself time, energy and money. MORE CIGARETTES FOR YOUR MONEY LIFE'S LIKE THAT PACKAGE -ease In 1St Tine 1/21.8.711"4 5St By Fred Nehelr CALANOP taw, ares.. "A masquerade: s No, it's a bridge party , I'm to pleta ▪ . By L. Frank Baum (mph wee r•tty glad to bit pofmit- t.•d to go with this promise of as- sistance from the first and 1"ore- rooct. The owl -than led hitt bael: down the mountain path and or- dered the scarlet al1igo(nr t'' crawl ;rutty and allow the gnome to eras r ho bridge in safely. After the vi t- 1tor had gone, a brilliant anti gorge- ous city anneared upon the moun- tain top, clo rty visible in the ey is of the gaily dressed multitude of 1'hanrasms that lived there. 'Circ t trt,t end Foremost, beautt- ftt ly allayed, addressed the others: "1: is time we went into the world a1 di brought sot'roW s people. While tvo have remainedto hereItmany, w tions have grown happy and pros- ptroua. It is lucky that the gnome ie me to remind its to make trouble. \1 e will nae the tunnel to Conquer Os, then we wilt destroy the gnomes tit d their addles and afterward go ott to t,tt'u1e and annoy the whole world." .Dorothy and her fellow travellers rode away, from the Cuttencli9 vii - lege and followed the indistinct path toofar the mainsroadpan again pre ceeded on their Journey. 'Won e g- ning cane they stopped at a dweil- ing and were welcomed and giveh good and good beds for the night. Snarly next morning, however, the* tern at goo dbreakfasot sttlieyanbade their h at geed-bVo and climbed la- th The weather is always beaut:fill its Oz, and this morning the air was cool and the sunshine delightful. In about an hour they canoe to a place where another road branched o There wab a stiff} post here, t: ''ph, hers Is where l9`e turn , sO, :Dorothy, observing tee sign. "WI t are eve going t{5 7i`uddtecunili 1 asked the Captain General. ..:, Ozrna thought WO would e eY Fttadlg3A. They. aro said14 intertsttng, replied Doroth. 4