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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1939-03-09, Page 7{ ems 17 G�r�r4i By I'rlizabeth l,edy SPRING lS COMING: It may not even be in the air yet, but we know it's gust around the corner. Premier Hepburn has" returned from the south. The robins will be next. * .* * sill: ARM REACHES OUT: An unimportant -looking little despatch in the daily newspapers last{ week mentioned that Gorman -born rest - dents of the Province of Alberta, of military age, are being asked by the German Government to return to Germany at once under threat of reprisals against relatives in "the Fatherland". Can the Canadian Government do nothing about this sort of thing? Or has such a net of terror been thrown around our German-born citizens that they dare not speak? We know of one German woman, resident here for a dozen years, who just looks at you dumbly and shakes her head if you ask any questions about Germany, the plight of her relatives there, or her opinion of the Nazi regime, * * • PROMISSORY NOTES: Vincent Sheean, noted American author and foreign correspondent, who has just returned from the European scene, says that if Premier Mussolini de- clares that the Italians will leave Spain when victory comes, he means only the Italian infantry will get out. Mr. Sheean explains that Franco owes Mussolini $2,000,- 000,000 or $3,000,000,000 in promis- sory notes, and that Italy will be in a position to demand a military alliance to cut France's life line to her colonies in Africa. "The next crisis will be in the Mediterranean between France and Italy, possibly in Tunisia." * * 0 SQUEEZE -PLAY: While Britain and France were rushing last week to accord recognition to Franco's regime, General Molesworth, head of the International Commission evacuating foreign troops from Loyalist Spain, was declaring that there was still enough food in Loyalist territory to carry on the war for another two years; enough man power to hold out indefinitely ' against the Nationalists. Munitions only were lacking but the Loyalist Government, with the third largest •goad reserve in the world, was un- able to buy them. First Czechoslovakia. Then Spain. It's another case of being "sold dawn the river". Democracy all-- over the world will suffer im- measurably for having allowed the sell-out to take place. * * * FIVE CENTS A WEEK: There's no denying it, we've been getting good entertainment out of the C.B.C.'s new radio programs. Typi- cally Canadian material, attractive —something we've never had be- fore. Why kick at paying a nickel a week for a radio license when we're taxed that much for every packet of cigarettes we smoke? * 0 * THE WEEK'S QUESTION: How does the new income tax in Ger- many affect childless couples, bachelors and spinsters? Answer: Bachelors anci spinsters begin pay- ing tax at a $336.40 annual income. The amount of tax on that income is about $3.60; 45% of the income of married couples, childless for ..five years, can be taken up by the state, even though their income be only $720 a'year. Finds Reporter Resembles Thug London Maxi Feels His Face Grow Red In Police One London (Ont.) reporter went &round with elate red face while ,authorities cast glances of sus- picion at him. After two London men had been arrested on charges of holding up a St. Thomas butch- er utcher shop, a man and a woman came to London from Woodstock and asked to look at the prisoners. The Wood.stoek couple had been held 1p two weeks ago and thought the London pair might have been th.e bandits. Looked Like Bandit • There were not many prisoners in the pollee cells at the tiine so authorities asked a group • of re- porters and a photographer to stand in line with the two prison- ers. When the newspaper men and the two prisoners were placed in a line along the wall at the police station, the Woodstock couple were brought into the Croom. The woman was ilmmediately attracted by the looks of one clerk chap in the line- up. "That one looks more like one et the bandits than any of the oth- er's," she announced. The Man she pointed to was a reporter. North Fork school children are 'trigger than their Ontario parents were, says kl', VI, ,Brown ee, own- *hip school administrator, t eske JO the lower tornis have Constantly to be replaecdby Berger ones.. Better Not Try It If You Get Cold Feet Nearly 1,000 skiers swarmed down on Huntsville, Ont.; as the northern ' Ontario winter and summer resort officially opened its 1,600 acres of trails and lumps. These two pretty lassies brought their bathing suits out of moth balls for the occasion and reported that they "Were not cold inutth." In case you should adopt the idea for your own ski-ing expe- ditions don't blame us if you don't feel as comfortable as these two lassies look. Vaccination Introduced By Englishwoman Turks Had Practised It For Centuries—Dr. Jenner Per- fected The Process. Who discovere.d vaccination? Nine out of ten people' -would prob- ably say it was Edward Jenner, but actually he only perfected the process and overcame the supersti- tion and narrowness of outlook that had for a half -a -century prevented it from taking an invaluable part in preserving the health of the community. The practise had been known to the Turks, probably for centuries, bet it was a woman who introduced it into England, about half -a -century asfore Jenner per- fected the process. At the time ,al b.er discovery, one kri of the ost, i'm'portant in medical histo.ady Montague was living at the British Embassy in Constan- tinople, where her husband was Ambassador. During one of her journeys about the country Lady Mary saw an Arab doctor surrounded by a group of mothers who were handing their babies to him. The doctor dipped a needle into some liquid at his side and then jabbed it into the in- fants' arms. Puzzled and interest- ed, Lady Montague made inquiries, and learned how these children were being infected with cowpox so that they should be free from the danger of small -pox. Arab Doctor Practised It The Ambassador's wire knew that in those days small -pox out- breaks held a most important place among England's health problems, and she spoke of her discovery to the Embassy's official physician, Mr. Maitland by name, who was, of course, extremely interested. He soon discovered how the vaccine was obtained and inoculated all the members of the Embassy, and ou his return to London in 1721, four years later, he set up as a special- ist in the process for the compara- tive few who believed in vacein- ation at the time. Picture 'Frames It's pretty easy to ruin tike ef- fect of a fine picture b.y choosing the wrong frame. The more -sim- ple, the Iess conspicuous the frame, the more ,distinctive the art itself will be. Lt shotiiid har- monize with the .color tones and character of the roost,., as well :as the picture itself. Exceptions to this rule are Japanese and Chinese prints, which may always be fram- ed in harmonizing lacquer.. PUCK CHASERS p NEWS OF O.H.A. DOINGS T CANADIAN AMATEUR HOCKEY There is going to be a real old- fashioned dog fight among the senior championship teams of East- ern Canada before a winner is de- clared for the grand final wind-up of senior hockey in the Allan Cup series. No doubt the fact that this year's winner qualifies for the Olympic games of next winter has had much to do with the general strengthening of the senior hockey situation in Eastern Canada. * 0 * Two Ontario teams playing in Quebec leagues may cause the big- gest iggest upset of all. The famous Corn- wall Flyers, who won the Eastern Canadian Senior championship last setotoeteeeed went into the Allan Cup fina 4 ?nst thew Trail .Smoke Eat- erse-are leade n:1n the Quebec Pro- yint"al League, 'liaving completed their regular season with a com- mendable ornmendable margin over the rest of the circuit. Like everybody else,. the Cornwall Flyers are engaged in their league play-offs. They lost but nine games during the past sea- son and several of those setbacks came .when the team was riddled with illness and injuries. The Fly- ers lost about eight players from last year's team, but to the credit of Coach Don Penniston they have done a fine job of rebuilding. * * * In Ontario there are two senior teams that are likely to go places. Right now Toronto Goodyears, who won their regular Senior "A" 0.1I. A.. schedule without a defeat, • Ma! 1 got my name in the paper! Only Newspapers .bring the news of vital interest to yet Headlines may scream of death and disaster without causing you to raise an eyebrow. But if your son gets his name in the paper— that's real news! It isn't by accident that this paper prints so many stories which vitally interest you and ,your .neighbors. News of remote places is stated briefly and inter- preted. Local news is covered fully, because all good editors know that the news which inter- ests the readers most is news about themselves. Nov is a good time to learn more about this newspaper which tis made especially for you. Just for fun ask yourself this ques- tion: How could we get along without newspapers? KNOW YOUR NEWSPAPER AP 1 9. 11-11- 4- +0 * 0 VOICE OF THE PRESS WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? Now is some confounded pari.an going to ask Hon. lan Mackenzie what the 13ren gun looks like? — llamiiton Spectator. —0— WHEN SNOW WAS WELCOMED It cost Detroit $70,000 'o remove the snowfall of one week. In our days on the 'Tenth Concession a heavy snowfall was considered a splendid co' ^ring for the winter wheat, and also good for the clover. --Peterborough Examiner. —0— NOT INSOLUBLE With more cars on the roads On- tario had 451 fewermotor acci- dents in 1038 than in 1937, 135 fewer persons killed, 607 fewer in- jured. It is not great progress, but it is something, and shows the problem is not insoluble.—Ottawa Journal. —0— FOR WOMEN ONLY This is to be the season of frilly blouses and here and now It must be stated that It's about time. For if there is aeything that will turn the attention of the adult popula- tion away from the grim and sorry business of wars abroad and politi- cal difficulties at home, it ie.?, gay and lacy blouse.—Timmins Daily Press. —0— FOR SIX CENTS A WEEK There are 2,000,000 workers in the ljnited Kingdom who pay six cents a week to provide hospital treatment for themselves, if and when needed. The income per year for hospitalization has reached $30,- 000,000. What a blessing alike to patients as well as hospital auth- orities such a system would be for this province? And there is a be- lief that It will come to that some day.—St. Catharines Standard. —0— HAZARDS IN HOTEL BUSINESS It is not easy to make money in the hotel business. Even the own- ers of more modest hostelries have been unable to show very encourag- ing returns. They must maintain es- tablishments for a sort of hit-and- run patronage and are never sure whether they are going to encount- winning 15 games and playing five overtime ties, are engaged in a final play-off series with the im- proved mproved G.M. Men. of Oshawa. To- ronto Goodyears won. the first game of the final best -out -of -three games by a 3.1 score. However, Oshawa is still very much in the picture. While Toronto Goodyears are fav- orites to win the Senior "A" O.H.A. crown, they hardly expect to down .the Oshawa opposition in less than five games. IIPTDN'S THE TEA THAT IS NEVER INSIPID! er a sell-out or a washout. The automobile bas bad the effect of rendering the hotel trade unsteady. The travelling public has gotten away from any standard routine of its movements. It is here today and gone tomorrow, with the result that hotel proprietors never know how many patrons to expect. Wood- stock Sentinel-Rev!ew. -41-e-*-9-0.4-6 The 1 p K. SHELF By ELIZABETH EED1" Romance is Shorn From Movie Kati I<issing on the screen is fax from being a romantic affair] John Pitt, former :screen actor and director, told members of the Ca. nadian Progress Club in Montreal last week. The screening . of a single kiss was often, be said, pro - ceded by hours of effort to secure proper ro )er osition, stance and posture. "It is a wonder," he ad- ded, "that kisses appear as real as they do on the screen." DAYS OF OUR. YEARS ley Pierre van Paassen Of all the books written by foreign correspondents about their experiences abroad, their observa- tions of current history in the mak- ing, this is one of the most absorb- ing. "Days of Our Years" Is the autobiography of a man of intense feeling, acute perception, who has been on the instate of world-shaking events, eye -witness of almost in- credible happenings, in intimate contact with the great and glamor- ous figures of our age. 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"I can't say exactly', aunt Bin, what they, are," Dorothy, replied, laughing, "We will find out When we get there," "Perhaps the 'Wizard knows,"suggested Uncle Henry. "No,Iva never • been there," saki the '%Wizard. "But 7ave oen beard of he Fg;t� sales, who are e said to be t'S`ios eouller people in Oz." "In what 11 Way?' vn stasked i a dAaidIthel Wizart don't know, Just then, os they rode along a pretty green in.ne toward puddlecumjig, they spied a kangaroo by the roadside. The Poor animal had its taco eavered with both its front paws and was crying so bit- eerly that the teltrs eours'ed down its 'Meeks and trickled across' the road where they formed a pool in a small hollow. The Saw -Horse stopped short at this pitiful sight and Dorothy cried out with ready as m• "pathy: "1 hat's the Matter, lCangar- "Boo-lloo --- Boo-Iloo," wailed the Isan- garoo. "I have lost my—nil--mi--nu—Uh Boo -Hoo, lloo-lloo." 'Poor thing," said the 'Wizard, "she's lost her mister, It's probably her husband who's dead. "No, no, no," sobbed the. Ttringaroo. "It isn't that." "I know saki Ontiby Amby, "she's lost her mirror. No, its my—mi—mi-- Oh, y--mi--mi--Oh, Boo -5 oo, . and the /Cangaree cried harder than ever. "It must be her mince pie,' suggested Aunt Bin. "Or her while toast," pr,rpoyed Uncle Henry. "I have lost my—mi-mittens," said the Kangaroo, getting it out at last. "Oh'," "Why cried 13illlna, with a cackle or re- lief. didn t you say so before.' "13oo-Iloo, I couldn't," answered the Ilan- garoo. "But see bore," said Dorothy, "lou don't need mittens this warm weather, "Oh, don't I"" asked the alienist, stopping her sobs and totting her paws from her f.tce to look at the little girl in surprise. 4 d 4 t :i