Zurich Herald, 1939-03-16, Page 7News
Parade
13y Elizabeth leedy
NEAR EXPLOSION POINT: The
i aternutionally famous woman
journalist .Paula Lefler who has
just returned from a two-month
tour of England, France, Poland,
Lithuania and the Baltic States
says that a war crisis more intense
than that preceding the Munich
"peace" will break over Europe
this °Inonth or early in April. Only
a miracle, she claims, will prevent
the outbreak of actual hostilities
this time.
An interesting observation: "Po-
land holds the balance of power
in this delicate European situa-
tion. Lying as it does between
two great dictatorships. Poland
has made it clear that while it
,wishes to be neutral, it will fight
any power that touches an inch
of its territory."
o—o
THE NEW POPE: A triumph for
the democracies it is that Eugenio
Cardinal Pacelli has been chosen
as the new Pope Pius XII over the
protests of Fascist powers in Eu-
rope.
urope. Official Germany met the
announcement of his election in
sulky silence. (As Papal Secre-
tary of State Cardinal Pacelli
had been solidly behind Pope Pius
XI in his denunciation of Nazi ac-
tivities against the Catholic
Church).
Now, under the leadership of
the relatively young and virile
Pius XII it seems that the Church
is about to abandon its policy of
more or less passive resistance
and Iaunch a major push all along
the ecclesiastical front.
O—O
RURAL HYDRO: The statement
that Icon. W. L. Houck, vice-
chairman of the Hydro -Electric
Power Commission of Ontario, re-
cently made about the extension
of Hydro services in Ontario hav-
ing reached the saturation point
didn't strike us as being quite
sound. We thought of all the
farm houses and buildings we
knew of which are still lighted by
kerosene lamps and lanterns.
The Owen Sound Sun -Times,
The Stratford Beacon -Herald and
the Windsor Daily Star have taken
Mr. Houck up on it, we are glad
to report. It is pointed out that
there are plenty of areas in rural
Ontario not yet completely ser-
viced by Hydro; there are many
districts untapped, or just touch-
ed, by power line developments.
The Windsor Star suggests that
Mr. Houck go up and take. a look
around " the farms in Dufferin,
Wellington, Grey, Simcoe, Bruce
and Huron counties. In conclu-
sion: "There are thousands of On-
tario farmers who still want Hy-
dro, if it is made available to
them and they can pay for it."
o—o
REJECTED DRIVERS: The De-
partment of Highways informs us
that 23 per cent. of the people
who undergo tests for drivers' li-
censes in the province are turned
down by the examiner, for reas-
ons of inability to operate the
vehicle successfully, physical han-
dicaps, criminal offenses involving
motor vehicles, mental incompet-
once.
Now the Ontario Motor League
proposes that all motorists pass
eyesight tests before being allow-
ed to drive.
o—o
RUMOR DEPARTMENT (not to
be depended on, of course): It is
whispered that instead of a long
parliamentary session lasting well
on into the middle of the summer,
House of Commons proceedings
at Ottawa may be cut short soon
after the visit of the King and
Queen, and an early election call-
ed, probably for September.
Balloon Blockade
Protects Germany
The German air force has plac-
ed hundreds of balloons on cables
around cities and industrial cen-
tres of the Reich and established
st new "blockade" division to man
thin new defence system in case of
air attacks.
Motorized troops have been in
training to inflate and send the
)balloons thousands of yards into
the air in a few minutes when an
alarm is given. Two motor units
are assigned to each balloon. The
troops have been in training for
mese special duties for months.
Each balloon; is a unit in the
German system. A plan of sus-
pending. nets from cables was dis-
carded as 'impractical.
In Stagger Formation
The balloons are staggered, so
that it would be almost impossible
for an aviator to escape all of
Mein oveee a given point, Some
them are to be sent up as high
as 32,000 feet, others to lower
Sltitudos.
Plans have .been made in this
Way for protecting' all startegic
points. Comparatively few bal-
let/OM are .needed for such points
esbrt
bridges, r pawet works, r darns
and
d
ee
xpisni]ai' structures, lt,,,at1ee they
are more diflicult to e:t .:1. f ewe
the air.
Snow Blankets Ancient Citadel in Quebec City
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Where the than ABOVE is seen walking the King' and Queen will walk • but in a different atmosphere.
It's a picture taken at the entrance to The Citadel, residence of the lieutenant -governor of Quebec, where their
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majesties wil stay temporarily while visiting Canada this sumer. The heaviest snowfall in Quebec city in a
quarter century made the walks mere canyons instead of the vantage points to gaze around the historic fort
that they usually are.
B!.r med For Breath
Of Another Man
Sarnia Citizen Asleep In Church
Meeting Is Looked At As-
kance By Congregation. Who
Smell Liquor.
Rumor has it that one of Sarnia's
most t :apectable citizens is being
slandered these days. It all hap-
pened because the respectable citi-
zen had been working late at night
and was so tired that he fell asleep
at a church meeting.
He (the respectable citizen) went
to the church meeting one night
last week and sat down in one of
the rear seats. Another man, a
member of the saute church, came
in and seated himself beside the
sleeper. The trouble was that the
secoud man bad been drinking —
and bad sense enough not to show
it.
Tongues Set Wagging
But lie did smell of alcohol. And
the combination of the odor and
the sleeping form of the respect-
able citizen was enough to set
tongues wagging.
. Women passed by vtith scornful
--looks and muttered re;.:ahes. One
of 'them. stopped. and spoke to the.
man who had been drinking.
`"Isn't it disgusting?" shu said in-
dignantly. "''•t church of all
places!"
Knows Nothing About It
The man who had been drinking
never so much as smiled. He turn -
,.t: his head when he answered the
lady and agreed that the whole
thing was shameful.
So tongues aro wagging in Sarnia
these days, un'. •known to ti"- man
who fell asiecr• He, respectable
citizen, knows nothin; of the inci-
dent other than that he dozed off
for a moment or two at a church
meeting.
Short -tailed field or pine mice
are causing severe damage to ap-
ple trees in Annapolis Valley dis-
trict, N.S. Orchardists in some
sections estimated from 25 5to 50
per cent. of thier trees damaged.
LucknoW Man
Grows Lemons
And Oranges
A greenhouse at Lucknow,
Ont., has a lemon tree which
has one lemon an it measuring
about twelve inches in circum-
ference. There are three or four
smaller size lemons on this hot-
house tree. It is in a pot and
is less than, three feet high. An
orange tree is also producing
small oranges this year, one has
matured and ripened. Another
curio is a fig tree that bore fruit
but it dropped off before ripen-
ing..
ipen-ing..
PUCK
CHASERS
NEVVS OF O.H.A. DOING1S
NEWS OF O.H.A. DOINGS
CANADIAN AMATEUR HOCKEY
Playdowns for this season in Ca-
nadian Amateur Hockey (Eastern
Section) have been arranged as
follows:
Senior Series
A—Ottawa and District A.H.A.
(3 out of 5 series) vs. Maritimes
A.H.A.—at Maritimes A.H.A. Mar.
16, Mar. 18;
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at Ottawa and District A.H.A.
Mar. 21, Mar. 23 and Mar. 25 if
necessary.
B—Winner of "A" Series vs.
O.H.A. (2 out of 3 series)—at
Ottawa and District Mar. 25 and
Mar. 27;
at O.H.A. Mar. 27 or Mar. 29 or
Mar. 31 if necessary.
C—Eastern Final (2 out of 3
series)—at Winner "B" Mar. 29,
or Mar. 31 or Apr. 3;
at Quebec A.I..A. Mar. 31, or Apr.
3, or Apr., 5 and Apr. 7 if rcnea'es-
sary,
Junior Series
A --Ottawa and Dietriet A.II.A,
vs. Maritime.' A.Ft. t,—•at Mari-
i i:nea Mar. 21, Mar. ':3 and Mar:,
2.5 if "'necessary. .
B—Winner of "A" Series vs.
Quebec A.Ii.A.
' "If" Ottawa and. District wins
"A" Series—at QIli; bee A.H.A.
Mar. 28;
at Ottawa and District Mar. 30
and April 1 if necessary.
"If" M.A.H.A. wins "A" Series
Trucks Market
Farm Produce
The Provincial Minister of Ag-
riculture has estimated that 90
per cent. of Ontario -grown farm
produce reaches market by motor
truck. Highways, he said, had
changed shipping and marketing
methods to a degree "never
dreamed of by the people of two
generations ago—indeed never
anticipated by our own parents."
Marketing Methods Changed
Referring to such highway ship-
ments, Mr. Dewan mentioned the
fruit and vegetable station at Gra-
venhurst inspected 4,098 trucks
loaded with produce north -bound
from June 18 to Dec. 24, 1938, an
increase of 46 per cent. over the
previous year.
"Some 443 loads of apples, 193
Loads of other products, 414 tons
of produce in all were held for
reconditioning," he said.
More than 2,000,000 Italians and
100,000 Germans are now living in
Argentina.
—all games at Quebec A.H.A.
with same dates.
C—Wuinet,of;,'j3".,;Series . vs.
"IS" Ottawa and District or..
Quebec A.H.A. wins "B" Series—
at Ottawa and District o. Quebec
A.H.A. April 3, and at O.H.A.
Apr. 5 and Apr. 7 if necessary..
"If" Ilfaritimes A.H.A. wins "B"
Series—all games at O.H.A. with
sante dates.
U.S. Flier Crashes Into Barn Near Parkhill, Ont.
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V/C EKE OF
THE PRESS
WANTED --!MORE PEOPLE.
Everybody talks about solutions
of the railway problem, but every-
body avoids the discussion of the
most obvious one; more population
—Toronto Saturday Night.
HEAVERS, BEWARE!
It is evident that, given a real
chance, bearer will soon have so
multiplied in the province that a
profitable trapping industry will
again be possible—Sault Star.
EVER TRY THIS?
We often wonder if those peo-
ple who talk about our three thou-
sand miles of unprotected fr6ntier
have ever tried to argue with a
customs officer. ----Hamilton Specta-
tor.
EIGHT PER CENT INDIGENT
In December 871,000 persons
were receiving relief in Canada.
That is about eight per cent. of
the population, a large proportion
in a country of great resources.—
Sault Ste. Marie Star.
GREATER OPPORTUNITY
The old narrow trails where two
cars could barely pass without col-
liding, notes a cynic, are happily
being replaced by splendid wide
highways on which six or eight
cars can collide at the same time.
—Kitchener Record.
LOST ITS CHIEF ASSET
About 60 years ago, a 50 -acre
farm in an Ontario township was
sold for $2,200; last week it was
sold for $625. The explanation
Ties partly in the fact that it was
once all hardwood, while today it
is stripped of bush.—St. Marys
Journal Argus.
FARM INSURANCE
.Attorney -Genera] Conant has
been pointing out that if it wee
not for the farmers' mutual fire
insurance companies, which offer
much -reduced rates, it would be
almost impossible for many farm-
ers to furnish protection for their
properties. When it is known that
these companies now carry a toe
tat of $52,000,000 business in On-
tario, their popularity with people
living in rural di tricts may be rap-"
preciated. -- l:rockville Iter: i tier
and Tintce..
Bateieg in a high sea at i:+;i at
Brat. River, e3oete Africa. Het. D.
1'. ver £It1+';'':'f+ el; Joe t lee .. ;ee
teeth. four d:ce • later the cart. :earl
retuned to hint 1.y a yot:t;t- :,;an
tylia foetid tat;,;' on the eeteet,
(;rri;utay eepelie-TI neerr r
tenths of the tock shipped 'titin
Italy last year.
Relieve Their MISTRESS
This Easy, Quick Way!
Don't take chances. Rub on sooth-
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quickly follows.
Musterole gets such fine renal,.s
because it's NOT just a salve. It's a
""counter-irritant"—easing, warm-
ing, stimulating and penetrating --
helpful in quickly relieving local fen-
gestion and pain. '
Used by millions for 30 year:.
Recommended by many doctors and
nurses. Made in Canada, in three
strengths: Regular Strength, Chil-
dren's (mild), and Extra Strong.
Approved by Good Housekeeping
Bureau.. All druggists, 400 each.
MORE CIGARETTES
FOR YOUR MONEY
PACK AG E
also in 250 Fine
1/2 LB. TIN 55c
LIFE'S LIKE THAT
By Fred Nehe>r
1-te
Lieut. L. A. Cowles, of the U.S. Arniy Air Corps, tvas instantly killed
when his Seversky pursuit plane crashed into at barn near Parkhill, Ont.,
killing.two horses,, a cow and 70 clriekens. Lieut. Cowles is thought to
have become lost in a dense fog and crashed when his gasoline supply
became exhausted.
(trepyright, 1555, by iced Naber) !. ....� .
"Have a cigar, Monty—we've got a new daddy up at our house to -day."
WONDERLAND OF OZ
aoy,riubtre 1157, 1t4t7 l I,M ac.
By L. Frank Baum
wie'thrtiy tropias' tiv Ii eft` uIl eras-btixiied
without mittens," said the J{antaroo.
Nonsense, said Dorothy. "X never heard
of a Kangaroo that wore mittens. never,"
repeated the t,trl, "Where do you live?"
"Over there," was the answer, "but I
e+rn'to home without m mitt .us." it
the men mime the Wizard any
Une1n Itenry
npproache.d the Iiangnroo. "Bern," hr spin,
arc some mittens for you. The Wizard
found tbean."
'Oh, thank' you very much;' said the
Terttyaron. "Are you going to 1'uddlecuni-
Jig?" "Yen," replied Dorothy "how Stir
s it;" "Just a little 'ways,t' said the
Kangaroo. -hut yottd better go quietly
‘then .you
et close to tt+ 'V
7 asked
the Wizard, curiously,. "if T tat
c 3
Cottr it
(, Yfun,".�li s.
would at oil the said the Kangaroo.
"But t'n rluieil;t in•1 the sauce," and with
hese venrtl.t the T' pn'raroir hopped awn'5-,
while tht• olhtrr, r,r00erdetid on their Jour -
They had been traveling but a short tin e
after leaving the Kangaroo, when they
spied a group of very pretty houses, Stan!.
ing in a green field a short distance ahead
of them. Beautiful trees surrounded these
houses and our friends could see nothing
outtheordinary inar the
ofnd in scene.fol-
lowing
So, u
lowing the Kangaroo's advice. they got
opt of the wagon and entered the field,
and very- captiously atrproached the tromp
of houses. "Be very quirt," w•hi, peu.d the
1F Iz:ird.
.il'-nt
.0 Iv did they tru>,e that �n.,rr they
saw, thrmrgil the rt trrdcrrta of nit" h. tises,
peoplr MOV 'int; er;'ond. while ,. ate:,• avert'
'rising; to and fro in t1rt+ ,aids bi:twi•t•n
the buildings. They src near much like
other i t'r pt<rle from
the
til tun
c i :1ut '1t r•
rarcntly Ih e3 010not ,
u r
rr• litno
party or our ftiencii. They y h t "Inrevt
reached the nearest house winn 'foto sow
a butterfly flit in front of iii+ eosr1 and h.
barked loudly at tt. tat +t 11y :t r1•11te•r
Was 11'•.11'l f Y"Trr t I"' tlnrt. -e 71 iNi K 61'+1�.