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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1939-05-25, Page 7NEWS PA NEW ZEALAND'S EXAMPLE: There's only one country in the British Empire with next to no unemployment problem—New Zea- land. The Savage administration down under has set up a system of registration of unemployed and job placement, conducted by a department sof the government. Older people are looked after by social security legislation which brings benefits to all citizens over 60 years of age. Hence each in- dividual when the time comes for him (or her) to retire, steps out willingly, leaving the way open for the younger fry to secure em- ployment. Canada might well take a leaf from the book of her Antipodean sister. After all, a million people on relief in the Dominion is just one million too many. TURNING -POINT: Has it occur- red to anybody but us to wonder why it suddenly became important to Britain and France to form a "stop Hitler" front ... fater hav- ing allowed Austria, then Czecho- slovakia to fall under the sign of the swastika without a murmur? To our mind the new Franco - British moves are linked directly with the Nazis' abandonment of the "drive to the east" (the Uk- raine and Russia) in favor of a drive (maybe) on the west which means Britain, France and us. You will ask how come we know Hitler has given up thoughts of the eastward march for the pres- ent ... Think back to that day late in' March when the Fuehrer allow- ed Hungary to annex Carpatho- Ukraine, to form a common boun- dary with Poland. That barred 'his way to the Ukraine. 'Twas on that day that France and Britain sat up, startled, realized for the first t;me that they, not Russia, might be the next victims of Nazi aggression. WESTERN REVOLT: Chances of a federal election late this sum- mer or early this fall are decreas- ed, parliamentary wiseacres be- lieve, by the revolt of the West- ern Liberal M.P.'s over the issue of the Government's wheat policy. The "prairies were set on fire," it isk•seid, by the abendtartment of the 80 -cent wheat price, and '• now the Government .cannot afford to -zee, go to the people until. the West- ern electorate has been placed in a more propitiatory frame of mind. STRATEGIC TURKEY: \ e w weight has been thrown behind - the British -French security bloc in Europe with the conclusion of a British military agreement with Turkey. Once the "sick man of Europe," this ancient country sit- uated strategically (for the de- mocracies' purposes) at the east- ern end of the Mediterranean, has been transformed into a modern republic by the late dictator, Ata- turk. Turkey now has a land ar- my of nearly 200,000 men, a train- ed reserve, an air force with an estimated 500 planes, shortly to be increased to 1,000, and she long has been at work remilitariz- ing the Dardanelles. THE WEEK'S QUESTION: How does the Federal Government's new Acreage Bonus bill operate? A.nswer: One of the basic meas- ures in the Government's new farm program, this piece of legis - lotion awards special assistance to farmers in Western areas where there has been complete crop failure (this includes damage from any Cause other than hail). Australia Aids i imigration With New Policy in Operation the Past Year 6,000 British Immigrants Were Admitted Assisted passages to Australia of nearly 0,000 British• immigrants were approved during the first 13 months of the federal government's new assisted migration policy. A report covering the first year's operation of the new policy issued by. Interior Minister Mcliwen shows 5,971 assisted passages to Australia for British migrants were approv- ed and that a rapid increase in the flow of British migration has occur- red in recent months. The report says among the 23 skilled British industrial workers fol• specialized industries were 15 special artisans for paper pulp works Tri Tasmania, 34 skilled op- 3ratives for manufacture of con- denser yarns ancl tire -cord yarnS in Melbourne, and 13 skilled artis- ans for steel -tithe matt feature hi Adelaide. Japanese activity in China has increased the 'number of newsreels screened in Japan, many of there 'Showing the military exploits of the Japanese, New U.S. Envoy Arrives In Canada Hon. Daniel C. Roper, LEFT, former secretary of commerce in the Roosevelt administration, arrives in Ottawa with Mrs. Roper to be greet- ed by Premier Mackenzie King, as he officially assumes the post of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from United States to Canada Sleep Affects Child's Stature A Two - Hour Nap May Add Half -An -Inch To His Height A two-hour nap may add as much as half an inch to a child's stature. This phenomenon, de- monstrating the semi -elasticity of the human body, is reported to the Society for Child Development of the National Research Council by Drs. Janet M. Redfield and How- ard V. Meredith, of the State University of Iowa. They made exact measurements on 22 child- ren, 4 and 5 years old. The children had a rest period every afternoon. Some fell asleep regularly, while others lay awake on their cots. Both groups show- ed. increases in stature, with the sleepers far in the Lead. The av- erage gain for the slumberers, they report, was a trifle less than half an inch, and almost 90 per cent of this gain was between the hips and top of the head. Those who did not sleep gained about a quarter inch during each of these rest periods. The phenomenon is explained, they believe, by the constant pres- sure on the tissues of the body. The ribs constantly are being pressed closer together by the weight above them. This is es- pecially true during vigorous play when the tissues are "shaken down." When the body is recum- bent all this pressure is released, and the naturally elastic body re- turns to its greatest length. The explanation for the increased growth during sleep is that there is almost complete relaxation and hence no muscular resistance to the snap back. Says Future Lies hi Small Centres Neighbourly Friendships of Small Towns Preferred by Woman M.P. Miss Agnes Macphail, U.F.O. Labor, Grey Bruce, last week de- cried city life, urging people to get away from artificiality and back to reality. Speaking to a glom') of news- paper women, she said she "de- spised cities." "The future lies in the small centres; the moment the towns, vil- lages and communities die, the cities begin to die, although they don't know it" Back -Fence Chats Emportant She believed conversations that took place on the back doorstep in a small town community, or neigh- borly comments when the women were "hanging out their washing • in their yards," equalled the thoughts exchanged in the highest;F intellectual gatherings in urban centres. NTARiO UTDOQRS By VIC BAKER VOICE of the PRESS CANADA PEACE AT A PRICE The world has battled through another week of peace. How long can it stand the strain? ---Strat- ford Beaeon-Herald. SILK HAT SHORTAGE Are there enough silk hats to meet all the exigencies here for the Royal visit dune 7? The fun - :makers in the English press are deploring the reported Canadian deficiency in this regard. -- St. Catharines Standard. THE NORTH IS SAFE Canadians worrying about de- fence may find some eomfort in this telegram received by The Globe and Mail from Temagami: "Fear of invasion of the North by enemy tanks and machinery completely stopped by war meas - sure taken by the Minister of Highways to leave the Feguson Highway in its present condition" —The Toronto Globe and Mail. BUY FROM LOCAL STORES Buying from local stores is the wise way of purchasing. When goods are bought at the door from strangers, there is no guarantee either of quality or of quantity. Local store -keepers must guard their reputations, while a door-to- door salesman may be in another town ere the defects are found in the goods.—Niagara Falls Re- view. A FEW KINKS Talking about" your bait Basting ., line. Have you ever losta big fel- low because the line parted clown °• near the end? Many expert anglers • believe that it is just at this point that the heaviest wear comes on the line, so it is a good idea to break off six or more inches of the bait casting line each time you go fishing, It is better to lose a little ' line than a big fish. FISHING AND THE MOON The old man in the naoon is blamed for many dark deeds and now a new one is added to the list. Mr. C. McMotley has a carefully prepared article in the Trans- actions of The American Fisheries Society in which he concludes, after much experimentation with rainbow trout, that fishing is very adversely affected by the moon, especially during an August full moon. This paper was, previously read before the Society and was pub- lished along with a table of lengthy and impressive statistics to prove the point. We have space only for Mr. McMotleY's conclusions: "From the foregoing data it may be eon - chided that some factor associated with the Lull moon does affect rain- bow trout fishing." Whether our Ontario trout would be affected in the same way we do not know, but if any of our sportsmen happen to be trout fish- ing during a summer full moon and have poor success, be sure to blame it on the moon! There is nothing like a good alibi, eh, what! i i NOTE: Vic Baker will be glad to WONDERLAND OF OZ Cherry, the Shorthorn of Ames- bury, England,, which recently won the world's twenty-four hour record, by producing 14 gallons of milk, drinks 38 gallons of water daily, more than twice the low amount consumed by an ordinary cow. Secrets of the world's greatest* munitions factory were revealed to King George when he made a tour of the $60,000,000 plant in. Ex.. ton, England, recently, including a trip into the subterranean bomb- proof chambers. HARMLESS HITCH -HIKERS There are many harmless and deserving hitch -hikers. Among them are thousands of students and other worthy boys who depend on the motorists to carry them from place to place. It is a mis- fortune for such that criminals are converting the well-intentioned drivers into hard-boiled disbeliev- ers in human nature.—Woodstock Sentinel -Review. THE EMPIRE HITLER AND FERDINAND Herr Hitler ha's one of the en- dearing characteristics of Ferdin- 'and the Bull. Just when the crowds expect him to be most vio- lent he stops and smells the flow- ers. Our policy should be to en- courage him to go on developing the aesthetic side of his nature.— Beverley Nichols in (London, Eng- land) Sunday Graphic. i)01h25u/ The famous Scottish Liners "LETITIA" and "ATHENIA" New Features eb Hot and cold running water in all Cabin and Tourist staterooms, and in most Third Class cabins. t Beds instead of berths. • Controlled ventilation throughout. • Enlarged and rebuilt cabin staterooms in "Athenia". ® New rooms with private bath on the "Athenia" following similar improvements made in the `°Letitia These improved and increased facilities, plus a famous cuisine, personal service and entertainment, represent an outstanding value in ocean travel. Note these Low Rates Cabin from WI Tourist $11.9. Third $91. Weekly sailings from Montreal to Belfast, Liverpool and Glasgow inconjunction, with the Cunard White Star liners t'A.ndania" and. "Antonia". Students Prefer Commercial J. .bs Little Desire to Enter the Learn- ed Professions Is Shown By dents Little desire to enter the learned professions- was shown by more than 200 Kings County Academy students at Keutville, N. S., ques- tioned in an occupational survey. Commercial occupations led a list of 18 groups with 41 expressing their wish to go into business and secretarial work. One student named law as his chosen profession, another the min- istry. Ten hoped to become doc- tors while four chose engineering. To become airline stewardesses was the goal of seven girls. TwentY- five more chose nursing. All but eight of the 26 who chose teaching were girls. Prospective aviators numbered eight. Four stu- dents including one girl hoped to become specialized farmers. Many of the students are from surrounding rural districts of the Annapolis Valley, answer any question or discuss problems which readers may have. Write him in care of this paper. Cor. Bay and Wellington Streets—(EL. 3e71) Toronto but the man to see is your local Travel Ager... lomammoiewoommegmrammasmolotomassagsmalizt LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher "Say, `ah' II!" By . Frank Baum "It will "and dark before long," said the Wizard, and wocannot travel through the forest at night, so let ua make eamp hero and have some supper and sleep until daylight comes." They all looped at him in astonishment, and Aunt Em said; "A platy camp we'll have T must say. 1 suppose you intend us . to sleep under the wagon." "And chew grass T�o l' our supper,", added Uncle Henry. But lathy seethed to have no doubts and was gulls cheerful "It's lucky we have the Wonderful Wiz- ard with us," she said, as they all climb- ed out of the rod wagon, + because he eau do almost anything he wants to," "Oh, Yes, T forgot tvo had a 't'Vizard," said Uncle Henry looking at tho little man curiously. "I didn't,,, chirped Milne, con- tentedly. "In order to oarnp, said the Wiz. led, "the fir,.t thing we shall need Is tents. Has anyone a handkerchief? I will return it to You in the morning. Uncle Henry offered him one and Aunt Om another. He took them both and laid them on the grass near the edge of the forset, then he laid his own handker• chief down too and, standing a little back from them, he waved his hand toward the handkerchiefs and mumbled some magic words. Then lo' and behold, the handker- chiefs became tiny tents, and as the tray. niers looked at them they grow bigger enoughgt ocontain theeentire part . }ergo "This," said the Wizard, pointing to the first tent, "is for the accommodation of the ladies. Dorothy you and your aunt may step inside." Everyone ran to look inside the tent and they saw two pretty white beds and a silver roost for l3iliina. Rugs were spread upon the floor and some ramp chairs and a table comi)1F,t.d the furniture. "Well, well, well. this boots anything T ever saw or heard of, claimed Aunt P:na, and she glanced at 11,' \Vizard almost fearfully.