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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1939-09-21, Page 9• NE P S POLAND'S CARE: The Poles, who have• been expecting and preparing for this war with Germany for al- most twenty years, long ago decid- ed that the ultimate core of their defense would be the triangular central region of industry between Krakow on the west, Lwow on the east, Lublin on the north. Into this area (look at the map), guarded by highlands, served by two rivers, Poland two years •ago moved her .vital steel and munitions works, built power plants, at a cost of • $200,000,000, if Poland is forced back into this "safety triangle", she can still receive aid through bee southeast gate , . the valley of the Dniester down to Rumania and the Black Sea. Germany can- , not block this gate without going -around thrugh Hungary or fight- ing through all the way from Kra- kow to Lwow. Grand strategy of the Polish ar- mies has been to retire slowly, and conserve manpower, consolidate their lines, then make a last stand to the death in the Triangle. SPY STORIES: In a wide district bordering on Lake Huron, farmers and townspeople have been lying awake eights, or sleeping head -un- der -the -covers in recent weeks. Persistent rumors about the big Haigmeyer farm near Thedford are the reason, Some reports said it is a German airbase; others that it ie a centre for German espionage activity throughout Ontario. Stor- ies of concealed weapons, dyna- mite, poison gas, sabotage equip- ment, men on sentry duty, have been spreading like wildfire. Prov- incial police are tired of denying these tales, and it is thought that the owners of the estate, two bro- thers, doctors, of Preston, may de- mand an investigation before any serious damage can be done to their property by frenzied but mis- guided patriots. MR. KING'S POLICY: Highlights of the Canadian government's pol- icy in the war crisis as outlined in Prime Minister Mackenzie King's speech to the House of Commons: • Rapid expansion of liar training and of pair and naval facilities, and the despatch of trained air person- nel; Economic pressure against Germany, including seizure of the chips and property; Defense of Newfoundland, Labrador, the Gulf el St ;•`;Lawrence `" arid. • nearby French possessions,, by' Canada; Development here of 'xuu> itioas bases; Industry and agriculture geared to a wartime basis; No con- scription; Furnishing of supplies et all kinds to British and Allied .powers, including munitions, food- stuffs, manufactured and raw mat- erials; Measures to assure the fur- nishing of financial support for Ca- nada's military participation; Con- trol of profiteering; protection ag- ainst sabotage; Consultations with government of Great Britain. The cardinal point of Mr. King's policy, Is this: "The .primary task and responsibility of the people of Canada is the defence and 'security of Canada." Schools In Air And On Wheels Canada's Little Red School house in Modern Versions ]Pioneer teachers who ruled In Canada's early schools would open their eyes with astonishment at modern versions of the little red schoolhouse across the Dominion as Autumn classes have resumed. In Nova Scotia, the schools have taken to the air. In Ontario they are on wheels. Physical education once supplied to most students through farm chores, is compul- sory in British Columbia schools. Saskatchewan has an extensive correspondence course system with students in remote sections of the province getting their educa- tion through Post Office facilities. Children in far off lands get all their education through Ontario's correspondence course, Ontario missionary families are enrolled among the mail pupils of the de- partment. In Northern Ontario, the schools are on wheels. The railway school car service carries educe, tion to scores of small communi- ties along the railway lines. A. survey by the Canadian Press Elbowed' Nova Scotia with the re- cord for the greatest use of the radio among Canadian provinces with Saskatchewan second, For more than a decade, Nova Scotia's department of education has put cut a general program to schools en diversified subjects. .A31 radio -equipped schools tune in to these lessons, When the ochool is not radio -equipped, the students go to homes with radios and get school attendance credits. ,A soil survey of more than 100,- 000,000 acres in connection with the work of Prairie Farm Rehabi- hitattlon has so far been completed in the Provinces of Manitoba, Sas- hatchewa rt ; and Alberta. Brititab School Girls, Touring Canada, IVInat Ren ask i Here Homes .are being sought for a group of British school girls who were touring Canada when war broke out. • These girls will now remain in this country, it has been announced, and. are at present being looked after by private schools in Toronto. Thinned Carey -Evans, grand -daughter of Hon. David Lloyd George, CENTRE, is among the group of girls forced to remain in Canada. xr N TARO f UTDOORS By VIC BAKER Less than an hour's run frond Kingston is the little village of Battersea, lying on Loughboro Lake, in the vicinity of which there is some of the best bass and trout fishing in the whole of On- tario. Lake Loughboro is about 20 miles in length and from half a mile to a mile in breadth. It is studded with islands and the open- ing of new vistas through chan- nels between the islands as your motor boat skips along to the fish- ing grounds is a constant delight. The water is as clear as crystal and a portage of three-quarters of a mile brings you to Rock Lake, while a drive from the hotel of a mile brings you to Dog Lake. Fishing with;.a copper line for deep -lying trout will give you fine, cold, six to ten pound lake trout. If you prefer casting for large- mouth and smallmouth black bass. you can get your fill of them in Dog Lake. It is not difficult to catch all the law allows, but to capture a fine fish on a light rod and have all the sport of it is enough for a decent angler. At Gracefield, about 60 miles north of Ottawa, a camp is situ- ated about 12 miles from the town itself, supplying guides, equipment and cabin accommodation. While guests are limited to 50, the rates are reasonably low and the terri- tory for the use of guests covers more than 70 square miles. Close to the lodge is Whitefish Lake which has produced some of the biggest bass taken this year in the Gatineau District. Other lakes and streams, while less frequented, also produce pickerel, great nor- thern pike and some lake trout. May your fall fishing trip be a great success! Danzig Status Often Changed By Albert Forster's proclama- tion, Danzig was switched Sept. 1 for the third time in its history to German rule. The city was founded by Ger- mans at the beginning of the 13th century. Until 1308 the city was under the sovereignty of Polish Pomeran- ian dukes. Then for more than 200 years, 1308-1454, it was German- ' ruled, by Teutonic knights. For more than 300 years, with- out losing its sovereignty, the city was associated in a personal un- ion with the kings • of Poland, from 1453 to 1793. But in the latter part of the 18th century, Poland was partitioned among Germany, Russia and Aus- tria-Hungary, and Danzig became a part of Prussia. This. status last- ed but 14 years. Under Polish, French, German Rule In 1807 Danzig became a free city, under French' rule. Seven years later, in 1814, with the be- ginning of the collapse of Na- poleon, Danzig returned to Prus- sia and thus remained until the Treaty of. Versailles at the end of the World War established it as a free city again. Now it is German again—by proclamation of Forster and its ac- ceptance by Hitler—after 18 years, nine months and 15 days. The city was proclaimed free under the League of Nations on November 15, 1920. The city is more than 90 per cent German -populated, a fact ad- mitted by Poles. However it is sit- uated ituated at the mouth of the Vis- tula River which taps the heart of Poland and has depended upon Polish trade. Poles have declared the city was the "lung" of Po - V ICE of tF. PRESS NO. 11 OSTRICH An optimist is a man who thought there could be no world war if only Europe could learn all about that undefended frontier between Canada and the United States. -•--Toronto Star. CONFUSING People who buy auto licenses at this time of year now get no re- duction. But this year, as far as auto markers go, does not end un- . til next year. ---Peterborough Ex- aminer. HOW TO AVOID TRAPS A new scheme has been worked. out to defeat the speed traps said to exist in various municipalities. The idea is to keep within the speed limit and laugh at the trap. —Toronto Globe and Mail. 718E HANDS SET BACK It is being said once more that the war now being fought will "ruin civilization." • War itself is uncivilized, but its presence in the world even on a large scale will not wreck civilization. It will not stop the clock of human progress; it will simply set back the hands. MISUNDERSTOOD The editor of a Kansas paper says he picked up a Winchester rifle one day recently and started up the street to return it to its ' owner. The relinquent subscrib- ers got it into their head's he was . on the warpath and a number of there he met insisted on paying him what they owed him. On his • return to the office he found- a load of hay, 15 bushels of corn, , ten bushels of potatoes, a load of wood and a barrel of turnips had been brought . in. — Walkerton Herald and Times. Value of Surgery In Farthest North Bishop of Arctic Says the Nat- ives Are Needing a Great eml off. Dental Work Done ti Rt, Rev. A. L. Fleming, Bishop of the Arctie just back from Akla- vik, last week, described' work of the modern hospital and Surgery •being carried on by the Church of En"land in Canada at Aklavik, well •within the Arctic Circle. B'4sbop Fleming was particularly enthusiastic about the recently -in- stalled dental surgery — only one• In the Arctic — and most norther- ly cathedral in the world. White Man's Food Harms Them "The natives have trouble with their teeth when they eat white man's food," Bishop Fleming said. "We ere trying to educate them to come and have their teeth looked at periodically." Bishop Fleming said the X-ray machine was a great benefit to the northern workers. He mentioned a husky Indian trapper who was found to have two pieces of shrap- nel in his leg. He was wounded during the war and the shrapnel caused pains up and down his legs. The X-ray located the fragments and they were •removed by opera- tion. German Submarines Menace Shipping On M(aan.y Seas German submarines, such ae these, are reported to have been sighted off,'.the;c5ast of Mexico ani thecoastof Scotland. Shipping is menaced by them in many parts of the world at present. FOR FINER -FLAVORED BREAD TWIT'S BETTER •, FOR YOU?. B,auks And You BY ELIZABETH EEDY "THE READER IS WARNED" Ey Carter Dickson Death by animal magnetism or criminal telepathy, lurks behind the covers of this book. Sam Constable (nearing sixty but sound as a dollar, except for a touch of malaria) is found dead at Fourways, near Grovetop, Surrey, with signs of malicious mental in- fluence having been exerted over him. Man io watch is Herman Pen- nik, a psychic expert who says: "Notes in sound can shatter glass or even kill a man. The same, nat- urally, applies to thought" Nina Constable, the widow, has written a detective tale, including a new kind of poison, and she has a scrap book called "New Ways of Commtt- ting Murder." Terror stalks at Fourways when another character expires. Inspector Humphrey Mast- ers does all an ordinary sleuth can do; then who should arrive but Sir Henry Merrivale, Mr. Dickson's grumpy but lovable and almost miraculously gifted deducer — what he does withtwo related clues would put most great think- ers to shame. Mr. Dickson's hand- ling of the psychic material is something to watch - we may not tell you whether or not it's phony. A don't miss item. "The Reader Is Warned" . - . by Carter Dickson - u Toronto. ' Mc- Clelland & Stewart, Limited . , . . $2.00. English shows are not run for profit, Out of 96 held by the Royal Agricultural Society only 41 have shown a balance. It con- tinues to prosper through the backing of the best class of farm- ers. LIFE'S LIKE THAT Cars Amok, Came 111.1 Front Dooii,' Occupants of a frame cottag( in St. Williams, Ont., were ruder ly awakened in the early morn( ing hours recently when an auto( mobile crashed into the front door of the house. Fred G. =master, Port Bow( man, driver of the car, lost con• trol of the machine. The aeon. pants of the house awakened td find the front door and casing smashed in, plaster failing and the partition betwce, the two front rooms {Imaged. Canadian cedar is being used extensively in the construction of camps throughout Great Britain for use in peacetime as schools and in wartime as refugee shel. By. Fred Nebel! "I don't know how it happened! 1 just pulled down a 'levee a d telt a jack pot:!!„ REG'L.AR FELLERS—WeIi.,Handled \1 TWis IS SUMPFI' TO 1.1‘4"'" •NTS A NICE UMBRELLA WHERE DIDJA G,ET IT ? 'IT WAS A PRESENT FROM S TECR/ f BUT YOU HAVEN'T 40T A SISTER." 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