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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1939-09-14, Page 7NEWS PARADE It It UNWELCOME NEUTRALITY: A story has been going the rounds that it would be cheaper for Brit - aim and France to have Italy an en- emy in this war than an ally be- cause the Italians are notoriously poor fighters and would have to be marched to the front, so it is said, and spied upon at home. But to have Italy neither an ally nor an enemy! This strategy of the Axis powers is presenting Britain and France with a difficult prob- lem to solve. Had Italy come into the war on the side of Hitler, then France could have attacked vulner- able northern Italy first thing, ta- ken over its industries, and gone at Germany from the south. So far the French army is confined to the heavily -fortified western front, has no excuse to attack Italy. Britain also is unable to go after Italian shipping in the Mediterranean. $450,000,O00 WORTH: Canada's role in the Second Great War may not become important by virtue of ear sending an expeditionary force (such may yet be found next to useless) but because we are able to supply in limitless quantities, foodstuffs, raw metal, planes, small arms, tractors- . Almost half, a billion dollars in gold has been de- posited with Canada by European financiers which may go to, pay for the above-mentioned. purchases here or across the border in the United States: We are to be a res- ervoir for supplies; not men. AMERICAN OPINION: A survey made by "Fortune" magazine just before the war broke out showed that the majority of Americans op- pose intervening in a conflict to save England and France, "even if they are losing." 65 per cent. of persons interviewed in the survey were opposed to the United States entering a war "at all." 24 and a half per cent. said they favored. en- tering the war if the democracies were losing. The sinking of the "Athenia" may change this propor- tion, but it would require a rare combination of circumstances, we believe, to effect a right -about-face in American public opinion. • MILITARY GUESSES: The ex- pressed opinion of neutral military observers: and some retired British and French officers in' London last week had it that: Germany's Sieg- fried . Line. and France's;,:Maginot Line will stalemate eacli-pthe'r all • along the old Western Front for at least a year, perhaps longer; Polish resistance will require the attention of at least half the Ger- man army for six months or more, (the annihilation of Poland's army is the primary German objective) ; Sending of British and French aid to Poland will be a tremendous task — due to difficulties of access .supplies might have to go around by the Mediterranean and up through Rumania. Inventor Refuses To Drive Car C. S. Palmer, 81, Discovered How To Get Gasoline Modest Charles Skele Palmer has " last turned 81" still refusing to own'',one of the automobiles whose devdtopment he made pos- sible. Palmer, described as "a mere pit- tance considering what it was worth to the oil industry." First Peppermint Being Processed Commercial Crop Being Turn- ed in Port Franks District The production of commercial peppermint for the first time in Ontario was started late in August at the new peppermint plant estab- lished at Port Franks, Ont., sev- eral months ago, According to Mr, Petro, manager of the plant, the peppermint is cut and allowed to dry for at least 24 hours before it can bo put through the plant. It is then taken to the still where it is put into a large, underground tank. The tank is closed and steam is forced into it. In about 15 minutes the oil rises with the steam and It goes through a coil that has cold water around it. As the mixture goes through condensation takes place and the oil and some water come out at the end of the coil where it Is separated. All the peapermint used. in Can- ada is imported and it Is reported that the new industry is finding a ready market for its product. Waters off Nova Scotia and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence arc di- vided into three temperature -lev- els during summer ---an upper Warm layer, a middle cold layer, and a bottom warm layer. In the winter time the upper layer gradu- ally becomes cold but the other two do net ebang6 greatly, Two Championship Rivals Who Are Pals Dorothy Hobson and Gordon Devlin, two champions. who swam against each other in. the Ontario Senior .One Mile Race at the C.N.E. for the beautiful._.trophies presented by Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. Limited, are' shown here "taking off" into the water at Gus 'Ryder's training -camp prior to their big effort. These two are rivals—but friends! Canada Attracts Many Tourists The attractions that Canada has to offer to the tourist are gradual- ly becoming known in a wider sphere, to judge by the license markers that are seen on.. the streets of the larger cities in the Dominion. Tourists are to be seen in cars bearing the registrations of every State in the Union, but ac- cording to the National Revenue Review, issued by authority of the Minister of Revenue, Ottawa, there are those who have come in cars from far more distant points In June 170 cars from 16 foreign countries, exclusive of the United States, came in' under a 60 -day tourist permit. Six were from the Philippine Islands, 54, from Hawaii 37 from Mexico, 27 from Panama, 14 from Cuba, 12 from the United Kingdom, seven. from Alaska, five from France, one' from China, and others from the Strait Settlements the. Dutch West Indies, Venezuela, Newfoundland and Brazil. . • Tourist travel .showed a big in- crease in June as compared with June last year. Cars that entered Canada for stays of from a few hours to six months numbered up to 464,327, as compared with 435,- 166 in June 1938, an increase of 29,161. Two Princesses Study Woodcraft Elizabeth and Margaret Rose Continue Guide Pursuits in Grounds of Beautiful Scot- tish Castle On the mountains that surround their lovely Balmoral Castle, Prin- cess Elizabeth and Princess' Mar- garet are carrying on their Girl Guide pursuits in the spirit of the Guide code. They are on their annual Scot- tish holiday there. A large part of their free time is spent in "wood- craft" practice in tracking and col- lecting wild flowers. Collecting Wild Flowers Princess Margaret is still a "Brownie" being under 10 years of age. Princess Elizabeth is a "sec- ond-class" Guide. Both are ordin- ary unprivileged members of the No. 1 Buckingham Palace company of Girl Guides. Their companions are children of friends ot the royal family, members of the royal household, or servants who live in the royal mews. Princess Margaret is Iearning to share her sister's keen interest in nature study. Together they have added many new specimens to a growing collection of wild flowers and plants. Elizabeth writes the names in the book, because her writing is by far the better, the friends of the family say. Books And You BY ELIZABETH EEDY "WHITE MAGIC" by Faith Baldw'fn °`-_ Here is a ,romance on skis in a setting of snow and mountains and the brilliant frosty nights of Sun Valley, where three groups of peo- ple are drawn into close and dang- erous personal relationships. Garda Allen , .. was surrounded it was said by bodyguards. Larry Martin: , was always catching Fortune's train . and never missed it. Ellen Mitchell: "She was real solid flesh and blood." Franz ... could teach skiing, like Hans ... or riding or dancing. The heiress, the self-made man, the secretary, and the German nobleman come to know each other and out of their acquaintance in- evitably comes ~ con fliet- which reaches its climax in a blizzard far from the luxury of Sun Valley. "White Magic"'. , by Faith Bald- win . . . Toronto: Oxford Univer- sity Press ... Traffic offences in London's metropolitan area last year to- talled nearly two and a half mil- lion, an increase of 1.7 per cent on the preceding year's figures. Tribute To Early Trail Blazers Monwlrxent to Mark Site of Kootenae House In tribute to the dauntless ex- plorers and fur traders who blazed the first trails through the Canad- ian Rockies, a stone monument has been erected, at the site of Keeton- ae House near Invermere, B.C., by the Department or Mines and Re- sources. The unveiling of this mon- ument, whichmarks the site of the first trading post of the white man on the Columbia River or its tribu- taries, will take place on Septem- ber 3 next, with Judge F. W. Ho - way, of the Historic Sites and the Monuments Board of Canada, and E. N. Russell, Superintendent of Yoho National Park, in attendance. Built by Early Explorer Kootenae House was built in the year 1807 by David Thompson who has been acclaimed as "Canada's Greatest Geographer." Thompson —trader, astronomer, pathfinder and mapmaker- — spent twenty- seven years in trade and explora- tion in the West. It's The Wig -Wag Waggle o' the Kilt Women Make 1,000 Kilts For Highlanders A band of kilt -making house- wives is being gathered together at Clydesbank to help Army chiefs overcome a kilt famine. Their leader is small, 44 -years - old Mrs. Alice . McColgan, who, when she heard a few weeks ago that there was a shortage of kilts for Highland regiments, wrote to the War Office and offered her help. With her father she had made Army kilts during the war, and she was able to persuade the War Office to let her tackle the job. Two and one half tons of tartan and an order for 1,000 kilts arrived at the little shop which she has opened. But Mrs. McColgan was faced with a problem, for there are no unemployed kilt makers 1n Scot- land and she had to have 'help. She remembered the women with whom she had worked many years ago in her father's business. Most of them were married, but 'she traced 15 of them and ' asked them to help. Leaving, Homes "Most of them have families, but they are all patriots and were all eager to help," she said. "Arrange- ments have been made for house- keepers to look after their homes. "They are coming here and we are starting at once on kilts for the Seaforth Highlanders." When the housewives have com- pleted the 1,000 kilts it is expected they will receive another contract. LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Nehel' 7.2.-70 if/.. L4 ie ~ �! ��, �. // 7 t. �. ro,`. „ .. l ,� (Copyh6lit, 1T18, by Fred Neho;) "Let's put it this way, then ... Make believe we're sitting in the park up jumps a goblin, ate you're scared!" Farmer Can Be A Real Pioneer As Much as His Grandfather Was Declares Head of O,A.C. A farmer today can be "as much of a pioneer as his grandfather was," G. I. Christie, principal of the Ontario ,Agricultural College, Guelph, told 500 farm people at the Junior Agriculturists' dinner in connection with. the Central Ca- nada Exhibition. The early pioneers made farms where there was once only wilder- ness, and now their descendants could pioneer in their turn by av- ailing themselves of new develop- ments in agricultural science and "reap dollars where their grand- fathers reaped cents," said Dr. Christie. If the purchasing power of the .farmer could be raised to a proper level, there would not be a single industry Idling in the Dominion, said the speaker. The younger gen- eration eneration of farmers and farmers' wives could do much to raise the purchasing levels by increasing the productivity and by following the advances made in agricultural science. Supply of Bags For Kitchen Use Cheesecloth Muslin Is Very Useful A valuable addition to kitchen equipment is a supply of bags that are made of cheesecloth muslin. These bags, which •should be of dif- ferent sizes, ranging from about four by eight to six by twelve inch- es, serve various purposes. When marrow jam is being made, the lemon rinds and pieces of ginger used for flavoring should be placed in a bag and tied to the handle of the pan. A similar bag holds pips and pulp during the making of orange, grapefruit, or lemon marmalade. To Make Clean Coffee The crust of bread that is placed In the pan with a boiling cauli- flower; to keep down the smell, should be tied up in a bag. Fat for basting meat may be placed in a bag and hung above the roast in the oven. The melting fat will drip gradually on to the roast and keep it well basted. PS.3 • If a percolator Is not available, good clear coffee may be made by, placing the ground coffee in a bag and suspending it in an aluminum, pot full of boiling water. New Oil Fields Seen For West Alberta Has Ample Supply but Output Depends on MarkeE Extension Discovery of major crude oil fields in Alberta and greatly ina creased oil production for the Tur- ner Valley field are predicted in 4 report prepared by J. L. Irwin, sta- tistician for the Alberta depart ment of lands and mines. "The prospects for Turner Vali ley appear to be as bright as eve' for vastly increased production, ►, the report said. "The prospects foil securing additional major fielde within the province, with the wide- spread drilling operations now iA force, are equally bright. 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