Zurich Herald, 1939-10-05, Page 6NEWS
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MONEY FROM THE SOUTH—
Canadian business stands to profit
greatly in this second world war
by reason of our proximity to the
United States. Because of our
common inland border, this coun-
try will benefit whether the Am-
erican Neutrality Act is revised
or not.
Should Congress, now in ses-
sion, turn down President Roose-
velt's proposal to repeal the arms
embargo, it would mean that a
great many American firms would
establish branch factories in Can-
ada, do a roaring business making
arms, munitions and planes for
Great Britain and France, employ
thousands and thousands of men.
If, on the other hand, the Neutral-
ity Act is revised (as we shall
know in another week or ten days)
and a "cash-and-carry" system of
arms trade established, an unlim-
ited quantity of arms could be sent
across the Canadian border by
rail, air, or waterway, for re-
export to the Allied Powers. Ex-
porters here would take a profit,
cash would circulate more freely,
Canadian railways would benefit
through the increased business.
ness.
A word in explanation of what
the "cash-and-carry" system
means: The United States would
be willing to sell arms and mate-
rials of war to all countries indis-
criminately but it would be a case
of "come -and -get -it -and -pay cash"
Since, in this war, Britain and
France have almost complete con-
troI of the seas, and tremendous
gold deposits on this continent, it
stands to reason that Germany
would be left out in the cold as far
as arms prrchases in the U.S. are
concerned.
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NO ELECTION: The Prime Minis-
ter of Canada, Mr. Mackenzie
King, has intimated that there will
be no general election in Canada
until after the next regular ses-
sion of Parliament which will be
called in January. It will be up
to the House at that time, he sta-
ted, to decide what should next be
done.
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HITLER'S OPPOSITION: On the
home front, Reiehsfuehrer Adolf
Hitler isn't having it all his own
-ti��trmViva Moravia r• .°
foxuierly
parts of Czechoslovakia) testify
to that. But his troubles are not
solely with non -Germanic peoples
within the Reich. There is an ac-
tive opposition to his policies, car-
ried on underground, which might
in these times of war succeed in
bringing about his downfall.
Fritz Cahen, author of "Men
Against Hitler," supplies us with
details. His estimate is that today,
50 per cent. of the German popu-
lation is in complete disaccord
with their Fuehrer and all his
ideas and acts, and a further 20
per cent. dislike the Hitler meth-
ods. The active opposition is car-
ried on underground by approxi-
mately 10,000 members of anti -
Hitler groups, plus Communists.
He is convinced that millions are
waiting for the right moment to
turn against the Nazi regime.
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Why Young People
Get Married Today
Chicago Professor Studies the
Reasons
German Wounded Brought Back From the Front
Professor. Laud T. Hites con-
ducts a course to make true love
run smooth at the Central Y.M.C.
A. College in Chicago. Prom his
students he has found out that the
young people marry because —
Almost universally tbey want to
have children.
They want independence from
parental control.
They want a home of their own,
a haven of refuge to which they
may go when pressed, someone in
the home on which they may lav-
ish their affection and their gifts.
They want the status which mar-
riage brings, the championship of
an admiring partner.
Not To Reform Him
Marrying a man to reform hint
is utterly impossible, says Profes-
sor Bites, who advises would-be
brides to see to it that he is re-
formed before marriage. "Some
people ought to be shot rather than
married," he said, addressing a re-
cent convention. "They just don't
have it in them to make good
mates,"
Depression •Raises
Appendicitis Toll
Drs. •'E+". II...Kelly. and R. M.
Watkins, of Cleveland, observing
the mounlieg death rate in a
attuly of 2 (,')O consecutive ewes
at Women's Hospital there, report
that appendicitis victims without
funds hesitate to summon medical
aid when an attack ocean and
try to. treat themselves.
Wounded German soldiers are seen being removed from a hospital train
as they arrived in Berlin from the Polish battle fronts. Casualties among
both Polish and German forces were reported to be very high.
N TARIO
UTDOORS
By VIC BAKER'
MORE CROWING
Sportsmen have always depre-
cated the ravages of the crow and
seldom have any qualms over its
destruction. In their efforts to con-
serve desirable species of game
birds, they have been able to pro-
duce very definite proof that this
black bandit is sporting enemy No.
1. That warfare on the crow is
nothing new and that it has been
going on for well over two hun-
dred years is demonstrated by the
bringing to light of an ancient law
of the Colony of Maryland.
In connection with its Tercen-
tennial celebration of several
the University of Maryland had
been delving into ancient laws of
the Colony and found that anti-
crow legislation was passed in
1728. To quote the report ap-
pearing in the Maryland Conser-
vationist: "It carried the self-ex-
planatory title: 'An Act to En-
courage the Destroying of Wolves,
Crows and Squirrels'."
Three Crows ,A Year
"Every master, mistress, owner
of a family or single, taxable in
the counties of the province," the
researched pointed •out, "was re-
quired •to submit annually that ei-
ther three crows ,r three squir-
rels had been killed for every tax-
able person they shall pay levy
for that year."
"The heads of the dead crows
or the scalps of killed squirrels
had to be submitted before coun-
ty justices or other officials who,
in turn, were obliged to destroy
the evidence so that it could not
be utilized over again.
"A credit of two, pounds of to-
bacco against the yearly taxes was
allowed for carrying out the de-
struction prescribed by the legis-
lation, but a fine of two pounds of
tobacco was demanded in case no
evidence of the prescribed crow
and squirrel mortality was pro-
duced. A credit of 200 pounds of
tobacco was allowed for the kill-
ing of wolves."
When Mrs. David Jones of Lil-
looet, B.C., wants, to have corn for
dinner she has to fightfor it, she
told police.
Mrs. Jones said she objects to
having "to fight off a dozen seven -
foot bears in order to get a few
ears of corn for dinner." She said.
families of bears have taken a
fancy to some special seed corn
and even climb apple trees on her
farm near this interior community.
Several have been chased away
by shotgun blasts, she said, but
they continue to come back,
Our Wheat Still
Goes To Germany
Canadian wheat is still going to
Germany, according to members
of the Montreal Corn Evchange.
Indignant, they nevertheless do.
not know how to stop it.
The procedure is this: Cana-
dian wheat is sold to New York
interests. When it gets to New
York, it is put in a neutral ship,
and forwarded to Belgium or Hol -
lard, usually Antwerp or Rotter-
dam., Then the grain is shipped.
directly to Germany.
In the last war, Canadian grain
also found its way to Germany,
until the British Intelligence Ser -
vibe in Holland saw the wheat con-
ing from New York, and go direct-
ly by rail or barge to Germany.
a No Business With Englancl
"morn Ehciiange niei5rbers` Here
are incensed that while no grain
business of any account can be
done with Britain .now, yet .it is
possible to sell grain to Germany,
New Postmaster -General .
:Hon. C. G. Power, one of the
French-speaking• members of the
Dominion Cabinet, has assumed
the post of Postmaster -General of
Canada. Major Power was for-
merly Minister of Pensions and
National Health.
Prefabricated houses are steadi-
ly increasing in popularity in Swe-
den. Production of houses increas-
ed from 1,546 units, valued at
$1,210,000, in 1933, to 4,889 un-
its, valued at $4,465,000, in 1937.
While statistics are not available
for 1938, it is believed that the
output in that year was in excess
of 5,000 units, and the produc-
tion rate during 1939 has con-
tinued to expand.
VOICE
of t6.
PRESS
THOSE BIG PUMPKINS
Even the seed catalogues and
government bulletins do not tell
us bow to grow such gigantic
pumpkins as one sees at the fairs.
There's a trick in it somewhere!
—Farmer's Advocate.
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SELF-PROTECTION 1NJOLVED
President Roosevelt's gesture
that he will stand behind Canada
'in the event of an invasion tis
much appreciated. The President
realizes that if Canada is attacked,
the United States may be next.
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STILL GLARING
What has happened to the new
law requiring the dimming• of au-
tomobile headlights? It has been
in force over a month now, and so
far no :one outside the usual run
. of dimmers has paid the slight-
est attention to it, and there have
been no prosecutions- for failure
to comply with the law.—St. Tho-
mas Times -Journal.
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MORE STRESS ON HEALTH
In Ontario's new program for
elementary schools, health has
been given a foremost place. Hon.
Dr. L. J. Simpson, minister of
education for Ontario, recently
pointed out that in the new pro-
gram the goal of health education
will be health behaviour— "Not
what the child knows about health,
but what he does about it."—Kit-
chener Record.
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TI-HE PROFITEER'S VICTIMS
It has been claimed that the
sudden rise in prices has been
caused by the rush of purchasers
who ar. attempting to hoard sup-
plies. But quantity purchases for
hoarding purposes are being made
by a relatively small proportion of
the population. The majority of
people have not the ready cash,
through income or savings, with
whcih to do this. Wage statistics
show that close to 70 per cent. of
the heads of families in Ontario
earn less than $1,400 a year.
These have all along had a strug-
gle to make ends meet and been
unable to put by savings fou an
• emergency period. The sudden
dump in._ -the. alr,iaaaa oj: i7inportant
food "items has removed them from
their reach.—Toronto Star.
A more mature "national mind"
is developing in the United States,
medical authorities believe.
The reason: There have been
fewer births and an -increasing
number of older people. ^ nd, it
this keeps up, the oldsters may
ruu the show." Older men and wo-
men will enjoy increased employ-
ment in industry and will assume
more iinpdrtant places in social
and .political activities. The view-
point of more mature thought and
judgment, they conclude, should
have a stabilizing effect on nation-
al life.
4th,104 BEE HIVE
Wartime Taxes
Worry Indians
Heavy Smokers and Tea Drink. -
ors, in Manitoba Show
Concern
Indians of the Nelson }Josue dis-
trict, 200 miles north of The Pas,
Manitoba, did not realize the effect
of Europe's war until they came
to the post for supplies, W. F. Nut-
ty, white trader, related.
"Most of the Indians thought they
would not get as much help frown
the government and they recalled
the collapse of fur prices in 1914
and 1915, but, not until they learn-
ed of the war taxes imposed, did
they start to worry," Mr. nutty
Said.
"Indians regard tea, tobacco, bul-
lets, salt, matches and nets as the
essentials of northern life — and
in that order — and are especially
heavy smokers and tea drinkars,"
the trader said.
Couldn't Believe About War
Groups of Indians clustered all
around the trader's radio on Sept.
3rd would not, at first, even be-
lieve the broadcast stating that
Great Britain was at war with
Germany.
A NEW WOMAN
llW1�IANTt�®if<OO
.>POnt,
Eloyd Shnou of So
Walter St, sayer "If
couldn't sleellru
couldn't eat and was
just about skin and
bones. I felt so yore,
weak that I wan jud,:
miserable. Dw
Pierce's Favorite
Fraaortption trade a different person of. ,uo.
appetite returned and I won back nay Immense
good health and weight. I slept well and lease
iad Poll like a new person." Life to lans
f you are feeling good and "peppy."' A'hat'
what Dr. i'ierce'a Favorite Prescription docs 1e
you. It roatorea a healthy appetite and gsav
proven your dtgeatiou of nourishing Food. Goy
Dr. Plerca'e Favorite Prescription (rose I
druggist today.
"You white people .,have been
talklug about war for four MO
and it has never Donna," opo ostAvil.
said., y'
Records of poultry farms stew.
died in New York State front 1920
to 1933 showed that the farm
with high producing hens had ta-
bor incomes more than twice ea
large as those with low production,.
How Poland's Defenders Tried to Stem Nazi Advance
Retreating before the German advance,. Polish army engineers wrecked
this bridge over the River Weichsel at Dirschau in an effort to slow up
German troo p movements,
LIFE'S LIKE THAT
By ]Fred Nehet
"Won't you join us for lunch?"
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