Zurich Herald, 1939-11-30, Page 7'•
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NEWS
PAR A E•••
Over in England they've been
calling it "The Bore War." A
tense populace, nerved to expect
the worst in air I.:Aids, gas attacks,
immediately upon the commence-
ment of hostilities with Germany,
has been experiencing one of the
greatest mass boredoms in all his-
tory. In the eleventh week of the
war, however, signs were evident
that Britain's millions were begin-
ning to climb up from that let-
down feeling, and were realizing
that life could be gay and amusing
even on the brink of catastrophe,
"Adolf . in Blundcrland" took
the country by storm. First in -
traduced by the 33130 to the un-
suspecting ears of radio fans, this
wild satire on Lewis Carroll's im-
mortal classic supplied the neces-
sary impetus towards national
emotional recovery. Britain
laughed again. Here's bow it went
in part:
"Twas Danzig, 'and the Swasti-
koves
Did heil and hittle in the Reich ...
He took his Aryan horde in hand,
Long time the Gestapo he taught;
Then rested he by the Baltic Sea
And stood awhile in thought.
And as a Polish oath they swore,
The grabberwoch with eyes aflame
Came goring down the Corridor
And goebbeled as it came . . .
Adolf: "Dear, dear! How queer
everything is today. But if I am
not myself, who am I? Well, I'm
sure I'm not Bismarck, for his
hair was bristly and mine falls in
a beautiful bang right over my
left eye. And I can't be Napo-
leon, because he retreated from
Moscow . . . Oh, dear! I wish I
could get my thoughts straight."
The eleventh week of the war
saw a sudden increase in disasters
on the sea. Outlaw mines, drift-.
ing in the path of neutral shipping
in the war zone, took a heavy toll
of non-combatant lives, sank doz-
ens of ships, British, Dutch, Lithu-
anian, Japanese. Was it the Ger-
man intention to circle the British
Isles with a chain of deadly mines
which would cut off the stream of
supplies from overseas?
The curtain was lifted last week
on a reign of terror whose hor-
ribleness the world had merely
beenConjecturing' since March, of
this, year. In the: provinces of
Bo-
hemia and Moravia (Czecho-SIO-
vakia), where demonstrations and
riots against the Germans have
recently been occurring, 50,000
people were said to have been ar-
rested by Nazi police over one
week -end, more than a hundred
killed, school children carried off
to concentration camps, colleges
closed indefinitely.
Germany last week declared her
main war aim to be the destruc-
tion of British supremacy in -the
world. But how could a nation,
with its own worst enemy (Czecho-
Slovakia) curled right at its heart,
hope to wage successful war for
any period of time? Some politi-
cal observers gave the Nazi regime
till next spring to collapse. The
army high command were obvious-
ly on the outs with Nazi party
chiefs, some reports even indicat-
ing that Hitler's generals had re-
fused to attempt an invasion of
Holland. Was Hitler on the horns
of a dilemma from which he could
escape only by sacrificing. himself?
Were all the Nazi chickens corn-
ing home to roost simultaneously?
The mistakes of thenmst (Austria,
Czecho-Slovakia, Poland)—block-
ing any decisive move? The next
few weeks were expected to make
clear to us the film er.
Canada's Doors
Opened Wider
Canada opened wider its doors
to immigrants in the first six
months of the present fiscal year.
Number of immigrants entering
Canada totalled 12,024, an increase
of 10,704 over the same period the
previous fiscal year, tb.e immigra-
tion department reports at Ottawa.
Entry of Sudeten Germans, who
[eft that section of Czecho-Slovakia
after the German annexation, ac-
counted for a 79.5 per cent. in- •
erease in immigration from North-
am European races, who number-
ed 1,556 compared with 867. The
number of immigrants of German
erten was 975 compared with 282
Last year.
Immigrants from the British
Isles at 2,544 showed an increase
of 15.1, per cent. while the number
from the United States rose by 1.8
per Cent. to 3,410 from 3,365. Im-
migrants of other European races
totalled 4,514 compared with 4,262.
Of this class Jewish immigrants
Showed the largest increttee, the to-
tal rising to 1,107 from 286.
A total of 17,568,467 pedestri-
ans and passengers in vehicles
crossed the Ontario -United States
boundary during 1988 via facili-
ties provided by international
bridge, tunnel and ferry companes
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Canadian Minister to France Greets British Ambassador
Col. George Vanier, Canadian minister in Paris, is shown, LEFT, greeting
Sir Ronald Campbell, new British.ambassador to France, upon his arrival'
in Paris.
N TARO
UTDOORS
By VIC BAKER
DUCK -OUTS
That well-known and active con-
servation organization, Ducks Un-
limited (Canada), "shot" the first
of its "duck -outs" recently at Ta-
tagwa Lake near Weyburn, Sask.,
in a campaign that will make use
of ordinary dynamite to do good
work for ducks and conservation
in general. This idea of digging
duck -outs for ducks is a new one
in this country, and should even-
tually prove successful in blasting
miles of ditches through western
swamps and prairie country to
make homes for the ducks.
An expert handler of dynamite
did the explosive work and made
deep holes all over the shallow
and nearly dried out. • Tatagwa
Lake, so that reater quantities, of
water will gather there especially
in the spring, and thus be a stop-
ping off place for the ducks in
their migration northward. Enough
Water is expected. to be„.gathered.
rn theie.;;•dyriangted,-,holerte446t---
throughout the breeding season.
DAM BEAVER
Dynamite is often called upon
ti help defend the services of
mankind against the overwhelming
forces of Natur.e For.einetance,
this common substance was used
recently to hlow up a section of a
beaver dam in the northeast cor-
ner of Peterborough Couaty after
water had backed -up and blocked
the important boundary road on
the Hastings -Peterborough line.
According to Game Overseer 1. J.
Lyons, who broke the offending
embankment, there was more than
100 yards of roadway flooded by
Mr. Beaver's playful construction
and the flow of watei was
spreading over nearby farms. The
MICKIE SAYS—
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dam, he said, was in the middle ot•
a tag alder swamp and he.. fear-
ed the beavers will only rebuild.
it and create •a similar situation
again in the near future which
will again call for similar drastic
steps.
Britain Is Buying
Frozen Fish Here
Canada and Newfoundland Are
Supplying Immense Quant-
ity — 100,000,000 Pounds.
To Start With
Immense quantities of frezen
fish are being purchased in Canada and Newfoundland by British
fish interests.
An order is be4ng placed :for
about 50,000,000 lbs. of fish in NeW-
foundland and British interests.
have authorized purchase of 100e.
000,000 pounds of Canadian frozen
fish immediately it is available.
T guage the production possibil-
ities of the Dominion, Major Hugh
Gree.n, of London, England, has
been conferring with officials of
the fisheries department at Ot-
VOICE
of the
PRESS
, For a full-sized war, there's
aa awful lot of talking going on.
—London Free Press.
THE ELUSIVE TURKEY
Turkeys will he cheap on the
market this Christmas but as hard
as ever to win at bowling contests,
--Toronto Telegram.
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DOUBLE DEFENSE
An apple a day keeps the doc-
tor away, we or told. The Barrie
Examiner adds:—"Two apples a
day will help keep the Germans
away."—St. Marys Journal -Argus.
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MUNICIPAL FREEDOM
If a municipality re-electb its
officers year by year, it is an in-
dication that that particular mu-
nicipality is getting about as good
a brand of economical home gov-
ernment as it possible to attain.
But being deprived of the power
to change that government, year
after year, is an entirely different
thing.—Huron Expositor.
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THE SOYA BEAN
There are ten thousand acres
under soya bean production in
Canada, mostly in Ontario. Ten
years ago it was an unknown crop
in the Dominion. Its uses are many
and the soya bean has become an
• important raw material in the au-
tomobile, electrical appliance, ena-
mel, soap and feed industries, as
well as in innumerable industries
using plastics. It is anticipated
that the war will greatly extend
the cultivation and utility of the
soya bean.—Marketing.
War Costs Here
In Second Month
Were 9 Millions,,
Canada's special war expendi-
• tures in October are listed at $9,-
300,825, in a report issued at Ot-
tawa by the office of the comptrol-
ler of the treasury.
First Official Figure
It was the first official govern-
ment figure on the war costs to be
tawa. • made public. There was no Septem-
,';;:;' ex iigure given aind as returns are
sometimes delayed in reaching the
1 PUCK CHASERS treasury, it is possible that part of
the total might have been expend-
ed in September.
The war expenditures would be
taken from the $100,000,000 war ap-
propriation voted at the special
session of Parliament last Septem-
ber. It is considered possible that
the money was used largely by the
Defense Purchasing 13oard which
handled government war buying
prior to being taken over by the
new War Supply Board last Nov-
ember 1.
The war cost figure was included
TOPICS OF THE HOCKEY
SEASON IN ONTARIO
New Clubs Accepted
Hockey interest throughout
Canada is going ahead, with many
new clubs being formed. This
speaks well for the spirit of
sportsmen in `.`carrying on" for the
enjoyment and physical well-being
of our young men in time of war.
New clubs accepted into O.H.
A. membership by the Executive
Committee follow: Parry Sound
Intermediate "13"; Parry Sound
junior "C"; Port Elgin Junior
"C"; 100th Battery, Listowel, In-
termediate "B"; Hamilton Consol,
Photos, Junior "B"; Niagara Falls
Industrial League; Orillia Junior
"C"; Orillia, Intermediate "B"
Perth Regiment C.A.S.F. at Strat-
ford, Intermediate "13".
For fifty years the O.H.A. has
been in existence and has continu-
ously operated a Senior series. No
other sporting organization in
Canada can equal that record.
The Ontario Hockey Association
dates back to November 27, 1890,
and the Queen's Hotel, Toronto,
now the Royal York, was its birth-
place. The founders of the OIL
A. were Hon, Arthur Stanley, son
of a former Governor General of
Canada, Judge Barron of Strat-
ford, and Harry Ward, M.P., from
East Durham, Lt. -Col. A. M. Cos-
by of Toronto was the first Presi-
dent; Messrs. Barren and Ward,
Vice -Presidents; C. R. Hamilton,'
of Toronto Victories, Secretary;
C. K. Temple, Toronto, Treasurer;
and P. D. Ross, Ottawa, J. F.
Smellie, Captain Evans, J. C. Gar-
vin, William Henerie, Jr., Hamil-
ton, A. F. D. MacGachen, Lindsay,
and W. A. H. Kerr former the
first Executive. The first Senior
0.11.A. championship was won by
the Ottawa club, with Toronto St.
Goorge's runners-up.
• an a general survey of the goveru-
ment's balance sheet for October,
and for the six months April to
October, inclusive.
100 Million A lay
Is Spent On War
Rough Estimate Made of Total
Cash Cost In Present Con-
flict — Germany Heads List
The war is costing possibly $100,-
000,000 a day in current cash out-
lay lone.fiAdditional costs In loss-
es of property, arms and coraraer-
alai revenue cannot be computed
now.
•The $100,000,000 is neither an of-
'. Ecial nor exact figure': It is mere-
ly an estimate value made from
the best information available at
Washington, D.C. The estimate
may be far too high. On the other
hand, war costs may rise even far-
ther, if and when wholesale de-
struction of men, guns, fortifica-
tions and ships begins.
However, data from several dif-
ferent sources indicate that Germ-
any, heading the list, may have
spent $12,000,000,000 for war by
the end of her fiscal year next
March; Great Britain, her Domin-
ions and colonies, at least $5,262,-
000,000; and France, using a cal-
endar year fiscal period, at least
$2,194,18,000 by the end of 1939.
By the end of March, Germany
and the British Empire supposedly
will have spent $17,262,000,000 for
a war that began 211 days earlier
on Sept. 2, or $81,800,000 a day. By
the end of December, 120 days af-
ter the start of hostilities, France
.will have spent $2,194,758,081; or
$18,200,000 a day. The total is $100,-
000,000 a day.
• The war appropriation. of $100,-
000,000 was voted by Canada in
September. Defenses, expenditures
for 1939-40, before the declaration
of war, had been btulgetted at $53,-
000,000, giving Canada a total of
$153,000,000 for war.
Rabies Quarantine
Hampers Hunters
Hunters who regularly use doge
following their favorite .sport ht
Bruce County are under a handl-.
cap these days, due to the rabies
epidemie which broke out in the
Wingharn district earlier in the
fall.
Quarantine measures were ord-
ered throughout a widespread area
and under these a dog, when at lib.
erty, must be muzzled, Ncony a
hound with a muzzle is little use
in hunting, nimrods declare, ant/
say they ate unable to follow their
favorite sport with any degree of
success.
Ita 104 BEE HIVE
Two Air Marshals Meet On Canadian Soil
Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke -Popham, G.C.V.0„ M.C.B., C.M.G.,
D.S.O,, A.F.C., (right in picture) was welcomed by Air 'Marshal W. A.
Bishop, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C., on his arrival in Canada to lend his in-
valuable aid to the Empire air training scheme now under way here under
the guidance of Lord Riverdale. Picture was taken when Sir Robert
reached Montreal. Britain's fighting planes and bombers, he said, were
superior to those of the enemy. He also stressed the superiority of the
Curtiss planes to the German Messerschmidts.
Proposed New International Motor Truck Sales and Service Branch House In Toronto.
A general contract for erection of a new $185,000 International motor truck sales and service branch house
in Toronto has been let to the Brennan Paving Co: of Hamilton, Ont., it was announced recently by Frank
W.. Morton, Vice -President of International Harvester Company of Canada, Ltd. The Brennan Company,
Which maintains offices in Toronto as well as in Hamilton, has started construction work on the new building.
• The new building will have 150 feet of frontage on Bathurst Street, and will be 387 feet ,deep, its sides extend-
ing along Stewart and Wellington Streets. It will be of concrete, brick, stone and steel construction. Tho
front of the structure, containing a showroom on the ,,ground floor and offices above, will be two stories
high. The remainder of the building, housing the service station, parts department and truck storage space,
will be of one -storey construction. Among the features of the new International branch house .e.111 be a rest
room for truck drivers, containing showers and other lavatory facilities. The new building, for which N. A• .
Armstrong of Toronto is architect,' is to be completed by March 15, 1940, according to the contract.
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