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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1939-12-07, Page 2VOICE of she PRESS LIMBURGER LOSES GLAMOUR Limburger cheese is losing sorne of its aroma through new manufacturing processes, It will soon be refined enough to appear in decent company—Kitchener Record. —o -- TWO-YEAR LICENSES Next year's motor licenses are black on yellow, "the most arrest- ing color combination known to science." 'Why not save money by reaknig them good for two years or the duration of the war?—To- ronto Telegram. —o— UNPASTEURIZED MILK Compulsory pasteurization of milk is again under attack by pro- ducers in Western Ontario. It may be assumed that none of them has ever visited the wards of a sanatorium and seen the small and perhaps crippled suffer- ers from those forms of tuber- culosis which sometimes originate, with other diseases, in unpasteur- ized milk.—Brockville Recorder and Times. --o— PRESERVE COUNTY HISTORY Canadians is much to the fore these days, and it is desirable that the history of each county in the prvoince should be preserved. At a recent Women's Institute con- vention it was proposed that every member should write down the history of their parents, and, if possible, their grandparents. This would accomplish a great deal in preserving data, and we would add that some of the tales that have been told us of the deeds done by our forebears should , also be incorporated. Our recent pioneer story competition brought forth a< great deal of interesting lore of early days on the Bruce Penin- sula, which is now available for fhe files of historians.—Canadian Echo (Wier -ton). Farm Column (Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell of the Ontario Agricultur. ed College, Guelph, assisted by various members of the faculty of the O.A.L.) wheF��ould. you, kindly tell me t eheiii Gals contain tWe great-. 'fret; sereetetteS of available nitro- gen, phosphoric acid and potash, to be used in a fertilizer?--"K.I. —Perth Co." Answering yours of recent date which has been referred to spy at- tention, T would say that as to nitrogen carriers, urea contains the largest amount of available nitrogen, /15';`o in all. It takes up moisture very rapidly and tends to form a sticky mass. It is neut- ral in reaction. Sulphate of ammonia is the next highest nitrogen carrier, carying about 20.5 % nitrogen. This is definitely acid in its re- action. There is a combined concen- trate known as annno-phos which carries 11% nitrogen and 48% phosphoric acid_ Nitrate of soda carries about 15% nitrogen. As to phosphoric acid there are 16 % and 20% grades which carry 16 or 20% available phos- phoric acid respectively. The come bined form ammo -phos to which I referred above, carries 48% available phosphoric acid. As to potash, a common form, muriate, carries 50 to 52% pot- ash and sulphate carrying 48 to 50% potassium. Potassium nitrate carrying ap- proximately 44% potash and 16% nitrogen was on the market some time ago. Since this is used in the manufacture" of explosives, I doubt if it will be available for use in fertilizer under present conditions. Last year some potash salts carrying 60% potash were offer- ed, but I do not know whether this will be on the market this year or not. "Shell Shock" Is Misnomer Cornell Neurologist Suggests Calling War Neuroses by Different Names ,--- Avoid "Hero" Complex Substitution of the term "ner- vousness" for that of "shell shoals" %vas advocated by Dr. Foster Ken- nedy, professor oe clinical neurol- ogy at Cornell University Medical College, New York, in an address at Montreal recently. Shell shock, Dr. Kennedy said, had a "pitifully romantic sound," Actually it covered a variety of the neurotic symptoms in wartime which would better be desertbed as nervousness. This would avoid Making the man who was suffering (irons a ncu rasfs feel that he was a hero. Twenty -Severin Young Canadian Fliers Reoei a "Wings" In Colorful Ceremony' It was a proud day for 27 young fliers of the R.C.A.F. when they received the coveted "Wings" of the R.C.A.F. at a special ceremony at the Trenton air station, Group Captain L. F. Stevenson is pictured, TOP pinning the "wings" on one of Canada's future aces. Eleven hundred,`officers and men, BOTTOM, witnessed the ceremony, which will send the 27 youthful fliers high into the air to learn the art of aerial warfare. Puck Chasers Topics of the Ontario Hockey Season — PERSONALITIES— Frank O'Brien, new captain of the Toronto Goodyears, has been in Senior hockey for seven win- ters. He started with Consols of the old T and Y Mercantile Leap gape., O'Brien until last season was n, geed deft -winger. He now plays the defence. Referee "Beef" McKay of the O. H. A. Senior staff was one of the hardest hitting defence play- ers to come out of Hamilton. Teamed with the famous "Red" Farrell, now a tobacco salesman around Barrie, McKay rounded out Tigers' blue line threat. Gooney McGowan, of Port Col- borne Sailors, is the oldest play- er, for service, in the Senior O. H. A. "A" ranks. He played many winters for Hamilton before mov- ing to the Canal town. Bobby Laurent, young defence player with Goodyears, was a blue - line partner for Johnny Craw- ford, now with Boston Bruins, with the Junior West Toronto Na- tionals who won the Memorial Cup in 1986, Paul Mundrick, Winnipeg lad playing centre for Goodyears, is just 20 years of age. This is his first Senior year. Vincent Upper, veteran Port Colborne defence star, is one of those double -effective members playing in the Senior O. ISI. A. "A" series. During the summer Upper plays a rattling good. game at second base and even takes his turn on the mound for the Port Colborne Senior club of the Nia- gara Baseball League. P. W. "Dinty" Moore, 0. H. A. vice-president and referee, played goal for Canada's last Olympic team. Canada's Foreign Trade Increases A sharp rise occurred •in Can- ada's external trade in September when the total was $156,020,853 compared with $139,183,821 in August and $129,520,881 in Sep- tember, 1038, according to a re- port issued by the Dominion Bu- reau of Statistics. These figures do not include trade in gold. Exports in September rose to $82,456,482 from $76,475,742 in August and $78,109,154 in, Sep- tember, 1938, while imports to- talled $73,564,271 compared with $62,708,079 and $56,411,727. Canada's favorable balanceof trade in September was $8,892,; 311 compared with $13,767,663 tri August and $16,697,427 in Sex% tember, 1938: �. N TARJO UTDQORS By VIC BAKER FROM A WATCHMAKER'S BENCH From a watchmaker's bench and an, optometrist's assistance came a fishing lure this year which startled fishingdom and brought keen satis- faction to two ardent anglers who had created their own lures. The watchmaker, E. Hensler, with the able assistance of the op- tometrist, Dr. C. Ingwersen, per- fected a spoon that swims like a fish and has been Used by great • numbers of fishermen this last sea- son with excellent results. The two amateur fishing lure inventors started the spoon making for their own use, but found it so effective and so popular that they had to make some for fishermen friends. They are made of stainless monel metal heads and tails with flexible bodies. Why don't you try making your own artifiicial fishing lures and baits this year and see what satis- faction you get when ono of your own creations hooks into and lands one of those big ones? TOUGH RABBITS A pugnacious white rabbit with a grudge against humanity claim- ed two more victims recently at Arnprior, Ontario, according to reports just reaching this corner. Jack Johnson, son of the Editor of the Arnprior Chronicle, told his father that he had been attacked by eerab'bit. The editor went out to the yard to see for himself and the rabbit charged without warn- ing and bit him 'on the leg. The rabbit was finally repulsed with a broom. Other residents have also reported similar assaults frons the white rabbit. It certainly sounds bare -raising! News PARADE ... THE WAR: Week by Week Cheer up! It may be a dull war now, but think what wonderful reading it's going to make when the facts chine out. They're start- ing, even now. We've learned, icor instance, that the first air raid, alarm in Great Britain this year. was sounded when a British of- ficial flew over London on his way home from a visit to the Duke of Windsor — his plane was mistaken for en "unidentified" enemy'airship. We know now, too, why the German invasion of Hol- land didn't take place the week- end of Nov. 12 — Hitler decided at the last moment to heed the advice of his generals and call it off (because Bblgium would support the Netherlands). The in- side story's the thing! Be patient and you'll get it, eventually. As the third month of the war drew to a close the sound of ton- gues Wagging could still be heard above the noise of battle strife. Diplomatic interchange had it all over military action. ituseia and Finland "dared" each other; Hungary and Rumania; Germany slammed England; England slam- med Germany; Holland protested, Italy railed. Protest Export Seizure The Allies' announced plan to seize German exports was re- sponsible for a great deal of the talk. Among neutral countries, the Netherlands were l,crhaps hardest hit since, during the first nine months of this year, Ian mil- lion tons of German exports were transhipped through Dutch terri- tory to points abroad. Other na- , tions chiefly to be affected were Belgium, Italy, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, the United States. ..Meanwhile the damage done by Gertnan mines, submarines to Al- lied and neutral Shipping was ter- rific. Biggest sea disaster's were the sinking of the 'British liner Rawalpindi which went down with all but 17 officers and men; the torpedoing of the Polish liner Pil- sudski. Rumors flew of nines The 13ock Shelf "CANADA. EUROPE AND HITLER" By Watson Kirkconnetl What two and a half million Euyopean - Canadians have been reading and thinking about the pre-war crises and the issues of the war itself is here analysed by one who has an unrivalled know- ledge of their press. For several years Watson Kirkconnell has fol- lowed closely the editorial opinion of the forty foreign - language newspapers in Canada; he has travelled most extensively in the Balkans and in the Baltics in re- cent years, and has more intim- ate knowledge of languages, local customs and history than most Canadians. The author was born in Port Hope, Ontario, in 1895. He was educated at Queen's Unive{rsty, Kingston, and at Oxford Univers- ity. Since 1922 he has lived in Winnipeg, where he is Professor of Classics in United College, 'Uni- versity of Manitaba. "Canada, Europe and Hitler".... by Watson Kirkconell Toron- to: Oxford University Press $1.50. sown by German parachutes. in the Thames estuary, and stories of "magnetic spines" were denied or affirmed daily. Question was: would the Allies be able to admin. ister to Germany the beating they were !taking themselves on the sea? Eyeing` Rumania Rumania was the cynosure of all eyes turned Balkanwards in the twelfth week of the war. Resig- nation of the Argetoianu Cabinet resulted in the accession to the premiership of pro -Ally Georges Tatarescu. Rich Rumania has to wacth all her territory carefully since so much of it was taken from other countries at the close of the first World War — Bess- arabia from Russia, Dobruja from Bulgaria, Transylvania from Hun- gary. (Germany, too, is interest- ed in King Carol's domain; last week 700,000 Reich troops, fully equpiped for action were report- ed missing for an attack on Ru- mania through Hungary). In the same week Italy's efforts to create a neutral Balkin bloc under her Ieadership virtually collapsed. Hungary refused to join with oth- er Balkan nations .until Trans- sylvania was restored. Air -Training Schools At home in. Canada engiueers and aviators were busy selecting sites for the new air training schools on which work would shortly commence. Forty were ex- pected to be opened during the winter, the total raised to 100 dur- ing the summer months. Some fif- teen of the training centres are in Ontario. Footnote: The Nobel Peace Prize for 1939 has gone beg- ging _...__for lack of a candidate. Canine Bellhop Accepted Tips "Mark," a big black Labrador dog, which delighted in his duties of a bell boy in the LaSalle Hotel, Regina, Sask., is dead of old age. Mark used to meet guests as they came in and carry their keys oe parcels .to their rooms. He even learned to pick up .quarters. He trained himself not to bother cus- tamers at the lunch counters, and at regular periods went to the, kitchen for his meals. Add My Praise to Your Grand Tasting Syrup `� strp Bee Hive Syrup Role Of Music: To Give Respite The musician's job in wartime must always Ilse to make music -- "the stuff of dreams" -- swell. above the roar of gens, says Di/en Ballon, noted 'Canadian pianist. "War," she adds, "is but an Inci- dent in our struggle for a better world — music a never -failing spring of spiritual strength to keep, our .dreams alive." Miss Balton, who made her umsi- eal debut in.her native Montreal at - the age of 3%, went back there. November 28 to make what she likes to call her "second debut". She appeared as 'soloist in her• first eond'ert since she broke her foot in a Loudon taxicab accident. last year and almost gave up her career. Miss Balton has volunteered for Red Cross work. "1 hope my job is. to play and play and play. My car- eer has taken me away from Can- ada a lot, but now I am so happy to be back, so that in my own way I might help during these bad days." LIFE'S LIKE THAT /;:;//,/7,,/"" 7' By Fred Neher ,"I'm the only man here. . . . I feel like a bull in a china chop! l'D REG'LAR FELLERS—Must Be the Climate 43 By GENE BYRNES ... ._ /''"" '�� . ' /lav i� - -- . "-nr..C'i ,-k _" .:+ .,°f.. 7uese oLEF(SH ASIS / G BOTH THE SAME SIZE., , LET'S HAVE A RACE AN' SE.E WHICH ONE OF 'THEM GRowS THE vgge5T/ tiCoRnE-IL TT ly,ll tl!, ' SETT 5IliKDI(PE r ,:' r �, -.' ` lj ✓'7 1 f ' / ! i/�✓% J�/ ✓ / j WHEN I i.E,F..r :.i� •�;`te THE NQU9E TH►5 -^- MitANIN MY goLtFISH vms TN AD L�iCy r� .W WHEN � LEFT THE ldbU.�E dU9' A FEW MINTS A p MY so>,.F{5H v4A THAT / .• w � +' N r 4 . r V � o'Qna�1s$' WHY r Y ULDN tat . _ ��,,a {i BE {' YOU LETS t„.4"'–'-' YOUR. HOUSE. 4 4' R. HOU I.. 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