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Zurich Herald, 1939-12-14, Page 2THE WAR: Week by Week The Allies' quarrel with Germ- any took a back seat last week when Russia invaded Finland. Newspapers, radio, politicians of all continents, dropped the war on the Western Front in favor of the more sensatiauaI developments in the Baltic. Everybody condemn- ed the Russian move — that is, everybody but Nazi Germany and George Bernard Shaw, iwho said that the Finnish Government was very foolish; it should have known better). Startling as were the actual facts of the Soviet Union's invas- ion of its neighbor's territory, even more interesting to the wide-awake public in all Iands were the impli- cations in this aggressive move, and the question it raised: Would the Allies declare war on Russia? Would the Scandinavian countries contribute more than moral sup- port to Finland? Would Russia re- sign from the League of Nations? Did this move on the part of Rus- sia presage joint action between Germany and the Soviet in Scan- dinavia, in the Balkans? To stud- ents of international p•:,litics one thing appeared obvious: there was more in the Finnish affair than met the eye. Why otherwise should Rusela have risked antagonizing the whole world? Was Stalin play- ing for enormous stalcee, yet un- disclosed? Was he consolidating the Soviet position in preparation fee a ee tiling war with the rest d civilization':3 ,. Ti .,e world will hence- forth watch Ru ala, rather than Germany, to learn the outcome of the present European conflict. Some intimation of the wide- spread. intrigue. plotting, counter- plotting, that is going un under the surface of European polities was given last week in a news de- spatch from Rome, which hinted that Conservative British circles would be pleased if high-up Ger- man "moderates" were to succeed in ousting Hitler and Ribbentrop making Goering. the head of a new German government. This story tied up with the kitdnapping by the Gestapo of two British ag- ents who were whisked away from an inn on the Belgian border and accused of complicity in the Mune bele hombhttg. • The thirteenth week of the war also saw Premier Daladier become virtual dictator of France for the duration , , .. renewed activity on the Western Front, Rhine -Moselle sector ... more neutral ships were sunk on the sea ... the Admiralty announced that Great Britain had lost 4 per cent, '>f her total naval tonnage in three months of war. First Capture A Porcupine North Country Chef Gives Re- cipe for "Delicacy", Roast Porcupine Obie Wile, cook at a mining property in the north country who is famous for his cooking, claims that roast porcupine is a delic- acy. The recipe is passed an for the benefit of the gastronomicaIIy in- clined cennoisseurs of the unus- ual, Roll It In Clay First catch a porcupine. Then, after the due rites of execution and cleaning have been observed, make a large fire. Now secure about 50 pounds of clean clay into which roll the late Mr. Porcu- pine. The `bail of clay' is then placed on the centre of the fire rind left for three hours. When the time has elapsed the clay is very hard and must be split down the centre with an axe. The quills and tee hide stick to the clay. The pink meat is ready to eat. De- licious, they say. Miners say porcupine tastes similar to rattlesnake, which is considered a delicacy in New York. Took Only Movie Films Of Meteor Rev. A., W. 13amfield of Toron- to has taken what is believed to. be the only moving picture in full colors in existence of a meteor flashing across the sky, it was an- nounced at a meeting of the To- ronto A.matour Movie Club. Dup- licates of the film will be sent to scientists and amateur astron- omers all over the world by the David Dunlap Observatory there. The picture was taken hy Mr. fanifiald during a fishing trip in Northern British Columbia.. Jungle Ways Of the big cit family, leopards and ,jaguar, will attack men, but pumas' never. Appreciation Of Farm Life Can Be Taught Provincial Minister of Agricul- ture Dewan Commends Wo- men's Institutes' Objective of Building Up a Rural Peo- ple Hon, P. M. Dewan, provincial minister of agriculture, endorsed the teaching of appreciation of farm life in an address to the 38th annual convention of the Central Ontario area of 'Women's Insti- tutes. "I am glad to note that the cen- tral theme of your program contin- ues to be of an educational nat- ure," Mr. Dawan said. "I can think of no loftier o''ijcotive than that of building up a rural people, healthy in body and mind, and of instilling in then a fitting perspective and appreciation of country life. "Fight Own Battles" "In order that such an objective may be attained, it is necessary to make life on the fatten attractive in every possible manner. Conditions about the farm home must not only be attractive, but farming must be remunerative also, And security on our farms will come only when folk aro qualified to fight their own battles and when they have ef- fectively impressed upon people in other occupations the importance of properity for the farmer. The minister made a plea to the women's organization for aid to rural beautification through weed eradication. The Book Shell "THE SEA TOWER" by Hugh Walpole In his new book, "The Sea Tow- el'," Hugh '4'F alnole, one of the greatest masters in English of the psychological novel, brings us a study of strange and violent hu- man relationships, of a mind warp- ed by a single dominating, idea. An uncanny sense of fear fills the story. The tenant of the Sea Tow- er is Christina, a young girl from the teeming streets of Loudon. She has married a man from Cornwall,' in London for a three months' vis- it, and at the end of that time is taken back to the old tower stand- ing by the sea, to meet the mother who has exercised absolute domin- ation over her sons and proposes to brook no •,;interfereime in her. conduct -14 then lives; Iyer hate Ohristiiia deepens and spreads un- til her mind itself is affected by the struggle far pawer, Rising, first slowly and then by swift degrees the story comes to a stormy and brilliant climax. "The Sea Tower" . , by Hugh Walpole . Toronto: Doubleday, . Doran and Go., 216 Victoria St.... $2.75. Submarine Escape Device Is Tested By British Sailors names of tiro liriJsli nay's "pig boat fleet" learn how to use the Davis submarine escape apparatus in special diving tank at a British naval school. The device, ;'similar to the U.S. Momsen lung, will prove - a life-saver in case their Undersea fighter should be disabled and sent to the bottom. Slight Decrease Municipal Debt Gross Total Bonded Indebted- ness of Canada's :4,317 Municipalities Dropped in 1937 Gross total bonded indebtedness of the 4,317 municipalities in Can- ada declined to $1,337,207,189 in 1937 from $1,353,124,228 the prev- ious year, according to a report from the Dominion Bureau of Stat- istics. The net indebtedness was placed at $1,065,947,020 after de- duction of $271,260,163 for sinking funds. Where The Money Went While the gross indebtedness in 1919 was only $729,000,000, it was explained the large increase in fol- lowing years was due chiefly to the growing demand foe iocae improve- nt mts;: lite inetaas itaellities, the enpau4 "3b x pitlnli4" acid social services and the munl- eipal eharges to provide for un- employment and relief problems. Including arrears and penalties, total tax receipts from all munici- palities during 1987 amounted to $255,866,004, compared with $263,- 305,402 the previous year. Total as- sessment of taxable real property was placed at 87,648,427,458, LIFE'S LIKE THAT l y Fred Neher "\7.•.n't Ke Supposed to Salute You, Edgar?" N TAR C) UTDOORS By VIC BAKER RECORD ARCHERY MEET The largest bow and arrow field shoot on record was held recently by the Canadian Archery Associa- tion in the vicinity of Kleinburg, Ontario, and reported a complete success. So rapidly has the inter- est in field shooting developed that a committee was formed rt Klein - burg to take over the organization and arrangements for future field shoots. And while we're on the subject of archery it's worth mentioning that just the otherday down on the Tellico Plains of Tennesee the lone woman member of a party of eleven bunting wild Russian boars with: bow and arrows in the Chero- kee National Forest drove a steel - tipped arra* 'through a 200 -pound tusker — the largest to be killed this season. BAGGED BOARS Buck Allison, athletic director of Nashville University, also bagged a boar, making but one shot from his bow to kill a 100 -pounder. Rog- er Beeline president of the Knox-. vine Archer's Chili, drove an arrow into the heart of a 170 -pound boar to make the fleet kill of the three- day hunt. He was barred from fur- ther hunting because of the bag limit of one. G me Warden Earl said Raymo's tusker was almost a perfect speci- men of the wild boar brought to the forest in 101.4 from the Ural Mountains by British sportsmen, JACK MINER TAGS 20,000th GOOSE Jack Miner, internationally fa- mous as the owner of the Jack Miner Baird Sanctuary at iiings- ville, Ontario,. is the first pioneer bird -bander ever to get a complete record of where a bird was tag- ged and when and where it was shot. He tagged his first bird, which was a duck, in August 1909 and later received a report that it had been shot in January 1910 at Anderson, South Carolina. This constitutes the first com- plete bird -banding record, Research Worlc In Nature In 1916 Jack Miner invented a net to catch Canada geese and placed his first band on a goose leg in 1916. Since then he has build his net over 20 or more tines to perfect it with the re- sult that up to last spring—over a period of 26 years—he has caught, banded and liberated 20,- 000 of these largest of waterfowl game -birds. This research work in the realm . of nature cannot be valued in dol • - void of the p:..:ESS BY DECREE -. UNDEMOCRATIC There is nothing undemocratic about two-year terms for municipal councils, states Hon, Erie W, Cross, Certainly not, but the meth - of making the change may be. The war urgency does not justify gov- ernment by decree in Ontario, — For Erie Times -Review. MORE FARM HORSES There has been small comfort in recent years for those who sigh for the good old horse and buggy days, but at long last here is a crumb. It is officially repotted that there are more horses on Canadian farms this year than last. The tot al for 1939 is 2,824,340, as compar- ed with 2,820,700 in 1938, an in- crease of 3,640. — Kingston Whig - Standard. CLOUD OVER THE HOLIDAYS Every year safety officials look with apprehension at the approach of December. They call this month ane of the three "killing" months of the year, Of all the week -ends in the year, those of Christmas and New Year's are the niost sorrow- ful and tragic because of traffic ac- cidents, These are caused chiefly by persons who are careless, iucon- siderate and drunk while driving. --- Toronto Star. Have Tallest Men Honors fox the tallest glen in the Canadian Active Service Force are claimed by the 107th Field Battery, B.C.A., with three recruits from Cranbrook, B.C., six feet six, seven and 10 inches tall respectively, lags and cents because, from the educational standpoint, to know the migration routes of these birds as to where they are each season of the year, where they nest, and where they spend the winter is extremely important knowledge, and all records are given to the Department of Natural Resources at Ottawa for safe -keeping. With the liberation of his 20, - 000th tagged Canada goose, Jack Miner has set up a record for all conservationists to aim at, to say nothing of the thousands of ducks, robins, and mourning doves he has banded since 1909. Seed P ttatoes Become Famous In Ontario This Year arzd Argentine Are Buyers J, T. Cassin, potato expert, Ont- ario Department of Agriculture, says that Ontario normally grows 150,000 acres of potatoes. With ev- ery farmer using certified seed this same number of acres would yield much larger crops. In some cases certified seed has been known to increase yields 100 bushels per acre (nee non -certified seed. Purchase Requirements Now Mr. Cassin reports 200,000 bush- els of Ontario potatoes have pass- ed inspection for certification this Fall, He points out that dealers can hardly he blamed for purchas- ing these potatoes for table use, and advises that farmers should purchase seed requirements now, while they may be obtained at rea- sonable prices. Ontario seed potatoes have be- come quite famous with a 500 -bag carload being shipped to British Columbia recently. The Argentine has also been a large buyer this Fall. In the neighborhood of 800,- 000 crates of potatoes, each crate weighing 110 pounds, have been shipped from the Maritimes to the South American republic in recent weeks. B.C. Heavy 72 HERE'S HOW! For your copy of "Who's Who" which contains Big Time Hockey Statistics and the careers of 131 of its players, send 5c with a 5 -Ib. Bee Hive Syrup label; or two 2 -lb, labels, or two Ivory or Durham Starch labels and 5c. Send requests, to ad- dress on the label with your name and address. r9zd Syr How Russia's Move Into Finland Affected Europe , •E04,V1 eeti$S/A 1)EMr5NDS ALL ,i'N44N13 SEIZED BY RLISSff IIIIII N DOM/,Y4TED BY ,2usS// /44L/ED TO RUSS/H ANTI -NAZI AIL/ES' E NEUT.QA4S'• Westward sweep of Russia into Finland brought repercussions from most of Europe's neutrals. Soviet planes dropped bombs on Hel- sinki (1) and Hango (2), Iced naval forces Seized and held t ogland. Lavansari and Seiskari islands (3,), threatened Aland island (4) and from former Estonian islands of Osel and Dago (5) sent out sea and air raiders. Finland (A) has nickel, vital far Russia and Germany. They need high grade iron ore from Northern Sweden (13). Finland, Swed- en and Norway (C) are linked in loose treaty of defence. Netherlands (D), Belgium (E) and Switzerland (F) fear: attack by Germany while Russia diverts world attention. Italy's (G) position is still further ag- gravated by Russian move, fearing Soviets' next move will be into the Balkans. Hungary (11) is afraid to antagonize Germany, but still is anti -Russian. RE 'x AR FELLERS. Inside Information ©iD T THE IJUk18klEI.l KNOW THAT`fHE. f. ICE WAB THIN? N SURa/ HE$ iNE, cul' THAT JUS PUT THE THERp T By. GENE BYRNES • s'ri i l 1.