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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1940-03-07, Page 6NEWS PARADE Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of the Carnegie Endow- panerut for International Peace, asst week saw the conflict in Eur- ope assuming a definite shape, As the war came to the end of its sixth month, he was able to pre- dict the developments likely to manifest themselves during the next few weeks: "The Allies will not attack on the Siegfried line, which is almost impregnable, so long as the present policy lasts. Neither will they violate the neu- trality of Luxembourg, Belgium or Switzerland to turn the Ger- man defences on the west. There- fore Hitler will be able to main- tain his position in the west with reduced forces, and turn his at- tention to taking over Hungary sad Yugoslavia." Russia's next - sphere of influence, he opined, would include eastern Rumania, ulgaria and Turkey, Should It- aaly decide to enter this e would saloon as a third party, h soave to be satisfied with Dalma- agia and some form of protector- ate over Greece. To stop the Ger- man advance through the Balkans, tale Allies would have to trans - rt, and maintain in high effic- iency, their troops and materials throughout Albania, Macedonia, Rumania and Asia Minor. To Spread Or Not To Spread According to the Ciano family newspaper, Italian higher-ups be- lieve that Allied military inaction en the Western. Front is all to the advantage of Germany -- spread of the conflict would help the Allies. Therefore, this news- paper theorizes, the Allies are seeking a struggle with German forces in Scandinavia or the Near East. "Flowing Gold" Vital to Germany's War Machine A view of a railway yard beside one of the many oil refineries in Rumania is seen above. The oil is piped down to the large tanks from the wells in the hills (background) and refined and pumped into the tank cars on the sidings. Rumania has ordered her already large military preparations speeded up, following authoritative reports that Germany was challenging the government's ban on export of aviation gasoline to the Reich. Possibility of a general Europ- ean conflict spreading to include tiieandinavian nevertheless became more remote last week when Nor- way and Sweden definitely ruled soot expeditionary aid to the Finns in their death struggle with the Russians . . . they chose to re- main neutral at all costs , .. the eternal oil triangle between Ru- mania, the Allies and Germany re- mained unsolved last week . . Rumania ordered military prepar- edness boosted to the utmost .. . Russia reported the Turkish army fully mobilized . . . the week's shipping losses at sea were the heaviest to date of the war; the Germans claimed 496 Allied and neutral vessels sunk in the past five months . German war- planes raided Britain's east coast the crews of the Exeter and Ajax (who crippled the Graf pee) were feted and decorated in. London ... Allied warships off the coast near Murmansk, Russia, sank two German vessels . Xpeeches by Chamberlain and Hit- ler presented the two nations' con- trasting war aims ... Great Bri- tain advanced a loan to Iran .. . Mystery Mission An important development dur- ing the week was the visit of Meitner Welles, U. S. Under-Sec- retary of State for Foreign Af- fairs, to Mussolini, Hitler, Cham- berlain, Daladier. His journeys were fraught with mystery. Was be in Europe on a peace mission? Whom would he meet and talk with in Switzerland? What was in Ohs personal messages from Presi- dent Roosevelt that could have a ging on the immediate future of Europe? Economic War Declaring that modern war is no longer a fight merely between reties, but in reality a< struggle 'between manufacturers and shop- keepers on both sides, in which ex- ports were lithe new British ex- peditionary force," R. S. Hudson, British Secretary for Overseas MICKIE SAYS— IZOSE6 ARE REP, V1OIlETS ME 6i..0 ', AID SO 4SO XREWSa V14E1.1 `(OU DOW 'R'E'4EW F Trade, last week prepared the Bri- tish public for further sacrifices in the new drive for world mark- ets . , , "Frankly," he said, "there will have to be further restrictions. In many cases they are bound to be drastic , .." Puck Chasers TOPICS OF THE CURRENT HOCKEY SEASON OFFICIAL FINAL STANDING 'St. Catherines finished the Ont- ario Senior "A' schedule, this year with two wins over Port Colborne, defeating the Sailors 4-2 in Port Colborne on Monday, February 19, and repeating their success with a 2-1 deciaion over the Sailors in St. Catharines on Wednesday, Feb. 21. Toronto Goodyears defeated Var- sity 4-0 in their all -Toronto chal- lenge game for the Dr. R. G. Jack- son Trophy. The game was played in aid of the Finnish Fund, and it drew 11,116 fans, the largest crowd to witness an amateur game in the Maple Leaf Gardens this season. Official final standing follows: P W L Pts. Goodyears 29 25 4 50 St. Ca,therines 29 21 8 42 Port Colborne 29 19 10 38 Efsm,ilton 30 14 16 29 Niagara Falls 27 6 21 12 dash 23 0 26 0 ARRANGE FOR PLAY-OFFS As soon as the semi-final series is concluded in both brackets, the fin- al round between the two winning Meanie will get under way. The team with the best rating in the final standing has the choice of dates and of course the advantage. of the extra.home gamo. Gardening .. trowel or rake are all the tools necessary. Other equipment con- sists of a few packets of seeds, perhaps a shrub or two. As our interest develops we can add more plants and flowers: Rules are simple to master, the ordinary Canadian seed catalogue supply- ing all the essential data. As we become more experienced we can add to our garden library any of the many excellent government garden bulletins that are available in any province of Canada. —0— DOOR GARDENS In the garden at the kitchen door it is advisable of course to keep a plentiful supply of salad materials like head and leaf let- tuce, onions and possibly celery. The latter: set out in the gard- en as - well started usually after all danger of frost is over. SIMPLE HOT BEDS A hot bed for starting garden seeds early is usually prepared in .early March. It consists of a bed of fresh manure, which supplies the heat, about 18 inches deep. On this, two or three inches of Eine soil is placed and after the bed has heated up and then cooled down again (a natter of three or four days) the seed is sown in rows a few inches apart. The bed is protected by rough boarding atlong the side and on top, and slop- ing towards the South about 10 to 18 inches above the led is plac- ed aa.window sash well glassed. Gardening is u universal hobby ar recreation open to both sexes, to the old or young. A spade or Turning Watch Hands Backward Es Not Harmful To Your Timepiece Unless It Has Complicated Attachments Some books and articles state flatly that any watch may be set back as readily and harmlessly as it niay be set forward. While this is quite true of a great many watches, there are exceptions to the rule. For instance, watches with com- plicated attachment (such as striking, chiming, alarm, or chron- ograph attachments) should not be set back. Such watches, of course, are quite rare, and the av- erage man -on -the -street would. need no cautioning about turning the hands of his watch backward if a certain number of everyday watches were not included in the ban. WATCH SECOND-HAND An easy way to tell if your watcah is on the "should not" list is to look at the second hand when you set the watch back, If the sec-• and hand hesitates, stops, or (in extreme cases) moves back, yours is a watch the hands of which should not be turned in a count- er -clockwise direction. HOPE IT'S COMMON And next year Canada comas to its census. — Brandon Sun. FELLOW FEELING Auy Canadian family living over a bowling alley would be able to sympathize with some of the smal- ler neutral countries in Europe liv- ing beside a battlefield that may expand at any moment. — Edmon- ton Journal. ONTARIO POTATOES There is one thing Ontario can- not boast about, and that is the yield of potatoes. This Province has the smallest out -turn per acre of any Province in Canada. Surely, it can't be the soil. — Farmer's Ad- vocate. "Sitzkrieg" War The Royal Air Force last week was poking fun at Germany's fail- ure to wage a Blitzkrieg—light- ning war—against Britain. In a memorandum pointing out that the Allies had obtained time to carry out their air development program, the R. A. F., referred to the war as a "Sitzkrieg", which is translated as "sit-down war." IN BETWEEN ELECTIONS Most of us show a certain mild interest in public affairs about el- ection time and at other times we remaisl.4indifferent, even though we knows i%clifferenee is costing us men re are so many things to tg414' about besides taxes, and most of the other things are more pleasant. — Vancouver Province. KEYS IN CARS The purpose of requiring drivers to remove their keys from the igni- tion is not to protect the property of the motorist, but to protect the public from the use of stolen cars in other forms of crime and to re- move temptation from youngsters who may graduate from the steal- ing of cars to more serious offens- es. — Toronto Telegram. NTARIO R'TDOORS BY VIC BAKER LUTHER SWAMP The rivers of Southern Ontario are reported to' be drying up par- tially because the Luther Swamp area — the natural reservoir of a number of rivers in Southwestern Ontario — has been drained. The Ontario Federation of Anglers is vi- tally. interested in this project end a committee tinder the leadership of a well known conservation auth- ority, uthority, Dr. Norman K. Douglas, re- cently inspected the marsh and the drainage ditches to see the possible effect on the wildlife of that part of Ontario. The following is culled from their report. About a generation ago this swam.p was drained into the Grand River for farm lands but the land, being a peat bog, has proven unsat- isfactory for agriculture. Here Na- ture's laws and schemes for flood control were interfered with be- cause the swamp in its natural state was almost a complete barrier against floods. It actually held wat- er for deep seepage rather than let it go as flood water on a wild ram- page down the Grand River In the spring of the year, with its conse- quent devastation to agriculture, industry and game and fish life. The deep seepage water emerged more slowly and more ur.'"irnily into the springs to niake cool, oven flowing streams the year round and to maintain a higher underground watertable. WANT AREA REFORESTED The Grand River Conservation Commission, composed largely of representatives from the municipal- ities throughout the Grand River Valley, has recently been organized to develop some:scheme to prevent the damaging floods of spring, evith its consequent water shortage in the summer and fall. Their recom- mendation was to have two dams built, one below Fergus and another at the main outlet of the swamp to restore the marsh to its natural state. The Fergus dam is already under construction while the prove inelal government has promised to build the upper dam next si comer. The Ontario Federation of Ang- lers have also recommended that the Provincial Government have this area reforeste•' where feasible, and set apart as a wild life sanct- nary and. Provincial Park. Finland Uses Two Tongues Little Swedish is Spoken But Bi- lingual Signs Are Common Despite the fact that less than 10 per cent. of Finland's 3,800,000 peo- ple speak Swedish, the traveler in Suomi -- internationally known as Finland --finds his way pointed out to him by bilingual signs. If lie has mail from the capital waiting for him in Turku it will bear a post- mark with "Helsinki" at the top and the Swedish "Helsingforb" at the bottom. And bis outgoing let- ters will bear both the Finnish "Turku" and the Swedish "Abo." BOTH NAMES ON STAMPS Even in Lapland, bilingual signs persist on post offices and stores. Swedish and Danish are spokeu in the Diet — parliament — at Helsin- ki. Stamps of the country bear the legend "Suomi" at the top and Fin- land at the bottom. Maps show cit- ies designated as both Viipuri and Viborg, Pori and Bjorneborg, Ham- eenlinna and Tavastehus, the latter alternatives being Swedish. But In the north place names aro marked in Finnish only --- Utsjoki, Nautsi, Virtaniemi. Hydro's 13,000 New Customers Were Added During Past Year Through Development of Northern Mining Industry Development of the northern mnining industry was responsible for an increase of 16 per cent. in the primary load of the Northern Ont- ario Hydro -Electric Power Commis- sion, Premier Hepburn reported in his budget speech in the Legislat- are. During the fiscal year to end March 31st, more than 13,000 cus- tomers were added to existing dis- tricts, necessitating construction of 2,300 miles of primary lines. Spe- eial attention was also given to the serving of new rural territory in Northern Ontario. 113,000 ALTOGETHER The Premier said the commis- sion's 18,000 miles of rural lines serve about 113,000 customers, more than half of which represent ser- vice to individual farms. For the coming year it was esti- mated 1,900 miles of primary line will be constructed at an expendi- ture of about $4,500,000. Of this amount the province will contribute $2,250,000. In addition to the grant- in-aid, the province. has advanced to the Hydro Commission $320,000 to enable it to make loans to farm- ers for wiring premises and obtain_- ing electrical equipment. One way for home gardeners to make sure that enough vegetables are grown to meet the family's needs is to write or sketch plans for the garden in advance of planting. New Wealth In Our Peat Moss B. C. Diggers Look For Big Year as German Supply Cut Off There's a million dollars waiting to be dug up from the rich soll-of the Fraser River delta — but don't grab your shovel and start off on a prospecting expedition, warns Stuart Underhill, Canadian Press staff writer. Only established companies are expected to enjoy the current de- mand for North American peat pro- ucts brought about by the fact that the United States' main sources of supply in Europe have been cut off by the war. U.S. IMPORTS MUCH American peat imports in ee38 ex- ceeded $1,000,000 in value, aa,uut 50 per cent. of which came from +aer- many. Now British Columbia peat companies, are expanding produc- tion in hopes of cornering this rich market. Peat moss is greatly in dee, ad in United States agriculture as a soil conditioner, poultry litter and. as a packing for plants and vege- tables. BIG DEPOSITS 1t CANADA Before it is processed, peat is sodden and the extraction of this moisture provides the biggest prob- lem for paroducers. Digging takes place in late winter and a wet spring and summer• is just one of the hazards of the business. British Columbia probably has gone farther than any other prov- ince toward development of its peat moss industry. 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