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Zurich Herald, 1940-03-28, Page 6NEWS PA ` ADE The five days of intense .diplo- raatio activity in Europe's capitals which followed upon the close of the Russo-Finnish war reached a climax with the dramatic meeting on Italian soil of Reichsfuehrer Hitler of Germany and i1 Duce Mussolini of Italy. 'Twas an event to set the world's tongues wag- ging. Political interpreters of five continents tied themselves in knots attempting to gauge accurately the subject of the two dictators' conversation. British officials were agreed that nothing good we4 likely to come out of it for the Allies. Two Heads, or Three At worst, Allied observers en- visioned, as a result of the Bren- ner) parley, the formation of a three -power entente between Ger- many, Italy, Russia, which would Bove as its purpose the un- disputed political and economic Hegemony of Continental Europe; and the elimination of Britain as a political factor in Southeastern Europe, the Balkans, and the Near East: .As second possibility, they • foresaw that Mussolini might eome into the war on the side of ..itler•, joining in vast military op- erations against Britain a n d .France. Thirdly, they speculated that Hitler and Mussolini might have agreed on measures to "seal up" the Balkan area against any Allied war moves. Fourthly, that the two` dictators might merely have discussed economic collabor- ation between Germany and Italy. Two Dictators Hold Historic Conference In Brenner Pass No Such Creature As Ideal Husband Peace, or "Peace" There was no doubt in anyone's rind that a big peace offensive was in process of preparation by either Hitler or Mussolini or both • a different type of p Presidom.rs the one proposed by Roosevelt's envoy, Sumner Welles • a peace that would be nine - tenths blackmail. It was to meet the impact of an offensive such as Otis, rather than of a Blitzkrieg on the Western Front, that ;;he people of France and Britain last week braced themselves .. . the British press set up a clamor that "Great Britain take off kid. gloves and fight Germany on every front," wrest back the diplomatic; initiative from the dictator pow- ers . , At the same time it .was evident that the Britdsh people would choose to fight on, even ,against the strong security of an entrenched Germany, unless cer- . t<ain primary peace conditions were met: that the independence of Czechoslovakia, Poland be re- stored; that the Hitler regime be removed from power; that the sec- urity of small European nations be assured. Stalemate Or Else Last week in Rome the general view appeared to be that the Bal- kans, the Near East, and the Mid- dle East would be let alone for this spring . . . from the French point of view the situation could be construed thus: if Hitler finds the AIlied blockade effective, and if he cannot arrange a "white peace" he is likely to seek a solu- ton by force of arms; if not, the present stalemate may continue indefinitely. Meeting in hurried conference at Brenner°, on Italian soil, last week, Fuehrer Hitler of Germany and Duce Mussolini of Italy were be- lieved to have discussed collaboration of economic interests in the pre- sent European set-up. The two dictators are shown, ABOVE, during Hitler's visit to Rome In 1938. Gardening as K to WHEN TO START It does soil no good to be dug -.while too wet. It is liable to become dumpy later, perhaps, to bake hard. With heavy clay soil early working is particularly dangerous. A good test is to look at one's shoes. If these become muddy after a tramp through the garden it is best to go back to the fire -side and Eead a seed catalogue or a book. Texture of both heavy and light toil will be immensely improved by the digging in of well -rotted man- ure, decaying leaves or other gar- den refuse. This sort of thing adds humus and moisture absorbing pow- ers to light soil, makes: the heavy- kind more .amenable to spade and yf°rk. SOMETHING WILL FIT No matter how unusually situat- ed, there are flowers to fit almost any garden. Some like 'damp soil, some dry, some full hot sun, others, shady corners. Certain types do the best in deep, rich soil, while some actually ask the poorer sorts. Spe- elal likes and dislikes will be found mentioned in the better Canadian • i seed catalogues and if your garden unusual in location it is advis- able to make special selections. Certain annuals like deride, alys- sum, larkspur, pansy and phlox which will actually give better re- sults, more delicate coloring if planted in partial shade. For full sun, especially if plant- ed close to a South wall where there is little protection from Sum- ter heat, there are things like cor- eopsts, California and other poppies, portulaca or climbing morning glor- ies and nasturtiums, which love the sun and give remarkable results even in a siege •of dry weather. For scent, especially in the even- ing, a few nicotine, carnations. Canadians Add the Horne Touch "Over There" Land Going Back. From point ario. dares An Agricultural Stand - It Is In Southern Ont - Forestry Official Pc' Land in southern Ontario, from. an agrtrultural standpoint, is "de- Rinitely going back," John F. Sim. - mons. of the I<orestry Branch, Pro- vincial Department of Lands and Forest.', told Wentworth County Council. "Less than 10 por cent. of the land is bushland, and this percent- age ercentage is going down all the time," Mr. Simons said. lis stressed that for- ests were necessary for soil and moisture conservation, and hence reforestation was necessary if the land were to Produce good crops. SMALL WOODLOTS NEEDED "Mortgages and high taxes caus- ed many farmers to cut down trees for commercial purposes, wbich they would not otherwise have done," William IL auglish, peeve of Ancaster, informed council. Better progress could be made in reforestation, declared William S. Mi]mine, Reeve of Saltfleoi, it there were many small wood]ots plantedein the ronnty, rattier than one large fse odiot. rweive Years Without Food A German peasant girl has re- fused ration cards because she has taken' neither food nor drink. for 12 years and says the does not need any. mignonette or stocks will perfume the whole garden. , Solid beds of annuals or big blocks in borders have exceptional appeal, and these can be made up of petunias, phlox, dwarf marigolds, nasturtiums, verbenas or zinnias. Pygmy Chimp Brought Home McGiii University Party Re- turne From Successful Trip to Congo "Congo Color" was vividly, por- trayed before a Montreal audience by Duncan McIntyre Hodgson In an illustrated lecture on the Mc- Gill expedition which he led into the Belgian Congo last year In search of scinetifie specimens. One of the most important speci- mens retrieved from the jungle was a pygmy chimpanzee, which, ac- cording to Mr. Hodgson, is the most intelligent of his family. A feature of the film was a close- up view of hot lava just after it had belched forth from a volcanic peak, destroying a native village and nearly cutting off the expedition from the direct line of its travels. SURPRISE LUXURIES Occasionally the trip, which was carried out for the most part under conditions of discomfort, produced surprise luxuries, and at one point in. the heart of darkest Africa the party spent the night in a jungle home far from; civilization but all. equipped with electriclights anal -6, modern Frigidaire. Dr. Joseph Douglas Hermann, formerly of the Royal Victoria Hos- pital, accompanied the party and dissected many of he specimens procured, bringing back the vita! organs or skeletons for scientific museums. Toronto Newspaperwoman Gives Advice to 1940 Leap Year Girls in Choosing A Mate "Ono woman's mato is another, woman's poison," is the way Lotta Dempsey, Toronto newspaperwo- man, suets up the dlffieulties of the $40 Leap Year girl in choosing the right husband. At Toronto Central 1 1l.C.A. Diu. ner Club, Miss Dempsey conducted last week a "School for Husbands" and among the guests was her own husband, Richard Fisher, Toronto architect. In what she termed a "wife's-eyeview" of this year's crop of husbands she gave it as her con- sidered opinion that there is no such thing as an ideal husband and no woman on earth would want such a paragon even if he did ex- •ist. She wanted it understood, how- ever, that she was basing her re- marks on contacts with women and women's organizations during the past 15 years' experience as a news- paperwoman rather than her own experience of married life. LITTLE SURPRISES WELCOME Miss Dempsey was sure, no girl really liked the idea of a Dutch treat. 'Instead," she said, "a girl would rather return kindnesses in some other way such as going for walks, having the suitor to dinner, and so forth." The speaker gave a number of suCCint bits of advice to husbands and would-be husbands. Never, she urged, let your wife down in public. Don't criticize her emotional' out- lets (hats, crying at the movies, changing furniture around, etc.). Avoid pampering her as you would a plague. Give her a comfortable, Well -fitted, dainty kitchen to work in. And devote at least a minute - or two at every lunch hour to thinking about her and planning little surprises. •4'�!-'p" y-7•,#-Fah:!,fwNA•p.4, 4.,..9•!„'0 dM'y IWhat Science' Is Doing a oas-a TO STOP BLEEDING Discovery of two new synthetic V! weans which stop bleeding al- most instantaneously is reported. They are chemical developments from the original vitamin Ii, or anti -bleeding vitamin discovered in alfalfa hay and decayed Bard- • hs. NEW BRAIN AREAS Discovery of two new brain centres and that human blood culls cling to life for as long es three weeks outside the body was reported last week. A group of scientists from Yale University announced that they had found in chimpanzees the areas of the brain which control touch and the regions which "fire" or stimulate reactions of the body. Both discoveries are highly im- portant in the diagnosis of brain tumors and mental disorders be- cause they enable a physician to localize a disturbance. ACID OF LIFE The synthesis of a powerful vit- amin called the "acid of life" — because nothing could live with- out it — was made public by Dr. Roger T. Williams, University of Texas, biochemist. Its proper name is panthothenie acid. Panthothenie acid's possibilities as an aid to human and bacterial life are, in the main, unknown. Tests have shown it a potent stim- ulant, to fertility of hen eggs. It is so strong an aid to cell growth that an ounce placed in 7,500,000 tons of testing mixture has multiplied the cell count by, four. Canadians in training in England before moving across the channel to France are snaking their particular section of England as much like the land they left behind as possible. One Canadian trooper erected this totem pole near his quarters. It is a replica, of one on an Indiaii reser- vetion near his Canadian home. SHORT I3UT SWEET One thing for which*we ought to be everlastingly grateful that our political campaigns last only for weeks, whereas those across the border continue for months with increasing oratory. • —Oshawa. Tinges. —0— THEY'RE NOT KICKERS Six •Ontario counties -- Elgin, Perth, Lainbton-- , tient, rcoedebenande Wellington debt. It will be noticed that these • municipalities were not among those making protests recently to the Government about the cutting off of part of the provincial sub sidy. --St. Thomas Ti,nes-Journal. —0•-- • CRIME AND YOUTH The crime problem is definite- ly .linked with the unemployment problem, and it cannot be divor-- ed. Lads with jobs have neither the time nor the disposition to plot and execute crimes against property. Crimes of passion will not be as abundant if youngsters are given a chance to live normal lives. --eQuebec Chronicle -Telegraph. The Book Shelf .. "HARVEST AT STILLMEADO''V" By Gladys Taber Here is a gay and zestful cheon- icle of a happy life at ",Stillmea- dow", an ancient Connecticut house where three children and several dozen. dogs run riot. Mrs. Tabor writes of the busy times there — of country fairs and week -end visi- tors, dog shows and jam -making. There are sudden bees of garden- ing and dog -washing. Deftly the author blends the prac- tical and the fanciful. Plans for an herb garden bring on their tail thoughts about the great English dramatists. But her tips on how to make pin wheel biscuits and real ienuebunk pickle, trim apple trees or handle lazy guests are shrewd and handy good sense. Mrs. Taber writes a popular col- umn on 4imilar subjects whi0 runs in well-kuowii'womeu's magazine. "Harvest at Stillmeadow" • . . by Gladys Taber ,... Toronto: McClel- land and Stewart ... $2.00. LIFE'S LIKE THAT Accent Puzzle To Canadians Troops hi London Say No Two Residents Seem to 'Speak Alike Canadian soldiers sightseeing in London are puzzled by the conglon,- eratlon of accents they meet. "No two persons seem to speak alike," declared one of the men staying; at the Canadian Legion Club. "It's 100 bad," he added with a grin, "because folk go out of their way to put you right and make you real you are in your home town, and then you just can't retch' it. it makes you feel so dumb." • Sine British accents are'.uluch easier for then to follow than oth- ers. A Scot who took a party Of 'Can- adians up to the Whispering Clallery Of St. Paul's' Cathedral had no diffi- culty, owing to his slowEr diction, in making himself clear. A lively -tongued bus driver -- obviously a born Londoner -^ and a cheery fish porter in the dockside area had them attentive but ratber puzzled. UNDERSTAND sN ORTHEN LRS A waiter who still retained much of his original Devonian brogue, and a rather diffident west coun- tryman who reverted to Ms native Somerset after a few minutes' con- vorsation gave his bearers •no diffi- culty at all. A Swansea man also had little difficulty making himself under- stood. Similarly, north 2ouutry dialects, particularly those of Lancashire and Yorkshire, seem to have a fam- iliar ring to the men. 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 2.1b. labels, or Iwo Ivory or Durham Starch labels and Sc. Send requetts to ad. dress on the label with your name and address ' ee Wive By Fred ed A .:::-1 :ler M12c' PIP'S DIARY. -13 5 MUN ICIPAL WOODLOTS Scone time ago we had a letter from a correspondent suggesting that our town council would do well to secure a municipal wood - lot which would in time save the town considerable money, provide fuel for the town hall and work for the unemployed. If our pre- sent council read the article we trust they will give it their ser- ious consideration; if not, we shall be glad to supply them with cop- ies, as we believe the suggestion was one of considerable merit. Conservation is the order of the day and besides conservation a good woodlot is a growing asset and in time would be a paying investment for the town. Wiai'ton Canadian Echo. REGa'LAR FELLER." -----,A Lightning Change HERE COMES pINHAIR W)TH THAT MOf OR 9of.R TEN GENTS PAID ME YET! M •�i ! lC.--*."-ses se ...,..•=a=la "1 regret to announce that the Daisy Riding Club." wilt have to disband . due to the death of the ho rte's YUS' paoucs F. Y'CAN'T BLAME INE POOR DOG FOR BEN' ASHAt'IED! JUS WAIT l.l. AN' SEE WHAT f4APPENS! $ GENE BRYNES Nem. t •.6 r e .