HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1940-04-11, Page 2NEWS
PARADE
The conviction exprossed by all
trees o% political observers that
something "big" would break in
1Curope before "the Ides of March"
bad come, was upheld last week
when, in its 106th day, the Russo-
Finnish war ceased, abruptly, dra-
matically ... with world-wide re-
perenssions ..
AND THE RESULTS? . • •
The immediate cousequences
were readily discernible: 1. Fin-
land was brought within the Rus-
sian trade orbit; 2. Russia became
undisputed master of the Gulf of
Finland; 3. Scandinavia was drawn
closer to Russia and Germany; 3.
Russian war materials were releas-
ed for Germany's use; 4 .neutraliz-
ation of the entire Scandinavian
area; possibility of a north Europ-
ean war front in the conflict be-
tween Germany and the Allies was
vernoved; 6. Britain and France left
without foothold in north, couldn't
stop shipments o3 iron ore from
Sweden to Germany; 6. the oppor-
%unity was opened to Germany of
eatablisb.ing air or naval bases in
northern Norway; 7. Turkey would
be drawn closer to Russia; 8. early
orientation of United States' for-
eign policy; 8. new 'complications
n the gallons, and the possibility
et a war front being created there,
very soon; 10. further loss of pres-
tige by the League of Nations.
From Washington came the opin-
ion that peace between Germany
and the Allies was brought closer
;sir the collapse of Finnish resist -
Mee.
DIDN'T WANT HELP
The question that stood largest
ta the minds of people both here
and abroad was: Why did the Finns
choose a costly peace in prefer-
ence to asking for aid from the Al-
lies? In a despatch from London by
1w York Times' correspondent,
Fames Reston, we find reasonable
snwsers: 1. the Finns doubted whe-
ther the 60,000 available Allied
troops, would ever get to Finland —
Germany would have moved north
to meet them with. land and air for-
ces; 2. Finnish military experts
doubted that Allied aid could reach
there in time, even if as interfer-
Nece developed from the Nazi quar-
ter; 3. the Finns hesitated because
et their bonds with Scandinavian
entries — they feared Norway
and Sweden would be overrun and
Scandinavia turned into the main
battlefield of Europe; 4. the Finns
teased that if they did not Flue for
peace they would be kept at war in-
definitely
not
help Germany couldhat Russia
according tothe
°'Ironside plan").
HOME POT BOILS
On the home front, all was by
no means quiet. Tile country seeth-
ed as 672 candidates brought elec-
tion issues to a boil. And in Ontario
ructions! which fortunately
were brought to an end by the "un-
evelgning" of provincial Secretary
Marry Nixon, and the peaceable
conclusion of the inquiry into do-
ings at the R.C.A.F. training school
near St. Thomas.
People of Canada last week in-
dulged themselves with the thought
that life would be simpler soon,
with the election over ... and only,
one war going on in Europe. Simp-
ler, that is, if Hitler didn't choose
the last week of March to launch
a big offensive on the Western
Dont .. .
Indiana Discard
Swastika Emblem
Four Arizona Indian tribes, re-
sentful at Nazi acts of oppression
have foresworn use of the swa-
stika. The Indians placed a blank-
et, a basket, and some hand -dee -
crated clothing, all bearing swa-
stikas, in a pile, sprinkled them
with colored sand and set them
afire last week -end.
A hand -letter proclamation
read: `Because the ornament
which has been a symbol of
friendship among our forefathers
ler many centuries has been de-
secrated recently by another na-
tilon of peoples:
"Therefore, it is resolved that
henceforth from this date and for -
over more, our tribes renounce the
i se of the emblem commonly.
Town as swastika."
Make Bed -Table
For An Invalid
/lave you got one of those fold -
ay ironing tables? If so, set It
tap at the side of the bed so that
hlhe table part stretches over the
3atvalid, If not get a wooden box
three feet long and a foot
ons - "—nit' out both the
VI so deep. _lases— 'Jong sides, leaving the shore:Rand the bottom intact. Sandpaper
it and paint it with enamel and
there's your table! You may have
to strengthen the ends by screw-
ing an "elbow" joint (obtainable
et any hardware store for very
little) to the ends and the bot-
ss•m..-iiside box of course.
Eaaeimly Aliens Under Guard At Kauanaskis Camp in. Canadian Rockies
High in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, west of Calgary, is located Kananaskis, one of the two
internment camps in Canada where alien enemies are kept under guard. Some of these aliens are shown, UP-
PER LEFT, clearing underbrush and pruning trees in the forested area around
unthehcas isp.shoe pUPPER
are kept occupied cutting wood for their own use. .A scene inside one of the prisoners'
RIGHT. One prisoner is busy reading and another is making a weather forecasting model. Permitted to oc-
cupy themselves in a variety of ways, a prisoner is shown making ash trays out of brass and copper, LOWER
RIGHT, parading before taking up posts within the double rows of barbed wire surrounding the compound.
lex the background are seen some of the buildings in which the administrative forces are housed.
The Book Shelf
THREE'S A CREW
(By Kathrene Pinkerton)
The author of "Wilderness
Wife" scores again in "Three's A
Crew" with the story of ae. extra-
ordinary young couple who decide
to invest in adventure instead of
security. They buy a 36 -foot
motor cruiser on the Pacific Coast
and for nearly seven years a small
boat is their home, with only brief
interludes ashore.
Home is wherever they choose
U. S. Society Leaders Enjoy Ski-ing in Laurentians
to drop anchor. The Pinkertons
(Robert, Kathrene, and small
Bobs) discover a world of beauty
in remote Pacific inlets and riv-
erspenetrating the coast range,
the forests. They visit Indian
little-known glaciers, wild life in
villages, still untouched by ivil-
ization. This is an unique ad-
venture in living told with great
humor and charm.
"Three's A Crowd," by KaTh-
rene Pinkerton . . . Toronto: Mc-
Clelland & Stewart ... $3.00.
NTARIO
`O MIS
BY VlC BAKER
Frominent U. S. business nien and society leaders are becoming
frequent guests at Laurentian ski-ing resorts as the fame of the Laur-
entian ski territory spreads far and wide. In the above picture taken
at Mont. Tremblant Lodge recently are (left to right) Mrs. Wm. Ran-
dolph Hearst, Jr., Hon. James H. R. Cromwell, United States -Minister
to Canada, Wm. Paley, president of the Columbia Broadcasting System,
and Mrs. Paley. --C.P.R. Photo.
Queen of Dominion Ski Championships Presents Trophy
see sisstki:i1AN
While Fred Hall, Toronto President of the Canadian Amateur Ski
Association looks on, ."Queen 'Cay" of the Dominion Ski Championships
(Miss Catherine Betts of Spokane). presents Art Coles of Vancouver
•with the Senior Men's Slalom Trophy. Coles won the Slalom and the
combined Downhill - Slalom, title at Banff. --C.P.R. Photo.
IDENTIFY GAME FIRST
The hunter 'who makes'the enc- •
euse of mistaken identity when he
is arraigned in court on a charge
of shooting a protected animal or
bird, really has no excuse at all,
according to an article in the De-
partment of Game and Fisheries
monthly bulletin for January and
February. The article advises
hunters to restrain their trigger
fingers until they are sure of the
identity of the game.
"In Sudbury recently," the ar-
ticle says,„ two men pleaded guil-
ty of shooting three elk in the
Burwash Crown game preserve.
In the course of their defence
both men maintained that the elk
looked like deer.” The article
goes on to explain those whose
experience in • hunting is very
short, have no reason for stating
that they thought an elk was a
deer. The elk, both male and fe-
male, is considerably larger than
deer.
Refrain From Shooting
"This business of mistaken id-
entity, however, has a much more
extensive application than just the
inability to distinguish game. It
becomes tragic when a hunter dis-
regards one of the most important
rules associated with the use of a
gun for hunting purposes,, Several
lives were needlessly sacrificed
during the last year because hunt-
ers failed to determine precisely,
before shooting, just what they
were'firing at. At no time, is there
any similarity in appearance be-
tween a man and a groundhog.
"The moral of all this is that
hunters who are unable to Iden-
. tify their game should refrain
from shooting."
REG'LAR FELLERS ---A Wise Guy
TIMES CHANGE
We are constantly reminded
that times change. In the old days
women used to make .quilts out of
odd scraps of cloth. NOW they
make hats.
--Toronto Saturday Night.
--o— •
AGED AUTOISTS
Two men were killed at Court-
land, Ont., the other day, the driv-
er of the car being eighty years
old and his companion, seventy-
five. It raises the question again
as to whether very old people
should be given licenses to drive.
—Niagara Falls Review
—o—
MAKING THEM MEET
Up to now farmers have strug-
gled to secure enough income to
pay the price that others ask. The
same or even a better standard of
living could be maintained if we
put a like effort into getting oth-
er prices down to what we are
-able to pay With the income we
Farmer's Advocate
—0—
SPRING IS COMING
Every man has his own method
of sighting spring. The romantics
look for sunshine, singing birds,
and babbling brooks. The garden-
ers wait impatiently for frost to
leave the ground. Others are
cheered by the appearance of
marbles on the sidewalk. The as-
tronomers point with glee to the
lengthening hours of daylight. Not
all these signs have yet become
evident, but there is a growing
agreement that spring is definite-
ly on the way.
—Halifax Chronicle
No Trace Of •
Halliburton
Richard Halliburton, American
adventurer and writer, sailed a
year ago tide •xr_onth feel. Hong
Kong for Sat: Francisco in a Chin-
e e junk.
Ahead of rem were thousan.?s
of miles of c Lean and the expec-
tation of a great welcome at the
Golden Gate International Exposi-
iYlarch 24, 1939, he and his 65 -
foot craft and his 14 crew mein -
bens vanished in a heavy storm
1,200 miles northwest of Midway
Island.
Passenger vessels looked for
him, and the U. S. cruiser •Astoria
scanned 152,000 square miles of
the Pacific. No .trace of the junk
was ever found.
These Articles
Are Contraband
The Dominion Government liars is.
sued a eontraband list, specifying
articles to be treated as contra'baud
of war.
Schedule one gives the list of 51)-
soluto contraband articles evhieh
are:
1. -- All kinds of arms, ammuni-
tion, explosives, chemicals, or ae-
pliances suitable for use ire chemi-
cal warfare, and machines for •tbeir
manufacture or repair; coiiiponeet
parts thereof; articles necessary. 4r
convenient for their irse; material::
or ingredients used, in their manu-
facture; articles neeeessey or eon
venient for the production or use of
such materials or ingredients.
2 —• Fuel of all kiuds; 511 Conor•
vances for, or means of, transpor-
tation on land, in the water or ail,.
and machines used .in their menu-
, facture or repair; componentpari;
thereof; instruments, articles or
animals necessary or convenient
far their use; materials •or ingred•
Tents used in their manufacture:
articles necessary or convenient for
the production or use of such mat-
eriale or ingredients.
FOODS, FOODSTUFFS
3 — All means of co'mmmrunication.
tools, implements, instruments,
equipment, maps, pieturee, papers,
and other articles, maehirsees; or doc-
uments necessary or a. nvenient for
carrying on hostile eperationa;; art-
icles necessary or o venient ter
their manufacture or vs e:,
4 —• Coin, bullion, euerency, evid-
ence of debt; also metal, material,
dies, plates, machinery, or other
articles• necessary or convenient
their manufacture.
Schedule two listed articles to be
treated as conditional eentrabanii.
They are: all kinds of food, food-
stuffs, feed, forage, and clothing
and articles amid materials used la
their production..
1,200,000 Seto Miles
In Arctic Parish
The Bishopric of the A.rctic, un-
der the Church of England, in
Canada, covers an area of more
than 1,200,000 square miles,
though its „population is a .bare
10,000 souls. Joseph Kiwanuka,
one of the first two negro bishop
in the modern history of the
church, is • Bishop of Uganda and
his See includes 2;500 square
rniles in the heart and heat of A f-
• rice. Another huge• See is that of
the Bishop of Carpentaria,. which
-covers 620,000 square miles of ar-
id North Australia. imviia bas four-
teen bishoprics many of them
very large; Japan has seven, all,
Anglican. •
The Bishop of St. Helena needs
to be a good sailor, for his far-
flung See includes .he islands of
Ascension and Tristan da Cumha
—that lonely outpost of • the 'M-
esh
ri-
tish Empire—set in the wild seas
of the South Atlautie.
LIFE'S LIKE THAT
"We'll take
your oldcar and you pay the rest just
like alimony ! I
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