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Zurich Herald, 1940-11-07, Page 2• • tk ► tr A i ......s ++.. Saving Ontario's Natural Resources (NO. 15) KEEP OUR LAKE TROUT Fish, like other creatures, must be adjusted to their habitat or their race will not survive, A wain water kind cannot long ex- ist in cold water and one that is used to plenty of oxygen will die if placed in a stagnant pool. Our lake trout is a good example of this. It must have cold water, well aerated, for normal life but as it lives in our lakes, which warn considerably at the surface in summer, it has had to go down into the depths for part of the year. Often the deep waters lack oxygen so we find that the trout live at a medium depth where the water is cool and yet above the stagnant bottom. Protect Spawning Fish Lake trout are allied to the speckled trout. They grow large and 25 to 30 pounders are not uncommon. Their main food is herring and whitefish, though perch will be taken where these first two are lacking. These food forms can live in the depths and in cold water so the trout finds food throughout their habi- tat. The angler, to catch these fish, rnust use a heavy spoon and a copper line, sending the hire down to wherea the fish live. L'-ake trout are found throughout Ontario in all suitable waters and are the mainstay of a con- diderable commercial fishery in the Great Lakes. The conservation of the lake trout depends on the protection of the spawning fish and on the stopping of over -fishing. They spawn on gravel or stony bars late in the fall and the poachers use gill nets to catch then over the shoals. Such aets are de- structive and can take almost every adult fish in a lake if set throughout the fall. So, protec- tion against poachers should he the first step, then, we must see that only a Imiited number of trout are taken from each lake. Long continued angling is as de- structive as poaching, shorter Beason and lower bag limits are necessary if we wish to preserve our lake trout. To Boy Scouts fell the honour of providing a guard of honour for His ExceIIency the Governor- General, the Earl of Athlone, upon his first official visit to Mon- treal, October 7th. The sturdy, smartly uniformed party of 150 First Class and King's Scouts made a fine impression as they lined up in the Windsor station concourse to receive the Chief Scout for Canada. His Excel- lency formally inspected them. and complimented District Com- missioner Robley Mackay upon their appearance. F u * A practice of reciprocal visits between Canadian and American Boy Scout troops having the same troop number this year brought 30 members of Troop 3 of Detroit, Mich., to Chatham, Ont., as guests of the 3rd Chat- ham Sea Scouts. The visitors were met early on a September Saturday at the city limits and paraded to a camp site at Vic- toria Park near the Chatham troop's headquarters, where meals were served them. A civic wel- come was extended by Mayor Hubbell. They were entertained with games and competitions, and on Sunday attended a church parade of Chatham Scouts and Girl Guides. * * The Bronze Cross, the Boy Scouts Association's highest re- cognition for gallantry, was awarded Scoutmaster G. Keene, for saving most of an ammunition train struck by a bomb during an air raid over southern England. The Scoutmaster called for i-ol- unteers, and in spite of flying shell fragments uncoupled and pushed out of danger all but six of a string of 51 trucks loaded with shells and explosives. * * * Scouts representing Fort Wil- liam and Port Arthur Troops were hosts to a party of Ameri- can Boy Scouts from Duluth and Superior at the annual Lakehead International Labour Day week end get-together. The camp of 28 tents was erected in the De- partment of Highways Park at Little Falls. The programme comprised a Sunday Scouts' Own service, hikes to points of interest, boating and fishing, and finally a big campfire. The Canadian Scouts were under District Cont- missioner IL W. Ellard and the American lads under Scout Ex- ecutive Sig IKilender of Duluth. Because most of the wood for tobacco pipes came from the Mediterranean countries, manu- facturers may try to revive the popularity of the old-time clay OPe. What Happens When R.A.F. Raids Nazi Capital Narrowly missing an important Berlin railway station, an R.A,P. bomb created this crater in the capital of the Reich. .11.111.1,31416.11 THE WAR -WEE K—Commentary on Current Events MAIN BAT R, lE DEVELOPS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN The "Battle of the Mediterran- ean" was rudely elbowing the "Battle of Britain" off the front pages of the world's newspapers last week, as the scene of war shifted southward and it became evident that for the moment the main Axis drive was for control of the eastern Mediterranean and the Near East, The great show- down test between the seapower of Britain and the air power of the Axis was about to be witnessed, After Greece, What? The Italian invasion was seen es but one item of a prehensive program, the first parts of which had already been execut- ed — the occupation of Rumania and Italy's preparation for a trans- Egypt drive on Suez. Other steps, involving the remaining Balkan na- tions, were expected immediately the outcome of the Greek.campaign was decided. General Goering's newspaper, The Essener National Zeitung, predicted the next Axis step would be an attempt to sever British connections with Europe, Asia and Africa so that no port in those continents would be open to British warships (ambitious un- dertaking!) Other sources said that France and Spain would also have a role in this pian. The Axis' new grand strategy undoubtedly was agreed utpon by Hitler and Mussolini at their meet- ing in Florence which followed a lightning .trip by Hitler down into Prance to confer at different points and times with Franco, Laval and Detain. Hitler's Greatest Gamble Was Hitler embarking on the greatest gamble of his career? If he could break Britain's control of the Mediterranean he would be able to pile upon her a disaster second in magnitude only to the smashing of England itself — so great that it likely would determine the outcome of the w'ar. Failure to achieve this goal, however, after his inability to crush England by bloody bombing and invasion, could just about write his finish. To By -Pass Turkey? The only other power (aside from Britain) conceivably in a position to aid Greece was Turkey, a large part of whose army was last week massed against the Bulgarian fron- tier. But several factors militated against Turkish fulfillment of her mutual defense treaty with Greece. Por one thing such action could bring Nazi troops storming into Turkey from Bulgaria, and pre- cipitate a general Balkan war; for another thing, Soviet Russia's poi - icy of non-involvement in war might operate against Turkish par- ticipation. But supposing the Axis powers didn't attempt to take the Dardanelles, by-passing Turkeyl'in stead by way of the Dodecanese Islands and Syria ... would Turkey allow herself without protest to be sin -rounded, and her dominance of the entire Moslem world challeng- ed? If Turkey tnoved, the, entire picture would changt overielele Moscow Meditates For the time being, Moscow was silent an the Balkan situation. But pre -occupied, as diplomatic rumors which trickled through suggested, with consolidating the Russian posi- tion on all fronts. A new agree- ment with the Axis powers was seen as not unexpected; but more likely to come would be the signing of a non aggression pact with Ja- pan. (Moscow obviously was not forgetting for a moment that Jap- anese troops still lined the Soviet Manchurian border; that between 50 and 90 German divisions faced the Red. Army along the eastern European front). U.S, - Britain - China - U.S.S.R.? That Stalin might be induced to join an anti -totalitarian bloc con- sisting onsisting of Great Britain, the U. S. and China was the considered be- lief expressed last weal: by Chin- ese circles in Singapore. These same sources declared that Stalin would be interested in seeing the German and Japanese positions rendered desperate by such a coal- ition against, them. Positive knowl- edge was claimed, said New York Times correspondent Hallett •Atb- end, that China's Minister of Fin- ance was in Washington for the principal purpose of convincing the United. States of the advisability of joining such a coalition. U. S. Ald To Britain Although the United States .had by no means yet declared war on Germany, Secretary of Commerce Sesse H. Jones reported last week that the 11. S. had shipped $780,- 000,000 of goods to Britain during the first year of the war; and from New York it was learned that the U. S. was seeding warplanes to Britain at the rate o'f nearly 500 a month, and that the number was increasing ... With the elec- tion over, anything could happen. i Wore Parliament reconvened at Ottawa this week, it was learned from Washington that arrange- ments had been made for an mediate survey and other Prelim- inary engineering work in thea St, Lawrence Seaway project ... $ad Losses At Sea "Twos a sad day for Canada wlen. vows came through that t:;e Can- adian destroyer Margaree, which replaced the ill-fated Fraser, had been sunk in the North Atlantic with the loss of 140 offiv:'s and men; and that the Canadian luxury liner Empress of Britain had goose down as the result of enemy ac- tion, with 45 missing. The Week In Canada Official and semi-official an- nouncements on miscellaneous matters of varying interest to the Canadian public featured the week: that young farmers whose nrilita:y training was postponed i i October would resliond to the call Novemb- er 22 , . that Canada was send- ing 400 motor vehicles a day to the United Kingdom .. . that Ot- tawa was keeping a wary eye on the Preach Islands in the gulf of St. Lawrence, St. Pierre and Mi- quelon , . . that internees and members of illegal organizations Were ineligible for public office in Canada . .. that Canadian soldier's were holding an important sector of the English coast, right in the front line .. , that Canadian troops might be sent to the Near East at a later stage in the Battle of the Mediterranean . . that Can- ada had enough grain "to meet all Britain's needs for three years" . . that private buying roust be, cur- tailed in Canada if the war pro- gram was not to suffer , . . Election Soon In Ontario? The Ontario political pot, quiet for same time past, was last week seen to be simmering again. There was a good deal of talk in Ottawa that Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn intended going to the people some- time within the next year (re-elect- ed to power in 1937, the Ontario Liberal administration does not have to call a vote before the sum- mer of 1942). Within the past mouth three Dominion Cabinet min- isters have visited Mr, Hepburn Ontario Conservatives, too, were getting busy last week . . Yukon's Many Wild Flowers There are orchids in the Yu- kon — the Siberian, a large pur- plish pink bloom with white spots and a rare White Orchid—all to be found in great variety beneath the "slide" near Dawson. Our authority, writes the Ottawa Journal, is Martha uiQ . Black, former Member o lament, whose second book, "Yukon Wild Flowers," has just been publish- ed. "Co-starring with her in Rs preparation is her husband, Hon. George Black, K.C., M.P., who personally took the hundred pho- tographs which illustrate the vol- ume. "Within 20 minutes' walk of the heart of Dawson," writes Nile, Black, "even a fairly careless ob. server of Nature's handiwork may gather at least a hundred varieties of flowers, ferns and Mosses. "From the beginning of March, 'when the days begin to length- en,' we Yukoners are alert to dis- cover the first sign of the Pasqua flower or Northern Crocus thrust- ing its furry nose through the thawing g'round, often still cover- ed with snow or ice. 'these brave flowers vary in shade from deep- est purple to mauves and pinks,. with an occasional 'spot' of pur- est white. Of the anemones or 'wind -flowers' then are numerous varieties, ranging from this Pas- qua flower to the tiny yellow Water Crowfoot common in our sluggish streams. "The brilliant cerise shooting stars, the saucy Dutchman's breeches, the wild Bleeding Heart —a tiny prototype of the culti- vated variety we all knew in our grandmothers' gardens — all these and many more are upon us in bewildering array as soon as sum- mer sets in with its 24 hours of continuous sunlight. The floral colors of the north are largely pink, blue and magenta, with generous splashes of yellow. LIFE'S' LIKE THAT By Fred Neher y,. "Yesterday 1 was to be a success - .. Today !tin a failure .. . Pretty fickle scales, I'd say! !" LONDONERS WHO WERE VICTIMS OF NAZI BOMBS Head bandaged, a victim of Nazi bombs, LEFT, sauIy ',:encs over a pile of rubble as he -- rages belongings from his London home. With a temporary dressing .,round his head, another air raid victim is led away by an A.R.P. warden after being dug from from the ruins of his home. He is carrying his dog who managed to get into a crevice of wreckage and more or less escaped injury. 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