Zurich Herald, 1941-01-09, Page 6CANADIANS IN ENGLAND TRAIN TO MEET INVASION THREAT
Although some American military experts believe that the danger of invasion of Britain by Ger-
man forces has passed, the British high command does not share that belief. So there is no let -down of
preparedness to meet invasion. The men shown here are Canadians recently arrived in Britain. They
are engaged in the job of transporting a Bren gun carrier actors a river as part of their training to meet
the invasion threat. The hien are wearing gas masks and full battle dress.
Farm Notes .. .
A Little Iodine
In Animal Feeds
(By B. Leslie Emslie)
in the nutrition of animals as
well as of plants there are certain
elements which, though required in
very minute amounts, are nonethe-
less absolutely easential to health
and normal development. Iodine is
one of these mighty atoms. The io-
dine contained in the body of a
grown man weighs less than a drop
of water, yet lack of it would. end
existence, The small amounts of
iodine required by animals are ab-
sorbed mostly from food and wet.
er. But sometimes the intake is too
restricted, and symptoms of io-
dine deficiency appear.
Protect Against Deficiency
The thyroid gland is the centre
of iodine concentration and con-
trols nearly all body processes.
Goitre in calves and lambs, joint -
ill oi' foals, hairlessness of young
pigs, etc., indicate iodine defic-
iency. Iodine promotes growth, in-
ereases production. of milk and
eggs. and the hatchability of the
latter. Besides, it improves the
Quality of wool, hair and fur. Io-
dine is a necessary ingredient of
balanced mineral supplements
which protect livestock against de-
ficiency diseases.
Friendliness Is
Princess' Charm
Rideau Hall's Chatelaine
Proves Gracious and Sym-
pathetic
--
The friendliness of Princess
Alice's smile, her warm sympathy
and unaffected simplicity will mean
more than her royal rank to Canad-
ians who meet the chatelaine of
Rideau Hall, writes Gladys Arnold.
Recently at a reception in the
vice -regal residence a young officer
of the R, C. A. P. stood nervously
on the fringe of a gay,. chatting
crowd of young men in the unt-
torms of the three services and
smiling girls in simple afternoon
frocks. Obviously he was shy and
apparently knew nobody.
Through the crowd stepped Prin-
cess Alice, She noticed the young
airman at once and with quick
friendliness went straight up to
him and in no time at all he was
chatting away and evidently quite
at home.
"She spoke to me as though sbe
had always known me—and right
away I met a lot of people," he
said. "She's a real princess."
LEOPOLD'S DAUGHTER.
Princess Alice Mary was bora in
Windsor Castle, February 23, 1333,
daughter of Prince Leopold, fourth
son and ninth chill of Queen Vic-
toria., Alice Mary was a sprightly
child, with delicate bones and viv-
acity of temperament which gives
her light step and youthful car-
riage of today.
Her hair has silvered but the
brown of her eyes has not dimmed
since the days when she played
with her royal cousins and was
teased by a lively, kindly young
man who was later to become
George V,
Modern Ski 3,000
Years, In Making
But First Historical Mention
Of It bates From Sixth Cen-
tury --- Viking* Used it For
Snow Travel
The modern ski bee some three
thousand years of interesting de-
velopment behind it, but the first
historical mention of skies dates
from the sixth century. At that
time the Vikings were using
"rsueki," or snow glide shoes, for
Winter travel. 'These ancient
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skis were sheet, wide boards, cov-
ered with seal -skin to grip the.
snow and to make climbing easy.
but for downhill travel they
could have been little better than
the snowshoes of to -day. Late.',
this difficulty was overcome by
using one skin -covered ski or
"ander" and one runner of polish-
ed wood, the skier balancing him-
self on the runner with the aid
of a long heavy pole for the de-
scents. The next improvement
was the use of two wooden run-
ners, but the early patterns of
this type were turned up at both
ends ao that, if one point wet'e
broken, the ski could be reversed
—the Norseman's equivalent of
the modern spare tire.
MADE IN SEVERAL
PATTERNS
Nowadays skis are made in sev-
eral
everal patterns to sleet special
uses, such as jumping, racing, or
general purposes. The favourite
materials used in making them
are hickory, ash, maple and
birch, all of which have the quali-
ties of toughness, flexibility, and
hardness in varying degrees and
combinations, Hickory, for ex-
ample, makes a strong hard-wear-
ing but rather heavy ski, asb
makes a relatively light ski, while
maple skis are reputed to be very
fast.
LAMINATED TYPE NEWEST
Experiments in making a la-,
urinated ski • composed of layers
of different kinds of wood glued
together in order to produce a
stronger, more efficient ski . with
less waste of material were con-
ducted by the Forest Products
Laboratories of Canada as far
back as 1924. Although there
have been many improvements in
laminated skis since that time,
the basic principle has been prov-
ed sound and skis of this type are
becoming increasingly popular.
You Figure It
Out -- We're Busy
When Virgil Schense, 24, - of
Aberdeen, S,D., uses the license
he got to marry Dorothy•Nelson,
23, here's what will happen—all
because Miss Nelson is the sister
of Schense's father's second wife.
Dorothy will become her sister's
daughter-in-law; Virgil will be
his stepmother's brother-Zn-Iaw,
also the brother-in-law of his own
father.
Coal production in Canada dur-
ing the first eight months of 1840
amounted to 10,892,931 to '
compared with 9,281,921 tons in
the corresponding period of 1939.
11!
RADIO REPORTER
By DAVE ROSBINS
By DAVE ROBBINS
11
"BRITAIN SPEAKS"
The man whose voice has be-
come known as the radio find of
1940 S. B. Priestley, will continue
to be heard in 1941 as a member
of the speaking group regularly
Presented over the CBO national
network at 11,15 p.m. EDST. This
is the feature, "Britain Speaks,"
produced by the BBC and re-
broadcast in this country as a
nightly program from Ottawa.
Mrs. Priestley, who long since
gained international fame as a
writer and lecturer and who last
year became one of the best known
personalities on the air, is heard
Sundays and Tuesdaye In this ser -
les. Leslie Howard, the British
film and stage star who went home
from Hollywood when war broke
out, speaks for Britain on Mon-
days. Sir Philip Joubert, eminent
authority on defense matters, gives
his informative report on Wed-
nesdays. William Holt, the York-
shire weaver who has travelled all
over the world and learned the
ways of Haan and the things that
touch his heart, brings fresh cour-
age and new spirit on Thursdays,
Two excellent speakers take alter-
nate Friday nights for their re-
ports on economic and military
affairs. They are Philip Noel Baker
and David Bowes -Lyon, the latter
a brother of Her Majesty, the
Queen. The feature is scheduled
in Canada each night except Sat-
urday, at 11.15 p.m.
AROUND THE DIAL
With all the new news regula-
tions for Canadian' radio for our
heat, CKOC --from 1120 on yotn
dial—still brings us the best news
coverage. This station brings to
Ontario news from everywhere at
6.15 and 7.45 each morning, -12.30
noon—and 6.15 and 11.00 each even-
ing.
x *
WEEN at Buffalo is still able to
uncork a smart show now and
again, and one of the best is their
International House Party heard
every Monday, Wednesday and Fri-
day at 7.30 (standard). This show
has a Canadian ring that has mov-
ed across the border.
* W *
Trivia: Organist Sydney Torch,
whose recordings you have enjoy-
ed many times, is now a wireless
operator iu the R. A. F. For a laugh
and your early.morning pick-up you
should dial in Joe ChrysdaIe at
CKOC from 6.00 to 3.00 each morn-
ing — this new voice is infectious.
Gracie Fields picked up lour thous-
and dollars in a concert for 33ritish
War Relief at SaIt Lake City. The
Columbia Broadcasting System is
forming a network M Mexico. May-
be this means snappier rhumbas,
* * *
The Green Itornet story heard
from (OMB Friday nights at 9.00,
is one of the better hair raisers.
Dial in and get scared to death.
* M *
Vire are complete+iy thastened.
.trith a view to making this column
bigger and better in 1941, we began
asking for opinions. As we mut,
eyed down King Street, one of the
persons we queried at the Ter-
minal Station war au Indian brave.
When we asked hien if he read this
column be replied; "1'm not that
brave!"
POP --- D He Ever?
Saving Ontario's
Natural
Resources
G. C. TONER
Federation of Ontario Anglers
(No, 24)
HISTORICAL MATERIAL
In the better manabement of our
natural resources certain institu.
tions are of prime importance. We
know that if we want to control
the harvesting of a wild crop we
must have all the information
about it that we can get together.
As an example, the law says we
must.not take trout in the fall, and
the law is based on the knowledge
that the fish are reproducing at
such times of the year, The har-
vest of the trout is carried out in
summer when it does the least
harmto the species. So knowledge
of all our natural resources is need-
ed and one of the centres in On-
tario for gathering this information
is the Royal Ontario Museum of
Zoology.
Museum of Zoology
This institution was founded in
1915, a short time after the Mu-
aeum building on Bioor Street, To-
ronto, was opened by the Duke of
Connaught,- Governor-General of
Canada. It was an outgrowth of the
collections of the Biological Mu-
seum of the University of Toronto,
whose accumulation started before
1350. This collection had gradually.,
become too big for the building in
which it was housed and so a small
teaching exhibit was left while the
research material was moved to
the Royal Ontario Museum build -
At Normal School
Another early source of material
was the Normal School collections.
The Legislature of 1852-3 approp-
riated 500 pounds Sterling per an-
num to be used by the Museum of
the Normal School for the pur-
chase et books, publications, speci-
mens, models and other objects re-
lating to education.. Until after
1896, natural , history material
seems to have occupied a very sub-
sidiary position in the Normal
School but an addition to the build-
ing in this year allowed more
space to natural history.
In 1906, the Normal School mu-
seum was raised to the status of a
Provincial hluseum and Dr. Wil-
liam Brodie was appointed first
Provincial Biologist. His extensive
e&llectiens were acquired and much
new material purchased from Mr.
John Maughan who was commis-
sioned further to complete the ex-
hibits, In 1905, Mr. C. Nash, auth-
or of the "Manual of the Verte-
brates of Ontario" presented his
private collection of biology to this
museum, and in 1910 succeeded Dr.
Brodie as Provincial Biologist. Mr.
Nash died in 1926 and in 1933 the
Normal School Museum was clos-
ed, the biological material going to
the Royal Ontario Museum of Zo-
ology.
When Retirement
Means Boredom
Leisure Time Often Hangs
Meavy On the Hands of
Those Who Have Worked
Hard All Their Lives
Life cair play queer jokes on
people sometimes,, says the Chat-
ham News.
In a Western city there was a
grocer who worked very lard
and saved his money religiously,
so that his old age would be pro-
vided for.
- For fifty years he stuck to his
grocery store. He worked and
saved too hard to have very
much fun, but he was looking for-
ward to the day when he could
retire. Then he would have his
fun, He would have money and
leisure, and he would make up
for elle years of hard work,
Well, lie finally retired—money
in the bank, an assured income,
a nice home, everything he need-
ed. "Now," he told, his friend:,
"I ani going to enjy life."
And just twenty-four hours
after he retired he dropped dead.
If a novelist put that in a book
we wouldn't believe it. We would
say that things don't really hap-
pen that way, and we would ac-
cuse the novelist of straining too
bard for an ironic effect.
But life takes queer twists that
are not permitted to good notion.
As a matter of fact, this sort of
thing happens fairly often—in a
little different way. Not many
people who have prepared for a
carefree and leisurely old age die
just as they begin to taste their
reward of course; but they get
cheated out of their dues just the
sante. They find that leisure,
after a lifetime of hard work, lel.
boredom. They ;Find that they
have forgotten how to play„
Tiley find that the empty howl
.are depressing because they da
not know What to do with these„
They find themselves feeling that:
they bad been put upon the shells,,
and they grow ten years older in
twelve mouths,
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
By William
Ferguson
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HORIZONTAL
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the Zodiac
constellationS.
7 Proverb.
12 Makes
amends.
13 Burdened.
14 Inanimate
object.
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as -----
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length.
17 Note in scale.
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20 Pair (abbr.).
21 The tip. 44 Musical
22 Of the thing, character.
24 Exclamation. 46 Genus of
26 Pertaining tograsses,
a focus. 47 Sauey,
27 Melodies. 48 To depart;
30 Spouts forth, 49 a
32 Mouth patellaHaving,
secretion. 52 Neuter
34 Pronoun. pronoun.
35 To embroider. 54 Bitter herb,
37 Small tuber. 56 Common
38 To scatter , viper,
hay. 57 Ancient
39 Maple shrub. Roman cloak.
41 Screens. 59 The brighter
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4 Small hotel,
5 Disregards.
6 Subsists.
7 Rotation in
precedence.
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9 Entrance,
10 Elder
statesmen of
,iapan.
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18 Degrades.
20 Turkish
governor.
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23 Snaky fish.
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positions.
26 Acrid liquid,
28 Employs.
29 Oriental
guitar,
31 Small Elute,
33 Head
dizziness.
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37 Commonplace
40.To repulse,
42 Pleats.
43 Red
vegetables.
45 Musical note~,
47 Point,
48 Aperture.
50 Impost,
51 Circle part,
53 Sailor.
55 Oil (suffix),
58 Old
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