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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1941-01-23, Page 2Saving Ontario's Natural Resources G. C. TONER Ontario Federation of Anglers (NO. 26) EXHIBITS TELL STORY • It was not long before the or. iginal Royal Ontario Museum building was found to be inade. quate for the rapidly expanding exhibits and research material, A. new building was projected and completed in 1938. The old part was used as a wing and the main entrance now faced on Queen's Park. The Museum of Zoology was given the complete upper floor of the east wing and laboratories and workshops on the ground floor. These exten- sions of space enabled the insti- tution ro organize as a properly Constituted museum. In the development of the Royal Ontario Museum of Zoo- logy, it has always been the aim to keep a proper balance between exhibits and research that is, be - Linen the popular and the scien- tific phases of museum work. On the exhibition side, the aim has been to make the exhibit tell its own story with the minimum of descriptive label. This is ac- complished In part by the provis- ion of accessory material design- ed to suggest something of the habitat in which animals live. This trend in museum exhibition has culminated in the habitat group which depicts an animal amid a representation of its na- tural surroundings. Usually such a group includes a panoramic picture as a background. Only two large habitat groups have so far been attempted, these illus- trating the black bear and the passenger pigeon, but a series of twenty-four smaller exhibits of the 'same type illustrate the ha- bitat of .2 number • of common Ontario mammals, birds and rep. tiles. Not all the museum's speci- mens are on exhibition; 'in every large natural history museum; there are hundreds of spechnens preserved in the research collec- tion for every one on exhibition in the public .galleries. One of the primary functions of a mus- eum of Zoology is to study the animal life, particularly of the region it serves. The specimens en which such studies are based are secured chiefly by field sur- veys carried out by the Museum's own staff, but some material is Obtained by donation, by. pur- chase,' and by exchange. The need that existed prior to the establishment of the Royal On- tario Museum for an institution to investigate the animal life of Ontario is shown by the fact, that, since its inception, nearly sixty species of vertebrates not previously known to occur in On- tario have been found within our limits. The Book Shell "CONFESSIONS OF AN IMMIGRANT'S DAUGHTER" by Laura G. Saiverson This is the tale of a stormy life; the autobiography of a great Can- adian. Mrs. Saiverson is descended from the last of the Viking nobles. Her parents --Icelanders who made the voyage to Canada in '87—were settlers who never settled down. The account of their wanderings over the North American contin- ent, from one city and pioneer settlement to another, and as far south as the cotton. country of the Mississippi, is a book in itself, The writer was a delicate child brought ii on the old Norse legends, who was taken in hand by an extra- ordinary woman, Aunt I3aldora. There follow her experiences as a professional dancer, bel first love chair and several years of gruel- ling work in Canadian houses and factories, Finally she is happily married to a compatriot and she herself becomes one of the most successful of Canadian novelists, -winning the Governor -General's gold medal last year. "Confessions of an immigrant's . Daughter ... by Laura Q. Salver - eon Toronto: Ryerson Press ... $2,50. He Who Flier May Reacl News On en overnight trip by air across Canada, a T.C,A, passen- ger can read the newts in a dozen daily newspapers if he chooses, *11 in the space of 16 houre, all pablished the sante day in nine different cities. Twelve maga. *nee Canadian, British and -:A.merican--are aboard each air= errant to keep the traveller abreast ext his current reading'. T.C.A. ;places 16 subscriptions for each it. meet the requirements of its *trim services. It subscribes to 20 newsips ors, Quiz Kids Quiz Quints' Dodo Dr. Allan Roy Defoe, who brought the Dionne quintuplets into the world and is their medical guardian, looks uncomfortable at -the receiv- ing end of a barrage of questions at the N.B.G. studios in New York city when he appeared as guest observer with the Quiz Fids. The Quiz Kids, whose program ordinarily originates in Chicago, were in New York making a movie short. y , T H E WAR -WEE K ---Commentary on Current Events War Awaits Spring Drives; S i r o i s Report Is Ousted "Do not regard the present lull in operations as meaning that Germany does not know what to do next. The present pause Is creative and only ap- parent."—German Propaganda Minister Goebbels. "A final victory over 'total- itarian intolerance' depends up- on Anglo-American co-operation" —British Prime Minister Churc. hilt. "A spirit cf mutual under- standing and confidence Is char- acteristic of the friendly rela- tions existing between the U. S. S. R. and Germany."-Tass, of- ficial Soviet news agency. "The war will move to a clim- ax in the next few months .. perhaps in the next few weeks." —Hugh Dalton, British Minister of Economic Warfare. "My personal and private op- inion Is that on Jam 1 Britain stood a 55.45 chance to win the war."—U, S. General Q. C. Strong. * * * Read together, these five utter- ances depict for us in broad, gen- eral outline the stage World War ri had arrived at last week. Both parties to the Conflict were taking stock, feverishly preparing for the climax spring was sure. to bring, Nazi Objectives GERMANY, The whole world knew (said "Time," ran, 13) that it would be to German advantage to strike, hard and quickly, for many reasons: to relieve pressure- on backtracking Italy, to batter down the last resistance in the Balkans, to bring France and Spain solidly into the German orbit, to smash. the centre of the British Empire —and its No. 1 fleet base—before American help to Britain could reach decisive proportions. Several of these moves were for the moment stymied—Yugoslavia, Bulgaria •(with the taeit backing et Russia). Turkey, were as firm in their stand against the Nazis as their relative strength would allow; Spain for the moment "wasn't having any"; the French Cabinet held too many trump cards (the fleet, and Weygand in Africa and Syria) to lose so early the game against Hitler. With regard to Nazi chances of successful in- vasion of the British Isles, official circles in Washington were of the opinion the odds were definitely against it. Offensive and Defensive BRITAIN: The British were still in the main fighting a defensive war with Germany, awaiting the hour when they would have the full weight of American produc- tion behind them, Against Italy they were conducting a highly - successful offensive which gave promise of broadening out to wipe Mussolini's African Empire off the map, and weaken his position :.in Europe beyond repair. Choice of Two Campaigns In the Battle of the Mediterran- ean, the British had the choice of two major moves, of pressing the offensive in north and east Africa; or of waging war in the Balkans in earnest—perhaps gain- ing Turkey's adherence. The first of these two planned campaigns would be the more likely to de- velop. • * * „ Bread From Russia RUSSIA.: The new trade paet signed last week under which the Soviet Union undertook to increase her contributions to Germany's wartime breadbasket was viewed as of tremendous international im portance. Besides broadening trade relations between the two coun- tries, the agreements were said to have fixed mutual boundaries in newly -acquired territories and set- tled resulting re-patriation prob- lems (50,000 Germans in Soviet held lands would return to the Reich). The signing of the pact followed weeks of increasing ten- sion in the Balkans where the massing of troops and reports of disagreements over control of the mouths of the Danube gave rise to speculation that German -Russian relations might be badly strained. With China, the Soviets signed a new barter agreement exchang- ing Russian military supplies and machinery for Chinese, tea and manufactured products, * * In Legislators' Hands UNITED STATES: The i?resi- dent's "lease -lend" bill .of all-out aid to i3ritain was in process of passing the House of Represent- atives, froze where it would go to the Senate. Debate in the Upper :Nouse was expected to continue another three weeks at least. Sub delay in legislation would do little harm to the British war cause, it was thought, since by practical standards American war aid to Britain was going ahead about as fast as facilities permit• ted, and past British cash orders for planes, munitions, were mean- time being filled. The Convoy Question Still considered of paramount importance, though not talked about freely in the open, was the question of the U. S. strengthen- ing the British convoy system. Everyone knew that the American aid program would be futile unless the goods produced could be de- livered safely to Britain. It was expected that much would be done temporarily to relieve British ship- ping for war hauling, but the use of American warships in convoys would become ahot issue very soon. * * * .. . Shelved CANADA: The mountain gave birth to a mouse—stillborn. Three years of work, millions of dollars in cash, hundreds of volumes of research material, months of pub- licity, appeared to have gone for naught when the conference of nine provincial premiers meeting in Ot- tawa last week threw out the Rowell-Sirois report (with its rec- ommendations for reorganizing Canada's financial structure) after only a few hours' consideration. Time alone could, tell what effect this rejection would have upon the future of the Dominion. Per- haps not as momentous as we might now think. Many wondered who was right—Mr. King, who maintained that the adoption of the report would assist in the war effort; or Mr. Hepburn, who viol- ently opposed it, saying that the time was altogther inopportune. Now that the report had been - shelved, the machinery of our governments would doubtless con- tinue to function as in the past— until a worse crisis forced the re- vamping of our set-up in its eutire- ty. ... Unappeased A orowd of angry farm folk taxed London, Ontario's, biggest .hall to capacity lastweek and heckled Dominion Minister of Ag- riculture Gardiner when he en- deavored to explain to their satis- faction the policies of the Federal Government regarding wartime dif- ficulties of Ontario farmers. Un- appeased was the gathering which asked for a bonus on hogs (now being raised at less than produc- tion costs); an increase in the price of cheese; removal of - the peg on the price of butter; ship- ping of low-grade grain from the west as feed for eastern live stock. The reaction to Mr. Gardiner's small concessions (a "floor" for butter, slight increase in the price of -cheese) from Ontario farm lead- ers was not favorable. The provin- cial Minister of Agriculture was "considerably disappointed." The president of the united Farmers' Co-operative said Mr. Gardiner's recommendations were "very un- satisfactory." The president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture said the whole farm situation would be threshed out at the Federation convention this week in Toronto. To Increase Army A report issued at Ottawa last week by the Inter -Departmental Committee on Labor Co-ordination revealed that the Government is planning an increase of 117,200 men in Canada's armed services dn`eing 1941. Canada's munition - making army during the same time would be- increased by 76,000 to 225,000. More than four new di- visions (80,000) are to be added to the army this year, VOICE - OF THE PRESS FIRST BOTTLENECK The original bottieneck problem started with the catsup bottle,- -- Brandon Sun _0_ BETTER IN 1941 Unless you are a better mau in 1941 than you were in 1940 there is not much ..chance that your reso- lutions will long survive, —Peterborough Examiner. --e^- SHiFTING RESPONSIBILITY Most of us are really sincere when we ask heaven to help the poor, We feel that it relieves ue of the responsibility of helping them ourselves. —Quebec Chronicle -Telegraph. LORD HALIFAX A contemporary hopes that ceu- sorship regulations will not require us to allude to the new British am- bassador to the United States as "Lord Eastern Canadian Port." --Woodstock Sentinel -Review. —o— FORT ERIE DID IT Chief Constable of Fort Erie is justly proud of the town's record —seven years without a fatal mo- tor accident on its streets. Which shows what can be done. —Owen Sound Sun -Times. World Hockey Meet Planned Dr. W. G. Hardy of Edmonton told the semi-annual convention of the Canadian Amateur Hockey • Association that plans are under consideration for staging world hockey championship in Canada after the war. Even before the war ends, world tournaments might be held on a smaller scale, said Dr. Har- dy, past president of the C. A. H. A. He explained that the chief purpose of the International Ice' - Hockey Association was to trans- fer the centre of World hockey from Belgium to Canada where it rightfully • belonged. Organiza- tion .of the I.L.H.A. was prompt- ed by the outbread of war in Europe and virtual collapse of the Old World body. Ligue In- ternationale de Hockey Sur Glace! Great Britain, Canada and the United States make un' the new world body and Dr. Hardy said that "the OIympic committee henceforth must take us' on our own terms." Canadian National Railways Revenues. The grass revenues of the ail- inclusive Canaeian National Tlail ways System for the week ending; January 7, 1941, were ,,,,.."x4,422;889' as compared with 9;0904,04. for the corresponding period of 1940, an in- crease of 802,725 or 4.2% Fishermen-Farrners Harvest Eel Grass- Eel grass in demand for in sulation and packing is furnish ing a market for great quanti- ties of this marine plant which is, strewn along the beaches after every high wind. The fishermen - farmers of the sections of the South shore of Nova Scotia .near Shelburne have been harvesting; the plant and obtaining good. prices. The Canadian National: Railways line follows the Atlan- tic Coast along this south shore: from Halifax to Yarmouth, an area which annually attracts. large numbers of visitors. Shel- burne possesses interesting links with the early history of New England and during its early settlement provided acconnnoda tion for Loyalists, who had loft New York. Add to Milk—Serves on Puddings—Spread orz Bread and Bu tter. LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fled Neher "Let me have $500,000.. . . My girl friend is coming down this nowt and I want to nzaise an impression." WINSTON CHURCHILL -1 His Boyhood and Youth John Churchill, the Duke of Marl- bortlugh, England's greatest general, was the illustrious ancestor of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Since Marlborough's day, the Churchill fam- ily. has given Isngl.and many soldiers end statesmen. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born Nov. 0, 1874, third son of Lord Randolph Churehill and Lady 'Churchill, the former Miss Jennie Jerome of New Fork. Iris grandfather was the seventh Duke of Marlborough. His school days at Harrow were the despair of his parents. Winston was last in his class. After two unuccessful tries he finally was ad- mitted to Sandhurst and inrrnediately showed a great enthusiasm for military life, NEXT WEEK—Cburchitl_ in ludic. Captured by Boers. Etetle, Polities and, r;outanc* Mitering the British army in 1895; Churchill first saw action when he ran away to Cuba and joined the Span- ish forces es an officer hi a Hussar regment, During 1896.1.898 Churchill served in India, played much p0104