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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1941-02-06, Page 2Saving Ontario's Natural Resources G. C. Toner Ontario Federation of Anglere (NO. 28) PROTECT THE BIRDS 1 have not said much about birds in this column but birds of all kinds are among our most 'valued natural resources. 1 am were that there are but a few people who would not miss then if they were gone. The robin that greets us on spring mornings, the ruffled grouse that gets up with a roar in the woods, the honking Canada geese on their /lights north and south, are part of the charm of outdoors that holds most of us all our lives. Many of our birds are protect- ed by the laws of the Dominion of Canada. Because they are migratory, wintering in the lands to the south of us, we have made treaties with the United States which protect the game birds, the song birds and the insectivorous birds, while they are out of Can- ada. In return, we protect them while they are here in summer. Open seasons are allowed on ducks, geese and certain shore birds but the others are not al- lowed` to be molested in any way at any time. GAME, SONGBIRDS, INSECT EATE :i,S At one time, any bird could be shot: at any time of the year. Geee, ducks, shore birds and up- land.' game birds were taken in thousands by market hunters and sold in the big cities. Spring shooting harrassed the flocks on their way north to their breeding grounds. While this country and the United States were still thin- ly settled Iong shooting seasons and market hunting did not have much effect on the bird as a whole. By 1900 the population had so increased that these prac- tices were taking a heavy toll and far-seeing biologists realized that the game birds would soon 'be ex- tinct unless measures were taken for their preservation. Representatives of the bird pro- tection societies and Government officials of both countries finally strew up a set of regulations de- signed to protect the birds. In 1916 a treaty between Great Brit- . Ain and the United States was signed and laws were passed by this country and across the line Which enabled the peace officers to enforce the treaty. This treaty was known as the Migratory Birds Convention and the law that implements it in Canada was called the Migratory Birds Convention Act. This Act is now enforced by special Dominion Migratory Bird. Officers and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Frostbite Has Own Hazards LION OF JUDAH TAKES THE FIELD AGAINST ITALIANS Somewhere in the Soudan, near •the Ethiopian fr ontier, Haile Sellassie, "Lion of Judah," ex -emperor of Abyssinia, inspects some of the troops with which he hopes to overthrow Italian rule and regain con- trol of his empire. Already his revolting tribesmen are credited with several successes against the Italians. Case History of Victim Should Be Known Before Treatment Temperatures do not have to go below freezing to cause frostbite. The American Congress of Phys- ical Therapy last fall discussed the Troblems of frostbite and chilblains very fully. "Individuals with wet clothing, oshoes or gloves, are particularly musceptible to the effect of cold weather," Dr: Frank V. Theis of Chicago told the Congress, Dr. Theis, who is known for his researches on circulatory diseases Of the extremities, urged physicians to look carefully into the history of frostbite victims and be sure fate patient is not the victim of tome pro -existing circulation dis- order. Middle-aged people with ev- en a small amount of hardening Et the arteries are susceptible. Any .person over 40 who has developed (diabetes is automatically suspect eel arterial change in the feat and ei7aould be warned against the dan- gers of wet and exposure even in athove zero weather. In these people a small amount change in the appearance of the _Iteet may be dismissed too care- $ersly, as not amounting to frost ite. Or they receive unsatisfactory eatment of the condition, T H E W A R. W C E K --Commentary on Current Events "CAN DEFEAT GERMANY 'LTH AMERICAN AID" "The probability of an ultim- ate British victory is over- whelming if Britain survives this spring and summer."— Henry F. Stimson, U. 8. Sec- retary of War. "United - States intervention to help Britain can have no other effect than to deepen the ultimate collapse of Europe."— Cot. Charles A. Lindbergh. "Great Britain can defeat Germany with the aid of the U. S."—Gen. George C. Mar- shall, U n i t e d States Army Chief of Staff. The world war picture changed very little during the week; the relative position of the two chief belligerents altered not at all. But on the home fronts everywhere feverish preparations were being made to meet the great spring cris- is and whatever it might bring. Climax Before May No one doubted that the rear would reach a grand climax at some date within the next three monks. Many and dire were the predictions made by military and diplomatic experts of a dozen coun- tries. Drew Middleton, one of the Associated Press' best men in Lon- don, wrote that informed quarters there seriously expected the migh- tiest onslaught of history, with bombing on an unimagined scale and the use of every modern weap- on, including flame-throwers and gas, to be launched upon the Bri- tish isles before the first of May. Germany, he believed, would try to break Britain at that time, aim to will the war at one blow; Bri- tain nevertheless would beat off the Nazi invasion attempt at the cost of half her air force, three- quarters of her battle fleet and at least 250,000 troops. Confident of Outcome liilitary experts in the United States, confronted with these and similar prognostications, generally agreed that Britain was facing just such a contingency .as Mr. Middle- ton outlined, but in the main they were confident of the outcome. Witness General Marsl,aU. S. Army Chief of Staff before the Ser ate Foreign. Relations Commit- tee: "The present situation is ser- ious—one of the most critical per- iods in the history of the world— but Britain will win out eventually 'Twas Australians Set Italians on the Run with the American aid contemplat ed under the 'lease -lend' bill." Cold Statistics These men In Washington who looked at the cold statistics of the case (German superiority in the 4 -to -1) and saw Britain still on. top,' based their optimism ou several factors in the situation: prospects of full American material aid plus Britain's own production; the natural geographic advantages possessed by England; the super- iority of British flying personnel and the high level of British mor- ale. American officials appeared quite certain that Germany could never land enough troops on Bri- tish soil to establish a bridgehead unless she hada complete, unques- tioned control of the air over the Channel and over England. Army of Attack Aside from actual invasion, the greatest menace presented to Great Britain by Germany is the Nazi counter -blockade. Last week it was expected that Hitler would resume his campaign, lapsed for some weeks now, against shipping in the north Atlantic and attack with un- precedented violence, using sub- marines, planes, surface raiders. At that time the problem of protecting convoys would reveal itself as more pressing than. ever. The hand of the United States might be forced, if it were found to be imperative to have American vessels help carry American -produced war ma- terials across the water to Britain. Writing on the Wall The Italian crisis deepened dur- ing the week, with. the Fascist armies losing out on every front and domestic unrest flaring into man-sized riots in industrial cen- tres of northern Italy. Mussolini, whose day of reckoning appeared closer than ever at hand, did what he could to repair the deplorable. military situation in Africa and Al- bania—with the aid of Nazi tanks, men and dive -bombers — and sup- pressed the uprisings at home by calling out his Blackshirted Fas- cist militia and units of the sin- ister German Gestapo (now over- running Italy). His regime was tot- tering. Seen as most likely to drive Mussolini from power would be a general revolt in the army. Last week the rumblings of coming mil- itary insurrection were heard in many quarters (soldiers fought alongside rioters in Milan and Tur- in), and the name of Marshal Pietro Badoglio was mentioned as key man in an early move to oust Il Duce. "It's All My Fault" Blame for, one of the most col- ossal mistakes in all history was last week taken upon his own Shoulders by Premier Prince Kon- oye of Japan. "It's all my fault," declared this super -aristocrat who is beyond. the reach of personal criticism in Japan, referring to the "China incident" and its loss of hundreds of thousands of Japanese lives and expenditure of billions of dollars ---a ivar which began three ouse Found In Middle of Road That eald motorist gag about find - fag a tree or a house in the middle 4f the highway became a reality IraddonfIeld, N. J., when amaz- did drivers did see a house in the middle of :the road. The dwelling. a convent, was he. Sot moved from one site to another * block sway when the timbers, We Way, The house remained in tete middle of the r041 overnight, and the nnias renctalned In the house, To men like these — Australian shock troops — 11 Duce Mussolini's fortified Libyan bases of Bardia end Tobruk fell. These Aussies take time, out for a snack before continuing their drive into Italian Libya. Winston Churchill - III and a half years ago and shows no prospect of ending favorably for Japan. The miraculous Chinese, hearten- ed by President Roosevelt's recent announcement of a $100,000.000 China aid program, might soon take the offensive in the war with Japan, it was intimated last week in New York by Chiaia's finance minister, Dr. T. V. Soong. "With the Japanese army strung out over a very wide area, demoralized and discouraged by a war that bas no end, a determined offensive cam- paign could have far-reaching re- sults," he said. a a * Money, Money Signs were oecoming more con- spicuous last week in the Domin- ion that in the session of Parlia- ment resuming February 17 the question of money and the mone- tary system would attract an at- tenion quite out of the ordinary. 1941 is expected to be a great year in war finance. Operations are pro- ceeding on the scale of a billion dollars for the year, and, as new and more burdensome couditious have to be met, it le logical that a more favorable ear should be lent by the powers at Ottawa to sug- gestions that unorthodox methods of war financing be considered, now that Premier Hepburn of On- tario has brought the question so dramatically to the fore. In the new session of Parliament, further war appropriations will be made; another, and heavier, Budget brought down --possibly in March; a wheat -policy will have to be de- cided on. Farmers To Ottawa Delegates from the Canadian Federation of Agriculture who journeyed to Ottawa last week en- joyed a sympathetic audience with the Prime Minister and with Mr. Gardiner, Minister of Agriculture, but came away without assurance that anything definite would be done by tite Federal Government to help the Canadian farmer in wartime, They heard, however, that more satisfactory farm prices were likely to eventuate if the war developed as expected. During the week announeeiuent was made that a number of Bri- tish industries would move bag and baggage to Canada . . and that the one-month compulsory militarY training period for young Canad- ians might be extended to four months. 1rlarriages jumped. to record heights in Winnipeg during 1940, city officials announced. During the, year, 4,653 marriages were performed compared with the pre- vious record of 3,7716 in 1939. Un- til 1939, Winnipeg's greatest year for marriages was 1912, when 3,503 couples were married. LIFE'S LIKE THAT 1,000,000 More To Pay Taxes In Dominion This Year - 3375,000,000 Reven ue Estim« ated by Federal MIn{eter-- On Income, Profits Aout 1,264,000 Canadians, 1,00,- 000 more than contributed to the Federal Treasury in income tax on 1939 eafniugs, will pay Dominion income tax on 1940 earnings, Rev. enue Minister Gibson declared: Ho urged all who possibly could to take advantage of the Govern- ment's instalment payment plan, devised to make increased tax bur- dens easier on the public.' At his first press conference since he became Revenue Minister last July, Mr. Gibson estimated Federal revenue from income taxes and excess profits on 1940 earnings at $375,000,000. Breakdown of this total follows: National defense tax, $35,0.00,000; Individual income tax, $110,000,000; corporation taxes, $130,000,000; ex- cess profits taxes, $100,000,000, Stepped-up income because of wartime Industrial expansion, low- ering of exemptions, and imposi- tion of the national defense tax have increased the number of in- come-tax payers from the 264,000 who contributed to the Federal Treasury on 1939 earnings. On 1939 earnings the personal tax was $45,- 000,000, and the, corporation tax 377,000,000. EA-'-lEM'jralr7 ,AVER :.:: ODir ee Hive Syrup A grand flavour the whole family likes! ai• By Fred Neher "Ain't ya ever goin'? I got a livin' to make! 1" Lord of the Admiralty rr Though a Warlike Conserve ellen elected to parliament in 1900, Chu:•chill soddenly quit 'the party, crossed the floes to theLiheral side. To the repo Of free itrade s itadr er cater ualmost ec radical. In 7.010 Churchill, riding the title of Liberal victory, became home • secretary in the Asquith cabinet, An admirer' of the brilliant young Englishman was the former German l wiser, with whom he is shown ABOVE, Always energetic, in 1911 Churchill person- ally led a force of 150 policemen in an attack on a house in, Sidney St., London, believed to be the hangout of a gang of anarchists. No anarchists were found -- only two tread jewel thieves. Deeming first lord of the admiralty itt 191.2 Churchill acted quickly ,to counteract the growing menace of Ger. malt sea power by completely reor- gaititing the British navy. It was atom spectacular accomplishment,