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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1941-03-06, Page 6------- A, Ski Honeylrlooxr in the Hills Nea Saving Ontario's Natural Resources G. C. TONER, Ontario Federation of Anglers. (NO. 32) ONTARIO OWLS Eike the hawks the owls have been. given a bad move that they do not deserve. With olio ex- ception, the great horned owl, they are beneficial in that they :feed upon the mice that chew up the farmers' grain. There are :sev- eral species in Ontario but as they are nocturnal, being most active at Met, they are seldom. noted except by the naturalist. A few migrate, one or two are yeaer round residents while a ,couple more appear here as win- ter visitor*. from the north. The Horned Owl The great horned owl should he put in a class by himself for my experience has been that he is definitely destructive to poul- try and game in settled fanning communities. Yet this creature has his good points and uses. In the wilder districts rabbits may become very numerousso trot young trees may destroyed .over large areas. Normally th s tree killing would do no great harm but where reforestation is ander way the rabbits must be controlled and a few horned owls are the easiest way of doing this. As I have emphasized time and again in these articles nature can usually take care of such a p ' ob- :em and we see this here in the control of rabbits by the horned owl. The Snowy Owl If you happen to live near some of our wide lake marshes you are familiar with the snowy owl that visits such places in wiuter. These owls seem to corns Bowe from the Arctic when there is a scarcity of food in that re- gion. We know that Arctic ani- mals, such as the lemming mice on which this owl normally feeds, have cycles of abundance and scarcity. One year they will be abundant and the next very scarce. Lack of mice in the lean years is the probable reason for the occasional appearance of snowy owls in southern Ontario. I do not know whether or not the snowy owl has a call note but I think that it has. Cer- tainly, anyone who has been in the wods at night has heard the ea11 of the great horned owl. Its notes "Hoo, hoo-hoo," are shiv- ery to the uninitiated but I ra- ther like to hear them. There are stories of this owl attacking people while they were walking along woodland roads at night. Persumably, these were mistakes on the part of the owl for I doubt if even the fiercest of them could imagine that he could swal- low a man. The ooh Shell 9 Quebec City Enjoying a ski honeymoon at the Chateau Frontehae. Quebec, Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Robins of New York City, are shownplayground, on nnthe he milesfrom ls of the They were ma riedoet linlQuebec on January miles frons QuebecnsCity. 24, Mrs. Robins was formerly D'Iiss Jean Baird, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sutherland Baird, and was born in Halifax, N.S. She is a noted fashion illustrator. Mr. Robins originally hailed from Hamilton, Ont., and is an art director for Herpes's Bazaar and a number of agencies. --C.P.R. Photo. "MY NAME IS ARAM" By William Saroyan This book of delightful stories by the topnotch American writer and Pulitzer -prizewinner, William Saroyan, gives us a series of pic- tures of life az it appears to s nine-year-old Armenian boy who has his eyes wide open, his ears alert, his sense of humor alive to every excuse for laughter. He mimics his entire assortment of uncles—the sari uncle, the rack - less uncle, and the uncle who had to be given advice — much to the exasperation of his roaring old grandfather. The reading public is saying, after digesting this book: "Not since Mark Twain . Some of the chapters are headed: "The Presbyterian Choir Singers"; "The Circus"; "The Pomegranate Trees"; "The Sum- mer of the Beautiful White Horse"; "My Cousin Dirkan, the Orator". "My Name h Aram" . . - by William Saroyan . . Toronto: .Gorge J. McLeod Publishers .. . $3.00. T lH E WAR WEE K__C;omrnentary on Current Events HITLER IS THREATENING AN UNDERSEA OFFENSIVE "Spring is coming. the season in which .we will be able to challenge the opponent . . • One thing is certain, Wherever British ships cruise we shall set against them our submarines until the hour of decision." -- Adolf Hitler. "In a cause of the kind for which we are fighting • • there can be no question of compromise or parley. "—Win- ston Churchill. The head men of the three bel- ligerent nations last week let their own people and the world know what their plana were for the im- mediate future. Speaking in reply to an offer from Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka to mediate the war in Europe, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Grusin declar- ed that there could be no com- promise or parley both sides would 'have to fight on to the end. A Long War The disillusioned, disheartened people of Italy heard their Duce yfussoliui frankly confess that Fas- cist arms had met with serious reverses in Africa, that the entire Tenth Army had been smashed, Coupled with these admissions came a promise of a new Italian offensive against the Greeks and threats ot what his legions would do to the foes of Italy. The war would be a long one, he predicted. Addressing the entire German nation, Reichsfuebrer Adolf Hitler renewed his oft -repeated pledge of closest co-operation with Italy and roared defiance at Great Britain. He warned of a great naval offens- ive to come in March and April, with submarines unleashed in gi• gentle force against British ship- ping. Upon U-boats rather than up- on air power, the Nazis were evi- dently relying, then, to match Bri- tish sea power in the final strug- gle. Nazis Relying On Submarines Ontario Farms Being Depleted Prof, Henry G. Bell of the On- tario Agricultural College at Guelph, Ont., said in an address at Toronto the middle of Febru- my that the fertility of Ontario's soil is being depleted at the rate of almost 3136 a farm at pre- sent replacement cost::, 1•le told the annual meeting of the '.Toronto Crop Improvement .Association, that a survey of soil depletion statements for one year revealeda loss in pure nutrients for every farm in Ontario of 1,57C pounds despite efforts to revitalize the soil with manure, legumes and fertilizers. "We are proceeding lit reverie,', he said. "There is 110 ronut in the West- ern Hemisphere for any notions about rac•i:d superiority." .---.Henry A. Wallace. , this column last week, would it be likely to, if .11itlor thought ho could find some easier way to win the war, His Munich speech tended to heighten expectation that a prolonged campaign of attrition against Britain's lifeline in the At- lantic—(choking oft supplies •train the 'United States), paralleled by. stepped-up air attack on the Bre isles could be expected as a sub- stitute. British authorities continued to talk of a long war, realizing that Hitler will fall otly when it is fully established that he cannot maintain superiority in the heavens, nor ever gain control of the seas. More Destroyers, Somehow In the coming crisis, American equipment to combat the submarine menace, and more destroyers from the IL S. were viewed as absolutely essential. Responsible men in Washington were of the opinion that with the final enactment of the Lease -Lend Bill accomplished, the United States would now coin- nle:.ce furnishing "almost anything we have" to aid Britain. Additional destroyers would be trausferrecl right away, it was believed, and following a series of quick "aid acts" over a period of the next three months, the United States would likely be in the war. Hitler referred to "new type" subs to be thrown into the counter - siege of Britain—undoubtedly pock- et U-boats. A neutral naval source recently estimated that the Germ- ans might have as many as 600 undersea craft, all told, available in the spring. (Half of that force, some 300 U-boats, might be kept constantly on sea vigil about the British Isles as ,the weather im- proved). Change In Strategy Kirke L. Simpson, Associated Pressman writing from Washing- ton, nashington, expressed this opinion: "If it is submarines, intimately co-oper- ating with aircraft and occasional Nazi surface raiders, upon which Berlin is chiefly relying for victory, it would tend to explain much in German military strategy. It could mean that what Germany actually is seeking to accomplish in the Balkans is preservation of the sta- tus quo, That would mean just en- ough Nazi help for Italy and the Mediterranean to keep her in the was and to keep a substantial part of British sea power in that thea- tre of operations. It would mean, aleo, just enough pressure on Bal- kan neutrals (Turkey, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia) to render them he active so far as helping Greece was Concerned. The same reason- ing might be applied to Japanese activities in the Pacific—they have certainly Contributed to a disper- sion ot British sea power." That Hitler's hand iu the Bal- kans right instead be forced was the belief last week held by many experts who saw ample evidence of a new war front opening up there, should Britain decide to de- spatch to Greece heavy reinforce- ments from Africa; and should Turkey decide to fight. a * * Substitute For Invasion The long-awaited German in- vasion of Groat Britain proper had not come off. Nor, as we predicted * * Pacific War? 50-50, Informed speculation in the U. S. placed the chances of war with Japan close to 50-50. It seemed clear that the American Navy would strike if Japan attacked wwIndies. It s ote tknownst whether or as not fully not Japan regarded the U. S. posi- tion in the crisis as bluff—some hot -head "incident" might precipi- tate armed conflict in the Pacific. In face of the dark situation in the Far East, efforts were renewed last week by United States and Russian officials to adjust difficult trade and political problems be- tween. the two countries and to strive for improvement of relations generally. Soviet Preparedness Presenting the Russian budget to the Supreme Soviet, Finance Com- missar Zvereff reaffirmed that the policy of the U. S. S. R. was one of neutrality in the present war. Nevertheless preparations were made to spend this year 25 per cent more on arms than last year. The Chairman of the Soviet Board of Defense Industry declared in Mos- cow that the Soviet Union marst adopt measures to equip its nation- al economy with advanced tech- nique to keep the cotintry in a true state of preparedness. "We must spare no means," he said, "for the production of planes, tanks arma- ments, warships and ammunition." For the year 1941 a gross increase was planned in Soviet industrial production of 17 to 18 per cent over 1940. WINSTON CHURCHILL -VI „ * * Canada In the Dominion, the death of Sir Frederick Banting, foremost Canadian scientist, mourned by everyone, overshadowed all other news of importance . . Leighton McCarthy, Ii.C., prominent Toronto barrister and friend of President Roosevelt was named the new Can- adian Minister to Washington. Mr. Lapointe Calls A Halt Backstage intrigue at Ottawa was hit in a sensational speech in the House of Commons last week by Jean Francois Pouliot, colorful Lib - oral M. P. for Temiscouata. Refer- ring to the campaign for a National Government being conducted by various Canadian newspapers and politicians, Mr. Pouliot declared that "scoundrels and racketeers" were trying to seize control of Can- ada's wealth by this expedient. Colonel J. L. Ralston, Canada's Fin- ance Minister, whose name was mentioned derogatorily by M. Pou- liot, stoutly defended himself iu a speech which was cheered by both sides of the House. Amid roars of applause from Liberal benches, Min- ister of Justice Ernest Lapointe declared his province—Quebec—un- animously opposed any suggestion that a National Government be or- ganized to meet the present em- ergency, "The mere mention of such a proposal," he said, "rouses such memories that it is really a MAPLE LEAFS • CANADIENS RANGERS. 8RIlINS0 AMERICANS BLACK HAWKS • RED WINGS You can bwu the finest collection of great hockey players piotures ever of- fered—Pictures of sill the players in all the N.H.L. teams. 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Canadian National Railways Revenues The gross revenues of the all- inclusive Canadian National Rail- ways System for the week ending Febe.21, 1941, were $4,944,816 as compared with 4,142,741 for the corresponding peroid of 1940, an in- crease of 802,134 or 19.4% sources, Great claims are made for the tonic effects of Ginseng Teo. The Donliinion is located to as the main source of high quality roots aa it be- comes more evident each yeas' that the Sou. them --grown product fails miserably by comparison. This crop has • made thousands of dollars for many growers; crops from a half acre have sold as high as $8,000. A well cared -for Planting. averages a ton of roots per acre. A small outlay will start you in this interesting and paying .business. Ginseng may be planted uncles: suitable condi- tions in a bush or orchard or in; beds prepared in the open. Do- minion Seed House, Georgetown, supplies the necessary cultural and planting directions with every order, free of charge. Canada Grows , Finest Ginseng in World Ginseng is a medicinal herb. For centuries it was known and . used by the Chinese, highly valued for its tonic benefits. It is a native Canadian plant being first dis- covered here in 1784. Since that time Canada has • annually sup- plied Ginseng to China until Canada is now viewed as one of the most important world LIFE'S LIKE THAT MorAmerica ; s ° 'rekking Here In 1940 Immigration From U. S. into Dominion Increase • ed 26.3 Per Cent The trek of American citizens into Canada from United States increased 26.3 per cent in 1940 over the previous year. the Ira - migration Department reports. Branch figures showed those entering Canada numbered 7,314 against 6,649 in 1939. MANY, RETURNING CANADIANS The number of returning Cana- dians also increased in 1940, those coining home from the United States numbering 4,990 compared with 4,610 in 1939. Immigration officials said these figures on the movement from the United States were ince- piste and pointed out that United States citizens coining to Canada to join the Army, Navy, or Aix Force might obtain admission on a lien -immigration basis. Children from the United Kingdom, in Canada now as war guests, are not included in the list of immigrants, and actual immigration from England, Ire- land, Scotland, and Wales show- ed a drop of 14.8 per cent against 1939. Last year's total was 3,- 021 ;021 against 3,544 in 1939. Total 1940 immigration was 11,324 against 16,990 in 1939. Not Worth $1 ete In Seattle, calculating- that "the fine probably would be' higher than the value of the car," a man surrendered his 1921 sedan rather than pay his fine for overparking. The fine: $L By Fred Neher "They're not so dumb ... Did you ever hear of anybody borrowing money from a dog or selling him a good oil stock?" Leader of Embattled Britain eneseasee- Winston Churchill was again in the cabinet, as first lord of the admiralty, when the second world war broke out. Once again his problem was the L" -boat menace and how he, as first lord could successfully combat it. An ardent foe of appeasement, Churchill, whose political career apeared ended when he backed the cause of Ding Edward VIII. against Prime. Minister Stanley Baldwin in 1096, be- came prime minister with the fall of Chamber- lain, When irance fell, Churchill, knowing the' hideous implications of that event, stroke to ell Englishmen via the radio and asked that they tel themselves for the great ordeal which was to coma a few weeks later. CRir That ordeal — of roaring destruc- tion and flaming death' has come and the English, people, led by the al- ways fighting, always aggressive, Win- ston Churchill, are again proving the ih egnificenco• of. Angio -Saxon ceurage.. THE END. '