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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1941-03-20, Page 6t' i F 3.. or 1Y: ►a nn� ..este -art. 3 Saving Ontario's Natural Resources C. C. TONER, • Ontario Federation of Anglers. (NO, 34) FOR ALL, ENEMIES In my discussion on buds for several weeks pact I have been stressing the relations between a predator and its prey. That is, animals or birds that feed on ,other cre:4turee are said to be predatory or predators while the :animals upon which they feed are :known as prey. The wolf is a pre- dator on the deer, while the deeer is the wolf's prey. We are just beginning to understand fe any of the relations that exist be- tween predator and prey but it 'has been suggested that to have a healthy stock of any animal it is necessary to have a predator feeding upon it. We have a fairly good stock of deer in many areas of Ontario. in some places they might be said to be abundant. Like every other creature on earth they are sub- ject to disease, accidents and old age. One of the ways among. human kind to control disease is to isolate the sufferers. This can- not be done in the wilds so nature has substituted a predator, the wolf, to keep the herd healthy. Wolves kill and eat the diseased, the maimed and the old. It may seem cruel in human eyes but it is nature's method of keeping a healthy stoic of deer. Maybe Mice Are Necessary There is a similiar situation in the relations between predatory birds, hawks and owls, and mice, Of course, we do not want mice like we want deer but as they are .fast breeding, little animals they occasionally become very numer- ous and must be controlled. Na- ture is never at a loss so when the mice become very abundant disease will break out among thein. This disease may be such that it will spread to other crea- tures so it seems to me that na- ture reserves disease as a last resort in the control of her small- er creatures. Hawks and owls are the normal predators that keep the population of mice be- low the level where disease ap- pears and wipes them out. So, as I said above, it 'seems to be necessary for every crea- ture to hare the proper enemies. Normal predation means that na- ture does not have to resort to more drastic forms of control, • such as disease which if allowed bo spread might wipe out the ani- rials almost entirely as has hap- pened in some parts of the world. This might be desirable from man's point of view but mice have their uses in the scheme of things and we might find that we needed then. if they disappeared completely. The Book Shell "THE MAN WITH NO FACE" By Margaret Armstrong This hair-raising thriller, among the best in current mystery liter- ature, concerns the American taus, Ins of a rich Australian whose con- siderable fortune is left to them in his will. They are scattered throughout the United States and live in complete ignorance both of the bequest Itself and of a name - lege peril which hangs over them because of it, An unscrupulous ad- opted son has been cut out of the will, and he is bent on destroying beneficiaries before its terms can be carried out. This anonymous %filer trails his victims all over the country before he is unmasked by an urbane New Yorker in a thrilling and original climax. If you have never been an edge - of -the -chair reader before, "The Man. With No Face" will teach you the habit. "The Man With No Face". by Margaret Armstrong .To- ronto; Macmillan Company of Can- ada ... $2.50. Canada's Flour Mills There were 863 flour mills and 925 feed mills in Canada in 1940, The flour mills had a total l4 -hour capacity of 98,553 bar- rels, Thirty-five of the flour mills, GO per cent of the feed mills, and 46 per cent of the f1012r milling capacity in Canada ave located in. Ontario. Quebec ranks second as far as the num- ber of flour and feed mills is concerned, but in flour milling capacity Saskatchewan is second t£o Ontario, followed by Alberta, 4 uebec and Manitoba, The Maritime Provinces and British Columbia have a small milling Capacity. The bit v ole as we know it to - 'day, with two wheels of equal else, was produced in 1876, when, known as the "safely bicycle," it sit»ersrded the old high or "pen- xil-farthing" machine, TASK WJ L DONE, TACKLES NEW PROBLEMS Having completed his task of mechanizing the Canadian Army in Britain, Brig. -Gen. G. P. Loggie, Deputy Adjutant and Quarter Master General has returned to Canada to tackle new military problems. He is here seen with Mrs. Loggie on his arrival at the C.N.R. station in Montreal on their way ho Ottawa. T H E WAR -WEE K --Commentary on Current Events NAZI SPRING OFFENSIVE IS IEVEL (PING RAPIDLY Activity stepped up sharply on all fronts last week in the war between Britain and Germany. The long-awaited Nazi spring of- fensive appeared to be under way, spurred by fast approach- ing spring weather and the pas- sage in the United States of the gigantic British -aid bill. On the side of Britain, vast preparations were being made f or counter -of- fensives wherever the Nazi ma- chine attaeked—on land, sea, or air; or on the diplomatic or econ- omic fronts. Balkan Front The air war over Britain was resumed, its intensity in many instances equalling the frightful days of last September when casualties were highest. The war on the sea grew steadily more serious (Britain lost 148,038 tons of shipping the last week in February). But the biggest de- velopments, from the military point of view, were shaping up in the Balkan peninsula where the chief belligerents were align- ing their forces in readiness for the battle of the eastern Mediter- ranean. Yugoslavia and Turkey had not yet joined fight. Yugo- slavia's problem was far from easy, since she was all but sur- rounded by Axis forces. A di- rect challenge to Hitler could mean her quick extermination as a nation. Her answer to Axis demands evidently depended to considerable degree on what sup- port Britain gave Greece. The same could be said, possibly, of Turkey who waited also to see what Yugoslavia would do and how the Soviet Union was going to take it all. Turkey Can Take It Writing on the Balkan situa- tion, Associated Press correspon- dent Dewitt Mackenzie said: "Greece might fall, and Yugo- slavia be compelled to acquiesce in Hitler's southward sweep, but if the Turks hold to their alliance with Britain and stand astride the Dardanelles, the Anglo -Al- lied cause isn't likely to suffer irreparable disaster in •that the- atre of war. Should the Turks by any chance go over to the Germans, however, it might mean the loss of the 'Battle of the Mediterranean for the British . If the Turks fight, they should be able to put up a very strong defence. The Turco -Bulgarian border not only is protected by mountains, but is strongly forti- fied. To the south, between European and Asiatic Turkey, runs the Dardanelles, one of the most powerful strategic positions in the world. This, too, is heav- ily fortified." And last week the Turks learned that their north- eastern frontiers were safe from any encroachment by the Soviet Union should they choose to fight on the British side against the Axis, . Might .Turn Against Russia Highly -informed opinion in>. United States last week advanced the theory that Hitler, instead of fighting his way -via the Dardan- elles through Turkey to the Middle East might turn against Russia and seize the rich Ukraine, moving onward to the Caspian Sea and the Russian oil -fields. Be that as it may, grave alarm was felt in Moscow over the mas- sing of German forces in.. a threatening manner on Russian borders all the way from the Baltic to the Black Sea (a mil- lion Rumanians were said to be lined up, "their fields left un - tilled," along the conunon bor- der with the Soviet Union). News carne of Russian troop move- ments in the Caucasus, coincid- ent with the strengthening of Red Army forces along the Pent' River frontier of German-occu- pied Rumania. The Russians were going to be ready for any Nazi attempt to force the Dar- danelles er close their outlet to the Mediterranean. Russian Air Force, Factor ' How much the threatened class between Germany and the So- viet Union was affecting the Battle of Britain was pointed out last week by the British United Press military analyst J. W. T. Mason: "Hitler must, give much thought to Russian air strength.. He has now to consider the pos- sibility that if the war goes into next year, Russian air power niay be added to the British which then will be augmented by the expected peak production of American factories. Last sum- mer . the Fuehrer was' -able to concentrate most of his air squadrons over Britain in seek- ing to knock out the Royal Air Force. Henceforth he must keep a considerable number of his. planes near the Th:issian frontier, as well as in the Balkans. His adventure"inte southeastern Eur- ope by arousing Russian. suspic- ions has weakened his air straf- ing ability against the British." Battle of Atlantic The British Parliament last week voted a huge new secret appropriation for "many more ships" --warships, merchant • ves- sels of all liners -to combat, the steadily intensifying. German sea offensive promised . by Hitler in his January and February speeches. The Germans were looking for victory .on the sea and it was there that they must be met and conquered, This ap- peared to be the view in London and Washington last week, Tho Battle of the Atlantic was ed*".` Ah alarming new situation with reference to the war on the .soaconfronted Britain last week when the French Vichy govern- ment, no doubt under Nazi Pres- sure to clo so, threatened to use the French. Navy to convoy food ships to unoccupied France through the British blockade. The French fleet ever since last June has been a troublesome and uncertain; factor for Britain. Armed conflict with French foodship convoys definitely was not wanted at such an hour as this. U.S. To Turn Tide The lid was off on Arnei ican aid to Britain the instant the Lease -Lend bill passed Congress in Washington last week. Not a moment was lost in releasing a vast quantity of war materials to go across the water; "flying fortresses" were quickly dis- patched; and President Roose- velt pressed a demand for $7,- 000,000,000 7;000,000,000 in immediate cash to finance the help -Britain pro- gram. Some sources said that in addition toh flying fortresses, the equipment to be sent over- seas at once included naval bombers for convoy duty, tanks and machine-guns for the Greek campaign and small craft to com- bat U-boats. 99 warships alto- gether would be released to Britain before the end of 1941. To Meet Early Crisis Authoritative circles in Wash- ington appeared to be acting on the theory that the coming three months would bring the great "crisis" in the war 'which would indicate the ultimate winner. The best military opinion there held that 1941 would not see the end of the conflict, but that American aid would be suffici- ent to bolster British resistance and prolong the war in the hope of defeating Germany in 1942. No Later Than June The Canadian military expert W. R. Plewinai, noting that ma- terial aid- from the 1..T.S. to Bri- tain would be assuming colossal proportions by ,September, esti- mated that Hitler could not pos- sibly snake his supreme attack on Britain any later than Juice. At least two mouths before Sep- tember, he declared, Germany, • 11 she would win the war, must strive to get the upper hand of Britain and isolate the British Isles from America. Tablet Diet Insufficient No Short Cut to Proper Nourishment According to British Expert Most of this talk about feeding people by tablet alone is without foundation, It. A. Bacharach said in his presidential address to the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain on. Nutritional Problems. "At present there is no short cut to this business of taking en- ough food in tablets to supply suf- ficient nutrition," Bacharach said. "It ie Practically impossible to con- struct any kind of diet unless on the basis of one pint of liquid milk per person per day," EXAMPLE OF IRON DIET As an example of an "iron diet" he listed one pint of milk, eight ounces of wholemeal bread, eight ounces of potatoes, four ounces of oatmeal, two ounces of meat or fish, two _ ounces of carrots, one ounce vitaminised margarine, one ounce of sugar and ,One orange. One human tear will destroy $0,000,000 of to germs which are :Pound in the air around us. VOICE OF THE PRESS HIGHLY SATISFACTORY A. littI whale back no one would • have believed .Haile Selassie would be around when the League of Na.. tions was forgotten. ---13randoi. Sun, —0— THE FARMER'S DAY The Ontario farmer cannot cora- Plain too much. Ile is never the forgotten man in a year in which there is prospect of au election, --St. Catharines Standard, —0— SOME MUST LISTEN Ottawa talks. Everybody in Ot- tawa is gabbing from morning to night. 1 have got so that my mouth is never closed except from the ex- haustion of listening to other talk, ers. It is the great indoor sport of the place, the universal hobby, the general vice. —Brace Hutchison in Victoria. Times. _0_ COUNTY LIBRARIES The librarians of the public and associate libraries in Simcoe are evidently unanimous as to the value and the splendid service giv- en by the County Library Associa tion brought about a year ago. Dur- ing 1940 it rightly earned a title to a place among the activities of the different municipalities. Handi- capped to some extent by limited finances, it nevertheless brought to the libraries, Collingwood not ex- cepted, manly of the better class of books that in all proliability might not have otherwise been at the command 'of patrons of these institutions. With more funds it undoubtedly could and would ren- der even a greater service. Well might the County Council be gen- erous M its treatment of theeor- ganization. •—Colliugweod Enterprise -Bulletin, Legends Help Tourist Trade Canada Filled With Lore That Traveling .Public Just Loves • Stumbling giants, forlorn In- dian maidens, vanishing dogs and poetic romances are all part of Canada's stock in trade for tour- ists. Ottawa Parks department and Canadian Travel Bureau officials last week said it was too early to estimate what the tourist busi- ness would be like this year, but they emphasized that the story of Canada's attractions was being told far and wide. MA,NY COME FROM INDIANS "It is clear that the holidayer, in this time of stress, has a lively interest in the romantic legends which surround many of Cana - !•1:4' t 1 11 d , li GY fore baby'sA' Ob For Infant Feeding! 0a da's playgrounds," said one offi- cial, "There is no guaranteeing the truth of many of these stor- ies but they are an intriguing as- sociation with scenic beauties available to the visitor." Most of Canada's legends come from the Indians. The Georgian Bay Islands were explained with the tale of a stumbling giant, rumbling over the icefield that was Canada with a massive boul- der outder in his hands. He stepped on the body of a huge fish, the boulder smashed to the ground and splintered into 30,000 piec- es = to create the islands. STORY OF EYANGELINE "Poetic stories like that of Ev- angeline have brought countless tourists to Canada," said one au- thority on tourist travel. "In Prince Edward Island the house Green Gables, made famous by the novel "Anne of Green Gables" is an unfailing point df interest." - Super -Alarm Clock An alarm designed to awaken the soundest of sleepers has been assembled by Herbert Dupuis of St. Catharines, Ont. Its fundamental principle, of course, is noise. This Mr. Dupuis has obtained by attaching a string from the winding bar of an ordinary alarm clock to a va- cuum cleaner switch, with a po- lice whistle attached to an aper• tore on the vacuum cleaner. When the alarm goes off its mo- dest ring is lost in the combined wail of the vacuum cleaner and screech of the police whistle. LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher "Here's a pie your wife sent you, Bubbles.... We put the filling in the tool shop." REG'LAR FELLERS -- Within the Law By GENE BYRNES CLOSED TO MOTIRISTS "FOR. MIST:, LOIS FOR Eq O ONLY e,r,g. oftlte. All rl*1' nearer '�••. i-r+'7't",@$I toes 1