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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1941-05-08, Page 3Saving Ontario's Natural Resources G. C. Toner Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (No. 41) TWO KINGDOMS U.S. FLEET STEAMS NEARER TO BATTLE OF ATLANTIC :ez<.x.aN.Gs3�v..9f�.`:.�'vxlu,. �.Y_a/...!?,i'+'. nFH.�tN.:�;�+�.Y.e/A7. •x'...Yrfi�.D1A Carolus Linnaeus, the ex -the- 1 ologician, who was the author of the modern scheme of classifica- tion of all plants and animals, lived and did most of his work in the early part of the eighteenth century. The book in which he outlined his plan and named the animals and plants according to this plan he called "Systema 'Na- turae" and was revised by him many times. We have agreed that our system shall be founded on the tenth edition of this book and any names proposed before that time shall be null and void. All biologists and naturalists must be familiar with the Systema Naturae for it is the backbone of their scientific work. It is writ- ten in Latin but fortunately for many of us it has been translated into English. • However, often times the naturalist must consult the original when publishing sci- entific studies. My Latin is weak and I have torn my hair many times trying to get the exact meaning of the great naturalist's words. So the moral for my young readers is to study Latin as ar- dently as they. study the plants and animals. Plants and Animals It is a pity that the same term is used by the scientist for all living creatures except plants as is used in common language for the four -footed hairy animals that suckle their young, The scientist divides all animate creatures into either the plant or animal king- doms. The plant kingdom in - eludes the bacteria, the blue scum on the water, the fungi and the biggest' of trees. The animal kingdom includes the microscopic creatures of the water, the spong- es, the lobsters and crabs, the in- sects, the fishes, the frogs and snakes, the birds and the mam- mals. It is the mammals that the ordinary folic call animals but my readers can readily see the dis- tinction I have outlined. Ani- mals,' to the scientific mind, in- clude all living creatures that are not plants; mammals is the term used for the animals we know in everyday life. The Book Shelf.. "THE HERITAGE OF HATCHER IDE" By Booth Tarkington This new novel from the pen of Booth Tarkington stands with the greatest of his work. In it the famous author of "Penrod," "Seventeen," "Alice Adams," deals sympathetically, humorous- ly with the problems of present- day youth. Hatcher. Ide, the story's hero, is a flesh -and -blood young mean whose task it is to snake a living in this day and age, to orient himself in the problems of love and the general complexities of existence. He lives in a once - prosperous mid -western town which might be any American town after the 1929 depression wave. broke. His father's busi- ness is on the rocks; his father's friends keep up a bold front on scanty incomes; the world Hatcher knew as a child is a different world now, none too cordial to young men fresh from college. The book provides an amazing picture of the times as well as telling us the story of how Hatch- er goes out to meet life and love. "The Heritage of Hatcher Ide" by Booth Tarkington . . , Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Publishers . . . $2.50. Poison Ivy Preventive Revealed by Doctor In New Orleans last week for a dermatologists' convention, Dr. Bedford Shelmire had this tip to offer poison ivy suffererst "Boil ivy leaves in ether, evaporate the other and dilute the residue with corn oil. Make up capsules from this and swallow them over a period of months, gradually in- cr easing the doses until you are takthg 10 drops a dae. It takes with most people, immunizing them." Health of A nniais There are 22 railway points in l+Sominion at whish, accord- 'h to regulations, all empty stock cars arriving or passing 'i ivotugh arecleansed and disin- fleeted under the supervision of the health' of Animals Division, Dominion Department of Agri- culture, unless the cars have al- rea4y been cleansed since last wed for stock, During the year ended March, 1940, 88,468 car* ltd 8,811% ttuckp were: >lo ;tteate4 i 1 As American warships assume their peril -fraught roles of "interested bystanders" in the Battle of the Atlantic, the projected two -ocean U.S. Navy is estimated at Washington to be four years away from com- Nevertheless naval authorities are pleased by the way in which the shipyards are cutting construction pletion. time. Workmen in the U.S. Navy yards as well as in yards owned by private concerns are driving steadily ahead as fast as the material is delivered. A good sample is the 1650 -ton destroyer Edison, now in commission. This vessel was constructed in 10 months. Some years ago the regular period of construction was 31 months. This now has been slashed until the average is 15 months. The two most welcome additions to the navy of course are the battleships North Carolina and Washington, the first completed since 1921. They both are 35,000 -ton vessels. Their main armament is 16 -inch guns, mounted in three turrets, three per turret. They also carry a heavy battery of anti-aircraft and secondary broadside guns. They are propelled by turbines developing 115,000 horsepower from oil -fired boilers and giving a speed of 27 knots. Each is equipped to carry three planes. THE WAR - .WEE K --Commentary on Current Events HIGHEST TAXES LEVIED IN CANADIAN HISTORY "We must be prepared for an extension of fighting over wide areas ... Canada is determin- ed to spare neither her resourc- es nor her manpower . . " —Prime Minister Mackenzie K ing. Never before in their history have Canadians been called upon to make such a tremendous contri- bution to the national coffers as that demanded by Finance Minister Ilsley in his Budget address last week before the House of Com- mons. Out of every dollar earned this year by Canadian men and women, 45 cents will go out of their pockets by way of taxes or loan to finance the war. If provincial and municipal levies are also taken In- to account, 55 cents out of every dollar will be needed. Hardest On Income New and increased taxes design- ed to increase Canada's tax rev- enue in 1941-42 to the ail -time high of $1,400,000,000 included. A. new national gasoline tax, upping the price 3c a gallon; increase in tax on automobiles valued up to $900, from 2.0 to 25 per cent; motion - picture shows, beer, wine, playing cards, carbonic acid gas used in "pop," eigaret paper tubes, cigaret lightens, all pay new or increased levies; a 10 per cent tax on all railway, bus or airplane tickets costiug over 50 cents; tax on cos- metics, toilet goods, rose from 10 to 25 per cent. But nothing in the Budget hit the average Canadian as hard as tltd the increases in the defence tax and the income taxes— personal income tax rates were upped to 15 per cent on the first $1,000 of taxable income, from the present rates of 6 and 8 per cent. In Britain's Oark Hour This Biggest Budget, brought down at the end of a month when the fortunes of Great Britain had .fallen to one of the lowest points in her proud record, made history by including provision, for the first time, of direct aid to Britain. From $300,000,000 to $900,000,000 was asked, to assist in financing 13rl- fish purchases in Canada this year. Mr. Ilsley's record -breaker fol- lowed by one day Prime Minister King's statement to the reconven- ed House in which he declared that Canada would spare neither her resources nor her manpower In the forthcoming battle. During the week, too, more than 5,000 of the four-month 21 -year-old trainees were oonseripted into the Canadian army and preparations were made to draft many more young men this summer. Belt Across Atlantic But it was largely to the United States that Great Britain looked in her hour of direst need. And last week the President, to aid Britain by cutting losses of Lea.ss- Lend materials shipped overseas (rumors said 40 per cent of them were being sunk), took action which brought the American naa- tion "only one step from war." He established the equivalent of a con- voy system in the North Atlantic. As far as the coastal waters of Ios- laud (a belligerent zone) the U. Ill. navy began seuding warships, pa- rol bombers and in all probability carrier -based aircraft, to play a vital role in the "Battle of the Atlantic." The potential effective- ness of this whole far-flung sur- face and air patrol In dealing with Nazi submarines and raiders was seen as tremendous. "Red Fleet," organ of the Soviet navy declared that the extended IT. S. naval patrol in the Atlantic would enable the United States and Britain to "es- tablish a solid belt from Canada to Britain, thoroughly protected from the air." Words of Cheer Speaking more hopefully of e outcome of the Battle of the Balk- ans than many of his contempor- aries, Major George Fielding Eliot, U.S. military expert said: i4The facts are that the Balkan war has been a net gain for Britain as long as Suez and Alexandria be not lost; that precious time has been gained, that Germany has been compelled to use up resources of which she has none too great a reserve; and that the island of Great Britain remains uueonquer- ed. Nor has anything which has happened in the Balkans brought Germany nearer to that conquest; indeed the reverse is the case. The war will be won or lost in Great Britain and its waters of approach; it is there that Hitler must, soon- er or later, face the final show- down. It is precisely there that the power of the American people can make itself felt with full force." f';• Battle of Egypt Aside from the Battle of the At- lantio the question of where the war would move next in Eur- ope engrossed most minds here and abroad. Prima Minister Churchill's Sunday speech indicat- ed that London expected the next Axis stab to come somewhere along the Mediterranean, through Tue• key or Spain. Some experts believ- ed Hitler's armies would play leap- frog from one Aegean island to another and go at Suez without touohing Turkey. One London source spoke .of the coming engage• went as the "Battle of Egypt" and told the United Press its outcome might decide. whether Japan and Spain would enter the wax as ao- tive Axis allies, Brltieh, prepar- ations for the test included ap' poiutment of Viscount Gort as cor- mandei'-inehief at Gibraltar and implied announcement that a sec- ond. Mediterranean mine field, 600,- 000 miles square, had been laid to protect the Dardanelles and Suez. Reports from Vichy hinted of an approaching showdown, with Hit- ler forcing the Turks to grant him military right of way to the Per- sian Gulf of Suez. Behind the Turks Recent developments in the Near Blast have led to the assumption that the Turles, when the Hitler - squeeze finally comes, wilt be guid- ed by the wishes of the Soviet Un- ion. Associated Press correspondent Dewitt Mackenzie last week wrote that Turkey was believed ready to defy the German demands if she got the hlghwsign from the Kremlin. That this encouragement from Rus- sia might very well be forthcoming was seen in reports of Increasing tension between Germany and the Soviet Union — 12,000 German troops, equipped with tanks and artillery arrived is Finland, Rus- sia's nearest northern neighbor; and the Soviet Union took stetps to regulate strictly all shipment of goods to Germany, clamping a ban on passage of any war mater- ial through the Soviet Union from east to west, or vice versa. VOICE PRESS WHAT DOESN'T APPEAR Most of the people who claim the home town paper doesn't print all the news should be glad it doesn't. —Hanover Post —0— RUSH JOBS NOT WANTED We do not believe it is wise to rush medical students through university, through their courses, whether for the army or not, for there is nothing more potentially dangerous than a poorly -trained medical man. —Niagara Falls Review WOMEN ON JURIES It seems strange that so simple a matter as women serving en juries should have proven so diffi- cult for the legislature to reach a decision upon. While the men hesitate, large numbers of women continue in forthright planner to shoulder home and public respon- sibilities, admirably performing tasks which require the exercise of knowledge, judgment, skill, precision and tact. Many have replaced men in industry, com- merce, professions, etc., who have thus been released for military service. lYlany women are doing work which it was thought only men could do. Thousands of wo- men are earning a livelihood for themselves and supporting de- pendents and while doing this are also running their homes, bringing up children, and in addi- tion some are active in public affairs. —Toronto Star Forty rabbits will eat as much fodder as a dairy cow; only four rabbits are required to out -eat a sheep. Mother's Day 0 MOST of us, our first inspirations to face life squarely, Tfind and give the best, have come through the teachings and example of a good Mother. It is our Mother who by her unwearying devotion to her children has instilled into our minds the virtues of a full and unselfish life. All too often as we get older and have to face the responsi- bilities of life alone, we overlook the debt we owe Mother. We do not altogether forget. But somehow, there are so many de- mands on us, we just take Mother for granted. We know Mother's love never grows cold. It is there for us to command, Sunday is Mother's Day! Let us do something this Sunday to show Mother we think a lot of her. You will never be able to pay back all you owe her, But some little tangible token of your affection wtil feed the soul ... your own as wall as your Mother's! OMNI QUEUES OF HOUSEWIVES FORM BEFORE LONDON FOOD STORES The faces of these London housewives reflect the increasing shortage of foodstuffs in the British Isles due to the ever -tightening German eounter-blockade. Eggs from Canada, along with other provisions art dole out on a ration basis. J.; REG'LAR FELLERS The Mechanical Lady CAN -'BEAT TH19? A LIE DETIErCTOFt WHEN Y'TEL.L A LIE rr siqGLes OP AN' DOWN LIKE THIS! awOr • PINHEAD,! DIDJA EVER SEtx ate OF THOSE, MACHINE'S THAT CAN TEL!- VJHEN YOU'Re wire? YEAh1-f MY iMOTHER lei O4YE .491 By GENE BYRNES rM M dI r !' j • V iiY! II'y f•� v. M, fit Miles lir ,iti4 tee 1 1