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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1941-06-05, Page 6tt IP is r. AP, 4 :1314 lei t",�A ills tie k le [tNe: Is ee tt' -t. • ewe -a Saving Ontario's Natural Resources •-4.w•wi-4-4-14-7-P.44-4 -b• O. C. Toner Ontario Federation of Anglers end Hunters (No, 43) COLLECTING FROGS This column has dealt with con- ditions in Ontario up to now, but I would like to bring something forward this time a little differ- ent, If you would know the crea- tures of your own countryside you must know something of those found elsewhere and the best way to do this is to read about thein in well-written books. So, from time to time, I intend to review volumes that I think would prove interesting to my readers. The first of these is "Animal Treasure," written by Ivan San- derson and published by the Mac- millan company. Mr. Sanderson is a young Englishman, a worker eat the British Museum, who has bad several years in various parts of the Tropics. His Iatest trip took him into Jamaica, British Honduras and Yucatan in Mexico. He has a real gift for describing his studies among tropical animals and for making them seem to be very much alive. The book tells of the jungles of Central Ameri- ea and of their inhabitants, hu - mean, animal and plant. Ten New Kinds I liked the chapter in Animal Treasure on the frogs for it des- tribed something that I know personally. I had a few weeks in Florida this spring and one of the highlights of my trip was the night I spent collecting am- phibians. Semitropical frogs breed when the rains come and I arrived just as they were starting. I brought back 10 new kinds, new to me, and almost filled a note book with information. Until one has heard the breeding chorus of these creatures in the Tropics it is impossible to realize how abundant in kinds and numbers they can be. ltfr. Sanderson gives a first class description of col- lecting frogs on a rainy night. However, you will have to read the book to appreciate it. And, if you once read it you will want a ccpy of your own. The volume is illustrated with pencil sketches by the author that are correct and yet are lively so that one gets the ;impression that they were taken from life, as they were. Urges People Prevent Fires President of National Fire 'Protection Assn Says War Emphasizes Need For Con- servation Alvah Small, president of the National Fire Protection Associa- tion, recently urged the people of Canada and the United States to join together in a co-operative ef- fort to prevent fires and fire waste and thus to preserve Am- erican resources in wartime. He was addressing the forty-fifth an- nual meeting of the N,F.P.A. in Toronto. "The supreme need of the war impoverished European world for foodstuffs and the products of North America imposes upon us," he said, "an obligation to safe- guard to the fullest extent of our intelligence and ability, every form of created or natural re- source." Mr. Small suggested this be done in the following ways: .1 The adoption by municipali- ties of building codes calling for fire resistive construction. 2. Adoption by all States and Provinces of requirements for protection of all hospitals, schools, asylums, etc., outride of city lim- its. Si Enactment of laws by States and" Provinces to require official investigation of the causes of all fires. 4, Adoption of ordinances re- quiring systematic inspection of all buildings to insure vigorous enforcement of all safety rules. li. Study of the National Board of Fire Underwriters' technical surveys of the fire -fighting facili- ties of cities with a view to cor- recting deficiencies and arrang- ing for mutual aid co-operation among neighboring cities. 6. The more intensive educa- tion of children and the public in careful habits regarding the use of fire. 7 Co-ordination of all these activities through a central ad- ministrative office in the city or State. Canaan National Railways Revenues The grass revenues of the all- inclusive Canadian National Rail- ways for the week ending ?flay 21, 1041, were ,`R6,082,ti96 as compared with $4,581,215 for the corresponding week of 1940, all increase of $1,602,481 or 322,8%. In Lighter Vein: "A Young n' i Fancy 4 9 q"' f'G isseees 44* 44114c *-ne-r "I can't do a thing with him—It's spring, sire" I' H E W AR -WEE K—Commentary on Current Events United States And Axis Are At "Undeclared" War "With profound conscious- ness of my responsibilities to my countrymen and to my country's cause, ! have tonight Issued a proclamation that an unlimited national emergency exists and requires the strengthening of our defense to the extreme limit of aur na- tional power and authority The delivery of needed supplies to Britain Is Imperative. This can be done; It must be done; It will be done. To the other American nations — twenty Republics and the Dominion of Canada—I say this: The Unit- ed States does not merely pro- pose these purposes, but Is actively engaged today En car- rying them out."—U.S. Presi- dent, Franklin P. Roosevelt. Among the bar's most dramatic e v en t a, President Roosevelt's speech last 'week definitely com- mitted the United States to the conflict on the side of Britain. It was war without a declaration of war and non-intervention on the largest scale the world had ever known. Few could have listened to the president's address without realizing that behind the earefully- ebosen words were plans for action that would change the course of bietory. To Change History The capitals of the. world were practically unanimous In agreeing that the United States was now at war, although the comments em- anating from. Ronne and Berlin were necessarily of a different stamp than those heard in London, Washington, Ottawa. The German radio was the first Nazl agency to denounce the speech, declaring that the United States meant to achieve control of the seas and establish an economic dictatorship, and that Germany would never tol- erate It. "Roosevelt is cramming war down the throats of the Am- erle.an people," the German News Agency said. "We have no qtiarrel with America," it added, "but if they start, we are ready to meet all new comers." Japanese quarters in Tokyo said that the tone of President Roose- velt's speech was truculent but that it was significant he had not, as had been generally expected, an- nounced that the U. S. would con- voy. Freedom of the Seas The opinion of observers close to our own government at Ottawa was that only in arn1e3 conflict lay the means of implementing the rear aid Fledges given ' by Mr. Roosevelt. Prime Minister Mae- kenzie Ring, warmly praising the broadcast, said: "The speech was a clear declaration by the President that the United States bad not only decided to reassert but is determin- ed etermined to maintain the freedom of the seas . . , Germany will have to draw her 'own conclusions as to what may be involved through an attempt by force to frustrate de- livery from America of munitions and food to Britain. One thing is certain, that if needed, additional measures effectively to secure that end will immediately be taken by the United States.' "Task Forces" By reasserting the principle of the freedom of the seas, the Presi- dent paved the way for legalizing the entry of American patrol vee - sets into war zones, and made un- necessary the repeal of the Neu- tarlity Act which would have meant tong, long debate In Congress ac- companied by much opposition. The first active step expected, follow- ing the President's redefinition of American foreign policy, was the detailing of naval units as "task forces" in the North Atlantic, es- pecially designed to meet the Axis threat to shipping. These. "task forces," it was thought, would seek out Axis warships for destruction by the British. The initiative for shooting and open sea warfare will be left to the Axis. If the en- emy declines to fight against vastly superior forces, the "goods" can be delivered without shooting; if the enemy attacks, the United States will have to shoot back. Grand Strategy By last week the grand strategy or President Roosevelt, swinging into operation, was beginning to be glimpsed. Part A of his Errand Plan to win the war for the Allies was, el course, Anglo-American control of the seas. Part B: the 21 Ameri- ran republics were being lined up in a plan of economic defense whereby'all exports of war mater- iels to the Axis are to be strictly controlled, raw materials denied to the Axis from the source. Part C, a longer -range undertaking, in volves the attainment of Anglo- American supremacy in the air by the end of 1942, Part D has to do with post-war reconstruction on a world-wide scale, Japan's Position The President's announced war policy presented Japan with a coni- plete "out," should Germany at- tempt to force her to take action, Helen Kirkpatrick, Chicago Tri- bune correspondent, cabled from 1 n,,. on.. "Ilel'e, the 13erlin-Tokyo al- Ethiopian Bees "Secret IrW eapon' Sylvia Pankhurst, British feminist, declares that the Ethiopians used a "secret wea- pon" against the Italians -- bees. Speaking at a meeting cele- brating the return of Emperor Haile Selassie to the throne of Ethiopia, she said the native "patriots" in the recent recoil. quest of the country loosed swarms of bees on Italian camps. While the Italians were swatting and fleeing, she said, the Ethiopians would dash in, seize Italian weapons and turn them on the former owners. liauee is believed to call for Japan ese intervention only if the U. 5 declares war against Germany The Japanese have been extremely cautious lately and are showing every sign of wishing to find a means of avoiding conflict with the U. S. They a.re now provided with tbat means, and there is strong belief here tbat they will seize upon it. A U, S. de•elaration of war, however, wotiId have placed ,Japan in the position of having to go to war." Emergency Powers We might for a moment consider the effect on the 11. S. domestic situation of the President's declar- ation of an unlimited national em- ergency. As commantler-in-chief of the Army and Navy, the Presi- dent''s powers are very broad, He has complete control over the dis- position of the regular armed forc- es when the security of the United States is involved; he can order the regular army, navy and marine corps units to any point in the world wheme he interests of the U. S. are deemed threatened. Am- ong his fax -reaching emergency powers are these: to give indus- trial plants "obligatory" orders which they must fill if they ordin. arily produce the materials or equipment sought; to close down or take over for control any radio station; to suspend the eight-hour day for workers on government contracts; to require any vessels to leave United States waters or prohibit any vessel from entering them. +a * * The Middle East The Allies last week faced with possible lose of the island of Crete, prepared for an early assault by the Axis on the great British naval base of Cyprus, off the Syrian coast. Possession of Crete, they knew, would put the .Axis in a much better position to establish them- selves in Syria. It not only would provide a convenient base for air operation but would destroy the powerful vise which the British had established on the Mediterran- ean sealane between Crete and the Port of Tobruk on the comparative- ly nearby coast of Libya. Prince Minister Oberchill has saki that the Allies would fight for Crete and Tobruk to the death. The' reason lies in,the fact that these two Bri- tish positions flank the only sea - lane leading to the extreme eastern tip el the Mediterranean, wherein Iies the naval base of Alexandria, the entrance to the Suez Canal, the British base on the isle of Cyprus, and that important coast of Syria, Still, (wrote Associated Press Correspondent Dewitt Mackenzie). 'while the possession of Crete is of great importance, it isn't the open sesame to the control aI the east- ern Mediterranean, The feet re mains that Herr Hitler eau never claim victory until he has smash- ed a hole in the British blockade. which has long been cutting him off from oil and other vital sup- plies. The Battle of the Atlantic last week was still the main engage- ment of the war. The `►gook Sh& "POitTULACA:" By Bernice Kelly Rax-ris If you have ever lived in a small town and got the feel of it, this entertaining new novel from the pen of Bernice Belly Harris, will come as manna from the sky, You'll settle to it as to a feast and savor every tit -bit, so real it appears and so close to your own experience of the 'pettiness, yet FREE Aeroplane Pictures HERE IS ALL YOU RAVE TO DO: to get photos of the following aeroplanes— Bpitfire . Defiant ... Hurricane , . . AiracobraFairey Battle Plpne Lockheed Hudson . . Bristol Blenheim Vickers Wellington. . 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And hese is Nancy Huntington, the heroine, sensitive, seeking, intelligent, trying against desperate odds to live honestly, uncompromisingly. "Portzilaca" . , . by Bernice Kelly Harris . . Toronto; Mc- Clelland & Stewart - .., $3.00. VOICE OF THE PRESS DEATH DOESN'T GET WORSE Practically every Canadian edi- tor, analyzing the Budget, has used the saying that there's nothing sure but death and taxes. They've failed to add, however, that death doesn't get wore every time Parliament meets. —Windsor Star. --o— BICYCLE FATALITIES Highway accident statistics for 1940 show that forty-two bicyclists were killed during the sear in On- tilrio. With the great inerease in the number of bicycles, as well as of cars, on the highways in recent years, this problem has become a serious source of worry to all concerned. Boys and girls on 131 - cycles are prone to take chances and unfortunately many motorists are in the same category-. The re- sult is that meetings of cars and bicycles aa'e of daily occurrence, with resultant Ioss of life and limb. It will require a Solomon to find a solution of this problem. —Simeoe Reformer. Despite decline in wineries, taxes will produce scab- stantial revenues Special taxes instituted under the recent war budget, first un- derstood to apply* only to wines produced in Canada, will apply to wines sold in Canada, whether of domestic or foreign production. it has been announced at Ottawa, and is expected to realize consid- erable revenue to aid Canada's war effort. Total volume of wine produced in Canada last year was 3,999,232 gallons, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statis- tics, and the new tax rate will be 40 cents per gallon on still wines and 2 dollars on sparkling wines. Although the number of winer- ies in Ontario, which produces the bulk of Canada's wine, has declin- ed to less than half the number operating 15 years ago, standards of wine production have steadily, risen as a result of both g' vern- ment regulation and voluntary ac- tion within the industry. In ad- dition to national Pure Food Laws and the requirements of provin- cial Departments ef Health, all of which govern the purity of the products, domestic wineries today employ chemists of.high stand:Iing to protect the processes which they have adopted from the enci- ent wineries of Europe. As a result of the strides to ode in the past few years, the coilap e of foreign wine importations has found this country's wineries pre- pared to meet the needs of this country, according to health offi- cials, as well as having developed a corps of expert chemists who are able to turn their attention to aiding the country to replace products now on the non -import lists such as fruit flavors, fruit extracts, etc. Large quantities of Canadian prate!^ -'e are consumed in the operations of the industry, apart from the busic agricultural products, and wages have steadily increased in the past five years although employment has remain- ed little changed. 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