Zurich Herald, 1941-08-14, Page 2The inspired Turkish newspaper
"Son Telegraf" last week sounded
al warning note: "Toward the end
of March or the beginning of April
events are going to precipitate
themselves." At the same time the
entire. Turkish press turned its at-
tention to Russia's rich CatLeasian
oil fields across the border, openly
hinting thta the British -French -
Turk armies in the Near East,
numbering nearly 1,000,000, might
be considering an attack on that
region.
'TWIXT DEVIL AND DEEP
But while the world audience
waited for, the curtain to go up on
the war in the Near East, signifi-
tent events in other quarters were
Alpe with dramatic interest. In the
lrfcenty-fourth week after the Al-
lies' declaration of war on Germ-
any, we saw Sweden, a powerful
nation long neutral, squirming on
the horns of a dilemma. As the
Russian campaign in Finland en-
8tered a new and more successful
Blase, the Swedes appeared to be
$. peril whichever course they
would choose to pursue. In aux ex-
traordinary message, King Gustav
declared that Sweden must re-
fuse to send military aid to Fin-
d because of the danger of
being drawn into both the Finnish -
Russian war and the western Eur-
opean conflict. (In addition, pass-
age
was refused to foreign troops
who wished to cross Sweden on
tier way to Finland). Sweden's
voice lay between ace ting a
Russian -dominated Baltic; or dar-
tig all, to be attacked then by
Germany, or Germany and Russia
Aroth.
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A verbal war broke out in the
tame week between Great Bri-
tain and Norway over the "Alt -
mark" incident — when 326 Bri-
h sailors were taken off a Ger-
nlan "slave ship" in a Norwegian
fjord .. . Britain announced the
stinking of the 50th German sub-
marine since the war started . .
ntense cold on the Western Front
paralyzed almost all military acs
ity . . the Bulgarian Cabinet
usederwent a shake-up; the new
'semier was seen to be more fav -
s cable to Russia than his predeces-
sor . . . Britain received a note
of assurance from Bucharest that
Rumania had no intention of in-
creasing its supply of oil to Ger-
many . Italy's supreme defense
(council met for seven successive
days, showing concern over the
mission of British -French military
forces in the Near East .. -
IT COSTS MONEY
In Canada, Dominion Finance
Minister Ralston warned that it
it going to be a long and costly
ever, defense contributions for the
next fiscal year to total half a
billion dollars. In Ontario, the def-
icit for the fiscal year ending
next March 31 was revealed as
44,444,929 . , - the surplus fore -
east for the next fiscal year is
4,856,239, to be achieved in the
main by reducing the provincial
subsidy to municipalities; by cut-
ting unemployment relief by 40
per cent, and Department of Edu-
cation costs by $1,000,000 (Middle
wchool examinations to be abol-
ished); and by undertaking a min-
imum of road construction in the
province.
Winter
Winter has more disguises than
any April:
Today he is a bright -cloaked
knave with bells,
'11'om.orrow an old man crouched
in some dim corner
While the wind a sorry tale of
dead days tells.
MICKIE SAYS
i+C" YA BIP SELL- AWY
MORE aooDS BY IJOT
TEL-L-I'fOLKS'BOUT,
'THEM). i-i-WKI IT pow
PAY .TQ ANERFISE
Canadian Scout Flag Presented to Polish Consul -General
Mr. Victor Podoski, Polish Consul -General in Canada, receives a
Canadian Scout flag from Mr. 3. F. M. Stewart of Toronto, Vice -Presi-
dent of the Canadian General Council of the Boy Scouts' Association.
Earlier presentation of the flag from the Boy Scouts of Canada to those
of Poland was deferred by the coming of the war. It will now go'to P9 -
land when that country has been restored.
BY VIC BAKER
FISH WITH GOITRE
While we're not ceratin as yet
whether members of the finny
tribe suffer from out and similar
ailments, we have it on good auth-
ority that fish, in common with
many human beings, are suffer-
ers from the ravages of goitre. So
neat time you make a catch that
is wearing a good-sized bump un-
der its chin, don't forget it might
not be something it ate but just
the visible effects of goitre.
The medicos blame this condi-
tion on iodine deficiency and for
treatment prescribe this liquid as
medicine. It seems that the agri-
culture experts have also discover-
ed this condition of goitre in cat-
' tle, sheep and hogs as well with
the result that iodine is now rec-
ommended in the food as a pre-
ventive measure. The salt licks
and salt mixed in the animal's food
contain quantities of iodine which
remedy this condition.
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THEY FLY HIGH
In answer to an inquiry about
how high birds fly, we have this
to say, it all depends entirely up-
on the bird, of course Storks and
cranes have been seen flying some
20,000 feet above sea .level over
the Himalayas in India. A vulture
has been seen 25,000 feet above
sea level around Mount Everest,
which is also in the Himalayas.
Rat Bites Baby
Then Gets Father
Pierre 'Englehart of Ellis Bay,
Que., was bitten by a vicious rat
when he fell asleep 'while watch-
ing for the rodent, which bad
'ten .the face of his nths-old
daughter the previous night.
Mrs. Englehart was awakened
by the cries of the infant and
she saw the rat in the baby's
cradle. The child's face was bit-
ten severely in several places.
Ellis Bay is on Anticosti Island
in the Gulf of Lawrence.
He Was Responsible For The Altmark Incident
This photo of Winston Churchill, First Lord of the British I/adniiral-
ty, is the most recent one of the man on whose shoulders rests the re-
sponsibility for the politics of the British navy. The spectacular°!invasion
of Norwegian waters by British warcraft to rescue 300 British seamen
from aboard the German prison ship, Altmark, is the latest and greatest
of these responsibilities. The admiralty announced frankly that it gave
the orders for the British destroyers to rescue the Altmark's !captives
even if it meant going into Norwegian territory to do so. 1i
VOICE
OF THIi
PRESS
EASIER TO PREDICT
The difference between a movie
plot and a garden plot is that in
the former, one oan usually tell
what is going to come up.
—Edmonton Journal.
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A WINDY CAMPAIGN
Says an Ottawa despatch:
"Whirlwind campaign will be
launched by all major parties with-
in a fortnight." With the accent
on the "wind," no doubt.
—Owen Sound Sun -Times
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AMPLE MACHINERY
Lord Riverdale says Canada
"can easily do with 40,000,000
people." At any rate this country
would have enough governmental
machinery and railways to take
care of' that number.
—Kitchener Record.
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NO INCREASE NEEDED
The Canadian Broadcasting Cor-
poration reports a net operating
surplus of $367,454 for the fiscal
year. Owners of radios will see in
the profit an assurance that their
licenses will not again be increas-
ed.
-Montreal Gazette.
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SMALL TOWN LIFE
One hears, "What do you people
do living in a small town?"
There's plenty to do in a small
town.if one wants to do it, and if et
city resident became actively in-
terested in the many forms of ac-
tivities that are at his or her dis-
posal we'll wager that it would
keep them so busy that there
would be no time whatever left to
even think about what a tough
break life has handed them, or
something. "What do you people
do living in a small town?" Next
time you hear that kind of super-
cilious talk open up with both bar-
rels and convince the city speaker
they're just kidding themselves
but not• others. Although we have
had Huntingdon in mind when
writing the answer to this ques-
tion, all the other towns are alike.
Huntingdon (Que.) Gleaner.
Gardening
■11111
Spring may not really start with
the first day of March next week
but, regardless of the weather, the
-real gardener is already planning
what is going to be done this sea-
son. Experts admit that it is pos-
sible to make some sort of a gar-
den without a plan, in fact they
usually point scornfully to many
examples. But for seal satisfac-
tion, actual results and fun, they
strongly advocate a little planning
before field operations begin.
There are seed catalogues and bul-
letins to be pored over, flower
beds to be sketched on paper, var-
ieties new and old to be selected.
Dreams In Packets
When we buy a packet of seeds
we are literally buying a dream
which will come true. Unlike al-
most any other purchase this is
only the beginning of our pleas-
ure but the end of the expense.
It is something that will grow
into beauty or usefulness.
Sweet Peas Soon
Sweet Peas must be planted
early. This plant develops its ex-
tensive root growth and upper
vine structure when the weather
is cool. If it does not get its feet
well down into the soil then, when
the days turn hot, it is liable to
wither and cease furnishing its
daily quota of color and frag-
rance. ,
Planting directions are simple
but important. Successful garden-
ers advise a trench, dug at least
a foot deep, filled within two in-
ches of the top with rich soil mix-
ed with well rotted manure or
old leaves. Seed is planted about
an inch or two deep and just as
soon as the soil can be worked.
Rains will wash more soil into the
trench filling it up gradually and
thus adding further to root growth.
Oil Shortage
Is Envisaged
Expert Says Curtailment In Canada
May Be Diotated By War --
Rationing May Come
Householders with oil -burning
furnaces may have to go back to
coal if the war lasts long enough.
0i1 -burning locomotives may be
replaced by coal burners and other
oil -burning devices may likewise
be affected. Gas for motor fuel
may be rationed, and some buses
and tucks stop running.
These radical changes were en-
visioned in a paper. by G. A. Ga-
herty, M.E.I.C., president of the
Montreal Engineering Company,
dealing with the Dominion's econ-
omic wartime front, and present-
ed before the Engineering Insti-
tute of Canada assembled in con-
vention at Toronto.
FOR MECHANIZED WARFARE
"The need of exchange for war
purposes may make it desirable to
curtail domestic consumption ' of
petroleum products as the war pro-
ceeds," stated Mr. Gaherty.
"As we become adjusted to a
war basis gasoline for private auto-
mobiles may have to be rationed
as in England, and the use of bus-
es and trucks may have to be stop-
ped altogether where „passengers
and goods can be transported by
!'ail. This all would reduce the
pressure on the sources of supply
and release tanker capacity for
transport of oil from North and
South America ports to the thea-
tre of war, and so make available
additional supplies of oil and gaso-
line vital to the successful con-
duct of mechanized warfare."
Probe Grouches
Of Customers
Faults Found by Householders Are
Analyzed — Discourteous
Clerks Top List
Elmer P. Resseguie, of the
Scripps -Howard newspapers, told a
recent meeting of the Toronto Ad-
vertising and Sales Club the re-
sults of a recent home inventory
conducted by Scripps -Howard, del-
ivered a penetrating analysis of the
buying trends of the average man
and woman.
RETAIL FAILINGS
About the only "constant factor"
in the grocery business, said Mr.
Resseguie, was the, finding that Sat-
urday was by far the best sales
day. An analysis of, retail failings
revealed that faults were divided
into the following percentages:
Discourteous clerks, 36 per cent;
poor values, 9; insufficient help, 8;
misrepresentation, 8; poor store
arrangement, 6; alteration and ex-
change trouble, 4; credit practices.
4; out-of-date, 3; and delays in de-
livery, 2.
These, said Mr. Resseguie, were
the pet grouches of householders
questioned during the survey, that
was made in 52,000 homes of 16 cit-
ies.
More Home Loans
Made In Ontario
$19,320,774 Total! January Increase
In Dominion 12 Per Cent.
. Above 1939
Home improvement loans, for
January totaling $514,.578 are shown
in figures released by the Hon, 3.
LI. R,als.ton, minister of finance.
This represents an increase of 12
per cent. over the volume reported
to the department during the cor-
responding month last year. The
number of loans in January, 1940,
was 1,356, against 1,173 in January
1939.
An increase of $272,029 in Ont-
ario brings loans in this province
to $19,320,774; Quebec is second
with an increase of $77,010, and Al-
berta and British Columbia share
third place, Alberta showing the
larger increase in volume of loans
and British Columbia the larger
number of new advances.
Men Can Change .
Their Minds Too
Women seldom exercise their
traditional privilege "to change
their minds," according to Karl
Robinson, director of debate at
Northern University, Chicago.
Robinson, who completed a two-
year study to determine whether
or not there was any relationship
between sex and willingness to
change opinions, discovered that
"women tend to cling tenaciously
to their attitudes and opinions."
"Personal factors," Robinson
said, "seem to be of greater im-
portance to women than facts in
solving problems."
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