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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1941-08-28, Page 2By G. C. Toner (Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters) No. 55 FOSSIL FISHES IN ROCK The Devonian formation lies just above the Silurian and is made up of sedimentary rocks laid down in water. It consists of limestones, sandstones and shales and contains many econ- omic products. In Ontario nat- ural gas, oil and salt are from the Devonian rocks as well as gypsum and other quarried ma- terial. This formation extends in the province over most of the southwestern peninsula and can be seen almost anywhere along Lake Life. Many fossil fishes are found in the Devonian formation as are invertebrate remains first noted in the earlier rocks. Fishes at- tained great importance in these times but would hardly be recog- nized as fishes if seen alive to- day. One type was known as Ostracoderm, and had neither jaws nor fins. Over its head and forward part of the body were great bony plates. You can see that such a creature would be quite different to modern fishes yet we know it was ancestral to many of our modern vertebrates. Great numbers of fossil sharks *re found in the Devonian rocks, lungfishes of various types were common and ganoids have been found in great variety and num- bers. Sharks, of course, exist to- day, not differing greatly from their long ago ancestors. The lungfishes are mostly extinct though three types are still found in various parts of the world. It is the ganoids that are really in- teresting to the biologist for sev- eral species are common in our waters to -day. The garpike is a ganoid that has come down prac- tically unchanged from those long ago times. Because of this it is sometimes known as a living fos- sil. For the past eight weeks this solemn has been on the geology of Ontario. It has been a very general sketch of the rocks and their formations, just enough to understand some of our problems of natural history. Those of my readers who wish to know more cannot do better than read Cole- man and Parks' "Geology of Can- ada." This came out in 1923 but U still the best elementary text that we have. SCOUTING . . The difference between Boy Scouts and other persons in the presence of an emergency is not a matter of courage, but the fact that Scouts know what to do, and do it, according to Canon A. F. C. Whalley, formerly himself a Scout- master at Brockville, Ont., and now a resident o! Halifax. The tribute was paid by Canon Whalley when congratulated on a triple swimming rescue at sea performed by his son, a former King's Scout, Sub -Lt. A. G. C. Whalley of the R.C.N.V.R., during a bomber attack upon a Bri- tish destroyer. Wrote Canon Whal- ley: "There is no lack of courage on the part of bystanders in an emergency, but they don't know what to do or how to do it. A Scout knows. He is prepared, and acts promptly. I am sure that the beat thing I ever did for my own three boys was to make Scouts of them." A number of members of the R.C.M.P. posted in small communi- tieo of the west include in their activities the leadership of the local Boy Scout Troop. On a Troop meeting night one of these always popular leaders found himself encumbered with a young prisoner which he had brought in from an outlying community. What should he do with the lad? He simply took the young prisoner with him to the Scout meeting and placed him on a chair in a corner. The culprit was a boy of about 17, of sullen countenance. Ai the Scout program progressed he gradually relaxed. A smile ap- peared on his face, and finally he broke into a laugh, and soon was enjoying the fun of the game as much as the Scouts themselves, Presumably he had not had the opportunity to become a Scout and enjoy the healthy company of other 'boys under Scouting guid- ance. Otherwise be would not have been on the chair in the corner. Canadian National Railways Revenues The gross revenues of the all - Inclusive Canadian National Rail- ways for the week ending August 7, 1941, were $5,620,029, as com- pared with $4,464,381 for the cor. responding period of 1946, an increase of $9,155.648, or 25,9 per cent. THE CANADIAN ARMY ISN'T FOOLING Howitzer field guns, such as the one shown here being manned by a group of artillerymen at Peta- wawa training camp, are wicked weapons in the hands of experts. To these soldiers, here equipped with gas respirators, constant rehearsals have made the gun familiar and simple in operation. To -day Canada is calling for recruits to pian guns like this and train their threatening muzzles toward those who would destroy our way of life. THE WAR - WEEK — Commentary on Current Events British, United States Agreement Magna Carta of Present Century Prime Minister Churchill of Great Britain left England for an unknown destination. About the same time President Roosevelt of the United States embarked on a vacation cruise. After a week of rumor and conjecture the an- nouncement was made that the two Ieaders had kept a dramatic rendezvous somewhere on the high sea,o, Peace Offensives No doubt the most impelling reason for this meeting was that in a man-to-man contact they could more satisfactorily consider the great matters at stake. Ostensilbly the morale factor in the spreading war struggle was the chief subject for discussion. For several' months now there have been rumors of a forthcoming peace offensive by the Axis powers. If Hitler should complete his con- quest of Europe and advance peace proposals, what would be the re- action of a war -weary world? Would a peace movement gain a foothold in England? Would a peace -at -any -price cause spread in the United States? But now Mr. Churchill and Mr. Roosevelt have forestalled Hitler by speaking first. They have an- nounced the peace terms upon which Great Britain and the United States will insist. These terms, drawn up by the leaders of the two greatest democracies in the world should have a heartening and uplifting effect in all German occu- pied countries, where all peoples who have resisted Axis aggression have been trodden down by the in- vaders. If and when Axis peace propos- als are made the world will now be able to consider them in compari- son with the peace aims of the democracies. The Eight Points Eight common principles as a basis for a better future for the world form the agreement. A sum- mary of them is as follows: 1. No territorial or other ag- grandizement by the United States or Britain. 2. Territorial changes only through self-determination. Winston Churchill Franklin D. Roosevelt From the stately castle "Blenheim" and its rolling, well-mani- aured greens, came Winston Spencer Churchill, acutely conscious of his famous soldier -ancestor, the Duke of Marlboro . . . From the 1000 -acre estate, perched high above the Hudson, ancestral manor - house of the solid Dutch Roosevelt family, came Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Financial comfort, the best educational advantages were open to both. . Roosevelt took the civilian road to law through private schools, Groton and Harvard . , . Churchill the military, through Sandhurst. Eloquence, energy, love of the sea, love for political combat link these men . Churchill thrusting his way upward as war corres- pondent and spectacular subaltern in the Boer war . Roosevelt sntering politics in 1910. . . Both were in responsible leadership during World War I Churchill as organizer and seer, who planned the Dardanelles Campaign which was so costly a failure . , . Roose- velt as assistant secretary of the Navy. Sharp-tongued, bluff and abrupt is Churchill. . . . Smooth, persuasive, courageous and visionary is Roosevelt, . Fighters against odds, Churchill maintained a stubborn "lone -wolf" opposition to Tory policies for years.... Roosevelt refused to yield to paralysis which lamed his legs, built himself back to robust, fighting health, guided 133,000,000 people through nine strenuous years. Alike masters of the written and spoken word ... both have had unusual opportunities to see and know the world . short, stubby, solid, unyielding "Mr. England" . . tall, facile, eloquent, adaptable "quarterback" of the American Team. 3. "All peoples" have a right to choose their own forms of govern- ment; those forcibly deprived of the right should have it restored. 4. Free international trade. 5. World-wide co-operation to se- cure "improved labor standards, economic adjustments and social security, 6. "After the final destruction of the Nazi tyranny," assurances of a secure peace, of "freedom from fear and want." 7. Freedom of the seas. 8. "Abandonment of the use of force," disarming of aggressor na- tions, and lightening "for peace -lov- ing peoples the crushing burden of armaments." These principles constitute a joint Anglo-American statement of war aims and peace aims. They form the framework of a demo- cratic programme for peace and reconstruction. They should be- come the basis of a vast front of freedom -loving, peaceable people everywhere who are prepared to fight for their faith in freedom and self-government. They fill a great gap in the British war effort and are a necessary counterstroke to Hitler's new order. The emphasis on the economic aspects of the future is seen as f particular importance. The promises that both countries agree to further the access to trade and raw mater- ials on equal terms to all states, victor or vanquished, is considered a master stroke in forestalling a repetition of what happened after the last war. The fifth principle, forehadowing full collaboration of all nations for the object of improv- ed labor standards, economic ad- vancement, and social security, is also seen as an effective answer to the Axis propagandists who have maintained that the democracies offer nothing in place of Hitler's new order. . The last three of the eight prin- ciples can be said to constitute the platform of a post-war political sys- tem of peace and security. It is an agreement for "the final destruc- tion of Nazi tyranny" and also for the continuance of co-operation af- terward until the peace as well as the war is won. Immediate Problems The story of this meeting is prob- ably not fully told yet. Perhaps more important than the things we have been told are things about which silence is maintained. That both leaders were accom- panied by the highest military, naval, and air officers would indi- cate that pressing problems were discussed. It Is quite probable that the two leaders agreed on how to help the Russians, how to stop the Japanese in Indo-China, how to meet the threat of Nazi seizure of Dakar and Gibraltar throug0 Vichy's new collaboration, and of how to deal with a potential Nazi peace offensive. U. S. Planes to Africa It is evident that specific plans were considered by the announce- ment that American civilian pilots would ferry United States war planes from the United States to British forces in the Middle East by way of West Africa. It is understood that some of the air fields to be employed will lie close to Dakar and other points in French West Africa, where, it has been feared, Germany might estab- VOICE OF THE PRESS New developments in Canada are making Dominion citizens more and more alive to the truth that this modern world war knows no front line. There are phases of this war which must be fought within the borders of Canada— and must be won here. Canadians are discovering that they can take part in active warfare even while carrying out their ordinary. civili- an lives. The urgent necessity of cutting gasoline and oil consumption dras- tically is another factor in bring- ing us to that fuller realization of the fact that we are all in the war. ,The statement made some time ago by A. G. Gardiner in John Bull now has a new meaning in this country. He said: "The war will be won by the side that has the last barrel of oil." If we accept the truth in this statement, we will find it just a little easier to forego some of the comfort and pleasure to be deriv- ed from the operation of a pas- senger motor car. —Kitchener Daily Record. —0— AIR TRAINING PLAN Such has been the speed-up in operation of the Commonwealth Air Training Plan that it will reach its peak in September next instead of in April, 1942, as or- iginally intended. It will then be producing as many as 2,500 train- ed air fighters a month. That explains why, notwithstanding heavy enlistment in the air force, more and more men are steadily required for it, —Brockville Recorder and Times. —0 -- THIS "SCREW -BALL" WAR This is a screw -ball war, First we sympathized with the Finns in their brave stand against the Russians and, through the Red Cross and other agencies, sent all possible aid to their country. For this Finns offered heartfelt thanks. Now Finland, detesting one dictatorship, has become the ally of another far more detest- able, and to cap it off has broken off relations with us. —Brantford Expositor. —o— • BIGGEST SALARY To a breathless world it is an- nounced that Gary Cooper, the movie actor, drew the largest sal- ary in the United States, $482,- 820, in 1939. Not included in the top flight is a pian who lives in Washington. But, of course, he is only the President, and his sal- ary is a mere $75,000 a year. Windsor Daily Star. —0— SCOTLAND FOREVER A correspondent, whose racial origin must be apparent, writes in to suggest that that song ought to read, "There'll Always Be An England as Long as Scotland's There." —Toronto Saturday Night. —o— TIMES HAVE CHANGED "Once upon a time," remarks the Vancouver Province, "an edi- tor could write a leading article on the international situation for Monday's paper on Saturday." Instead of Tuesday. —The Citizen, Ottawa. lash air bases constituting a threat to this hemisphere. President Roosevelt himself declared that "the importance of this direct line of communication between our country and strategic outposts in Africa cannot be over-estimated. "The ferry system and the trans- port services,' Mr. Roosevelt said, "provide direct and speedy delivery of aircraft from the 'arsenal of de- mocracy' to a critical point in the front against aggression." With regard to the ferry and transport routes, "the route of de- livery is so arranged that it will nowhere pass through the zone of actual warfare." In Africa the route probably would run from Bathurst in Brit- ish Gambia just south of Dakar, to Khartum, in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, and thence perhaps to Cairo, Egypt. It was understood that from the United States to Africa the trans- port route would pass through San Juan, Puerto Rico; Trinidad; Para, Brazil, and Natal, Brazil, the "jumping-off" place for Africa. Fighter and other short-range planes will be transported to Afri- ca by ship, and bombers and all other longer -range planes will be flown all the way. One very important aspect of this development is that British pilots would be released for fight- ing service. Japan is Warned It is in the Far East that the meeting is expected to have im- mediate and profound repercus- sions, It Japan should start a war in the South Pacific it is pre- dicted t}aat the Soviet Union would open up the northern front with a Siberian Red army of 1,000,000 men. Japan might then find it wise to abandon her aaeressive, ex- pansionist ambitions since the re- cent agreement is a clear warning that the two greatest democracies mean business. Win War and Peace Great Britain and the United States have pledged themelves to win the war and to win the peace. The recent agreement makes it clear to the world what we are fighting for and what the enemy is fighting against. It is also made clear that there will be no peace by present negotiation but a peace that can come only after the down- fall of Hitlerism. It is predicted that the meeting at sea of the two great leaders "will rank in world significance with the signing of the Marna Carta at Runnymede and the adoption of the Constitution of .the United States." LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher 4ty 1Je i y , %* .441::, rjl ��1" iffir4"� ,,�( nhr' j/,�, REG'LAR FELLERS—Fragile HERE'S SUMPN. YOU'D BE AFRAID TO DO, JIMMIE ' CARRY HOME A A DOZEN EGGS ON TOP OF YOUR 1-IEAD LIKE THIS "It was such a nice day we decided to walk." Y'SETTER LOOK OUT FOR THOSE EGGS, PINHEAD; d' By GENE BYRNES