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Zurich Herald, 1941-11-06, Page 2iy i VOICE y.^.O F THEH E 1 J.m! S S REAL. SHORTAGE There's a bad situation a-brewin' in this province, mates. It's about the women. There's not enough of them, ~Some fellows who've had the name one around the house for 40 years or so might dispute the state- ment—some might even say there are too many, or does site just sound that way?—but the fact of the matter is there's a shortage. And for a province that has just ,.foie the Tiger Lily its emblem that's a bad situation. Too bad word didn't get around before, and considering the subject and all it's funny it didn't, and then they could have picked on Bachelor Buttons er maybe the Stag for an emblem. But the situation is there, or rather here—it's in Alberta and Manitoba, too—aud it's very real. Now don't go asking where they are, girls, but files of the national registration offices show there are 50,000 mare men than women in Saskatchewan. No ages were given but they must be over 16 but apparently not the marrying kind. It's the same all over the west. Manitoba has a surplus of 11,000 met; Alberta, 47,000; British Col- umbia, 32,000 men. It's pretty frigid up in the is u- kon, too. In the land where men are men and so on and they write poetry about it, there are three males to every female. But what do you find down east? For one thing you'd find more women which should prove the old saying about "go west, young man, go west." As a matter of fact you would find the east literally overrun with women, no doubt some of them nice looking and looki-xg nicely for husbands. Quebec has 20,000 more women than men; Ontario has 21,- 000 more women and Nova Scotia has 5,000 more which is an awful lot of apples of somebody's eyes. So why not get together on this thing? Why not invite the women of the east to look over the men of the west? It would look like a bargain for everybody, what with enough extra men in the west to marry off all the spinsters east of the Great lakes and yet give them a three - to -one choice. We could bring them out by the trainload. We could get out our 10 - gallon hats, the band where they have a leopard skin and have a arousing reception. Just picture a train coming out from Ontario loaded down with a conductor, a couple of brakemen and 20,000 women. —Regina Leader Post. -- v— ONE SHIRT A YEAR —V— A letter in The Manchester Guardian makes you realize sud- denly how little the war has af- fected us here in Canada. In his letter a Mr. F. S. Statham argues that a Britisher needs only one new shirt a year, a suit can be worn for several years and under- clothing for three years at least. "Clothes," says he, "should be used only to avoid arrest for indecent. exposure and to keep warm. It should be the aim of everybouy to finish up a year with as many unused clothes coupons as pos- sible." Here we have no rationing of clothes and we have plenty of food as well. As a people we are better dressed and fed and better off in every way, on the average, than ever before. As a people, apart from those actively engaged in it, we have hardly felt the war at all. To speak of our taxes, war loans and slight inconveniences as sacri- fices, after the misery of Europe and the suffering of Britain, is al- most indecent. So far, we don't know what sacrifice is in Canada. —Vancouver Sun. RECKLESS PEDESTRIANS Columbus, Ohio, has taken the drastic step of arresting pedes- trians who violate traffic laws, on charges of recklessness. Perhaps there is no foundation in our laws for such action, but it might well be considered. Drivers who operate their ears recklessly are subject to prosecu- tion. Why should pedestrians not be subject to the sante restrictions? A few prosecutions might have an extremely salutary effect on people who walk about the streets in such a manner as to encourage acci- dents. Windsor Daily Star. —v— FOREST NEEDS If we had started about 40 years ago planting trees to replace some of those taken out by our pioneer ancestors — well, conditions in southwestern Ontario would be far better today than they arc. There 'would not be for one thing, any thing like the wind damage be- cause the wind would not get much of a chance; the trees would be (here to break its force. Wire gangs would not have to turn out; roofs would stay in place; fruit- growers would be able to market their apples instead of having to make eider of some and feed the rest to liege. -_:Owen Sound Sun -Timet. TELL IT TO TFIE MARINES Buddy, 6 -weeks -old English bulldog, tries to look tough enough under steel helmet to merit his position as mascot of U.S. Marine recruiting station in Cleveland, 0. IN A FEW WORDS The sharpest and truest com- ment on the Japanese proposal of negotiations has been supplied by the most sedate of English week- lies—the Economist. It says the Japanese proposition is in fact in these terms: "What will you give us if we don't give you another kick In the pants?" This embodies precisely the mood in which these overtures have been made. —Winnipeg Free Press. --v— UNDERSTANDABLE William Knudsen, former head of General Motors, said the other day: "Billions of dollars don't mean much to me, I don't under- stand those kind of figures. The thing I understand is two hands working a little longer." —St. Catharines Standard. —ti— ONE GOOD THING LEFT There's one thing you can still buy on the instalment plan—war savings certificates. And the beauty of the certificates is that the money you pay for them now all comes back to you on the in- stalment plan --and -with interest. St. 'Thomas Times -Journal. —v— BEST WHEN UNSEEN The finest feeling we know is finding a $10 bill in an old suit says the Quebec Chronicle -Tele- graph. The juailettion'aehe much greater if the wife hasn't seen you mase the discovery. —St. Thomas Times -Journal. —v— HE KNOWS WHY Three months ago Hitler boast- ed he would conquer Russia in six weeks or know the reason why. Now he knows the reason why. —Owen Sound Sun -Times, BOTH IMPORTANT Do your Christmas shopping early far the boys overseas, Like- wise your Christmas shipping. —Stratford. Beacon -Herald, Shock of Sting .Kills Bee -Keeper Following the tragedy of their mother's quick death from eieoir- ing caused by bee stings, the twin daughters and son of army Cap- tain Herod Watterson of. Ching- ford, England, have been protect ed from harm by the removal Of two hives. Mrs. Watterson had kept in her garden as a hobby. Mrs. Watterson was stung as. she lifted. the top of a hive and died within a few minutes. The captain said at the inquest that his wife was perfectly healthy. She wore protective clothing when tending the hives but had neglected to tie the laces which protected her legs. She was stung four times. It was explained to him by Dr. C. K. Simpson, pathologist, that Mrs. Watterson was hypersensi- tive to protein produced in the poison of the bee or the pollen, which it carried and succumbed to a violent respiratoryattack due to shock. This allergic condition Ls her- editary, he was further informed, and he was warned that his twin daughters might be subject to the same reaction as their mother. Brazil shipped 1,573,500 pounds of beeswax to the United States in 1940. LIFE'S LIKE THAT y Fred Neher 9/ 4 /0 -'z (nekenod 6, CouvA(nated Hcua Fadurrat "I mislaid my rolling pin an I had to roll out this dough. .. You snow the Johnsons would be disappointed if I didn't have a pie for them." Empire's Bass ks 1 .and War Strain he manner in which the banle structure of the British Empire stood up, without any apparent strain, to the demands occasioned by the war, is a matter of consid- erable gratification. In a recent is- sue The Loudon Times refers to this, and notes that basically the reactions of war on overseas Em- pire banks have been similar to those in Britain, which was to be expected, as the Governments of the overseas Dominions and India have a common objective, namely, contributing to the task of winning the war, The efforts they put forth vary only in accordance with the type of= territory. Greatly enlarged ex- penditures on account of tate war are resulting in expanded note cir- culation, rising bank deposits and increasing investments in Govern- ''ent securities. Growing resources :nave on the whole enabled the `Empire institutions to maintain earnings and dividends in the face of substantial additions to tax bur- dens and a tendency for loans or advances to lag. behind ixtcreased resources. . As. the Times points out, interest rates have, if anything, tended downwards, and when they reach •low levels the margin of profit be- tween deposit and loan rates tends to fall. "Since the last war," the Times notes, "the Empire banking - front has- been rendered the strong . er by completion of the chain of central^reserve banks in the Do- minions and in India. The exist- ence o€ -'these overseas Empire re- serve banks.—the Bank of England took.i active interest in their creation, and in some instances gave diaeot assistance by the loan of e$perienced officials—has help- ed to draw closer the financial Iinks between the various over- seas Empire ' countries and be- tween thein and Great Britain, and this has proved of great benefit in ensuring close financial co-oper- `atian.'between the various parts of the. Empire in the present struggle. The character of the war, especial- ly >iince the collapse of France, makes the unity of the Empire's financial effort more essential than in 1914-18." Saving Ontari, ,l's Natural Resoure ' s G. C. Toner (Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters) No. 62 THE FISH DUCKS .The final group of ducks would nt be included by a hunter for they are mergansers or fish ducks. There are three species; the hood- ed.,anerganser, the American mer- ganser and the red -breasted mer. ';ganser. All three are found in Ontario in fall and spring and a ,,few 'birds of each species remain to breed near the lower Great Lakes.- Northward they are more :abundant and a common sight in 'summer on the lakes of the Pre- Caix brian shield is a mother mer- ganser,; with her brood of flight- less young following her on the water, The `" Mergansers are often known, as sawbills for they lack the:;br"o'adflattened bills so char- actdistie ` of other ducks; their mandibles. .are slender and nar- row, etjuipped with toothed edges that, aid ,`them in catching fish. It is this habit that makes them obnoxious to the sportsmen for they not only take fish but they are worthless as a table bird. neje flavour vouches for the food they eat. How much effect they have on the game fish is doubtful. I have examined stomachs of these birds and;„found fish, but they were only darters and minnows of very slight economic value. It might be as well for our hunters to re- member that many people like to watch birds and that such people have rights that cannot be ignored, They do not shoot or fish, in fact, are willing to give their share of the fish to the birds. Bird watch- ers are increasing in numbers all the time and may be strong enough oeluie lou;.; to a..rt: say when game laws are being made. It might pay the hunters to remember this, REG9LAR FELLERS—Expert Advice I THE BEST WAY TO BUY A PRESENT FOR ANYBODY IS TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY D0 AN' BUY 'EM SUMPN' HELPFUL; THE WAR - WEEK commentary on Current Events Slowly, Peru , ps, But I: ,ex,orab1y United St-. tes Moves Toward War President Roosevelt has acted. "These are deeds, not words,” says an English newspaper. "He chal- lenges our enemy. I3is nation does not yet finally defy Nazi ambition to conquer the earth, It has defied her ambition to rule oceans. 1f not all America, at least the American navy, is ready for war. It is at grips With Nazi Germany on the Atlantic now and its zone of operation may be extended to these shores." In a Navy Day address the chief executive declared that the "sheet- ing, war has started—America has been attacked." lie cited tixe loss of American merchantmen and the torpedo attacks on the United Kearny. "We have wished to avoid shooting," he said, "But the shoot- ing has started. And history ixas recorded who Tired the first snot. in the long run, however, all that will matter is who fired the last shot." Mr. Roosevelt referred in ironic tones to Hitler's frequent prostes- tations "that his plans for congt.est do not extend across the Atlantic ocean." Latin-American Plan "But," lie commented, "his sub- marines and raiders prove other- wise. And so does the entire de- sign of his world order. "For example, I have in my pos- session a secret map made in Germany by Hitler's government —by the planners of the new world order. It is a map of South Ameri- ca and a part of Central America, as Hitler proposes to reorganize it. "Today in this area there are fourteen separate countries. But the geographical experts in Ber- lin, however, have ruthlessly ob- literated all existing boundary lines, They have divided South America into five vassal states, bringing the whole continent under their domination. "And they have also so arrang- ed it that the territory of one of these new puppet states includes the republic of Panama and our great lifeline, the Panama Canal. Religious Pian The president then turned to the subject of religion. "Your government hat, in its possession another document made in Germany by Hitler's government. It is a detailed plan which, for ob- vious reasons, the Nazis did not and do not wish to publicize just yet, but:Which. they are ready to impose a little later on a domin- ated world—if Hitler wins. "It is a plan to abolish all ex- isting religions—Catholic, Protest- ant, Mohammedan, Hindu, Budd- hist and Jewish aline. The property of all churches will be seized by the Reich and its puppets. The cross and all other symuois of re- ligion are to oe forbidden. The clergy are to be forever liquidated —silenced under penalty of tae concentration camp. "In place of the churches of our civilization, there is to be set up an international Nazi church—a church which will be served ay the orators sent out by the Nazi gov- ernment. in tixe place of the Bible, the words of Mein lLampf will be imposed and enforced as Holy writ. And in place of the cross of Christ will be put two symbols—the swas- tika and the naked sword." Russia's Gallant Stand Mr. itoosevelt paid trivate to Russian gallantry in battle anti said emphatically teat anything the Russians do to help defeat the Nazis is something done to help all those countries, tae Unit 1 States included, who are bent on defeating Hitler. "The Russians," he said, "are fighting for their own sail and their UWn homes. Russia needs all kinus of help—plates, tames, guns, menicai supplies and other aids— toward tile suceessiui defence against the invaders. >• rum Inc tilled States and Ecom Britain, she is getting great quantities of those essential supplies, aut the heeds of her hi ge army will can - UMW -maul our neap and x3ritisn hell) tvitl cavo to continue: "Upon our clam leen ptv"nclien falls tee coius,al tass. of eteepping aur armee forces auu ne,inug to supply Inc isritxs:x, tote itues,axiS and the Cuincse. xn the per,orni auto of that Lusa we tare not fail. And e e will not fail." Cliallenges C.1,0. The president realizes the vital need for swiftly increasing the output of American factories and shipyards in order that Ameritoan aid may he carried across tixe seas to tixe fighting trouts in ever increasing quantity and speed. In this connection he made the most important declaration at the evening: "Our output must be multet,iied. It cannot be hampered by the ,eel- • fish obstruetion of a small but dangerous minority of labor leathers who are a menace to tile true cause of labor itself, as well as to the nation as a whole. "Our national will meet epe:ak from every assembly line." Then he interpolated the words, 'Yes, from every coal mine" ; The challenge of course is clear. It is a challenge to John L Lewis, the C.I.O. dictator, and it came just a few hours after the presi- dent had demanded tor the third time that Lewis call 011 the strike in the coal mines owned by the steel companies, the sole levee of which is the demand for a union shop, In hie message to Mr, Lewis, Mr. Roosevelt said: "Whatever may be the issues betweeu you and Mr. Taylor or you and Mr. Morgan, the larger question 01 adequate eu.el supply is of greater interest and import to the .lutxonui welfare. There is every reason for the continuance of negotiations. There is no reason for steppage of work, It is, therefore, essential that the mining o1 coal should go on without Interruption." Millions of people onn this ewe tinent, from the .t'anama (lanai to Hudson Bay, will agree that there is no more disgraceful or eacaili.at- ing episode in American history than Lewis' action in closing the coal mines in this time of teethe emergency. The immediate task of the people of the United States is to deliver into the hands of "their friends" the goods that they are producing for the defence of demcoracy The president said "it can never be doubted that the goods will be delivered by this nation, whose Navy believes in the tradition of "Damn the torpedoes; frill steam ahead:" "Every oonsideratiou of Arneri- can self-interest," says the New York Times, "every regard for the safety of this hemisphere, every hope of keeping the destruction of -W-•17 on the other side of the ocean, prompts us to throw our full strength now into Inc clatense of the Atlantic. We welcome the presi- dent's endorsement of tixe broader Senate version of the Neutrality Act repealer which would permit the government not merely to arm our merchant ships but to Use those ships where they are needed most. The restrictions which we recklessly imposed upon our own freedom of action are worth a thousand submarines to Hitler. It is time to put an end to the lie and the mockery of Amerbein 'neutrality' and free our ships for service in the great cause for which the whole strength of the United States is being mobilized." Elephant Performs Jail -Breaking Feat At the Dublin Zoo during a German air raid, a bomb fell near the Gardens. "Sara," the cow elephant, gave a remarkable dis- play of animal instinct and in- cidentally performed a rare, ,jail - breaking feat by opening four iron padlocks and unbolting three gates enroute to her conception of safety. The inner gate of her stall had two padlocks which "Seta" con- tinued to shake with the little "finger" on top of her trunk un- til they opened. She then removed them and with the same "finger" pulled back the two bolts --one under- neath and one on top. She dealt simile x r y with the lock on the second gate, unscrewea a s,ta:i:iti in the other gate, crossed a fence without damaging it, and moved down to the et,ge of the lake wixee she lay town awong the buirt,shes, which site possibly re- garded as the best a` ailabie imit- ation of the jungle thicket. WELL, THIS IS COIN' TO BE A PRESENT POR MY COUSIN qE0 EE AN' ALL 1 KNOW IS HE'S A ELEVATOR OPERATOR IN A BIG APARTMENT BUILDING i A ELEVATOR MAN? WHY THAT'5 A CINCH! COME DOWN TO BRANNIGAN'S BOOK STUiE WITH ME AN' I'LL PUT MU WISE,' MIDI By GENE E IRNE,S a«d IN boot