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Zurich Herald, 1937-01-07, Page 3t... Editorial Corraneut ... Press Opelini, Here ind There. :..i?mrtiouire7iTiP'—.4440107Wmai---"72r401Ziwimiarnorat=— im.----'—'.weszermeamarorsiows...ornuasoa,umfiFAke—m4iiiia,p3 • CANA#A New Breed of Sheep The successful crossing of a limit- ed stock of Russian =racial sheep, from which fashionable furs are ob- tained, with other more common breeds is reported by United States "agriculture Department experts. As a result, they said, farmers soon may produce considerable broadtail, Per - elan lamb and caracul fur. Impor- tations of the three mounted to about $3,000,000 in the last five years. --Montreal Star. to pay more than 65 cents on the dollar of all oar bonded indebtedness. Our financial standing is the best of any city of its size in Western Cane adv—Lethbridge Herald. A New Idea Czecho-Slovalcian authorities have an idea of their own about promot- ing traffic safety. "Directions for finding the nearest doctor are being added to all permanent traffic signs near dangerous curves and traffic in- tersections" in that country, reports an American commercial attache from Prague,—Brandon Sun. 19irra Those Headlights! If only one out of three motorists are courteous enough to dim their headlights when approaching an- other car, it is high time the other two-thirds were made to realize the error of their ways. An Edmonton - motorist. struck by the number of night traffic accidents blamed on glaring headlights, made four 80 - mile trips at night over highways around this city. ale found on one drive that one-third of the drivere he met dimmed their lights volun- tarily or in response to a "wig -wag" signal. On the otheil three drives, the proportion of courteous drivers was even less. ---Edmonton Journal. Here! The Union of Soviet Republics, or shorter, Russia, is a country of im- mense size and potentialities. It stretches from Poland to Behring Strait. It occupies a seventh of the land surface of the earth. A speaker in Halifax in order to make his audi- ence appreciate its great extent, once said: "We sitting here in this room today are nearer Moscow than a Soviet citizen at the other end of Russia, say Vladivostok." Which statement is exactly true as anyone may ascertain by consulting the dis- tances in a map.—Halifax Chronicle. Colonies Are Expensive Judging from the demands of cer- tain countries for colonies, the im- pression is given that such terri- tories are sources of wealth, but that has not been the experience of the great holders of colonies. In- deed, according to figures compiled to the Carnegie Endowment for In- ternational Peace. Germany and Italy have spent far more than their total colonial trade on their colonies, instead of showing a profit. Japan also has spent far more on her col - cities than she received. Britain and France also spend more on colonies than they collect. The tact is that more often than nut, colonies pro- duce deficit rather than surpluses.— Niagara Falls Review. lady Stuff • Have Canada has rounded the corner, and. having set the course, has but to continue. Trade is growing; earnings of the people are increas- , ing I and the rich mineral heritage is s, "Melina revealed as vaster than the lIESt Optimistic imagined. It is not gold &sale. •Total mineral produc- df Con will exceed that of last year, whit it was valued at $312,000,000. . 4 But gold pays bills anywhere. Pro- vides currency backing, whether we believe it or not, and is a handy com- modity to have ip the public vaults ii• s 4 I • It Hits the Spot Russell T. Kelly, who is one of the most astute advertising and mer- chandising men in Ontario, in a re- cent address before the Midland Chamber of Commerce, urged that local business men should cultivate the surrounding trading areas. He declared: "Every advertisement, whether of a local or outside firm, is an invitation to these people to buy there. While a large number of outside newspapers come into a town each day, it is the local newspaper which governs purchasing locally."— Simcoe Reformer. for future stability. Other nations are increasing their resources. Can- ada manifestly is reaching a position where it will be possible to do the same. --Toronto Globe and Mail. Youtl- Youth is prone to protest against restraint, but without restraint it is certain that society cannot long en- dure.—Hamilton Spectator. Canada's Gold Hon, T. A. Crerar, minister of mines and natural resources, expects that within five years Canada's gold production will reach at least $200,- 000,000 annually and perhaps $225,- 000,000. Apparently .good progress is being made in discovering that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.— Kitchener Record. It's a Moot Question Chang has kidnapped Chiang in China, and it is feared Chang may hang Chiang if Chiang does not choose to join Chang and bang the Japs in China. The question is— will Chang hang Chiang or Will Chiang chip in will Chang and drive the Japs out of China?— Stratford Beacon -Herald. Old Order Changes In the old days, the Fergus voters' lists used to be full of "Spinsters." They have nearly all disappeared, having turned into Stenogs, Stu- dents, Clerks, Teachers, Nurses, Maids,ivieseeiasse. Tea Os.—Fergus News -Record. •Sitting on the Lid ,Lethbrulge has sat on the lid of its strong bo x for six long .years of the depression. The result is that we have accumulated sufficient funds D---4 Newsboy Goes To $ea To is Papers eter Bonnie, le -year -eel oun papers to two fishermen with the sa Francisco. Bonino makes the 60 -mile • fishermen supplied with newspapers. THE EMPIRE Empire Migration It is more than 20 years ago since the steady and uninterrupted flow of migration frona Great Britain 'to the Dominions and Colonies ceased to be a regular, feature of the Empire's corporate life. It is true that vari- ous specialized efforts have been made in the meantime—in South Africa, for example, by the 1820 Memorial Settlers' Association — with varying -degrees a success, to establish British emigrants in the Commonwealth overseas. But unless. what we have termed "the steady un- interrupted flow of migration" from Great Britain can be resumed and maintained on the old pre -War level,' nothing is more certain than that some of the outstanding qualities of the British race will be lost for ever, both in Britain itself and in the Do- minions, Colonies and dependencies. --Johannesburg Times. Submarine Safeguards Italy a:nd France have joined Brit- ain, United States and Japan in humanizing submarine warfare by undertaking that before an enemy merchant ship is sunk, its crew, pas- sengers and papers must be put in a place of safety, and open boats are not to be so regarded unless near a shore or a rescue ship. Unfortunate- ly these arrangements do not seem to stand up under actual test.— The Moncton Transcript. Ilist,cry of King • Names Set Filth Latest King Albert Died In 860 A.D.—Origin I t "George" fre any red fre the red div ran imp of, a r 10 Pa Inc at pa , et, 30 miles oft San ip daily to keep the If the Duke of York had dot pre,' ferred to inhetig his father's mese as George .VI„ inateadeof—haa2011 Albert q„,, ha would have hehldeet, „Work e fleet KingrAllitailan, England sinbe 860 Ad), , • SOME WILL OB,TE&' To this statement some ,u� who are familiar with- the. line; se England's early kiugs are not ualtees ly to object that there has :never been an English King allaert any time in the past. But they will be overlooking the fact that Albert, like Elbert, is simply short far Ethelbert, (which appears in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as Aethelbriht, Aethelberht and Aethelbryht), and that Alfred the Great had an elder brother who ruled England for five years and died 1,070 years ago. "The fuller form of the name Etle elbert is commonly but not too satis. tactorily translated cnoble-bright.' In the early Anglo-Saxon days (and the name is a very old one) the title aetbeling' was given td none, but scions of the several royal oraharoic nes that as traced in the old gene elegies to Wuotan (Odin), and even to his divine torebears. ‘Athelinge therefore, seems to have Meant 'of divine stock' rather than simply noble, So in an age when the bestowal of a name upon a child was an invota- tion of good fortune upon bine to call him Ethelbert would be much like saying: 'May he shine like the grids. This is not a mean ambition for a prospective Eing, and the name is certainly more appropriate to the odire than George, whin is derived fro, the Greek for 'peasant,' TEUTONIC NAMES "It may be interesting ,to note in this connection that, apart from Georges, the Jameses, Stepben and John, uo King of England from Al. nam whi het anci helm fair beir (zeu the prnL arch be Phil Ric rule Cite, to8. IVIrs.. Sirapson is Nov)The Steel Trap In Wax At Tassaad, s Should le Banri• , _,Avo040.0410.0100 --- ---- of entered tn . LONDON.— Mre. Wallis Simpson tat „ _Madame Tassand'e famous wax- mends Campaign tow worka and irsiteedtately turned, a cyn- Way.ieai sireie upon the Archbishop of Onnterhury, laden withjewele, the figure of the animals isss, erusi ,t1103. it now it Crowlieel in scarlet anti heavily A campaign its under way in Can ada to melee the trapping of will withthe Tai. woman for whom Xing Edward gave •niical steel trapDeists up hie throne fixed her gaze full up- lotion to abelish this trap is beige on the venerable Archbishop 100 feet sought by the Canadian Associesiot for the Protection • of Fur BeArees Edword he'e still Mon- •'I'his movancht should havo th' aarceliorailt9.iiheouer.ta07 molts! —imp:anas,sarseiugnb „ setiopirsrte, sfsoltzh: but he also stared. at the Archbisho op who has publicly berated Edward people to whom the tineecesas ..' ' for. his „"enchristian" determination feTing ef aninials means ndt' . • ' to marry the American woman. but the majority hate 4cs. thitede , e • OPINIONS DIFFER any animal being required to seP, • A clubby little woman "standing go torture in order that its fur nag- said: "Isn't ehe lovely?" ipiurlonwaindeonfort s, cor adr _onment fel The trouble, however, is that the . , • before Mrs, Simpson's wax figure • A.gentleman with a bristling mill- don't think. They probably tiavi ought, to be in the chamber of bor. "She heard of the tortures of the steel tary moustache grumbled: rors." trap. but they have not been impres. An attendant of Maclaine Tus- sed as they should have been aid soon forget, while the torturing goes tion that Mrs. Simpson and Edward on. It is sale that 6,000,000 fur - ought to be posed together. bearing animals are trapped everg- eaud's was shocked at the sugges- "Oh, no," he said, "not until they year in Canada. and many of these die a lingering„ agonizing death froln then aspirations. the • present has had enciept Teutonic name, wisdom or collateral of ,pirtt, of light. aviedom, or nor° likely M. Edward means gavels ,• or as ilt,seems to have uglier times„„ guardian meaning' the leader of rty who distributed -the d is ,Norse, the Anglo. alent• being I-leyeweald, power of the 'axtny, or, time, et the raiding. ealdliere) is this .same e, same meaning,. 'turn-. e• William, or elate pomponelegarthe- ' is in referetifeeto • megie 'wishing g''`canre . later DEST • oldest of all atione •o of ode, a elan aar -eke' Unveiling of Mrs. Simpson's fig- ure a week after work was started on her wax likeness established a Tussaed record. The waxworks ex- perts, using measurements obtained from Worth, the Paris dressmaker of Mrs. Simpson, and hundreds of pho- tographs, had four modellers work seven nine -hour days. The head was modelled by Ber- nard Tussaud ,great-grandson of the founder of the museum, and the man responsible for its. restoration after a million dollar fire in 1925. Mrs. Simpson's figure is clothed in an • evening gown of scarlet satin, made especially by her Paris dress - house. The gown is high -necked, sleeveless and backless. Thfigure of Edward will be strip- ped letts uniform in a few days and dressaan street clothes. Officials of the waxworks, recall- ing that the day aftei Adolf Hitler's figure was put on view, some fanatic • doueed it with red ink, stationed an attendant near the • likeness of the American woman. • the excruciating patn caused by the trap. and from starvation. T h e late Commanded Edward Breek, who founded the United . States Anti -Steel Trap League, de- fined the steel trap as follows: "It h, an instrument of torture, which does not kill ass once, but 'tenses• long-drawn-out agony. It is the most• awful horror in the history of the world." Commander Breck spoke - from personal knowledge, since he •- • was once a trapper but was so nau- •• seated by the horrors of the steel trap that he became a great adeo- cate of its abolition. Further em- phasis on the inhumanity of tha • present methods of trapping is given • by Prof. Arthur Stevenson, of To- ronto, who describes the steel pole trap as possibly the most inhumane ever conceived. By this method of catching an animal, a steel trap is attached to the branch of the tree, and the branch fastened to • the • ground. When the animal walks into the trap, releasing it, the victim is left suspended by the paws in mid- air, sometimes for days at a tirne. It is proposed that the inhumane steel trap shall be replaced by one that kills instantly or by the box trap. Prof. Stevenson said the box trap was considered humane when visited frequently so that the trap- ped animal did not starve. The steel trap should have no place in this age of boasted humanity.. Public opinion should, heartily support the •• stove to have it abolished, Claurches, • which should be rigidly opposed to • cruelty of any kind, and all other or •a ganizations that enter into the life of a community should get behind the Canadian Association for the Protection of Fur Bearers in its ef- forts to relegate the steel trap to the limbo of the thumb screw and the rack. By KEN. EDWARDS -dinfr, Sportsman! Do you thrill to szg of,_a fighting fish on the line? s herror-veeeo ii -bass or something as large as a cow? If so, let us talk it over a bit. Down in Nova Scotia the big -game fish is • the Tuna. There, every year they harpoon them weighing as high as three-quarters of a ton. No other sea fish possesses more spunk and fighting spirit than this living thun- derbolt of stream -lined fighting fish. The capture of a 792 -pound Tuna in 62 hours of continuous struggle in 1934 was the longest battle known. The files tell us that Michael Lei• ner, of New York, holds the record for quick kills in Nova Scotia waters He caught 21 tuna fish for eight days in' 1935, the largest, a 450 -pounder, was boated in 46 minutes and the smallest, OF lbs. in 3Y2 minutes. You all know of the famous Doi el ist, Zane Grey, maybe so, but, did you know too, that in 1924 he augh* a 758 pound Tuna, that remained a world record for rod and inc angl- ing until 1933 .when Michell Henry captured one 857 pounds? It vas Thomas Howell, of Chicago, who captured the largest Tuna ever taken on rod and line. The giant fish tip- ped the scales at 956 pounds. The heart of the Tuna is consider- ed a very great delicacy, and is said to be nearly as big as a basketsbalL Lok us up next week, Mr. Sports- man, we're going swordfishing . . . happy angling! Danish Settlers The Danes apparently seek wide- open spaces where their industrious people may find opportunities not now apparent in their small territory at home. At least the consul general for Denmark was in Western Australia during the first two weeks of Octo- ber examining the possibility of group 'eettlement areas being taken over by Danish immigrants. In Den- mark, he said, a special government department concerned with emigra- tion had asked Danish diplomatic and consular representatives to study the immigration position in the countries in which they lived. The farms on the group settlements, he said, were good if worked properly, and would be satisfactory if the con- ditions offered by ,the government were such that they could be profit- ably taken over for dairying by the Danes.—Brandon Sun. .11:11.ri4 taiu ere just for, bur 004 Cold thatr moree )3Sia !faa t, • you creel: Ind thi cola! "Professor Rembold, whom I met by ap- pointment et his club 'tonight," said Sir Lila net "begged me not to open The sarco- - - phagus of the priest Metara • which he knew I had brought un- touched to England from the tomb in Egypt...." / lf 10 tax ItOote ont TI44,54ft 51744104 110. FU MANCHU "Mehra was an ancient priest and magician," Sir Lionel continued. "I was puzzled and rather amused— then—at Professor Rembold's odd request. But he told ;, i I me some particulars about the strange death of M. Page leaoi, s't 4 ce the French Egyptol- ogist, who discovered ''.. iki4t 41i y.rriv, t, ir ,Vtt,IM the tomb of Amenti, another of this brother - ) ' hood of magician& .. ; ct i riiL A° • \a , a r L4. ee'Vtt V Al Play 1 avec Sin . „ ,to the moun 1 1Jfte needs suntan '• a yap, ty" of oily lotions eh as sle'tvho' heads south ay on' the beach. Snow- painfd, as sunburn and is enfurto the complexion. and icy weather play even . with hands and wrists sande or sailboat ropes. to smooth good cream on and hands before you a snow-capped mountain ice a Christiana or to a lake ' bit of skating. This prevents rei and chapping as well. If r maiteup during the day, use % a fraindation for powder 0. tp, ' k which is a bit more I 'Ts le ' tokeep than your -usual one Oozes from making your lips dry zp1 chapped. , YoU won't watt to starid around neari,the ski jumps powdering your i nose but it ik. a good idea to have cosnretics with you and freshen up your face now and then during the dayS Anyway, makeup helps to pro- tecttyour skin. Uil band Lotion lavishly before you go ut.' in the morning, and just as soon' a yon get in at night, wash the has e and arum with cold water and appl another coat. When your hands and f'ice are very cold, it is better to 1 ash with cold water than with hot. s see "The church may be behind the age—yes, behind the sine of the age. She is always behind in that way." —Cardinal Hayes. At New Peak 88,000,000 Total —Amherstburg Has Record Navigation Season AMHERSTBIJBG. — Eightyse ght mulilon..ons of freight-, with a venal of nearly $1,300,00C-000, a new high, passed the port of Amherst burg during the 1936 navigation season The numbei of vessels to pass Alt- herstburg this year exclusive of pas- senger ateamers and pleasure eraft was 21,747 Of these 10,922 were up - bound no 1C,825 down bound. The vessel passages in 1935 were 18,179. The principal cargoes carried were caul ore, automobiles and grain. Prior to the opening of the new Ingstone channel early in Septem- ber. both ta and down -bound vessels used the new channel after its com- pletion During the last week of nav- igation, many upbound vessels used the naw channel because the lights along she Amberetburg waterway had been stored in winter quarters and ice floes were forming in the east- ern channel, By Sax Ser oluner "M. •IeRoi was found dead across the sarcopha- gus from soms mysterious cause—iike Strom!" beif- whispered Sir Venal. 4; ••74'1 .>"ea4 dee", eade4ierse,,iessee a•-• e-^".?" al -eft .", '0.*•; Oftbi's Araks deserted him arkl od from the to in terror when they earned that he tOsitted on opening the mummy case a Amort Then end Moro, , •