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Minding Headlights
Minding la ea d lig)) ts cop tin ue • to
elaire' victims on Ontario highways
with messetonous regularity in BOLO
the pa that they are supposed to
be iiteeal that there are supposed
to be•offi.cers responsible •for estorc-
lug stun a regulation.—Brockville
Reoorst els
Incompetent Drivers '
The'Vepartment of Highways new
requi41, every driver who has had a
bad a,cotdent record to be examined
by a dater to see if any physical de-
fect: yi,reeponsible for the aceidents.
Thia linggests Plat It might be a good
thing:#6m the standpoint or the saf-
ea, A those using the highwaYs, if
asEnsSsfiattention was paid to the physi-
aaalitications of all who clrive mo -
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Lor VpbAR2S. Why wait until a driver
has S4sttished a reputation f.or acci-
dent* osre subjecting him to an ex-
asaminalion regarding his physical fit-
neesr Plain, ordinary common sense
suggests that the time for such an ex-
- aminatioh is before and not after an
• • •accitipstts In whin, perhaps, there has
been a ViSs of life.—St. Thomas Times-
•• Journal,
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It Looks Like a Ballet But It Is Really a Basketball Game
Iess•eevere, In many centres construe
tion has • not kept paee with tho in
Crease in population, and before the
economic crisis, working men and the
poor succeeded in housing themselves
inch more easily than today. The
Federal •Government has had the hap-
py idea of noosing the building of
sanitary lodgings as a means of les-
sening the unemployment crisis. For
it must not be overlooked that in aid-
ing the population to live in more hy-
gienic dwelling places and more
agreeable ones, the public authorities
are contributing to procure work for
a large number or men, and that they
are encouraging all the industries
'which are allied to those of construc-
tion. Let us hope that Quebec will
enter upon this movement shortly and
with all its power.—L'Evenement,
Quebec.
TtTteheumtpmhpreand the W
.eideeehetihveol‘r,led the
• - Worlds In its domestic problems and
.criseig, Other nations have diverted
the -dlaeOntent of citizens by preci-
Pitating crises with neighbouring or
weaker nations, but the Empire has
kept,..ftdomestic troubles, within its
own:boundaries. Even though unenn
ptoyment and poverty with! the Em-
pire Dave been exploited by the ene-
mieaSof the British system, the Em-
pire ,haa not retaliated but has gone
ita itLitgl 'quiet dignity and broughfits
enentielS to reluctant acknowledgment
that•Uge integrity of the Empire is es-
sent1 1even to the welfare of those
who would be its enemies, not as a
nationalent as the exponent of an op-
posing order. Thus it goes: enemies,
rivales competitors, all know that were
the UMW° to falter in its stride the
pisceaei the world would diminish. The
larnpire is the driving -wheel, the me-
tiw power, and the eafetylvalve of
tatecreStional production and welfare.
—IVielbotnne Argus.
South Africa and Immigration
On the Rand we do not want any
more newcomers for the present, ei-
ther from overseas or from other parts
of South Africa, unless they have as-
sured jobs waiting for them. It may
be that the decentralization of secon-
dary industry—recently much dis-
cussed—will provide a solution. Anxi-
ous as we are to see the Rand grow
and thrive and prosper, it is as well
to remember before it is too late that
the Rand cannot continue indefinitely
to carry the rest of the Union on its
back. The prosperity of the Rand and
the prosperity of the rest of the coun-
try are, in point of actual fact, inter-
dependent. We must avoid the mis-
take of Australia, where almost the
entire population is concentrated in a
few large cities. Increased aucl more
diffused industrial activity should
readily attract a larger population of
the desired type, which in turn will
lead to an increased demand for raw
materials and food. What is needed
at the moment is a strong lead from
the 0 o ve re ment.
' Music and Milk
Science. gains inuch by accident. An
Indiana 'farmer is now getting five
patina -of milk instei1d of the three he
used te,get before he began milking
jut Qutgifle his back door, where his
two cOlvs. could hoar the radio. But he
'didn't,locate the cows there for their
amusenient, but his own. In a scien-
a„ tilia'apirit this column now suggests
„ tryinbagpipes on the trio cows... Oa,
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Blondes Vanish
The .new models of motor cars ap-
pearin the advertisements without a
bleade.on the running board, suggest-
ing atjeast the motor ear has reach-
ed a estate of perfection that enables
it tosand on its own merits.—Kitrh-
ener aecbrd.
Concern For A Dog
A durious incident, according to a
cable: dispatch from Madrid, held up
hostilities for a time on that blood-
dreached battleground. It seems that
somehow or other a collie dog had
wandered on to thedanger zone and
was moiling back and forth between
the opposing trenches in a state or
terror. Both sides..ceased fire for a
W hole; hour, but the dog refused to
leaveaand was eventually dispatched.
it is ..strange to reflect that men who
would,..not hesitate for an instant to
kill each other should instinctivelyre-
frau" from killing a trapped animal.
There'is, then, a certain remnant of
ehivalty still surviving. —• Hamilton
S pecta.this
Housing in Quebec
It will be admitted that in Canada
we are already behind from the point
of vieW of sanitary lodgings. This
delay may be due to a number of
eauseaa It is only recently that the
housing crisis became serious: it fol-
lowedthe exodus of country people to
the citles. But the crisis is none the
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An exciting moment in :the Springfield College, Mass., and St. Francis College, Brooklyn,
basketball game at Madison Square Garden, New York, as players of both teams fly through the
air as Lawler, Springfield, catchesla pass. Springfield won, 35-18.
Mr. Cotton had to find another can-
didate for that election—Lethbridge
Herald.
Canada's Young People
Edward Bird, a young Englishman,
after travelling in Canada, has an ar-
ticle in the Nineteenth Century about
life among the young people in this
country. That which most impressed
him was the extent to which boys and
young men sbend their holidays can-
oeing and campIng In the north coun-
try; where lakes, streams and forests
abound. He tells of the camps for
boys on Lake Timagami and else-
where iu the north. The youtig fel-
lows learn canoeing, woodcraft; and
above all acquire self-confidence. He
found children aged six swimming and
diving well. What he felt was that
the young in Canada are looking for-
ward confidently to the fine future
head of this cenntry. They do not
itVe any doubt about it.. —Toronto
gtar Weekly,
Wife Ends His Career
•Wit many Ontario nurses have given
up:Positions in Provincial mental hos.
Pittils to take work offered them in
hicago, New York and other large
Florida and the Soo *.-10,11tree, it was learned here at Queen's
—You may have your snowbanke,,r,aels, this week.
Buring the past seven or eight
mentlis approximately 75 Ontario mils
specially trained iu mental di•
ries have forsaken Canada for the
and blizzards, .
Your coughs and your colds and 'your
' 'flu.
But take it from me
I would men rather besttatfee States hospitals, creating a
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Down here in the sun. Wouldn't you?ssx„mtaistage. here, it was reported.
W. J. McCormack -4..
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St. Petersburg, Florida, jan. 1.11:. ..,.k $10,000 Damage
(Dear Bill. Had to pay 2 cents possEITCHENER — Damage was esti-
tageiltecl at $10,000 when fire broke out
on your card. This is the warm-
est January in 40 years. However, ,:litSthe Brandt Furniture Company
there are neither rattlers nor ilggTI!sigaut here. The plant is housed in a
in the grass, no alligators in the rise. ,
:.:.idicling which was used as a churn
es's. Sun is so bright a fellow needsfi
sten rst erect
ed in 1804
to hunt the shady side of the streets s. .7.+ ''
New Lease Given Fair
The hoss shoes have taken a rest, but I'l'H ,
sfl•SIAMPTON — While it had ap-
there is great curling, skating and hoc- . ,
eared that the Peel County Agricul-
key. It must be terrible down south ,;-
Vral Fair's discontinuance this year
to just have to sit around and play a
- as likely, W. L. Wilkinson, the pre-
cribbage.—Editor).
The passing of Mrs. J. T. Carroll re-
calls .the history in Vancouver of an
interesting- pioneer couple. Her late
husband. Dr. Carroll, was a busy phy-
sician, one of the group consisting of
Dr. Duncan Bell -Irving, Dr, Johnson
and Dr. H. E, Length, all now dead ex-
cept Dr. Langis, who is still hale.
hearty at 79.
Iii 1898, Dr. Carroll was bitten by
the political bug, this being about the
time that Dr. R. E. McKechnie, now
at Vancouver, was 'first running for
office in Nanainio.
Th a News -Advertiser, Vancouver
morning paper, was friendly to the
candidacy of Dr. Carroll for mayor.
F. L. Carter -Cotton was proprietor of
the Morning paper of that day.
One night Mr. Cotton and Dr. Car-
roll were in conference and they call-
ed in a young reported to dictate an
announcement about Dr. Carroll's
proposed candidacy. The reporter
took his notes, but then remarked:
"The only trouble abort this an-
nouncement is that Mrs. Carroll was
on the phone a few minutes ago to
say that no matter what we heard
from any source about Dr. Carroll.
running for mayor, there Was nothing
to it. She said he was not going to
run."
"Did she say that?" huskily repeat-
ed Dr. Citrroll, who was a towering
Mall of huge frame. lie turned to
the editor and said: "I guess 1 had
better go home and find out,"
4rnt, now declares matters are very
—Sault Ste. Marie Star. ' . - •
... 1Ch inialitel, with the assurance
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st i
, assistance will be forthcoming
Bell's Prophecy ' .: Sim county municipalities, Already
Sending photographs over an ordiii
s e Peel County Council bas voted
asY telephone wire was something; 60, and Brampton Town Council has
that even Dell himself would h ,
av&; sided to vote $268, which in effect
been loath to prophecy, although lid; 11 offset the local taxation for road
did predict in the early stages of the
provement. 'I am almost certain I
invention that a single human voice Ill .not be amiss if I predict that the
would be ultimately heard around the.-
., s dr 111 be held
as meal, after all of
world.—Brantfoad Expositor. i • er worries" said Mr. Wilkinson.
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0.40. LONDON — Last week's death toll
'This Weok's s,4i 1,155 shows that the influenza epi -
1+74 Mie in Great Britain is still severe,
sports for the previous week had
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Netvs In Review ).0.37 victims.
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Flood Menace Lessens
CHICAGO — The flood menace„"
'long overhanging mutat of 'the Thi
States, appeared to be lessening
everywhere, inspiring'himes that the
job ahead is mainly one of consolidat.
ing Positions against the waters.
The Ohio River, reaching its big.
-gest crest of all time on Wednesday,
•at Cairo, Ill., still was held back by
that city's lofty levees and the persis•
tence of the men who remained at
imminent peril to defend it.
The Missiseippi was rising south to
New Orleans. It was above floo(1.
stage as far down as Vicksburg, Miss.,.
but General Malin Craig, United,
States Army Chief of Staff, reassured,
the people: "Everything is holding.
all right in the lower river."
Dead At 63
"RONTO — This week, interna -
f: known lace -horse owner, Ed-
t'Froude Seagram, President of
:sEs Seagram & SODS, Limited, Wa-
terloo distillers, died here at the age
Of 63, after au operation for stomach
Toronto Leads
OTTAWA — According to a state-
ment isued 00 income tax collections
for ten months ending January 31st,
Toronto heads the list with a total of
$31,787,855, an increase of $7,663.280.
Montreal was second with $25,211,996
and other districts — Kingston, $323,-
676: Belleville, $431,256; Hamilton,
$6,31S,673; London, $8,602,476.
Western Voices Richer
EDMONTON — According to Major
W. E. Gladstone Murray, General Ma-
nager of the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation, Western Canadians have
bettor speaking voices than Eastern
Canadians. "They are richer, rousidell,
says the Major. • see
Bigger Money Lures Nurses
TORONTO, — Attracted by offers
of more money and shorter Imam a
01911131' Ft, c Hamer and The Bell Syndleale, lee.
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Bear Down on Siot Machines
OSHAWA — On Tuesday, the Osh-
awa City Council made an amend-
ment to the by-law licensing slot
machines; calling for a fee of $50 for
each machine, instead of $50 for the
firet aud $25 for each additional cle-
ric°. The amendment was made in an
6effort to check the use of the mach-
inehere. The amendment forbids
any person under eighteen years of
age from operating them, and re-
stricts their use to the hours between
six a.M. and eleven p.m. during week-
days only.
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To Protect Quints
' -TORONTO — It is announced by
the Hon. David Orel], that the Ontario
Government is seeking Federal Legis-
latiou to prevent business firms from
using the name quints, quirts or quin-
tuplets in unauthorized exploitation.
hill to incorporate the famous ba-
bies will be put through Parliament.
• Biggest In Empire
TORONTO — According to con -
Vinod reports received here from the
Valley field, Alberta, the larg-
..e4POSti1e •producing well in the BA-
t.igh;Empire was brought in this
,iiieek; one of the most important econ-
omic events in the history of Alberta,
orsef the West.
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IT'S
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FACT
By
Ken. Edwards
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It looks as though sparks will fly
any time now on the heavyweight
horizon. It seems that Braddock
and Schemling were matched to
fight in New York on June 3rd for
the title,now however, plans have
been made for Braddock and Louis
to battle out in Chicago on June
15th hence Schmeling is all
hot under the collar and reports
have it that Maxie will take the
Zeppelin "Hindenburg" on a 48-hour
trip to New York to try and stop
the fight.
Maxie, Baer, who is on the come-
back trail, just had his 100 -suit
wardrobe destroyed by fire, along
with the home of Ancil offman,
his manager. With this cramp
Maxie's style? NOT MUCH!
The popular question that is al-
ways being asked at this office is:
"In a six-day bicycle race how many
miles would each rider travel?"
This question was answered only the
other day by Torchy. Peden, who
estimated the mileage to be some-
where between 2300 and 2600 nines
per rider.
When it comes to top salaries fbr
managers in baseball, Joe McCarthy.,
scoops up the marbles -with a Egli'
$25,000 a year.
S'fact In New Orleans one
of their high school football games
drew a crowd of 33,000 fans
When Jim Londos cleaned up North
America and had the championship
dangling from his belt he turned his
head toward South America, next
to his home in Greece; now we see
he is in South Africa '`busting"
more bones, and not his own,
either.
Life is sweet, the', isn't it? Yeah!
They only want $09.00 for a box at
the Kentucky Derby this year
quick! gimme six, I've got long es!
So -long again.
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1929 Employment
Reached In US,
The latest monthly index pUblish,
ed by the Department of Lahol
shows that factory employment imi-
December last reached the highest
level since December, ,1929, A, ears
vey just completed by the National
Association of Manufacturers, cov,
ering plants employing more than
2,500,000 workers, including the en.
tire automobile industry, and the
steel industry, shows employment in
the group studied at six per cent
above the 1929 level. Such corn.
parisons emphasize afresh the extent
of our economic recovery. TheY
answer those prophets of despair
who once talked of 1929 emplly-
rnent as of some fantastic figure that
we could hardly expect to see again.
To achieve full employment we
have of course a great distance still
to go. But the mere fact that we
have now reached a milestone once
regarded as so far away should en-
courage us not to take present dole-
ful prophecies too seriously. The
reason we still have so much more
unemployment than in 1929, in spite
of the fact that we now have nearly
as much employment, is that our
population has increased by about
600,000 new eligible workers each
years, But there is nothing in-
soluble in this problem itself, noth-
ing that requires hysterical "reme-
dies" like a ridiculous shortening of
the working week. New York
State's unemployment problem is not
eight times as hard to solve as Con-
necticut's simply because it has
eight times the latter's population.
Nor is there any reason to suppose
that our national re-employment
problem becomes immensely more
difficult simply because we move
from a population of 123,000,000.
to 129,000,000. The extra 6,000,-
000 are not only potential produc-
ers; they are consumers. If there
are more persons wanting work,
there are also more persons to be
fed, housed and clothed. There are
more things to be done. There is
more work needed.
The new statistics of employment
once more point to the urgent need
• of an unemployment census. We
cannot make an ill person well with-
out knowing the location and nature
of his disease, and this is what we
must know regarding our unemploy-
ment problem. What we want to
know is how many unemployed are
not on relief, how many unemployed
there are altogether. What we need
as part of the same survey is a
census of unemployment, showing in
just which industries and pursuits
employment has increased since 1929
and in which it has declined, so that
we may know exactly nob only just
where the unemployment is but what
are some of its special as well as
its general causes.
Farm Briefs
Some 875,000 bushels ot first -
grade Canadian wheat, part of huge
shipments destined f or European
ports and tied up hi 35 boats along
the barge canal between Baldwin-
ville and Rome, N.Y., is threatened
with ruin.
Young Men graduating from agri-
cultural colleges in India are being
awarded farm land, so that they may
-
spread their knowledge, by example,
to India's farmers,
Belleville, Ont., farmers are wor-
ried over prospects for poor maple
syrup yield this year. Warm weath-
er brought the sap up and it has
of -Ams,
• Great Burden:
BIRMINGHAM — Neville Cham-
berlain Chancellor of the Exchequer,
declared last week "if something is
not done" to reduce. "the terrible
burden of armaments it is bound to
pull down the standard of living for
a generation to come,"
(Chamberlair referred in a pub-
lic address to the "incredible folly
of a civilization whin is piling up
these terrible burdens on the
shoulders of the nation.")
"We are embarking on by far the•
largest program for defence ever
undertaken by Ibis .untry in peace
time," he said "It is involving us
in theexpenditure of hundreds of
millions of pounds upon munitions
and weapons which produce no eco-
nomic return and which indeed have
the inevitable effect of diverting
our industries from more desirable
activities. I believe that course was'
absolutely essential. We had no'
choice in the matter."
been oozing from trees. Frost and
snow are needed to save the situa-
tion.
Flax grown at Sandringham. Eng.
by King George V is being used in.
manufaeture of artists' canvasses.
It provides a long fibre of a quality
rivalling flax grown in France
Belgium and Holland.
FU MANCHU,
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By Sax Rohmer
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"Across the sea a few sovereigns
will buy a Circassian girl, who is white," ,
she cried. "There is no slavery? Sol
'den what am I?" • • -
-• I will place you Ins.
der proper protection,"
Isaldbut my voice was
/not quire my own. 4%
It absurd to kiksle—very ntnlancl..- You aro a free
agent, otherwise you would not be hero now. Fu Manchu
cannot control your actions in England, .4 .". -
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"NO? 1 -le cannot'?
Do you know what It
•ineons to have been
starve the raid,
the cleiert 'journey, the -whips of the drivers, The house of
The dealer, The shame? Bahl"
How beautiful she was in her indignation!'
She threw
and 1 half-belle-is:2, I
dreamed. For she was arrays
ed in gossamer silk, and bait -
baric jeweled ornaments. MUD
was a figure fit for walled gars
dens of Stamboul. I mot her
challenging eyes
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