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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1937-05-13, Page 6VOICE THE WORLD AT LARGE CANADA of the. CANADA THE EMPIRE PRESS Cure for Floods As has been pointed out many times . by- expert engineers these floods can be prevented only by car- rying out extensive schemes of re- forestration, together with the con- struction of works that will hold back flood waters and fill swamps and low places with water. Schemes of refor- estration, while these will be valuable in years to come, provide no immedi- ate remedy. This can be done only by the construction of dams and retain ing basins at strategic points. Tho need extends over the entire pro- vince, consequently there must be co- operation between provincial and municipal government if these works are to be carried out economically and effectively. There must be some well planned comprehensive seehme. The recent warning, with its wide- spread damage, destruction of bridg- es and other property, together with much human suffering, should not pas- unheeded. Without any doubt these floods will become more des- tructive from year to year.—Brant- ford Expositor. Best Friend A recent nation-wide pole conduct ed by the Institute of Public Opin- ion, marking the twentieth anniver- sary of the United States entrance into the World War, indicates that Great Britin is the most liked Euro peau nation among the American peo- ple by a wide margin. Great Britain heads the poll with a fifty-five percent vote, with Prance second and Germany third. The vote in favour of Great Britain was five times greater than accorded France and almost seven times greater than for Germany. The vote by percent- ages was as follows: Britain 55, France 11, Germany 8, Finland 4, Ireland 4, Italy 3, Switzer- land 3, Belgium 2, Norway 2, Sweden 2, Denmark 1, Greece 1, Holland 1, U. S. S. R. (Russia) 1, all others 2. — Calgary Herald. No First Aid eee _ono knew how to ape, _shop a tourniquet,, ' a.. br y hei e i S.fr. township, 70 miles from Sudbury bled to death from an accidental rifle wound. That incident points forcibly to its own moral. — Kirkland Lake Northern News. 96 Years on One Farm The oldest resident of Tilbury East Township recently celebrated her ninety-sixth birthday at the farm where she has spent practically all of her life. In a day when a restless urge im- pels families and individuals to move at frequent intervals, a life spent in the same spot may seem singularly • lacking in what the majority consid- er most worth while. It may appear secluded, uneventful,, dull. But there is 'another side to the picture. The old lady of Tilbury has known no other life than that of the farm. She has become part and parcel of her environment. Its interests are hers. The neighbours are her friends. The church, the school, the rural ac- ,,tivities, have for nearly a century claimed her thoughts and her time. She has made countless friends and has played an interesting part in the development of the community. — Kitchener Record. Our Funny Clothes What will some citizen of the fut- ure—draped perhaps in the long and free and flowing robes which the Greeks wore, and sitting in some chromium -plated hades of a room — what will he think of us and our clothes? Tho women with their funny bits of pancake perched precariously on their =melted heads! The men with their stupid dull suits and their intri- cate collars! We tremble to think what the ver - lint of posterity will be upon some -f our magazine covers, with those lop -sided, simpering girls, with their hips out of joint and their heads lar- ger than their bodies. That, these people of the future will imagine, was ever idea of beauty! No, the knife cuts both ways. The only thing to do is to live In the pre- sone re-seri, get what pleasure we can out of looking, at our wonrerl, with their fun- nY hats, abjure clever younger wri- ters and struggle through the task of collecting echoes of the past, with mental blinkers on. — Hamilton Spec- tator, The Return of the Beaver Of all countries in the world Can- ada should be interestedin the pro- servatiolr of the beaver, the little an- imal which was largely responsible for the development olr the Canadian north-west, whose pelts were at one time common currency in the ter•:rt- tories ruled by the Hudson's Bay Company, but which has been deci- mated by greedy trappers attracted by the value o2 its fur. — Fort Wil- liam Times Journal. Means Business Anyone who doubts that Britain is in dead earnest about rearming has only to look at the tax load the Bri- tishers are willing to carry these days. Before Neville Chamberlain, chan- cellor of the exchequer brought in his new budget, with its higher rates, the British taxpayer was shelling 224 per cent of his income to the govern- ment in a direct tax. Beyond that he was carrying a load of "nuisance tax- es whose weight can be appraised by the size of those affecting motorists. British motorists have been paying taxes of 16 cents on each gallon of gasoline. They also pay a horsepower tax on their autos, so set up that a man who owns a 25 -horsepower car must pay $125 a year for his license. When a nation that is paying taxes at such rates submits to still heavier taxes for the sake of re -armament, it must be admitted that such a nation is decidedly in earnest about its pre- paredness program. — Kitchener Re- cord. The King's Birthday June 9th, instead of his natal day, December 14, is to be observed in Canada as wel: as, in the United King- dom as the birthday of King George VI. We out here and many papers in the East had hoped with The Ottawa Journal the Government would set May 24 for official observance of the Sovereign's birthday. For, May 24th has the appropriateness of royal as- sociations, marking the advent of Summer, coming for Canadiaus as the first outdoor holiday of the year and at a season when our countryside is fresh and lovely —.:Victoria Times. THE EMPIRE Handbook for Teachers Being issued by .the Board of Edu- eation-ie- u six hundred page hand- book for teachers. Points of the Board's new systein are that good music is an essential of a child's education, that a girl should begin by learning household duties, such as ironing, cleaning silver and cooking. Under the new regime, both boys and girls are to learn gardening, embarrassing questions about the child's personal reactions to the sen- timents of a poem are to be cut out, are labelled as hypocrisy and senti- mentality bi,•eeders. Left out of future history lessons will be details of Henry VIII's matri- monial quibble, intricate policies of modern times. Children are to hear more of swashbuckling heroes like Drake and Raleigh. Relief to the non -mathematical is that dreaded, long and complex frac- tions are to disappear. — London Calvacade. Englishwoman Goes To Court Rather Th. n Tell Her Age Bases Refusal on Contention That Plaintiff Would Have to Prove Her Liability Miss Leslie Hamer, of the May Fair Hotel, London, W., was summoned at Oxford Police Court recently for ne- glecting to attend a summons under the seal of the Minister of Agricul- ture and Fisheries. She pleaded "not guilty" and conducted her own de- fence. It was stated that Miss Tamer had owned laud in Surrey which was sub- ject to a quit rent. The Lord of the Manor had applied to the Minister of Agriculture to have the quit rent ab- olished and comeen;at.on paid, for which, as it way; based on the expect- ancy of life, it was essential that Mirs Hamer should give her age. She had refused to do Fn, end had also re- fused to attrrd: o, imenry at C :ford when ehe sr :.u]d !.:;:-;' be- .i :: ..,: a to give hoe age. Miss Hanrer,eine + nemee, said her contention wee t'Y t e ie woe not liable for qt it s ei on Ibe lend aril that if she ga. ' lir Nee ince week] have to prove she war not liable, whereas, at present, the Lord of tho Manor had to prove she was liable. She said she did not attend the in- quiry at Oxford because the day be- fore she went to the Ministry of Health, and saw an official, and as a result of the conversation she under, stood that She would try and settle the matter with the i.,nrd of the Man- or himself. leeei flamer said she still refused to give. her 'age, The sutnmoi.s ras distniseed. Tho case, it was Mated, was the first of its kind in England, Quints Thriving Gained in height During Past Month and Weight CALLANDER, Ont., — Just month from their thfrd birthday' the Dionne quintuplets stepped on the scales and laugbed up at Dr. Allan Roy Defoe as he marked 'up their 'weights and measured their height. Three of the quints have gained in height during the past month and four of them put on weight. Yvonne. had a slight cold for a few days and dropped half a pound, but she could well afford it, Marie, smallestof the quints, pro-, duced a tooth, a quarter inch of height and four ounces of weight. ,elle and Emile lead the teeth parade with 17 each now. The others have 16, The gain brought Marie's height to 34 inches, the same' as Emilie's. Co. elle gained half an inch to reach 34% inches. Annette put on an eighth of an inch to hit 34 5-8, and Yvonne re- mained at 3414. Here are their weights in pounds and ounces with the gain, from March 28tb: Yvonne, 30 lbs, 8 ozs. loss 8 ounces. Anette, 31 pounds, 8 ounces gain 'of 12 ounce:,; Cecile, 31 pounds, gain of 16 ounces; Emilie, 30 pounds, gain of 16 ounces; Marie, 27 pounds, gain of 4 ounces. News Parade By Pecer'Randal 1 �es� T LABOR MARCHES There:was a touch of summer in. the air. Perky little suits and hats bobbed along Yonge Street as their owners attended to the usual Sat- urday morning shopping. The last strokes of twelve rolled .heavily from the City Hall tower and men insnew uniforms swarmed down University Avenue. Quiet little knots of peo- ple linked into a procession, each recognizing his neighbor by the little red ribbon of organized. labor. Work- men, factory hands, shopgirls All. formed part-. of Toronto's .annual May Day Parade. There ` Were speeches in Queen's Park and . the evening newspapers reported all quiet on the labor front. But was all. quiet? There are those who sense a subtle difference in this year's labor parade. They say it was better organized, larger, while many of the banners carried the letters C. I.O. Mr. Hepburn is one of those said to have sensed the differenee, A conference was *held wren` the -reader of the Conservative opposition . and the subject of discussion hinged on the possible formation of a coalition government to face this new force in the land. The Honourable Earl Rowe is said to have had hurried conferences with Mr.. Bennett, who was about to sail for the Corona- tion, and other members of the Con- servative campaign division and the answer, if there was any, was no. It may well be that the powers had reason to think seriously. Fed- eral authorities estimate a C.T.O. membership in. Canada before the end of the present year. Organizers are even now at work in five indus- tries including the automobile indus- try, the rubber industry, the mining industry, the textile industry and the steel industry. Danger signals have begun to fly all over the industrial. map of Eastern Canada. Settlement of the General Motors strike at Osh- awa, though not a C.I.O. victory, was far from a definite defeat and the readiness with which the auxiliary divisions of the industry have signed agreements based oh the terms ofthe Oshawa peace panus ample evidence of the new found power of this or- ganization. Will labor be satisfied with the meeting of its industrial demands? The actions of government leaders and the opinions of many leading Canadians seem to foreshadow the entry of a new and stronger labor party into politics. AND THERE In England they are really kick- ing icking about the income tax and with a far bigger reason than the average, Canadian Under the new budget annout ced by Neville. Chamberlain the prosperous Englishman must pay the goverirnient one dollar out of ev- ery four he makes. There were kicks from without the Conservative fold but also from within. These wore the most important as having a possible bearing on Mr. Chamber- lain's elevation to the Prime Mims- tersh'ir on the retirement of Mr. Baldwin. But Mr. Chamberlain shrugs his lean shoulders and ex- plains that his "soak the rich" policy is only one means of attempting to raise the price of Britain's rearma- ment program. $7,500,000,000 is a lot of money hut ' in these precarious times, John •Bull thinks it none too much. FLOODS AT HOME But Western Ontario had more to worry about than mere economic un- rest in the past week. The forces of nature rebelled and the strongest government can do little against riv- ers which rise twenty-eight feet above their normal levels in the course of a single night. A train was wrecked, :houses were dashes to pieces, darns and bridges were swept away. Five' people lost their lives, ten thousand were driven from their homes and the repair bill is variously estimated at from $3,500,000 to $5,- 000,000. Chairman E. V. Buchanan of the London Public Utilities Com- mission says it will be a year before the damage to the city water system has been repaired, So high has been the lossthat a plebiscite on a pro- posed addition to Victoria- Hospital, long a ;cherished project, has been dropped. According to insurance companies, few people carried flood insurance. For years they have thought of Ontario as a haven of se- curity out of which they might peep at the devastation of flood, famine and dust storms so characteristic of the United States of the Middle 'West.' Now it is. a different story. Many are suddenly realizing that these :visitations are not acts of God but the results of civilized greed. If Canada has been spared until now, it is only because our capacity has not allowed us to keep up with our Americans contemporaries. Too many forests have been cut clown. Too many swamps have been drained. Some system of water storage must be devised to take the place of these natural distributors. Already engin- eers are studying the possibilities of controlling the rivers of Western On- tario and it is to be hoped that the results will beak fruit in something More concrete than academic discus- sion. BLOCKADE RUNNER Things are happening so swiftly in Great Britain that it seems almost .too much for one government to :handle. Many think it is too much ,:and that the present government ;:eaves a •good• deal to be desired. For " instance there is a very indefinite British foreign policy in regard to ;Spain: For weeks British freighters were forced to lay with rotting car- goes in French ports while thousands -of civilians starved in beleagued Bil-. bao. It wasn't the British navy that took the situation into its own hands, in an attempt to break the blockade of the insurgent Spanish fleet, but Captain David (Potato) Jones of the Severn Seas Spray. With typical bull- dog 'determination, Potato Jones de- fied the blockade, helped a little it ;M4ru"st be admitted, by the presence of a great British battlecruiser which rolled, as if by accident, into the Spanish line of fire. Other food ships have followed ' the example of the Seven ;Seas Spray and the blockade is endkee., General Franco is said to be• pleb' angry about it and back in Len"ten, Potato Jones is the hero of the hour. TAX HEADACHES: HERE Therewere a great many head- aches last week and it wasn't only :the stock market. Income tax returns had to be filed. To most of us, a few dollars would look like prosper- ity but'. one London, Cntario, man Ontaio Revenues Soar Over $2,}iM,OOOtimate, Jumps to $9,313,000 Actual Surplus Makes Ttlore Certain Rev duction in Motor License Fees, . Announces Premier Hepburn had so much of it that it cost him $4,- 000,000 in government tribute. An Irishman would say that it almost pays to be poor. HUMANITY TAKES A HAND The storm signals are up at Bilbao and the pilots of several Eureopean ships of state are wondering just what will happen next. Last week, the insurgents massacred 800 civili- ans at the ancient Basque capital of Guernica. The operation was carried out, it is charged by Loyalists, by German planes and directed by Ger- man officers. Great Britain and France Have determined that such a death shall not come to the 300,000 civilians, mostly women and children, now in Bilbao. Ignoring the protests of General Franco, arrangements have been completed for their evacu- ation to places of safety on French and British soil. On the heels of this action comes word that Hitler and Mussolini intend to ignore de- mands that they withdraw their troops from Spain, POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE The war in Spain must take a back seat to the great Coronation pageant to take place in London next week. From far off India, fabulous princes are even now on their way to the centre of the Empire. But the com- mon people of India will not be there. They are protesting against the new constitution impend upon them by British diplomacy.or lack of it. From every Empire country. in ract from the whole world people continue the movement toward London. Great plans have been made for their re- ception. Hotels are booked to ca- pacity. Seats along the coronation route are selling as high as $200. The parks will be thrown upon the night before the big event for those who want to sleep on the ground. All in all, Great Britain expects to make approximately $30,000,000 out of the big show. But behind the scenes things are not moving as smoothly as they might. 25,000 bus- men have seized upon the opportun- ity to strike for a seven and a half hour day knowing that their demands must be met before the Coronation if traffic is not to becomehopelessly jammed. The strike is now on and no settlement in sight. A KING—RETIRED In a sleepy little courtroom at Ips- wich, a job lot of divorces were made final this week. Workmen were ham- mering on Coronation decorations outside as the famous divorce case of Simpson was finally closed. It was distinguished from many others of its kind only by a different cypher. A young Than in St. Wolfgang, Aus- tria hastily packed his bags and be- gan a dash across Europe. It was soon ended at the Chateau de Cande in France. They say Edward smiled for the -first trine in months. Wed- ding plans are in the air and the Em- pire awaiting the crowning of his brother can but wish him the happi- nes which he gave,, so much to ob- tain. o-o.o•o-Q o.o --=o-c •^-c..a->-a-:-c-cac-c-.•ar-o-�-n News Review 000aocetcoo co-cc��c�>o-o North Bay' Plans Licences For All Tourist Homes • NORTH BAY, — Steps to license homes catering to summer tourists were taken by the North Bay City Council last week. Second reading was given to a by-law providing for zoning the city for this purpose, with foes ranging from $10 to $20: Alderman C. Tremblay was out- spoken in his objection. "The rates," he declared, "were unreasonable in fact, the 'by-law is uncalled for." TORONTO.—This week, Premier Hepburn forecast an actual surplus of $9,313,000 in Ontario Government revenues, instead of $7,343,0,00 as estimated in his March budget speech. He attributed the increase from succession duties and stated further that the Lands. and forests Depart- ment would make "a little more cer- tain" the reduction of license fees for passenger motor vehicles. In his Budget speech the Premier hinted strongly that the reduction granted commercial vehicle users might be extended to include owners of passenger cars if finances war- ranted such action. No other cuts in taxation are planned for the:im- mediate future, The savings passed., on to the taxpayers already total $9,600,000, it was revealed: Soaring revenues in various Gov- ernment departments had been re• sponsible for the two -million dollar addition to the surplus, the Premier declared, revealing also that his Gov- ernment had been able to keep with- in his forecast of a reduction of $33,- 000,000 in gross provincial debt. Rumors of an impending election were groundless, Mr. Hepburn stat ed. He did not believe, he said, that there was any public demand for an election. North Gets Places SAULT STE MARIE, ONT., – Tlre Ontario Air Service will have twenty-four airplanes for forest fire supp:'ession and detection work this summer, Director George Ponsford has announced. Two new planes are being manufactured at the hangar here. One of the new planes ordered will be placed at Port Arthur and the other at Sioux Lookout. Both are of the semi -transport type, making them available for both suppression and de- tection flying. They aro equipped with two -way -voice radio. Two aircraft were built in the hangars here last year. The engine is now in a third, while the fourth will not be ready until June. Canada — Haiti Pact OTTAWA, — A commercial agree- ment between Canada and Haiti giv- ing iving most -favoured nation treat- ment in tariff matter has been signed Hon. W. E. Euler, Minister of Trade and Commerce announced this week. The pact was signed on April 23rd on behalf of Canada by the British Min- iseter of Port-au-Prince, Haita, The agreement provides for the es= tension of most -favoured -nation treat- ment in tariff matters by each coun- try to the products of the other for a period of one year, but will remain in force thereafter until denounced on six months' notice before being given by either party. The new commercial agreement as- sures that Canadian goods imported into Haiti will be granted the bene- fit of the minimum tariff of that country, in place of the maximum tariff, which is double the minimum tariff, . The chief products exported from Haiti -Canada to Haiti are flour, salt- ed end smoked fish and rubber tires, wh'.le imports consist chiefly of sisal, istle and tampico fibre. D. C. Newspaper Classed Among 11 Best Weeklies VERNON, B.C., — The Vernon News, published by W. S. Harris, In this twon 200 miles west of Vancou- ver, has been included in the "all-star 11" of American weekly newspapers, chosen by Professor John Casey, the head of the School of Journalism, the University of Oklahoma. War Ganue Boinbe:'r etesfeee ' Y Psi ;446,• $iii' ' 4 F � * t aw: Axa Vs z 1 ii �s, ,..ye es ees. A squadron of huge allay bombing planes make a picture of deed) ti ,:tuty as they lineup at Murdoc Dry Lake, Gal., before Lt .,., air for wooloti.4