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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1937-05-20, Page 3Tenc' ers' Salaries Increased TORONTO, -- Saler- increases for Public and high school teachers in York township wore given final ap- 'proval by the board of education. The new salaries are retroactive to the first oa the year. All public school teachers earning between $900 and $1,500 were granted a flat increase of $30, Iligh school teachers employed previous to 1935 were voted straight 8 per cent in- eroaees; those hired during 1935 will receive $100 extra this year, and. if employed this last year they will re- ceive $50 increases. Collegiate caretakers' salaries, cut three years '1O, were restored to for- mer levels nee James Clelland, sup- erintendent of maintenance, was also granted an increase of $100. Teachers of auxiliary classes also received in- creases of $150, but the board made no ,salary adjustments for principals, vice -principals and teachers ou the probation lists. Seeding Held Up N:: NI/MMMARKET, — Cold rainy wea- ther has held up seeding in York county to an unusually late date, ac- cording to W. M. Cockburn, agricul- tural representative, who declared that warm sunny weather was the pressing need right now. "It looks like the latest season for some years, but winter wheat has come through unusually well, killing only amounting to about five per cent," said Mr. Cockburn. With the livestock market in poor shape and little er no grain to sell, farmers are concentrating on the future, he de- clared. First Ail- Stewardess Appointed in Canada NP,\V YORK, — Margaret Radcliffe aged 25, and pretty, is "highly pleas- ed with her now assignment" as Can- ada's first air stewardess — even thought she must Iive in New York instead of Montreal. Miss Radcliffe, native of Chamain- us, B.C., starts work shortly on Amer- ican Airlines Montreal -New York run. Stewardesses must not weigh more than 120 pounds, must be no taller than five feet, and must be graduate nurses. Miss RF.dcliffe fits the speci- fications. She is a graduate of Royal Victoria Hoepital, Montreal. PA wit:nee To Make New Schoo Tests TORONTO. — Possibility that the provincial department of health may embark on a large tuberculosis testing plan throughout Ontario schools was seen by Reeve B. J. Wheeler, of Scar- boro township. When the township was marking arrangements to go ahead with thein' newly inauguioated examinations; they were advised by letter that the provincial department would take care of the work. Reeve Wheeler said when he intro- iuced the scheme that ho hoped that rther municipalities would follow. An eppr'opriation of $300 passed council to pay costa of doctors, nurses and X- rays. Although the letter from provincial authorities dict not say a province - wide plan was contemplated, they in- formed Scarboro township council that they would assume the cost of the c : aminations and wonlcl have then done by doctors they appoint. Hes Rare Fowl BRIDGETOWN, N.S., — Postmast- er V. A. Loyd has received a curious addition to his poultry stock in a gift of two hatchings of eggs of Araucania fowl. The araucania are natives of Chile, seldom seen in Canada. The birds weigh from six to seven pounds when full grown and aro good layers. Deer Ditch Car NEW GLASGOW, N.S., — You can not gat tough with those Nova Scotia deer. Ilov Bishop tried to avoid one with his car, ran into another and slithered off into the ditch. The deer walked disdainfully away, but it took Bishop and' a friend more than an hour to get the car on the road again. Urges Houses Be Numbered COI.LINGWOOD, — Tho newly-or- gaaiznd Collingwood Progress Club continues its rapid growth. More than 100 local business mere attended a banquet iu the parish hall here. On a suggestion raised by George Bryan, chairman of the membership committee, the club decided to spon- sor a drive to have all Collingwood houses numbered. "Strange as it may seem, Colling- woc;d is the only town of its size to be without house numbers. I feel that the numbering of houses is only a ne- cessary step in the advancement of a community," said Mr. Bryan. Ho pointed out that several street names would have to bo changed to suit the system, but in the end the plan would work out greatly to the benefit of tourists, merchants, mail and e::+gross delivery, and to citizens generally. Park For Trailers TOI:ONTO, --- Declaring that Tor- onto merchants were losing a large amount of business through lack 'of naceoreraoclrrt.ons for trailers, used by -N 1>) motorists, Alderman. Quinn suggested to the parks committee abet sections of harbor front property be set aside for parking. The committee took no action, "Motorists with trailers pass right through here„ and hotels and merch- ants are losing a lot of business," Aid. Quinn said. "Other towns are provid- ing accommodations. Grain Acreage Is Less OTTAWA, — Of the 702,000 acres of fall wheat sown in Ontario last au- tumn, 50,000 acres or 8 per cent are estimated to have beer winter -killed leaving 640,000 acres for harvest in 1937, as compared with a harvested area of 509,300 acres in 1936. This is one of the features of the first crop report of the present sea- son issued by tho Dominion Bureau of Statistics. More important perhaps, from the point of view ofe Canada's economic position is the Lureau's forecast about conditions :n Western Canada, where many thousands of farmers in the drought area are in a serious plight owing to successive crop fail- ures. A decrease of ;calf a million acres in the ..rea sown to grain in Canada in 1937 is to be expected if the inten- tions of farmers are carried out, the report states. The intended area of spring wheat, upon which the fortune of Western Canada Largely depend, is 24,367,800 acres, compared with 24,- 779,700 acres sown in 1936, and more than two million acres less than in the peak year of 1932. The principal decrease will occur in Saskatchewan. Drug Stores T -o Pay For Sideline Sales VANCOUV]I3P, — The drug store that "sells everything except lawn mowers" long been a problem for the civic authorities to handle in connec- tion with early closing is to be curb- ed by the city Council. Acting ou representations of the Retail Merchants' Association, coun- cil has decide that in granting busi- ness licenses, drug stores will be re- quired to obtain, in addition to the necessary permit to sell drugs, "side- line" licenses if they are to sell other articles that are sold by stores not in the drug business. These "secondary lines of business will cost $10 - year. Promise On A Shingle Perfectly Good at Bank ANNISTON ALA., — Those who hand out advice against letting some- body give you a wooden nickel aren't so smart after all. They probably would have accepted the cheque that Jeff McCord sawmill operator took from a customer last week. It was written on a wooden shingle. McCord was attempting to collect a bill. The billp,riyer was short of the regular cheques, so he picked up a small shingle and wrote on it. McCord endorsed the cheque and paid his electric bill with it, The power company presented it to the bank, and it was cashed and cancel- led. Ontario Increases Employees' Pay TORONTO, — Salary increases ranging from five to ten per cent will be ordered for the majority of the 0,000 employees of the Ontario Civil Service, Premier Hepburn announc- ed this week. Increases were approv- ed for several departments at the Cabinet meeting. Other departments will be surveyed and increases decid- ed upon' will bo retroactive to May 1. Revision concern particularly emplo- ees in the lower salary brackets, the .Premier said. Fly Flags Properly Says Scout Officer TORONTO, — "I don't believe an: - boy scout groups in Toronto have undertaken to advise citizens who are flying coronation Union Jacks upside down that they aro unwittingly indi- cating that help is needed„' Norman H. Saunders secretary of the Toronto Boy Scout association remarked re- cently when informed that scout pa- t.ols in Halifax were responding to the signals of distress. "Most people take the trouble to see that the broad white stripe is uppermost,” he said. Scheme To Hatch Millions of MOOSE JAW •— Duck hunters will never be without their full bag if re- cently announced plans' of "Ducks Un- limited," an organization that proposes to spend, $3,000,000 ou cluck conserva- tion and hatching, do not go astray. A system of artificial incubator - hatching in Delta, Mair., on Lake Manitoba, has met with much success that W. G. Ross one of the organiza- tion's four directors, announced that "there is no reason why each of the prairie provinces cannot hatch $1,0.40- OJO ducks a year." Installation of .three large incuba- tors, each with a capacity of 1,000,000 in the three Praieio Provinces, has been proposed. The incubators would be filled with the first setting, of the eggs "stolen" from the neensaehe ducks would be allowed to hatch 1'ee second ferny, thus cloublin ; the .,am of the brood, Let the Duke Alcaine! Attacks on the Duke of •Windsor, denunciations of Mrs. Simpson, are not the less contemptible because they are bound in boards and sold as "history," observes the Ottawa Journal. When the world awaited the de- cision that had to conte from Ed- ward VIII it was no.cessary to be frank, bemuse the issues involved were more important than the con- venience of one or two persons. The cause of truth had to be served. That decision having been taken, the Duke of Windsor became entit- led to the privacy for which he bad made a great sacrifice. He is not now a public figure. Whatever may be his faults, they cannot any long- er affect the course of Empire. Mrs. Simpson never will be Queen of Eng- land. History will have much to say about so extraordinary an episode in the story of the British Crown— but history will try to be fair. And historical fairness is impossible to achieve at this time. We are still too close to the events. The case for' the Duke of Windsor is locked in the minds of a few people. The records and documents are profound secrets. Without the information that may not be available to the historian for generations it is obviously quite im- possible to arrive at a just valuation. of the Duke of Windsor's life and reign, because we cannot measure factors still unknown, circumstances still surrounded with deep mystery. More Nutrition Required By Girls Sleep and Fresh Aar Are Two Es- sentials to Growing Girls TORONTO, — Lack of proper nu - nation. in the years between school - leaving and marriage is responsible, M the case of many girls, for malad- justments later, stated Miss Marjorie Bell, Director of the Visiting Home- makers' Association in presenting her report at the annual meeting of that Association. "In those years the young woman Should develop the buoyant health — steady nerves which co'.: z from such things as sleep and fresh air, ever - else and adequate supplies of protein, minium, iron and vitamins," said Miss Bell. "I3ut as veal. knowledge is no more part of her equipment than 'it is of her boy friend, her employer or the public, a standard is set which demands that she spend so much on clothing, hair -dressing and cosmetics that she cannot afford food," What better combination to look for in a man than an open mind and a closed mouth?— Stewart-Warner- ite. These crooners get more pay than a prime minister, and a prime min- ister can't sing a note.—Brandon Sun. Most girls are riddles to us but we hate to give them up.—Brandon Sun. Traffic To has Appalling Start in '37 Increase in January and February of 40 Fatalities Shown Over the Last Year TORONTO — The traffic toll of 1937 is away to a death -dealing start. Figures just released by the. De- partment of Highways show that .75 persons died as result of motor vehicle crashes in January and Feb- ruary this year, as against 35 for those months last year. There were 1,275 non -fatally injured or 375 more than the two-month period in 1936 Property damage amounted to $183, 759. Pedestrians suffered the most, both in total and in the tragic increase. Twenty were killed during January,: and February of 1936, with 47 pedesa trians victims this year. There were. 14 drivers killed; 11 passengers .and three bicyclists. Bicyclists suffered severely in the non-fatal class this` year, with 105 accidents against . 54 • in January and February* 1936, Horse-drawn vehicles were :the onl. class to show a reduction ',in:. awful carnage, 21 being'injuredr year and 26 in the two months .1 year. Always Blame Weatherge The weather gets blamed for• everything. Cold statistics of the de- ci partment say the open Winter this year caused the exceptional increase ; in the pedestrian and bicycle classes.:. Some day someone is going to blame.• reckless driving and careless walking and cycling; put a lot of people in jail—and keep them there. Of the 40 fatality increase in the two months 15 were accounted for in the cities; three in towns; 13: on King's highways; three on county roads; and four on township roads. Tragic as it may seem, during the present month of May, with the rate already established mounting, there will be more children killed than in any month in till history of the prov- ince. May is the ail -high fey chil- dren's fatalities a three-year survey shows. Training children on traffic is emphasized as necessary to cut down accidents, a department bulletin insists. "An example of what can be accomplished when safety education is made a definite part of the study program niay be found in Kitchener," a statement reads. "Here safety education is included hi the health education work and results speak for themselves. In this city of 32,000 population, not one child has boon fatally injured as a result of a motor vehicle accident since 1932." The bulletin authorized by the Min- ister, points out, however, that child training must not take the place of the driver's judgment. "It is never safe to assume that a y o:. ng child Inas seen the car and will remain on the sidewalk. . . the driver who de- pends on the child to avoid accident is confessing that he has more confidence in the judgment of the child than in his own driving." Zinc SIS.=ws Down Activity of b ilia But too Early to Speak of Value Says Dr. Sainting — Sees World Free of Infectious Diseases PITTSBURGH. — Sir Frederick Banting of the University of Toron- to, discoverer of insulin as a specific for 'diabetes recently told scientists here for dedication of Mellon Insti- ;ute's new building, that zinc is being idled to insulin to slow down its ac - on. Sir Frederick explained that pure sulin is too quickly absorbed by the body necessitating, in some cases, several doses daily. The zinc treatment, he said, slows the action, but addel: "It is too early to speak of the clinical value of this form of in- sulin. " . Asked if he could vision a world free of disease, Sir Frederick replied: "Free of infectious disease, yes. Rut as we conquer then new dis- eases of an organic nature come to light. Heart trouble, for instance, any many others brought on by our complex civilization." The biggest task confronting the medical profession, he said, is "to find young men of high quality, to train them thoroughly in the langu- . ages and the sciences, to turn them loose with research facilities at their disposal, and to let them work, work, work." Car Accidents Up TORONTO.—Motor vehicle acci- dents in the first two mouths of this year increased 2.5 per cent. over last year. There were 75 fatalities, 40 more than in January and February, 1936. Accidents totalled 1,561 and prop- erty damage $183,750, The number of persons suffering injuries, says the Department of Highw ays report, was 1,275 or 375 more than in the same two months last year. Royalty Looks On Crown. '.'i''n l,. } ... .,,: t, ('`, ai,d hi Charlotte, !l, childre'lr of nine e, apohl cl Queen Astrid, watething their Lidice preaide et ;,!rill launcl:in ;. CornrCnfary on tke HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEKS NEWS Wog By Peter Randal CORONATION COMMENTARY Before you read this paragraph, the ink will have dried on thousands of other similar paragraphs In every country and every language in the world. Never, within the history of recorded time, has a pageant snob, as the Drowning of George and Elizabeth been marked with such significance. Standing as his fathers did before him within the walls of the nation's shrine, a young man pledged his life as a priest might concentrate himself to a sacred service. His witnesses were not only the brilliant assembly of the world's great within Westmin- ster Abbey, not only his subjects in the far corners of the world, but all peoples. With pomp and circumstance, George VI became one of the few sur- vivors of the kingly ideal. Yet, the true significance was not in survival but in the new interpretation of a king's consecration as the living sym- bol of the nation's unity. Here is no autocrat of old. Here is a priest -king dedicated beyond his own hopes and desires to the preservation of demo- cracy. - Power without honour means fear and not freedom. That is why, in the other lands, where a house painter or a retired army sergeant hold sway, there is no democracy. These lands have deserted the ancient foCm of kingship without substituting some- thing better in its place. We who do hold to the old forms have learned from o'er forefathers that freedom conies, not from the letter but from the spirit. Deep within these ancient rites, wo have implanted a new con- ception of our destiny as a nation. "God Save the King," is more than a wish for the man, it is our prayer for the preservation and advancement of an ideal in government. Economic Co-operation I Canada's great moment is to Dome! after the Coronation at the forthcom-t ing Imperial Conference. Prime Min -t ister Mackenzie King will propose a three way economic treaty betw.eeni Canada, the United States and Great' Britain. Should the proposed agree -, 8 anent be favourably received, there i+ a possibility that it will be extended' to include all Empire countries, thus' cementing in common economic bonds, the interests of the entire 17n-: glish speaking world. The plan is! said to have originated with Presi•_ dent Roosevelt and Secretary of State` Cordell Hull. Mile its implications$ are economic, students of world of-, fairs feel that it may be the real key to continued world peace. Death of a Nation's Pride While one nation rejoices at the crowning of a new sovereign, another mourns a great disaster. Pamphlets and posters, still en display in trave agency windows carry the magic words, "Cross the Atlantic by Air" At Lal,olrurst, N.J., a blackened twisted mass of girders marks the wreck of Germany's pride. The Hin- denburg, queen of the Atlantic sea way has gone to join so many of her forbears in the Valhalla of ill fated' ships. 'Thirty five people lost their lives, among them one of the great- est authorities on lighter than air craft, Captain Ernest Lehmann.' Others lie in hospitals, still unaware of the terrible fate that may have come to their families. In spite of dis- aster, German faith remains true co the great zepplins. General Goering has announced that construction will be rushed on four great ships and this time, with the co-operation of the American Government, they will be filled with non inflammable helium. apple Rank ; f Warfield Goversaxiont Opposes Duke of /Windsor's Claitnn That His Bride Be Granted Style of "Royal Highness" LONDON—The Duke of Windsor wishc; that Mrs. Wallis Warfield should be recognized as "her Royal Highness the Duchess of Windsor," after their marriage, authoritative sources d?sclosed this week. The Duke, it was learned, will not be content to have Mrs. Warfield be- come just the Duchess of Windsor without the Royal style. The Cabinet reviewed the question. A source close to the Government disclosed that negotiations have been going on for some time in an effort to reach a compromise. But the Duke, they said, is insistent his bride be styled: "her Royal Highness"; the Government that she not be so titled. Representatives of the Govern- ment, these sources said, have argued and pleaded with the Duke, but have been unable to convince him that he alone is entitled to the distinction of being a "-Royal Highness" because of his Royal blood. Mrs. Winfield, they aro said to have contended, has no such clai-'x, because she is a commoner and has not the faintest hope for succession to the Throne either directly for her- self or through any children she might bear. (tee gas 1-16 Hoarded e 13y UA This Is One Reason Why Hydro- gen Used on the Hindenburg NEW YORK—Almost every think- able precaution had been taken against fire hazards by the designers of the Hindenburg. Hydrogen was used for two reasons, because it has greater lifting power than helium, thus making the Hindenburg's opera- tionmore profitable, and because the United States owns all the pracitcal -supplies of helium in the world and while not using it themselves, is not apparently dispcsod to let anyone else use it. But the hydrogen which lifted the Hindenburg was stored in 16 huge cells, and the: e were surrounded by empty shells. The intervening space would have boon filled by helium, had it been r t lily available. 'J.'I' rr..a:: , ii, was recently re- p orted, vv c r;. c .perimenting with a secret c r rpemal, some other gases which, eshen.a;l..ed to hydragen rendee it nouint"anrmahh'. To erevent r>sk from snaking a`errr.l, a ecries of doors guarded by strnvrurds lel to the smoking room. No nm,:rtch.e v,er. al'.owecl in the pos- seesien of pasei,egets. Even flint nonage Eel to lei en renniedif en go- Penseereers and Crew were .e T...,.''-: l .hoe., to prevent etelie eliee a'1 f; ,•:,nit :Lei eu'an- r:a^ lanl ere P' ;1.:1 was cruse oil, difficult to ignite, ne lamp! i. n n l Ate:: eIelr i n nsitenela 6lP'rn ►e ►4 1.1 oda ►tea ►oa �7 D�4 POULTRY Prices paid to country shippers: Dressed. Milk Sel. A. Sel. B. Fed A. Spring Broilers - 1 to 11/,e lbs..... 16 14 18 13:. to 2 lbs..... 18 16 20 2to24xlbs..... 19 17 21 2% to 3 lbs..... 20 18 22 Dressed. Sel. A. Sel. B. Fatted Hens—. Over 5 lbs. 15 13 4 to 5 lbs. 14 12 3% to 4 lbs. 12 11 3 to 3% lbs. 11 10 Old Roosters— Over 5 lbs. 12 10 (Red and black feath- ered birds 2e per Ib. less than above prices. - Other Fowl— Guinea Fow per pair 75 Dom. rabbits, per lb. 12 Note: C grade poultry 3e 13 grades. POULTRY AND EGGS 00 00 below, Buying prices: Dealers are quoting producers for ungraded eggs, delivered, cases re- turned: Eggs— Grade A large Grade A medium Grade 13 17 to 18 15 to 16 14 to 15 Grade C 14 to 00 Dealers are quoted on graded eggs cases free: Grade A large 20 to 203 Grade A medium 18 to 19 Pullets 17 to 00 Grade 13 16 to 00 Grade 0 16 to 00 HAY AND STRAW No. 2 timothy, $10 to $11 per ton; No. 3 timothy, $8 to $9; oat and wheat straw, $7 to $8. Above prices f.o.b. Toronto. Knowledge of Shooting Beats College Stuff SASKATOON. — Academic educa-' tion is fine, but knowing how to' shoot straight was sometimes the, most useful accomplishment, Howard, Bigelow, medical missionary in the, Belgian Congo, said in en address here. During his cadet training in Sas- katoon he won the c''ci1d medal for rmutksm ".hip five tinncs and in Af- riea he v,:i, able to shoot enough c.lepas t i.;+ 'may ... c.; fax' his native t: ''.ne:.. Ile wee ....'tioned in• li x' land of the Pygnir'. ,_.:l s,,^ ":1 lack of eneliv:i t and uneertnin diet had lnethiitg• to no with reds :reel el .tura. l€o said "le bin t^tit`^,;1 1 n Ilii nenehhoring trlh . ,'1f:': t ,'i i t . en o:" elk's and •'r::'irp"ili mamma 1 tall ^s 01110)' mith'c . Sleeping sieknees wen one c.i;:,,nee for which a reniealy had been round.