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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1937-05-27, Page 3w.+......T•f.^n""'row•..f IfCM,T°"Ti CE THET�Ir " WORLD AT LARGE of the CANADA THE EMPIRE PRESS CANADA Baseball in England It is only three years since the first English baseball • league was formed in Liverpool, but the game has won such favor that this season, according to press reports, will see over 400 teams turning out in Lan- cashire, Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Bir- mingham and London. Thousands of airmen and soldiers play the game at aerodromes and army camps, and it has also become popular in schools all over the country. One British sports writer observes that baseball "is not an American invention, but is thoroughly English, being found- ed on the good old-fashioned game of rounders, and all that America has done is to put 'pep' into it."— From the Halifax Herald. Tourists and Flags It must be refreshing for visitors from the United States to view On- tario service stations, tourist camps, tourist homes and hotels decorated exclusively with British colors, in- stead of with a mixture of Union Jacks and Stars and Stripes.—(St. Thomas Times -Journal) experimented upon plants. The re- sults were astonishing, many species growing to five times their normal size and reaching maturity far more quickly than usual. The name .given to this giant- producing fertilizer is ' Photosenin." It is put up in powder form and is very cheap to produce, so we may soon see it in general use by far- mers and market gardeners. "Pho- tosensin" might have come out of "Alice -in -Wonderland,"" for while •a normal dose makes a vegetable grow into a giant, an overdose reduces it to a midget]—Montreal Star. Helping Therm Away Last year the Review published a simple method of keeping cats and dogs away from shrubs and flowers and we have been asked to reprint it. All that is necessary is to spray flowers and shrubs with a diluted solution of nicotine sulphate., and dogs and cats wi11 give all places so sprayed a wide berth. The smell is offensive to animals, but not noticed by humans, and must be renewed every two weeks or after a heavy rain. The solution is made by mix- ing half a teaspoonful of nicotine sulphate with a gallon of water and using an ordinary spray. -Niagara Falls Review. Why Pat Burins Wore Out Senator Pat Burns left an estate of over four million dollars. In these times there is more criticism of ac- cumulated wealth than in any other age. Pat Burns' career nevertheless is an example. If we had more of his type in Western Canada today, we wouldn't be floundering around as we are. Froin the moment this un- schooled youth left an Ontario farm for Western Canada he depended upon himself to get ahead. Re did not look to the State to provide him with relief if things did not go well with him. He took the jobs that came to his hand and wnen he found one that suited him best, he plugged along at it until he rose to eminence as the greatest rancher of the west- ern country. Whatever help came to Pat Burns was due to the confidence he had in- spired in others. If banks loaned him money to enlarge his ventures, it was because he had proven his worth. He had come up from ' the. bottom because of the self-reliance and the determination that charac- terized his life. (Lethbridge Herald) Spelling Lesson Last week a man dropped into the office to say we had .mis-spelt "obbligato." One "b" would suf- fice, be said. We handed him the Columbia Encyclopedia' which spells it as we did and defines "obligate" • as "the common misspelling of ob- bligato." Most dictionaries give al- ternative spelling with preference for the double "b".—(Financial Post) Highway Problem Trailers are somewhat of a prob- lem when they are on the highways. They are bulky, they make it impos- sible for the driver to see what is behind him, and they are not al- ways easy to handle. Standing still, they are still a problem. There is no place for them on city streets, and thr ordinary_ auto camps do not want them. Down south they have exclusive trailer camps. The health problem is also a seri- eus one. Many of the trailers have only, the sketchiest sanitary equip- ment, and it is feared that if they come in numbers they may pollute sources of water supply and become a menace to the communities which they visit. Moving from place to Place, bhe trailer people may be tempted to be careless themselves about the water and milk they use, and so may become carriers of dis- ease. The Health League of Canada suggests a general policy of tourist regulation with a view to safe -guard- ing public health. — Vancouver Province. _ News In Review Prices Soar Nl;1W YQRK,---Wheat and stock Priced boomed this week. in Chicago reports .<qf Canadian" dust .storms drove brisk buying in 1411 and wheat • rushed up 3%, to 4% ; cents a bushel. Different Now Last year only 12,023 immigrants reached Canadian shores. This is typical of the figures for the last two or three years when 'immigra- tion. reached the lowest point since 1867. The paucity of newcomers doesn't mean that people in foreign lands no longer desire to take up abode in this country. They would no doubt have continued flocking in if federal authorities hadn't raised the barriers when the economic up- heaval brought on an acute unem- ployment problem in the Dominion. It would have been the height of folly to aggravate the situation by not stemming the flow of immi- grants. During the decade preceding the Great War, immigrants came to Can- ada in large numbers. The highest point was reached in 1913 when 382,841 arrived. Those were the days when the West offered great opportunities. Remember how large posters in railway depots used to. an- nounce in screaming letters—NIFTY THOUSAND HARVESTERS WANT- ED. --.Kitchener Record. A Deadiy Enenrn;i If diphtheria is given the chance it will strike with just as fatal re- sults as before. For that reason we can never allow the security which has been given to our children by serum treatment to drop into disuse or be regarded as something op- tional. We have the weapon now With which to fight, but the fight ohust be continuous: Peterboro Ex- aMinee. For Larger Pumpkins 'I'lie giant gooseberry and prize umpkin will soon hide their heads in shame, if the new fertilizer just perfected by Dr. Joseph Seltei, chief Medical officer of the Hungarian ;State Railways, does all that is sdaimed. Noticing that certain dyes helped Wounds to heal quickly, De. Seitei THE EMPIRE On the New York Stock Exchange' a selective rally, led by steels m d• tors and rails and copper, gains of around $1 to $4. Transac- tions totalled 1,996,020 shares for one day. Demand for shares followed news the United States Senate Judiciary Committee had decided to report ad- versely on the Administration's Su- preme Court Bill. Earlier in the session there had been some selling following word Justice Van Devon- ter evin ter would retire from the Supreme t, Court. High -jumpers were U.S .Steel at $96.62 and Chrysler at .$111.12, both. Television in England No one knows just how many television sets are in operation in London now—about 2,000 is the usual estimate. The number will re- main small while there are only two short programs in the day and while. television sets remain so expensive. But I have not the slightest doubt that in ten years television will have made ordinary wireless as out of date as talkies have made silent films.—New Statesman and Nation. .�wEln,M!-„I..11T On a ."Dime Tour” SAN P ±'DRO,CATS..--,. Sir Harty ander, 67 -year-old Scottish enter ianex, disembarked %ram a Pacific fraise here chortling about his "dime tour" of the world.. He explained that ten cent pieces he saved during his• ciaxeer have fin - need the trip. Housing Loans Now Stand S d a k$7,000,004 011TAWA.—Since the inception of the .Dominion Housing Act of 4935 a total o% $7,064,237 in loans 'has been taken out for the construe - tion. of new homes, of which $2,096,- 414 was borrowed between an. 1 and April 30 of this year,according to figures announced by Revenue Minister J. L. Ilsley, Acting Minister of Finance. It is estimated that since the loans became available, some 1,583 famil- ies have been provided with new homes. The average loan per family unit has been .$4,463 and the total of individual loans has been 994. up about $4. Issues about $1 to $3,{„til enc advantage of eept Albert a has On - higher were General Motors at i taxio leadingwith 468 loans and $56:12, Anaconda $50, Santa Fe $89, :,others coming in the followingorder: Douglas Aircraft $50.50, New York , Quebec,298;Nova Scotia.159; Central $45.87, Westinghouse Elec..' trio $136.75 and Bethlehem Steel British Columbia, 27; New Bruns - 79.87." wick, 19; Manitoba, 16; Prince Ed - The Associated Press average of e. ward Island, 6 and Saskatchewan, 1. sixty stocks was up .80 at $66.30 Flats and apartments, as well as pri- y : vate dwellings, may be financed un- der the lan. Canadian "Stink” Bugs p Stripped to Europe �: OTTAWA.—Canadian stink bugs • Unbreakable Glasses are being given new homes in France.; LOS ANGELES. — E. G. Lloyd and other European countries. hee ended a 12 -year-old job last week Packed snugly in cigar boxes, the when he casually fished a pair of humble insects are being given then; ; pine-nez glasses from his pocket, benefit of foreign travel in fast ; slammed them against a wall, and trains and luxurious ocean liners +' - picked them up—intact. They are welcome across the At r: Lloyd, a long -jawed optician with lantic because they eat: the beetles :' a pair of bushlike eyebrows, explain- that feed on potato flelds. ed the impromptu demonstration cli- Dr. Arthur Gibson, Dominion En- . maxed research he personally has tomologist, said the stink • bugs are', been conducting since 1925, and bought by European Governments in ended a hunt carried on - by others the same way Canada is buying Hun-' .for 2,500 years... His new product is garian parasites to attack the sawfly'. that is ravaging Canadian spruce stands. A shipment is now on the:, way to France. The potato beetle is something of a commonplace in •Canada, but in Europe tit is feared like a plague. In Germany the Government has turn- ed out the army to combat it. " . Dr. Gibson showed pictures of men in- dustriously spraying potato plants in German fields. }landing Over at "No. 10" . The transition from the Premier- ship of Mr. Baldwin to the Prem- iership of Mr. Neville Chamberlain will be extraordinarily emonth and easy. fl'e head of the Government must be in touch with the work of all de- partments, constantly making a broad survey of the activities of the Administration generally. The Chan- cellor of the Exchequer' has financial connections with the departments which enable him to know something - of their work, so that a Chancellor who succeeds to the Premiership is able to undertake the broader con- tacts and the more generel survey whit:ll falls to the head of the Gov- oral/lent with a miximum oz smooth- ness and a minimum of ..uddlen in- tensive effort. Men who have gone to 10, Downing -street, from the Op- position, or from anywhere else without immediate previous connec- • tion with No. 10, have been almost overwhelmed with the mass of polit- ical and administrati se ends and de- tails that confront ti -e new occupant there. Mr. Chamberlain is already en- gaged in sliding, almost impercep- tibly, into the supreme political post. He is working in the closest contact with Mr. Baldwin. When the change is made in the closing days of this month,' all the Ministerial adjust- ments will be prompt, and the whole political and administrative machine Will continue without jerk or pause. --Overseas .Daily Mail. Most bacteria reproduce by the -simple method of splitting apart. One individual becomes two, two be- come four and so on. This can hap- pen every half hour, under favorable conditions. At this rate one bacter- ium in 24 hours could give rise to 281,1300,000,000,000 descendants. Favors Jan. 1 as Election Days TORONTO. — Date of the next civic election will be Jan. 1, provid- ed the City Council, at its next meet- ing approves of a recommendation to this effect submitted by the': Board of Control. Il eclares Com. ion Law Marriage Is Valylt SUDBURY. —. When two peopl have lived together -for feua:. and have a family. af; to o,'r and are kneeen aslima they be placed in jail for false istering as Mian and wifetiThis que tion was brought up before the Sudo` bury courts this week: G. M. Miller, defence counsel, in- sisted nsisted that common' law marriages might make a pair legal man and wife. "To all intents and,purposes ,slie is his wife if he died leaving money. to his wife, she would get it, +• he said. "The children are registered under his- name." Magistrate •Mc- Kessock granted a dismissal. unbreakable glass for spectacles, and he has developed a process to turn it out like hard -sugar candy. . "Ever since the Chinese first be- gan using glasses," he said, "people have been breaking them. We have something here that will put a stop to such annoyance.. These glasses will resist anything but a hammer, or perhaps abrick. And we can make them by the dozens." The basis of Lloyd's unbreakable glass is a new, synthetic resin called acryloid. The substance weighs 40 per cent. less than glass, admits 25 per cent. more light, and, as a fin- ished product, costs approximately the same. Acryloid is pressed out between dies, eliminating the tedious grind- ing process that is necessary to fash- ion spectacles of glass. F.P. Ranch Sells Bull to The Alberta Government 1' TON: — Purchase pe• inceton Questor, fine two-year-old Shorthorn bull, by the Alberta gov- ernment from ov-ernment-from the Duke of Windsor's E.P. ranch at Pekisko to lead the herd at the Olds agricultural school was announced by Hon. W. N. Chant, minister of agriculture. He and his deputy, H. A. Craig, negotiated the purchase at Pekisko . on a visit to Southern Alberta, he said. The bull will not be handed over until Aug - after it has appeared in Western Canada exhibitions. It may also be shown at Toronto, he said. Commentary on the HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEKS NEWS ,By Peter Randal "Tho tumult and the shouting dies,—the captains and the kings de- part"—the world is settling back af- ter one of the greatest shows in mod- ern history, But over in Great Britain . where the spotlight of inter- est is still focussed, they are saying that it isn't the same old world, A new age has begun and nothing is more significant of the change than the passing of an old roan, worn and spent from too much conflict. A Great Man of Our Age Phillip Snowden, the weaver's son is dead. He lived to become twice Chancellor of the British Exchequer, to become Viscount Ickhornshaw and to be branded "traitor" by his for- mer friends and followers. He will be remembered as the man who took Great Britain off the gold standard in 1931 and, in the words of another lonely and deserted man, Ramsay Macdonald, he will be mourned as "a great plan of our age." 25 Years of Peace? Adolf Hitler is said to be making proposals of a twenty-five year mu- tual peace and protection pact with France, Belgium and Great Britain as potential signatories. Present at the delicate negotiations being car- ried out in London are Anthony Eden, Prime Minister Stanley Bald- win and Chancellor of the Exche- quer, Neville Chamberlain. The presence of Mr. Chamberlain is but another indication of the changing times as Stanley Baldwin prepares to hand over the duties of office to his successor. Should the confer- ences being conducted at the present time prove successful, there will be a great many sighs of relief, not only in Europe but in almost every part of the world. Here are just a few of the things such a treaty would ac- complish. It would obviate the pos- sibilities of a close German -Italian agreement with a threat to demo- cratic countries within their spheres of influence. It would bring about an arrangement between i'rance and Germany whereby the enormous for- tifications being carried out along their respective borders would be left unchanged thus preventing fur- ther causes for friction in a very dangerous zone. And finally, Ger- many, while not abandoning her de- sires for colonies would practically agree to a hands off policy where British colonies formerly belonging to Germany were concerned. Spanish Repercussions An interesting conjecture, should the treaty be accomplished will be 'the -effect on the Spanish civil war. Canadian Prime Minister Opens New Bridge Rt. lion. W. I. Mackenzie Ding, Prince Minister of Canada, pic- tures as he cut the tape to open the newly constructed Chelsea Bridge in London, Eng., recently, Canada Imports Apples From Far New Zealand Hitler, is said to be disgusted with events as they have been takinai. place in that country and there i$ every possibility that he may attempt to persuade his fellow dictator ori Italy to pull up . their mutual stakes.,' And when the Spanish war is men=' tioned, there are many still wonder-' ing just what, if anything, Great: Britain intends to do about the dam -I aging of a British destroyer on pat-' rot duty with a loss of eight lives.: The destroyer had a huge hole torn.' fromher bow, outside the three mil& limit and while first examination at-' tributed the mishap to a mine, closer' examination opens the interesting I possibility that the ship was deliber-' ately torpedoed. If so, by whom and for what? Either side in the unhap- py war might be responsible in the hope that by blaming the other they might obtain the aid of the most powerful nation in Europe. True to her policy all through the present - crisis, Britain is holding her own council and refusing to be stamped- III ed into anything. Announcement of heavy ship- ments of New Zealand apples to both eastern and western Canadian ports in the next few weeks emphasizes again the world-wide transformation in apple growing in the last decade or two. Not so long ago there was prac- tically no exportable surplus of ap- ples from southern hemisphere countries. Canada and United States with late winter varieties practically monopolized the British market from March until June. Shipments of this type of fruit were in addition to heavy earlier exports of better var- ieties such as McIntosh, Spys and Kings. Shortly before the war, how- ever, New Zealand and some sec- tions of Australia and South Amer- ica started to develop apple grow- ing. rowing. They used the best Canadian and United States varieties, mostly Jonathan, McIntosh and Delicious. Commercial results of this introduc- tion are now apparent. Maturing during what are early spring months in; this country, Brit- ain is supplied with high quality fresh fruit in place of former infer- ior, long -stored North American var- ieties. As a result, Canadian grow- ers of the "long -keeping" apples have been switching to more popular types and in recent years Canadian consumers, too, have been getting free., apples from the southern hem- iseherc in the spring. Six months from now the trade will be reversed with considerable exports to the An- tipodes from British Columbia. Happily Ever After. Over in France there is another change and the possibility of a hap- py ending to a royal romance. Mrs. Simpson is no more. 1 -ter name was changed the other day by permission. of the court to Mrs. Wallace War-' field and it is said that the King will announce her engagement to Edward Duke of Windsor. Such action would amount to a family forgiveness andsi a recognition for the first time of I Mrs. Warfield by the Royal Family in 1 its official capacity. Security Jitters And business at home is not the only thing the Danes have to think about. Denmark is torn between her market connections with Great Brit- ain and the land hungry tendencies of Chancellor Hitler, to whom Great Britain seems willing to give a more' or less free hand in the Baltic Sea. Thinking seriously along the same' lines are the other Scandinavian countries who form what is known as the Oslo group—neutral during'• the war but said to be considering defense at the present time. Statement to Shareholders Of interest to students ,of social and economic problems everywhere. is the record of his country during the years of his reign. Denmark is the champion of the co-operative system. 76 per cent. of her total area is devoted to agriculture and of this land, 92 per cent. is owned by half a million farmers. Through the co-operatives which regulate quality and attend to the function of mar- keting, Denmark supplies 30 per cent. of the world's export butter and 60 per' cent. of its bacon. Great Britain is her biggest customer, tak- ing nearly 60 per cent. of her total exports. Feminine leipioiriz:..:e It is to Norway, one of the coun- • tries represented in the Oslo group, that the United States is sending one of her few feminine Ministers. The new Minister, Mrs. J. Borden Harri- man of New York and Washington is already in headlines as the diplomat who cannot keep a secret, a very feminine characteristic after all but one which is likely to cause embar- rassment to Uncle Sam. Mrs. Harri- man has unconsciously revealed the state of negotiations being conduct- ed between the United States and Norway on the subject of a trade treaty. Thrifty Co-eds Attend Dance In Nightgowns' ROCHESTER, N.C.—The secret's out—some of the stunning evening gowns worn by University of Roch- ester ockester co-eds at last week's inter -fra- ternity ball were just remodeled nightgowns, It was simply a matter of economizing. Co-ed Phyllis Probst explained. "You can get a very ehie model in a nightgown for about $5," said Miss Probst. "Add a buckle here and a flower there, and a mere male wouldn't know the difference." A.-4 Corporation Monarch The job of being a king is much the sante as being head of a large corporation according to Christian X' of Denmark. The tallest monarch in. Europe is celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of his accession to' the thrones of Denmark and Iceland.. Typical of his businesslike attitude: towards his job was the modest state: banquet and celebration of the! event. Three Way Trade The United States seems to be in the market for advantageous treat res these days. Though not in evi deuce at the Imperial Conference bet ing conducted behind closed doore in T.onton, it is known that Ameri- can influence has coupled with Cana- dian interest to sound out the possi' bilities of three way trade agrees ments between Great Britain, Oanz ada and the United States. Irish Tesmrerai. And just so the Emerald Isle shall not pass unnoticed in the excitement: surrounding the crowning of a king, t the wild Irish have blown up the statue of one of his ancestors in , Dublin. The act, intended as a pro. test against coronations, rings and the English in general did not pre- vent the same wild Irish from open- ing up a three hour air service be- tween London and Dublin with other lines scheduled to be opened to thv Continent in the near futura..