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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1937-06-03, Page 6:•;.:+:#;.,4F>04:A..4:.F"q� .;•;.44P •17.7,47,40mb„T,4+�414:P.Iii.,pOY•X•`0;41 ri+�41:44K�•Ig•;i,:•:•;'j 1,•1•` ,(4 *`'x.:1:4 V�i,Mr: • 4� ��t. • ►• in Revuew....„ 0.0 A 11,1 i1 r ., ., 1 v v 1 : •r v v v 1.1 1 ♦ ♦f a`r0` •7.11`"4 0~@:di r4i0i0iQ'Y0�4.I•K;•:+1.4:4:4:410.7.•: 7,,.... ' 4+ +�y�O3AGGgv_44 o�.P;4;P Pa�aQ.Qo 4A4i4 1AAAAA. n +.. , Cliiof of Police at Kilmarnock in Scot- land when Lauder was 'a clerk, work- ing for .36 shillings a week, Captain Hill later was a personal guard for King , George V and Queen Mary of England. "I did'na think I'd ever live to see Harry scorrn sae much money for sae leetle worrk,” said Captain Hill. Toronto Gets Airport . OTTAWA, — Toronto will have its airport and the Dominion Government 'will assist with alma* sum which is to be fixed. An agreement to that end between the city and the government was dis- cussed for between. Hon. C. D. Howe, minister of transport, and Acting -Ma- yor Day, Controller Conboy, and E. E. Cousens, engineer of the Harbour Board. Two sites are proposed, both to be used. One would be alternative to the other, The Island would be the port ordinarily used and another west of the city When flying conditions were bad and there might be a risk in land- ing at the Island. By the terms of an order -in -council passed last fall the government is Understood to pay a quarter of the cost of municipal airports. Salmon Pack Probably Light for Two Years TORONTO, — A guarded prediction the Maritime Provinces might see a scarcity of salmon this year and next was made before the Royal Society of Canada by A. G. Huntsman, professor of marine biology at the University of Toronto. Dr. Huntsman told the bio- logical sciences section of the society recent dry summers in the Maritimes made it probable that there would be a scarcity of salmon during the next two seasons; particularly in view of the fact scarcities had been found in roughly every 9.6 years in conjunction with decreased rainfall in correspond- ing circles. - Will Ruin Nations HAMILTON, — Unless the world changes its state of mind, nations will le beaten down by war, Sir Robert alconer asserted in a written presi- dential message to the 15th annual Sonference of the League of Nations ociety in Canada. Unable to attend the conference owing to illness, the former president Of University of Toronto charged the soeiety with a responsibility toward forestalling "these otherwise inevi- table disasters." He announced his re- tirement as national president "War will break out on a colossal scale, bankruptcy will overwhelm na- tions, their manhood wig deteriorate physically., mentally and morally; discontent smouldering beneath intol- erable conditions will burst forth in civil conflict and revolution, unless the world changes its state of mind," gir Robert's message said Teacher's Dismissal Protested by :: Pupfls DELISLE, Sask., = Angered by 'the dismissal of their headmaster, 100 Haigh school students and 25 public School pupils went on strike yester- day in this town 25 miles southwest of Saskatcoon. Basil Cyr, 19 -year-old high school etude- '•, said he was chairman of the committee of five to approach the School board and demand the with- drawal of notice given by W. N. Hath - way, the principal, that his services would not be needed after this term. Cyr said Mr. Hathway was alleged by the board not to have co-operated with the remainder of the teaching staff and also was charged with not getting a good example to the other teachers by smoking and other minor matters. Air -Line Inaugurated PORT WASHINGTON, — The big IMperial Airways Flying boat, Caval- ier, completed her first test here from Iramilton Bay, Bermuda, this week. The flight was handled like clock_ Work, no attempt being made for a speed record, as the preliminary flights are largely intended to map •charts for passenger service which ;will be started within six weeks. New Cell Block TORONTO, Immediate start on construction of a new cell block at the Ontario Reformatory at Guelph, ill compliance with ono of the strong- est recomendations in Judge James Madden's report on the riots at the in- stitution was announced this week by bion. Harry C, Nixon, Provincial Se- siretary. The new ` uilding will be construct- ed by the labor of inmates and will Cost 'between $200,000 and $250,000. It all be built in the form of three of ie sides of a square with the open dnils meeting the present easterly ormitory building, and will contain 12 single cells and shower -bath y rooms. Cells will be smaller than the ones in the present buildings, but will e entirely modern. Construction of the new building Will permit the segregation of the in - Mates that is necessa,ry Mr. Nixon aid, and will permit the use of space one of the dormitory buildings. for Vocational:, technical and other train- ing and recreation. It is e.tpected the uilding will be completed by the all of 1038. Lauder Scorns Radio OLLYWOOD, Sir Barry Laud ole turned down a big money offer for , ten-minute radio appearance, yet he meg almost that long td'please an old :.end, whom he found la Arcadia, 'Ca lffprnia. The friend is Captain George Hill, May Mantle Fruit Trees DETROIT, — A mantle and skirt of cellulosic material, to be worn by the fruit and nut trees, which would bar unfriendly insects and keep frost from taking its toll of buds and blos- soms, was described at the third Dearborn conference of the Farm Chemurgic Council by William J. Hale, research consultaut of Midland, Mich. . The skirt of this arboreal garment, Dr. Hale said, is perforated to permit free access of air and bees. Cellulosic material, he explaiued, is permeable to light which. permits normal photo- synthetic reaction within the leaf and fruit. In order to combat freezing of the buds on a dressed -up tree, Dr. Hale explained chemists have devised a liquid spray which forms a temporary film over the perforations, thus seal- ing the garment and resulting in tem- peratures from five to twenty degrees warmer inside than outside. In due time the film disappears and the res- piration of the tree is restored to nor- mal. The garment itself is weather re- sistant, he said, and added that a gar- ment for a single peach tree will not bring over 10 cents in the selling price. Canadians Talk "5*• eca1 Funny" iny" Say Gilds From Kansas Basket Ball Team Members Think We "Bite Our Words" But We're Nice! EDMONTON. — Canadians talk "real funny", members of Wichita (Kansas) Thurston women's basket- ball team said in an. interview here before playing a five -game series with the famed Edmonton Grads. Talking with newspapermen the girls had a fine time explaining what was so funny about the "Canadian accent". "You all seem to pronounce each word kind of separate from the rest,: and short and quick, while we like to talk sort of nice and slow and lazy." said vivacious Lois Poole Og- den, brilliant Thurston forward. "Plow do you mem s::ort and quick," asked a reporter. The girls laughted with delight. "There !" exclaimed Mrs. Ogden. "Just like you talk! Short! Quick! We'd say that more like shave -ort and qui -ick. And up here everybody says 'around town'. • We say 'araoun taown.' You Canadians bite your words so. But Canadians are nice—as nice as nice could be." Domini n PL; ns End To Relief 1: No Sudden Stoppage, But Steady Curtailment of Dole Forseen —Reduce Public Work. OTTAWA.—Sharp on the heels of Premier Hepburn's announcement that neither the City of Toronto nor any other municipality stands a chance of obtaining an increased re- lief grant from the Province of On- tario, it became known this week that the Federal Government is working toward abandonment of the dole in its many forms. Dominion authorities admit that relief appropriations cannot be sud- denly cut off without, causing seri- ous hardship, but a definite policy has been embarked upon to curtail expenditures which have reached the gigantic total of $750,000,000 in Federal. Provincial and Municipal Budgets since the depression threw more than a million Canadian men, women and children on relief. Agreements Terminated This week end marked the con- clusion of the two remaining relief agreements between the Dominion and the Provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. This week it Is expected the Minister of Labor, Hon. Norman Rogers, will rer ::e known the principal features of the new deal with the Provinces for grants- in-aid, on which there has beexi an average cut of 25 per cent. Because of extraordinary condi- tions in the Prairie Provinces, it has not been possible to reduce Federal grants to them by 25 per cent., glut a much lessened relief demand In the Maritimes •has made possible a cut there exceeding 25 Ter cent. The Dominion has set aside $19,- 500.000 as grants-in-aid to the Prete- Laces this year as against $29,00.0,000 Jast year, More Drastic Cut Foreseti u easier, A more important out • ias bee effected in :public works relief it jocts undertaken jointly by the 1De minion and the Provinces, the re: duction here being about 40 ped cent., and it is rumored that in thy; next fiscal year there will be a mu'cliy:: more drastic cut. One reason is that by that time most of the public.{ projects, which can be justified even as relief measures, will have been completed, and another is that the ea aen exp e e of the last six or seven `. c ,,I years shows them to be uneeon; ethical. that the taxpayers do not get their full money's worth. For the, present year, too, over $12,500,00Q;' has been set aside for solely Federal relief public works,. although there are many other schemes in the same category, bringing the total up to a much larger figure. Additional to the grants-in-a'd and the public works are a number of other outlays during the present year by the Department of Labor, the total being $16.300,000 and vot- ed by Parliament as special supple- mentary estimates. This sum in eludes $2,000,000 for direct relief to the dried -out areas, another $2,000,- 000 for the prairie rehabilitates), plan about which Hon. James Gar- diner, Minister of Agriculture, will have further discussions in the West; $1.000,000 for the youth movement, and nearly $7,350,000 as the Federal contribution to Provincial and Mu nicipal relief projects. Saving on Relief Camps Canada is saving some $5,000,000 annually -by the closing of the chain of relief camps for single, homeless unemployed and the placement of 45,000 Hien and women on farms der the joint scheme of the Dominion, and the Provinces.: That number,`,•; mostly young Hien, were establishedt`: on farms during the past winter anall:'' a survey just completed shows that a surprisingly large number so plac ed have decided to remain on the; land during the spring and stanernerei. seasons. Moreover, it is believed the fax placement scheme has to a conside, able extent, broken down tramping in Canada. The • spectacle of hu deeds of men riding freight trait is no longer to be seen, and Feder: authorities declared that the pro' leo of the transients, which was . acute two or three years ago, is longer serious. Not only has the farm piaceme schen-ea absorved trice the hung of unemployed who were forme aceonunodated in the relief ' can but it has resulted in the closing a drab and ' costly chapter in Canaclians deuressian story. an permanent abolition of conceal; tion camps which costthe nat some $25,000,000 and were ;at t same time breeding places for, coir munisre. Speak' For Paroled Men Prison Chaplain Declares Ryan Case Retards Worthy System INGERSOLL. — Discussing crime before the Kiwanis Club here, Rev. E. Donald Stuart of the staff of the Ontario Reformatory, Guelph, held that the home in many eases was the real breeding place of crime. I do notmean n n the better regulated homes, of course," he said. "I mean the type of homes where boys are not given the grit to resist crime. No less than 40 per cent. of our men at Guelph come from broken homes- homes which the father has deserted. or the mother has deserted. If you remove the unhappiness from the homes of the country you will have done much to remove crime. "The case of Red Ryan did much to set back to parole system in the public mind because of its wide pub- licity. You never hear of the other paroled men who are trying hard to get back into society. Of over 800 paroled men, last year, only nine per cent. broke. You will have to keep in mind that society proauces prison- ers and that they are social material. It is sinful waste to let that material go wrong if it can be saved," said the speaker, urging a greater meas- ure of applied Christianity. enehen ?eriods T{., See Quints After .lune 15th Girt: Can Be Viewed Two Hours Daily CALLANDER. — So many thous- ands are eager to see the Dionne quintuplets as they passed their third birthday on May 28th that Dr. Allan Roy, Dafoe decided to lengthen the periods they appear each day before the public. The rush of visitors over the holi- day week end convinced him the 500,000 who saw the famous young- sters last year will be increased to 750.000 in 1937. The babies now play before the public fortwo half-hour periods each day. So that as many as possible may see the youngsters, Dr. Dafoe has decided that after June 15 the public will be received from 9.30 to 10.30 in the morning and from 2.30 to 3.30 in the afternoon. At present the quints may be seen. from 9.39, tc 10 and from 2.30 to 3. All tifiies are eastern standard. The .babies were shown as usual o t then birthday: The only inter- ruption. nter-auption totheir regular routine on ly was an international broad- st late in the 'afternoon, when 'ef- ort"s were made to have them speak into -11.1 crophono. Farm Placement Benefits` In these camps ,opeseed-as an. en ergency measure during the 'vor period of the depression, the ere were given food, c'1othing, shelta and an allowance of 20 cents; a da , It cost the nation $62.50 a niont to keep a man in camp. More wholesome conditions no exist, thanks to the farm placeineri ;: plan. Under that scheme the men; working as farm laborers, were paid. $5 a month throughout the winter; and a bonus of $2.50 a month ;f they stayed on the farm until March 31. The farmer employing them also received a small sum from the Gov ernment. Women working as domese tic servants on farms received the same remuneration as the Hien. ��pt- '.:Y p / p� p F, e. corn • Thch,. Inerects Every';.farmer with sefficient fe- males to 4varrant should have a good. purebred .sire of lis own. 'Where this is not ,possible three or four men may peel their interests' and own and use collectively a very superior sire. This is good business and has given notable results in several in- stances. The money invested gets more breeding quality anct the sire is so handled as to derive most from him as an investment. Co-operative and community ownership insures the use pf a good sire to all in the group whether large or small breed- ers,:. and 'exerts a, tremendous educa- tional effect -which results, in higher ideals of breeding than would other- wise be attained. Commentary on the C HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEKS NEWS By Peter Randal This Year's Crop of Graduates The annual job hunt is on as hun- dreds of nervous young Hien and young g ome w a n coatle rushing out of colleges everywhere in a wild dash to. make their impression ,on the business world, For some years past, the happy hunting grounds of indias- try' have been anything but kind to these would-be hopefuls and there is many a graduate wondering if the time and effort were worth the price. For these and their younger fellow collegians, the Investor's Syndicate, of Minneapolis offers a r -ay of hope. According to a recent survey con- ducted by the Syndicate, "employ- ment prospects of this year's college graduating classes are only a little less favorable than those of the 1929 graduates, and substantially better than the June 1930 classes. . . En- gineering, business administration, teaching and general business classi- fications are offering employment in greatest volume." Curiosity prompted a test of this statement in a Canadian college. A class of twenty nen expecting to graduate next month were interview- ed on their chances of securing em- ployment and the results were very surprising. Of the twenty, seventeen had offers of jobs as early as April, while a number had even been placed in the awkward position of turning dawn opportunities that last year's graduates would have considered golden. It is interesting to compare the qualifications of the 1937 gradu- ate with those of the ideal model in other years. The 1937 model is a pretty good all-round man with a general background not only of clas- sics, but of the more practical sub- jects like economics, political prac- tice, accounting and finance. His four years at college have not represented four years of Iife in another world, but four years of familiarization with the problems both past and current of the world he must learn to live in after the 'parent's on the home farm have ceased to foot the bills. He has no illusions about the world he is going into. He knows there must be a period of apprenticeship in which he may even have to sweep the floors and 'dust the office desks, but in place of the "world owes me a living" attitude of a few years ago, there is a quiet confidence in his own abilities to succeed on the merits of his own demonstration. die is, in most cases technically trained for his job and business Hien say that given an opportunity to try his training out on practical problems, lie will go ahead fast enough to justify his years of education. Gollmaniac The summer sportsmen are begin- ning to conte out of their winter shells in the wake of the optimists who have been haunting the nation's golf courses of many weeks now. A well-known Toronto business man told us the other day that he thought he might have to give up business if it didn't stop raining every Satur- day—he barely recovered from one cold before the next. Saturday's drench:ng came round again. 6 tlantic Crossing Of such use is the airplane. Though accidents have been frequent with this mode of'travel, it is diffi- A Beautiful Task Being surrounded by a bevls of beauties may not appear to be a task - to you, but just than:: what a job Russell Patterson, Arthr William Brown 'and ,Kohn La Gatta (L -R) had picking Model California S1i,brts 'Girl. cult to imagine what progress would have been made in many out-of-the- way parts of the world without this The means of transportation. ..['lie last remaining ocean, to be spanned by regular service, preparation of ships for the Atlantic run is in progress both in England and in America. At the Boeing Aircraft Plant in Seattle, Wash., a giant 72 -passenger ship is. being built for Pan American. The super liners will be powered with new secret engines developing 6,000 horsepower and will have a speed of around 200 miles per hour. Test flights are scheduled for the early fall with regular service before the end of the year. Endeavour Y And gales remind us that the old fighting spirit has not departed from "the men who go down to the sea." Unreported for nine days, Endeavour I, T. 0. M. Sopwith's big challenger to the American Cup, was sighted off Nantucket. Left to her own re-' sources when her ' tow line parted from the tender 1,000 miles from no- where, the Endeavour carried' on in a fifty -anile gale. It may be slow in comparison to modern means of power but there is many a sail man will tell you that he would sooner be on her in rough weather than the greatest steamboat ever built. . A Hazardous Quest A Russian airplane landed at the North Pole last week with eleven men who form the advance guard of a group of scientists engaged in studying polar weather conditions. After preparing the ground for heavier planes, seven sten will return to the base of the expedition on Rudolf Island. Four men plan to stay at the polar observation station for a year. Since their position is on a floating ice field, subject to con- stant cracking, the post is looked upon as a hazardous one. It is ex- pected that the data collected will be of invaluable service in predicting weather conditions in the northern hemisphere. Million Dollar Deluge And all this time, the wheat men in the Western Provinces have,been saying: "What a waste of good wateer!" We met a Regina man the other day who leaves standing in- structions to his office staff to tele- graph him when it rains.. The tele- grams haven't been for some time and this particular man's temper has been getting worn to the thin edge. Over the week -end the long-awaited telegram arrived: "Forty -mile gale all day Saturday (stop) rain general (stop) store windows smashed." It sounded pretty desolate until he started to wave the yellow sill. in the air and inform us that a few million dollars to his customers meant more than a few blankety blank windows. Tin Can Airships; And in spite of the discredit brought upon the airship by the re- cent Ilindenburg tragedy, John L, Dingell, member of the American House of Representatives, is to spon- sor a bill for the building of a $0,- 000,000 "tin can" ship. Dingell bases his proposal upon the success of a navy ship made of metal and in ser- vice since 1929. According to tests made at regular intervals, the Air- ship is in as good condition today as it was when first delivered. The Old Order Changeth Almost in sight of his century mark goal, the nonagenarian Ameri- can dime magnate has "gone the way. of all flesh." John D. Rockefeller died peacefully at his Florida estate after ninety-seven years of a life in which he is said to have amassed the greatest fortune ever known. Through companies which controlled substantial portions of the nation's income he administered a fortune of five billion dollars, while his gifts. to public institutions are said to be past the five hundred million mark. Those who knew him in the early days of his struggle have called his .tactics ruthless but the use to which his great fortune may be put in ad- vancing the general good of civiliza- tion may well outhalanee his untold sins. econles Manager Of Quintuplets TORONTO.—F. Keith Monro, To- ronto reporter, has been appointed business manager, `of the Dionne quintuplets, it was announcedlast week. The appointment was made by the active gue,rdiaaie, Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, 'Judge J. A.'"Valin and Oliva Dionne. One .of the first re- porters to reach Callander after birth of the quintuplets on May 28, 1934 Munro will have charge of contract= anal arrangements for the babies and their publicity.