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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1937-07-15, Page 3e in Cana Loma Revenue TORONTO. -Tho first ray of hope tocity has seen in some time, as as Casa Loma is concerned, was 'flected h the pleased expressions' the Mayor and Controllers this eek when it was learned, that in a e rii otof about.ve weeks, the West Ipronto Kiwanis Club had taken in 6,590.60 in .admissions to the castle. e city receives 25 per cent. of this fount. The total amount represents 22,- 36 admissions. On July 4 American visitors made their presence felt,, a Vital of 2,900 persons viewing the hill dhow -place on that occasion. "We'll get our taxes out of it yet," remarked Mayor Robbins, "And in addition the Kiwanis are working in a good cause," added Con. F. J. Conboy. Editor Lauds Press Here PARIS. —. Canadian newspapers form one of the world's best instru- '.ments for the 'study of world-wide events, delegates to, the Congress of American Nations were told here by Edmond Turcotte, Editor -in -Chief of the Montreal newspaper, Le Canada. '"It' is often said that Canada, through its historical past and its political; present, forms a bridge be- tween England and France on the 'ape hand, and the United. States on the other," he said. , "The same metaphor would equal- ly illustrate the role of the Canadian press. Fed by American, English and French sources of information, it is a veritable cross roads of several civ- tizations. "That is why it certainly has one of the highest ranks among the world press for abundance, quality, interest anti objectivity of its news.” Curb Scouts Swapping WASHINGTON. A partial ban against "swapping"—the Boy Scout •Jamboree's greatest pastime — went into effect last week at the Canadian camp. A. A. Smith, District Scoutmaster at Montreal and leader of the 147 Canadians here, said other Scouts .had been attempting to trade their own souvenirs or trinkets for a Canadian Scout badge, emblem or ribbon of honor. "But, we issued an order against that," Snaith said. "If we didn't, I'm afraid all our boys would be looking like the United States Scouts, and we are trying to. retain our own uni- form. But, on the.last clay of the Jamboree, next Thursday, .the boys can swap even their shirts if they want to. riel 0 Welland ship canal dock. The steamer Scott Misener was being ung. loaded when„ the strike was called • and about 800 cords of wood are still aboard the ship,while the Pertwell with a cargo of 1,100 cords arrived jobs. left their as the men Drastic Drog In Wheat Crop WINNIPEG. — Drastic decline in crop conditions in Western Canada with the wheat crop estimated at. 40 per cent. of normal, compared with 68 per cent. three weeks ago and '70 per cent. a year ago, was reported in the Searle Grain Company survey, The report said Saskatchewan far- mers are facing the worst year in history with wheat crop conditions 23 per cent. of normal. Three weeks ago the estimate was 57 per cent., and a year ago 67 per Bent. In the south and western areas complete failure is beting experienced and gen- erous rainfall during July will be necessary to produce even seed. The northern and eastern districts of Saskatchewan have deteriorated due to drought and their condition is little better than 50 per cent., the survey said. Manitoba's crop is estimated at 96 per cent. of normal and the Swan River area, in the Northwest, has been the only district to show a seri- ous setback. Alberta showed effects of drought during the past three weeks, when wheat condition dropped to 53 per cent. of normal with the average 79 per cent. of normal June 16, the re- port stated. A year ago Alberta wheat conditions were estimated at 71 per cent. of normal. Eastern dis- tricts report withered crops, esti- mated at 30 per cent. of normal con- ditions. .Moral Virtues Stressed In Curriculum LONDON, Ont. — Mercy, justice and humility will be part of the cur- riculum for Grades 1 to 6 beginning next September, in London school's• First official copy of the "new pro- gram of studies" was received here from the Department of Education and revealed that tinder the new system "nothing must be done in the primary schools to lead the chil- dren to the impression that religion is something apart or superimposed upon school life." "The curriculum, banning home- work, while it does not prescribe a course in morals or include religion as a separate subject, should be per- vaded by a spirit of religion. In all activities of the school the child should be lead to love mercy, to do justly and to walk humbly." Social Study Course Replacing the former 34 -page pamphlet, the new course is outlined in 154 pages of detailed instructions to teachers. It makes training im- portant, combines history and geo- .graphy in a course of social studies, lessens the time devoted to arithmetic and stresses English. It purges the curri:rilum of all little habits that might have any bad moral effect, even asleng that chil- dren should not be trained to make • their arithmetic calculations in slov- enly fashion on "scribbling" paper which is -hrown away and then re- cord the result in neat statements for inspection. Monthly Hops OTTAWA. Trans -oceanic test flights, for the projected mail ser- vices, of which the initial one has proved successful, are to be contin- ued all summer, it was stated by de- partmental authorities here. The tests will be gradual, probably month- ly, till the fall, with appropriate note of weather and other navigation con- ditions at the different seasons. Assuming that the . experiments work out satisfactorily, the airway companies will decide when regular services will be inaugurated, first for mails alone, and then for passengers. as well. This is expected next year, with two flights a week each way, across the Atlantic. The Dominion Government has a financial interest as a shareholder of the Imperial Ari - ways, the stock being acquired with particular :.reference to, and the en- couragement of, the Atlantic ser- vices. Stevedores Strike TIIOROLD, — The strike of ap- proximately 150 stevedores at the Ontario Paper Company, members of the International Longshoremen's Assoc ation, a branch of the A. F. of Le remained unchanged as the strikers awaited the arrival of Siinon O'Brien, Buffalo, Vice President of the Great Lakes District Longshore- men's Association, who will endeavor to start negotiations with the news- print company. The Hien are demanding primarily recognition of the union and when this is greeted; Michael Smith, local president said, they were ready;, to negotiate for increased wages, anis, formfty of working hours and other Pointe, The strike was called shortly ;be- fore midnight Tuesday, the men walking off the job and leavings two. ships with cargoesof pulpwood from. • Quebec intdored,,.ft the company's G—N 171,7704.1111,1, • EL':ctric Storrs , firc Thr-iu Fires and Floods Strike in Wake of Lightning and Downpours M-» One Girl is Knlled—Welland andSt. ThomassR Bear Brunt Toronto Also Lashed TORONTO -More disastrous even than the heat wave which it succeed- ed in breaking, terrific electrical and rain stories broke' across sun -baked Ontario Saturday night and • Sunday,, causing floods and property damage over a wide area. ' Many Escapes; Reported The storms were notconfined to any one area. They took in villages, and hamlets off the main -highways,. turned fields into quagmires, fellesa"' trees, and did extensive damage to crops. Many narrow escapes from death at the height of the electrical disturbance were reported. Victims of the heat and the storms which followed are: Albert Roberts, Chairman of the St. Thomas Public Utilities Commission,. ,.lead. Zurezusk, 55, Hamilton. f Mary Richter, 18, Kitchener. The two first named -.were heat victims. Miis Richter was killed in a motorcycle accident near Kitchener, at the height of the storm. Toronto Mit Sunday The storm broke in Toronto shortlY after 2 p.m. Sunday. It gave citizens little chance to gain cover and thou- sands were caught by the torrent' al downpour. The Welland and St. Thomas dis- tricts appeared to receive the brunt of the storm's assault Saturday night. Every street in Welland was flooded and thousands of . dollars' property damage was caused by flooded street and cellars. Hundreds of cars were marooned and stalled; and disruption of Hydro service ad- ded to the confusion. Three Fires Break Out. Three fires brokeout during the downpour as lightning struck trans formers. Walls of the Atherton Woodworking Company, Welland, were charred. A River Road resit dence was struck, and electrical equipment at the plant of Page -Her- sey Tubes Limited and Canadian, Steel Foundries plant was damaged: Captain Joe Blazetich of the Crowe land Fire Department •suffered pain-; ful burns when he fell against elegy° trio wiring while fighting the out- break at the steel foundries plant. A large sewer on Niagara Street burst, sending water gushing througl'i the roadway. Branches were snap- ped from trees on every thorough& i*F Tree ev ea s Nature Cycle Sunspot Activity — Trend Is Un- changed for Over 60,000 Years VICTORIA, — A glacier -bound spruce tree found in Northern British Columbia has shown scientists the present 1114 year cycle of sunspot activity has been unchanged for more; than 60,000 years, Dr. W. E. Harper, director, of the Dominion Astrophysi- cal Observatory on nearby Saanich Mountain, said in an address here. Dr. Harper said trees were studied because their rings clearly record the most vigorous growth in years when there is most ultra -violet light — that fs, in years of greatest sunspot activ- ity. _ - He said scientists first cut down trees that were living, then went fur- ther back by examining the timber of old Indian dwellings. Earlier still were the 4,000 -year-old sequoias of California. But the oldest 'record of all came from the 13ritish Columbia spruce trunk. It dated back between 60,000 and 100,000 years, and its rings told the same story of an 11 -year cycle. Referring to various "sunspot" ther- ries" — that wars, epidemics , crops and even the number of rabbit•skins on the market were directly connect- ed with the cycle, he said: "One ought to:be YobtiServative until more information lea on hand. It is easy to prove almost any relationship by picking the right data."' :Calves From Test -Tubes LINCOLN, Neb.—Two University of Nebraska dairy scientists report that "test-tube" calves have been produced in 50 per cent. of recent experimental attempts at artificial in- semination. There were 31 conceptions in 62 cows used in the tests reported, said H. P. Davis and George W. Trim- bergor, who demonstrated the method to the American Dairy Science Con- vention here, • They cited several advantages to dairymen in use of the method, ex- plaining that x-plaining.that it prevented spread of infection' and enhanced the value of each bull by extending the territory in which he might be Used. Artificial insemination has been practrsoc extensively in horses. fare, :and. many birds were droyres.- in the.: deluge. "' When the storm °Ira �t passed over the district,; four feet of water remained in the Sixth Street section and children swam in the water, which lapped verandahs. Two Hurt in St. Thomas A house in the northwest section of St. Thomas was struck by light- ning and at least two persons ware. severely shocked, late Saturday night. Part of the city was in darkness at one stage, and dozens of emergency calls were received by St. Thomas and Elgin rural Hydro officials. A lightning bolt passed through a boarding house at 64 Balaclava St., without damaging the building, but Clifford Harrison, a boarder, was knocked unconscious as he was about to enter the bathroom. Ile will re- cover. Mrs. Clelland Smith, residing next door, was thrown from her bed by the same lightning bolt, Mrs. Elizabeth Fellows, 20 Ome- mee Street, had a narrow escape when lightning struck her home at the height of the storm. The bolt entered the upper part of the house, went down the side of an iron bed- stead and tore through the floor. It grounded in a ceiling fixture in the living -room below. The carpet at the foot of the bed, which was un- occupied, was torn, Hospital Alarm Rung - The private fire alarm from the Memorial Hospital to the fire hall was affected by the storm and start- ed ringing. City firemen rushed to the hospital, believing it had been struck.. Seventeen pole -tyle trans- formers were damaged, one being burned out. Nearly thirty of the large lights on Talbot Street were blown out • and 100 lights on other streets were extinguished. Northbound cars on the London & Port Stanley Railway were held up when trouble occurred in the power feeder line from the Ontario Hydro Comm'ssion's high-tension station. At least one barn was reported to have been damaged, in the Dutton district west of St. Thomas. Kitchener Girl Killed Kitchener, where one death was reported, was given the most thor- ough drenching in years. Returning from a party early Sunday morning, 18 -year-old Mary Richter of Kitch- ener was thrown from a motorcycle and fatally injured. Riding on the pillion seat of the motorcycle driven by George Schnurr, 22, also of Kitch- ener, she was thrown to the pave- ment when the machine hit greasy clay, left there by a washout. Schnurr escaped without serious in- jury. Ise late Germ Of Paralysis California Report Bacteriolo- gist Said to HaveNdade Discovery :GLENDALE, Calif. — The Glendale NOws-Press said last week that Dr. Edward Carl Rosenow, bacteriologist connected with the Mayo Foundation, hard succeeded in isolating the germ causing infantile paralysis. *Dr. Rosenow first came to Los An- geleg in 1934 during the infantile par- alysis epidemic. Many of his experiments, the news- paper said,.- were confined at Los An- geles County Hospital and he was as- sisted by Drs. E. T. Remmers and 0. J: Sloan. -Newly Elected "Ale Conner" min G. H. Graves, newly elected ale Conner of the City of London, Eng, in lis official robes. An ale Conner is paid 10 pounds a year for bold- ing a traditional post that elates back to 1350. His task is to :test the eeality of the beer served in any tavern, but the last time that tiie privilege was used was in 1860, 500 years after the post was created. Commentary on. the LIGHTS 60 THE WEEKS NEWS �w By Peter Randal Control of the Dress Twenty years ago a great war swept away the hampering bonds of tradition. Men dreamed of a golden age in which peace and good will were to take the place of the old phrase concerning might and right, Those men are either dead or gone from the, seats of the mighty. Free- dom has given place to a new slav- ery. One of the traditions to go in the war ruins was the world concep- tion of democracy. Today democracy is facing an unequal struggle against the forces of dictatorship as vested in Fascism and Bolshevism. By dictatorship is not not meant the placing of political power alone in the hands of one man, but the very lives and thoughts of bis people. In many sections of the world civilized people no longer possess the right to think or to speak other than as they are commanded* so to do. Their right to self government has gone, and gone with it the right to a free press, That something of the same order may well come to pass in our own world is not beyond the powers of imagination. Last week, eleven large newspaper associations met in Chicago to protest the attempts of the American Newspaper Guild to obtain closed shop conditions for editorial workers. Such attempts, if successful, would mean a virtual control of the voice of the people. Of particular significance is the fact that the American Newspaper Guild is an affiliation of the C.I.O. and thus bound in many respects to sup- port its cause and its dictates in op- position to all others. In other words, America is entering upon the first stages of a dictatorship. C. L O. Battle At the present time, no one is able to predict the future of the C.I.O. A recent straw vote taken by the magazine, "Fortune" would seem to indicate a growing sympathy for the American Federation of Labor among a great many people who are beginning to look upon it as a bulwark in time of dire need. The threat of press control is only one indication of just how severe the battle is likely to be. John L. Lewis has determined to take his organiza- tion beyond the ranks of industrial workers into the realm of the white toiler people, Only . the ether c;ay, we received a copy of a handbill being distributed to workers in Am- erican publishing houses, The hand- bill clearly stated the affiliation of ita sponsors with the C.I.O. Workers' Dictatorship There is more than one way to the powers of dictatorship. Lewis has stated his intention of enlisting 5,000,000 workers in his organiza- tion, The power that such an or- ganization would be able to give if his plans are ever completed holds possibilities above and beyond any government. Government to "Marriage" Last week, we commented on the change of governments in France. Ex -Premier Blum is again in the headlines though for quite a differ- ent cause than the downfall of a government. Back in the days be- fore he thought of governments, the ex -premier wrote a book on mar- riage. The book is to be published in New York soon and is predicted a:: one of the coming best sellers. Canada In The News Canada made world news last week in several connections. For the hungry and the speculator, there was the news that Canada's huge wheat surplus has finally been liqui- dated. For the hungry, the news meant higher wheat prices when coupled with rumours of light crops. For the speculator, it meant busi- ness, better Canadian business all roued. Canada's wheat carry over amounted to 211 million bushels in 1934, so the task accomplished by the Wheat Board may be considered as something of an achievement especially in view of the fact that it was done with no loss to the gov- ernment. Then there was the story of Prime Minister Mackenzie King's visit to the Chancellor of Germany. Official- ly it was designated as a purely personal affair but men in a position to know of Mr. King's influence in Empire affairs are wondering if the seemingly innocent visit may not have decided effect on British policy. As the most influential of the Do- minions, Canada's statesmen are taking an increasingly important part in Empire decisions. Exceed I! e . the Marriages Increase 15 Per Cent Over Last Year, Deaths Drop Three 32,904 Born 5 Months OTTAWA—Only five cities in Can- ada recorded more deaths than births in May, according to monthly vital statistics figures compiled by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics for centres of more than 10,000 pop- ulation. In all the other places births exceeded deaths, usually by a wide margin. In the 64 centres of more than 10,- 000 people, births numbered 6,671 deaths, 4,256, and marriages, 3,095, compared with 6691 marriages in May 1936. There was practically no change in births, a decrease of three and one-half per cent in deaths and an increase of 15 per cent in mar- riages. The five centres having more deaths than births were St. Hya- cinthe, Que, Galt, Ont., Owen Sound, Ont., St. Thomas, Ont,, and Brandon, Man. During the five months January to May of this year births totalled 32,904, deaths 23,481, and marriages 12,177, as against 33,481 births, 22,- 592 2;592 deaths, and 11,356 marriages during the corresponding months of 1936. The comparison shows a de- crease of two per cent in births and increases of 6 per cent in deaths and 7 per cent hi marriages. Dirty Weather Source Sought NEW YORK, — A scientific expedi- tion to the North Pole seeking ad- vancement of long-range weather forecasting, headed and financed by Commander Clifford MacGregor, a United States aerologist, sailed from Port Novark, rune 27th. The pi,rpose of the:, expedition is somewhat similar to that of the Sov- iet explorers who landed near the Pole to take a series of weatherob- eervations which they expect: will lead to establishment of an air route' be- tween Moscow and San Francisco. MacGregor is anxious to know a lot more about the 'dirty weather fac- tory" surrounding the Pole. Ile and Ms associates will try to collect data about the weather trough or air cur. rent, which sweeps down from the „... ada and sometimes swings to the east over the New England states. If cer- tain facts, like frequency and velocity can be charted about these air cur- rents and permit more exact weather forecasts, one of the major obstacles of commercial aviation will be 'sur- mounted. Included in the party of 15 will be a photographer, a pilot -navigator, a physicist, and a radio engineer. They plan to remain in the Arctic for two years but emergency rations are be- ing carried along for three years, be- cause, said MacGregor, "anything can happen and always does." THE KET Buying prices: Toronto dealers are quoting pro- ducers for ungraded eggs, delivered, , cases returned: Eggs— Grade A large 21 to 00 Grade A medium _.-_ 20 to 00 Grade B 17 to 00 Grade C 15 to 00 Dealers are quoted on graded eggs cases free: Grade 1 large _... _.23 to 00 Grade A medium -.-- 211,4, to 22 Graele B e 19 to 20 Grade C 17g to 18 GRAIN QUOTATIONS Following are week -end quotations on Toronto grain transactions for car lots, prices on basis c.i.f. bay ports:. Manitoba wheat—No. 1 Northern,' $1.49% ; No. 2 Northern, $1.47%; No.. 3 Northern, $1.44%; No. 4 Nor- thern, $1.40%; No. 5 Northern, $1.82 Te ; No. 6 wheat, $1,26%. Western oats—No. 2 C.W., 72%e; No. 3, C.W., 71% c; No. 1 feed, 68%e - Manitoba barley—No. 3 C.W„ 79a;! c; No. 5 C.W., 78e; Ne. 1 feed screenings, $32 per ton. South Afr'ean corn, 84c track Montreal, October shipreent. Ontario grain, approximate prices track shipping point—Wheat, $1.30 • to $1.85.; oats, 57e to 59c; barleys 75e to 77c; corn, 95c t:i 97c; malting barley, 75c to 77e; milling oats, 58c to 600. HAY AND STRAW No. 2tiniothy, $10 to $11 per ton; No. 2 timothy, $10 to ^1.1 per ton; wheat straw, $7 to 88. Above prices f.o.b. Toronto.