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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1937-09-16, Page 8Sparksfrom the Pr ss M • 4 • r w• r 1 a * a CANADA The Mayor Cuts Down A recent mayor of Philadelphia found that during his first two years of office he attended an average of 640 dinners and banquets a year, not including less formal luncheons. No busy man could stand that strain indefinitely. In self-defence the mayor Of Philadelphia adopted the practice Of refusing to eat at banquets. %Ie Merely attended for sufficient time to extend the official glad hand and do the usual honors expected of him. In cases where his official presence might fairly be expected, this would seem to have been a reasonable compromise. —Winnipeg Tribune, "No News" To Be Feared Anything in the nature of a major Dr a prolonged war affects deeply Dvery part of civilization and the eag- erness with which news is sought is argely activated by fear. It is the ear that at some point, a point quite hnpredictable, there will leap into be - Ing some circumstance of the war, however bizarre or unthinkable, that Will affect or even destroy something in which the reader is deeply cou- cerned, something that will affect his own life, his own family, his own country. This becomes evident when we consider the effect upon humanity of "no news". The literature of the Napoleonic period abounds in evi- dences of this fear being carried to the point of frenzy. Thus we may see that war news, so far from inflaming primordial ferocities among people not involved must have a reassuring val- ue.—Victoria Times. When Prices Soar When prices soar too high consumer resistance begins to assert itself, and the increase is brought to an end by what might be called natural means. Cattle sold as high as $17.90 per cwt. in Chicago, and that makes beef -steak available only to millionaires and those who never pay their bills. — Perm er's Advocate. Press Is Not Bought Once every so often, maybe a cou- ple ou ple of times a year, somebody wants to get a police court item left out of the paper and offers payment for the accommodation. The city editor gets red in the face, takes a grip on him- self and as civilly as possible informs the visitor that sort of thing isn't done; the news columns are not for sale. Perhaps he tells it later to the staff. as a sort of embarrassing joke that people should imagine a news- paper could be muzzled for a dollar or two.—Woodstock Sentinel -Review. Raps Beauty Contests It is to be hoped that before long public. opinion will have so definitely expressed itself that these imbecile exhibitions (beauty contests) will be as extinct as the dodo. They are a menace to morals and a disgrace to the community in whirl) they are held. rtr,..,•,, Na:tie :al 's.. .-' port Control So long as nine provinces make the regulations that govern motor vehicles in the public transport business we cannot hope for much progress to- wards uniformity—and the provinces show little inclination towards any surrender of their rights in this con- nectio.i. It is apparent, we think, that the i:•itioual interest would best be served if road transport as well as rail were in the hands of the Dominion Railway Board, but that condition seems far from attainment Ottawa Journal. The Only Cure Thera is considerable criticism of the slow automobile driver, but there is this to be said for him, he never kills. anybody. It wasn't slow driving that caused the tragedy that snuffed out the life of a Detroit nurse near Talbotville on Saturday. It was o it- rageously fast driving, the only ade- quate punishment for which is a jail t,b�rm and life -time withdrawal of license to drive.—St. Thomas Times; Journal: D-4 A Ap, Eye to Future Au English journalist predicts that Toronto will be the future capital of the British Umpire. Torontonians with an eye to the future will begin now to make the.most of every little fog that comes their way.—Windsor Star. THE EMPIRE New Chapters In Human Achieve- ment It is a far cry indeed from those days, so near and yet so remote, when the Pole was the objective of infin- itely laborious and painful exertions, when many months had to be spent in transporting men and material by ship and sleigh across lonely inhos- pitable wastes, and when the expedi- tion once launched might become lost for years, if not for ever, to Manan ken. Those were days which called forth the highest qualities of heroism and endurance and devotion, for which those who displayed them—the Frank- lins and the Scotts and the Shackle- tons—will bo remembered as long as the tale of human achievement is told. It is of the same stuff that these Russian airmen are made, but thanks to the machine, they are enabled with incomparably less privations to attain incomparably greater results. Applied science is at their disposal to a de- gree undreamed of by their predeces- sors. They inherit the cumulative re- sults of the collaboration of innumer- able minds, and their achievement is an epitome rather of co-operative than of individual endeavour. Yet they, too, are pioneers within the condi- tions of initiative which their age per- mits, and it is feats such as theirs which serve to keep alive our faculty of wonder.—London Morning Post, Japanese Have Weak Spots As Imperialists the Japanese lack two qualities — imagination, and the capacity to make those whom they conquer trust them; this deficiency represents perhaps their greatest diffi- culty on the Asiatic mainland. Al- ready Peking is being administered by Chinese puppets with Japanese advis- ers, and things may go smoothly for a while. But it is not so long since the Japanese supposed General Sung Cheh-Yuan to be their complaisant tool; nor is it without significance that the massacre of Japanese and Koreans at Tungchow was carried out by troops who formed part of the bogus East Hopei regime and were almost certainly in Japanese pay. Japan's real difficulties in North China will begin when the "Cease Fire" is sounded. -London Times. Primitive Peoples Less Nervous Less Heart Trouble and Nervous Breakdown In Tribal Life Than In Civilization NEW IORK.—Primitive people, Dr. William Hall Holden, staff surgeon of the American Museum of Natural His- tory, said, undoubtedly suffer less from "nerves" than those who live un- der the high pressure of modern civil- ization. "As a result," he said, "they suffer from fewer breakdowns of the sympa- thetic or involuntary nervous system and are afflicted less with heart trou- ble and diseases common to those who live. under stress and strain." Study Primitive Life To study at first hand the primi- tive tribal life, diseases and drugs of _Amazon Indians in South America, Dr. Holden is heading a scientific expedi- 1 ion leaving Ne* York for British Guiana. "We plan to study the pharmacol- cgy, habits and drugs of the Indains," Dr. Holden said. "We- expect to bring back many plants for analysis. From this study we hope to learn more about the causes of diseases for which we now treat symptosis but have no known cure. "Often we grope in the dark to find adequate means of combating health problems arising from highly special- ized civilizations. From these prim- itive people who do 'not suffer from heart diseases and other such ill- nesses we hope to learn much." a� • Mbit sibility th of de Janeiro split home being Hosts a enjoy In them qui roll For the so in of Rothe the at disgraceful.. J3razili Family Life Is Simple Members Ex "Sense of Respoa �• NEW YOR ..curious blending of the simple anda formal character, izes the life Brazil in general, and that of Rio in particular. In their homesthe residents of.Rio are a charmingpeople because they believe in sii ity, They like vis- itors in the , and pay thein the honor of beii natural and. unpre- tentious. Hos re likely as: not to ask one to takepotluck, and many Brazilians keeppractically open house. Girls in Rio a great deal of freedom, and this Latin country one will see t on the fine' beaches each morning, to as anxious for a swim and exerciseas American 'girls are. In many ways, however, family life varies Int from that of the United States, one thing the' fam- ily is a much closer unit, Family get- togethers aro usual thing and are even carried far that there - aro often set dayseach month for• them. MembersBrazilian families also feel a greatpersonal responsibil- ity for one another. When someone is in trouble bead of the family comes to his aidonce, 'for not to do so would be Flashes from the Press 2000 Undergo Treatment GUELPH, — All pupils of Victory School are under strict quarantine and; the school itself has been closed for ten days. A six-year-old -boy attending the school contracted infantile paraly- sis, Guelph's first case, and authorities immediately instituted sweeping mea sures to prevent its spread. All wards of the Children's Shelter attend the school and are being kept under close observation. - The entire student body was march- ed to the city hall to receive nasal. spray, Clinics were opened to give the having now undergone treatment., Will Fight Extortionists LOS ANGELES, Cal., — Wallace Beery, film actor, has obtained a spe- cial Deputy Sheri'iff's commission and a pistol -carrying permit, so he will be prepared, lie said, to deal with extor- tionists. Beery and his 3 -year-old ad$ted daughter, Carol .Ann Beery,.. appeared at the Sheriff's office and were finger- printed. The actor received a letter two weeks ago, threatening death for Carol Ann unless $10,000 was paid Textile Probe . Begins TORONTO. The Ontario Labor and Industry Board this week opened- at Queen's Park aninquiry into • the wages and working conditions in the textile industry. Both employers and employees were represented by coun- sel. Hot Tea Fatal. DUNGANNON, — Funeral seyv`ces have been held here for 1S-montl seeld Cara Neil Anderson, of Detroit, who died as a result of drinking hot tea. The tot, daughter of Lindfield Ander- son, a native of Dungannon, and Mrs. Anderson, reached over and took the teapot while her mother was absent from the room. Death resulted when the hot liquid entered her lungs. To Foil Aberhart OTTAWA, — Dr. J. F. Kenney, Act- ing Dominion Archivist, will send to London, England, for a certified manu- script copy of Canada's Constitution,. the British North America Act. His action is in reply to .Premier Aberhart's statement that "nowhere can there be:found the original copy of the British Noth Ameica ETAO OA of the British North America Act." Russian Army Ready iVIOSCOW, Izvestia, the Soviet Government's official mouthpiece, has warned that war threatens • Europe, , but that Russia will he able to "defend herself against the Italian pirates and aggressors." The , warlike announcement was backed up by a statement from the Red Army -1,300,000 men forming, the largest standing army in the world that'i:t was ready "to meet with.a de- cisive, . merciless blow, aneT . attempt, to hinder our peaceful pursuits." Canadians Lose Jobs WINDSOR, --- Almost 20 Cauitdiaae have lost their Jobs and 00 inose face uneniOlcyment because a law passed by United States Congress, requia'ing 75 per cent of 11, S. boat crews must be American .citizens, has been ap- plied to ferries plying the Detroit Ri- ver, Jap Air Raids TOl 1p;'>— Japanese aeroplanes car- ried their massage of death to several Chinese fronts, while artillery and in- fantry units clashed with Chinese for- ces around Shanghai. Japanese bombed and destroyed a' military arsenal at Hangchow eouth- west of Shanghai, an airfield at Kash- ing and a Chinese military barracks at ICwangteb, Over Soocliow, they ebot down five Chinese Curtiss Hawk aero- planes. • Some 300 Chinese were killed and 400 wounded this week when the Jap- anese aeroplanes bombed a . crowded refugee train as it was entering the Sungkiang station, 30 miles from Shanghai. Flying Boat Damaged TORONTO, — The flying boat Cam- bria and her crew will be guests of To- ronto for a few more days, as parts necessary to repair the big trans -at- lantic ship will have to be sent from liingland. The.. machine was damaged while landing off the Exhibition water- front. Alice Marble Defeated FOREST HILLS, L.T„ — While the gallery sat in awed silence, Miss Alice Marble, blonde queen of lawn tennis, was driven out of her own champion- ship in a dramatic quarterfinal round snatch by Dorothy May Buudy, herself the daughter of tennis royalty. The scores were 1-6, 7-5, 6-1, Miss Bundy rallying beautifully from a dis- astrous first set'and from being down at match point in the second to come on, carry the fight into the champion's court and finally to pull the match out. Sees Tis;r:I nto As Empire Capital "Not Impossible," That Toronto Might Become Capital Of The British Empire, Says Visit- ing M.P. Beverley Baxter, London M.P., and former editor of the London Ex- press, said in Toronto this week that he agreed with Colin Brookes, editor 'of the London Sunday Dispatch, that the possibility of Toronto becoming the capital of the British Einpire, was "not impossible." Brookes, in an address to a lunch- eon. club predicted . that' Toronto ;would become the British Empire capital"before the end of this centum "It"'i try .'do so by 1939," Brookes said. '# If bombs threatened the ad- niinistrative offices and closed the 'four mouths' of Britain, I see no other mdve than to Canada as the capital. It is favorably situated next` to the United States. Australia is too far away." ."There is a lot of good common sense and reasoning in the idea," Baxter said, "but history does not always follow common sense." "A Doomed Island" Great Britain is a "doomed island" and. Canada is the "logical place" in which to carry on the administra- tion of the British Einpire, declared the speaker. "It may come by the year 1939," he said. Mr. Brookes said he believed To- ronto would be the effective and possibly the administrative capital of the Empire and "if' Canada keeps her head" a movement of capital from troubled labor conditions in the ,United States would begin. "It seems to. Hie the inevitable trend is toward Canada and Toronto as the capital. of the Empire," he said. w tfiii this century or the begin- ning of the next, London, because of its proximity to troubled Europe, will yield the Crown of Einpire to Toronto, Mr. Brookes said. Waiter—"How d.d' you find your steak, sir?". Diner—"it was purely luck. I hap- pengd to Move that piece of potato and there it was." But 'as he fell I heard a scream above. Smith's wean pot, hur leiJ through the air, and hard upon if went the black shape of a man— flashing past the open win- dow into ;the .gei'f of, the night.... FU MANCHU BEHIND THE NEWS= An Interpretation Of the Week's Major Events. By ELIZABETH EEO'? Canada's Arks Contracts Tho Minister of Defence, I•Ion, Ian Mackenzie, has announced that over $9,000,000 worth of national defense contracts have been placed in Can- ada, with construction now in pro- gress. Ninety per cent of the pro- gram will be taken care of inside the country. Over 100 airplanes are in- cluded and four mine -sweepers, The militia is being reorganized and it is expected that the entire program will be completedywithin a year. Central Bureau of Education Suggested at the opening meeting of the Canadian Chamber of Com- nierce at Vancouver was the estab- lishment of a central bureau of edu- cational research for Canada. The speaker, Hon, R. C. Matthews, advo- cated following the example of Australia and South Africa in set- ting up a Chamber of Education, SPORT TODAY By KEN EDWARDS J Sir Malcolm Campbell seems deter mined to be "tops" in the speed world on water as well as on land. In the speedboat, "Blue- bird," which he is now trying out os Lago Maggiore in the Alps to break Gar Wood's world record of 124.91 miles an hour. Life is like that isn't it? Bill Terry of the New York Giants is their brand new manager and receives $40,- 000 40;000 a year under his new contract while Tommy Farr, the sensational English battler who just recently set the boxing world agog in his bout with Joe Louis, has had a row with his manager, Ted Broadribb, and refuses to fight under him in the future. , A new one -mile Canadian swine re' cord has just been set by Ralph Flan- agan of Florida. He was clocked at 21.34. The former record was 21.57. Shark Drowns Three Person Leap From Water Upsets Small Sailboat; Two Are Rescued KINTYRE, Argyleshire. — Three men drowned and two persons were rescued this week when a basking shark leaped from waters of Carradale Bay and upset their small sailboat. Captain Angus Brown, his brother, Robert, and his son, Neil, lost their lives. Captain Brown's 12 -year-old daugh- ter, Jessie, clung to the side of the boat, holding her father's body, until rescuers reached her and the fifth member of the party, Donald McDon- ald. Basking sharks, so called from their habit of lying in surface waters, are common to the Firth of Clyde. Geri- eraily considered harmless, they are rarely known to attack humans. Neu) Pulp Mills For Northern Ontario TORONTO—Hon. Peter Heenan, Ontario Minister of lands and for- ests, announced this week that he had arranged four new agreements with as many companies for the er- ectien of pulp null's at four Northern Ontario points. Mills will be built at Fort Wil- liam, Sioux Lookout, Lenora and either Sault Ste. Marie or Michipic- oten Harbor,, Mr. Heeiien said. All will be of 200 -ton capacity except the one at Sioux Lookout, which will produce 100 tons daily, whose duties would be to gather in formation about education in every' province, conduct educational sur- veys, hold yearly conferences on general problems. Ile recommended that "each individual member of this Chamber should make it his concern, so far as his sphere of influence ex- tends, to study how far school and , college` today are giving the future citizen of Canada the elementary in- tellectual and moral equipment which he must have if he is to act justly 1 and intelligently on all the manifold issues which will be presented for his decision at the polls." International Incidents Increase These are days that see interna- tional crises precipitated hourly. In the Far East the situation is gravely dangerous, not only in the case of the Sino-Japanese conflict, but a break between Japan and Britain has been narrowly hissed, following on the shooting of the British Ambassador; in the Mediterranean, Russian and British ships are being menaced by the "pirate" ships of other nations. A snarling Italian answer has cone to Russia's formal protest, accusing Mussolini's submarines of waging Mediterranean terrorism, after two Soviet ships were sunk. Reichs- fuehrer Adolf Hitler of Germany, ' backs Italy in the Mediterranean and Japan in the East, "in a defensive , fight," so be declared at the Nazi Party congress, "against Bolshev- ism." Youth Training Has Begun With the transference of 350 young Ontario men, ranging in age from 18 to 25, to training camps in Northern Ontario, the new National Youth Pro- gram has been inaugurated under the leadership of the Dept. of Mines and Forests. Ten or more boys are ap- pointed to each of the 31 camps where they will be taught use of the compass, timber cruising and scaling, telephone line construction and •maintenance, activities connected with the pulp and paper industry. In the mining;, district, a maximum of 50 young Hien will be given a technical . course sufficient to qualify as assistants to nine surveyors, as- sayers, and mineralogists. The Pro- vincial Department' of Mines expects to have positions for these young men when fully trained. Japan Finds Credit American and British banks are extending credit to help finance Japan's undeclared war on China, even as the American and British Governments are bending every ef- fort to halt or minimize the conflict, a reliably informed source disclosed this week. —_-- Search Continues Sir Hubert Wilkins' party which set off by plane in search of the six Soviet Polar fliers have as yet found no trace of the Hien, missing on their flight from Moscow to Fairbanks, Alaska, August 13. The search over the Arctic ice fields will continue un - t_1 the freeze-up. The rescue party are located on Baillie Island in the Mackenzie River Delta. Seaway Negotiations Prime Minister Mackenzie King has announced that unless the Prov- inces of Ontario and Quebec give thele approval, the Federal Govern- ment will not go ahead with negotia- tions for the construction of the St. Lawrence seaway. The power de- velopment scheme embraced in the waterway plan would cost Ontario more than 3100,000,000. There have been no recent 'developments in the waterways discussion, the Prime Min- ister assures. In any ease,'the treaty leas yet to be ratified by the United States Senate which has several times rejected it. Neyland Smith, his eyes starring from. leis head, his face swollen, 1 e , plucking at a silkencord which Was ssiened tightly about his throat. • "K was a THUG!" screamed Guthrie. "Get the rope offl He's .chokir,gl" My hands atwitch, 1. seized the strangling cord. "A knife! I Q'uicer Guthrie passed me , ---"N an open penknife. 1 somehow forced the blade between the rope and Smith's swollen neck, and severed the deadly silken thing.... Smith made a choking noise a n d fell back swooning in my arms. 1 01031 10,0nx Rdlln er and 'Ai:, heli Syndlont, Inc fl iH i •.' .. \N,:',..; r`%'I ,/1 Yaei ^' bei I III F11 40//I/� �> ;Y .Jiffi om= " i f t /, 1pup /(I/' el �l/IIII SA /e 1111117 jt !1, `�+� -ten .. (.1'..,, . ;ttn i 110- �,.� t - , E-21 "Hold Nayiand ' his arm lapsed onto 71 hem, Guthriol" I gasped hoarsely. ''He's going!" Smith writhed in our grasp. I saw him stretch upward. 'The crack of his pistol came, and he col- Nie floor oarrying'me with him. But 'as he fell I heard a scream above. Smith's wean pot, hur leiJ through the air, and hard upon if went the black shape of a man— flashing past the open win- dow into ;the .gei'f of, the night.... FU MANCHU BEHIND THE NEWS= An Interpretation Of the Week's Major Events. By ELIZABETH EEO'? Canada's Arks Contracts Tho Minister of Defence, I•Ion, Ian Mackenzie, has announced that over $9,000,000 worth of national defense contracts have been placed in Can- ada, with construction now in pro- gress. Ninety per cent of the pro- gram will be taken care of inside the country. Over 100 airplanes are in- cluded and four mine -sweepers, The militia is being reorganized and it is expected that the entire program will be completedywithin a year. Central Bureau of Education Suggested at the opening meeting of the Canadian Chamber of Com- nierce at Vancouver was the estab- lishment of a central bureau of edu- cational research for Canada. The speaker, Hon, R. C. Matthews, advo- cated following the example of Australia and South Africa in set- ting up a Chamber of Education, SPORT TODAY By KEN EDWARDS J Sir Malcolm Campbell seems deter mined to be "tops" in the speed world on water as well as on land. In the speedboat, "Blue- bird," which he is now trying out os Lago Maggiore in the Alps to break Gar Wood's world record of 124.91 miles an hour. Life is like that isn't it? Bill Terry of the New York Giants is their brand new manager and receives $40,- 000 40;000 a year under his new contract while Tommy Farr, the sensational English battler who just recently set the boxing world agog in his bout with Joe Louis, has had a row with his manager, Ted Broadribb, and refuses to fight under him in the future. , A new one -mile Canadian swine re' cord has just been set by Ralph Flan- agan of Florida. He was clocked at 21.34. The former record was 21.57. Shark Drowns Three Person Leap From Water Upsets Small Sailboat; Two Are Rescued KINTYRE, Argyleshire. — Three men drowned and two persons were rescued this week when a basking shark leaped from waters of Carradale Bay and upset their small sailboat. Captain Angus Brown, his brother, Robert, and his son, Neil, lost their lives. Captain Brown's 12 -year-old daugh- ter, Jessie, clung to the side of the boat, holding her father's body, until rescuers reached her and the fifth member of the party, Donald McDon- ald. Basking sharks, so called from their habit of lying in surface waters, are common to the Firth of Clyde. Geri- eraily considered harmless, they are rarely known to attack humans. Neu) Pulp Mills For Northern Ontario TORONTO—Hon. Peter Heenan, Ontario Minister of lands and for- ests, announced this week that he had arranged four new agreements with as many companies for the er- ectien of pulp null's at four Northern Ontario points. Mills will be built at Fort Wil- liam, Sioux Lookout, Lenora and either Sault Ste. Marie or Michipic- oten Harbor,, Mr. Heeiien said. All will be of 200 -ton capacity except the one at Sioux Lookout, which will produce 100 tons daily, whose duties would be to gather in formation about education in every' province, conduct educational sur- veys, hold yearly conferences on general problems. Ile recommended that "each individual member of this Chamber should make it his concern, so far as his sphere of influence ex- tends, to study how far school and , college` today are giving the future citizen of Canada the elementary in- tellectual and moral equipment which he must have if he is to act justly 1 and intelligently on all the manifold issues which will be presented for his decision at the polls." International Incidents Increase These are days that see interna- tional crises precipitated hourly. In the Far East the situation is gravely dangerous, not only in the case of the Sino-Japanese conflict, but a break between Japan and Britain has been narrowly hissed, following on the shooting of the British Ambassador; in the Mediterranean, Russian and British ships are being menaced by the "pirate" ships of other nations. A snarling Italian answer has cone to Russia's formal protest, accusing Mussolini's submarines of waging Mediterranean terrorism, after two Soviet ships were sunk. Reichs- fuehrer Adolf Hitler of Germany, ' backs Italy in the Mediterranean and Japan in the East, "in a defensive , fight," so be declared at the Nazi Party congress, "against Bolshev- ism." Youth Training Has Begun With the transference of 350 young Ontario men, ranging in age from 18 to 25, to training camps in Northern Ontario, the new National Youth Pro- gram has been inaugurated under the leadership of the Dept. of Mines and Forests. Ten or more boys are ap- pointed to each of the 31 camps where they will be taught use of the compass, timber cruising and scaling, telephone line construction and •maintenance, activities connected with the pulp and paper industry. In the mining;, district, a maximum of 50 young Hien will be given a technical . course sufficient to qualify as assistants to nine surveyors, as- sayers, and mineralogists. The Pro- vincial Department' of Mines expects to have positions for these young men when fully trained. Japan Finds Credit American and British banks are extending credit to help finance Japan's undeclared war on China, even as the American and British Governments are bending every ef- fort to halt or minimize the conflict, a reliably informed source disclosed this week. —_-- Search Continues Sir Hubert Wilkins' party which set off by plane in search of the six Soviet Polar fliers have as yet found no trace of the Hien, missing on their flight from Moscow to Fairbanks, Alaska, August 13. The search over the Arctic ice fields will continue un - t_1 the freeze-up. The rescue party are located on Baillie Island in the Mackenzie River Delta. Seaway Negotiations Prime Minister Mackenzie King has announced that unless the Prov- inces of Ontario and Quebec give thele approval, the Federal Govern- ment will not go ahead with negotia- tions for the construction of the St. Lawrence seaway. The power de- velopment scheme embraced in the waterway plan would cost Ontario more than 3100,000,000. There have been no recent 'developments in the waterways discussion, the Prime Min- ister assures. In any ease,'the treaty leas yet to be ratified by the United States Senate which has several times rejected it. Neyland Smith, his eyes starring from. leis head, his face swollen, 1 e , plucking at a silkencord which Was ssiened tightly about his throat. • "K was a THUG!" screamed Guthrie. "Get the rope offl He's .chokir,gl" My hands atwitch, 1. seized the strangling cord. "A knife! I Q'uicer Guthrie passed me , ---"N an open penknife. 1 somehow forced the blade between the rope and Smith's swollen neck, and severed the deadly silken thing.... Smith made a choking noise a n d fell back swooning in my arms. 1 01031 10,0nx Rdlln er and 'Ai:, heli Syndlont, Inc fl iH