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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1937-10-07, Page 2No Longer Take Risk ' LONDON—British insurance com- panies have announced their decis- ion to refuse to accept war risk in- Swailee. They asserted that "development of aerial warfare alone has intro- duced an incalculable hazard." The statement said that this de- cision was effective October 1, 1937 and added that "nearly 300 insurance companies of all nationalities" were included in the agreement to ban such '.,rsuranee. Il Duce's Visit Eads BERLIN—Premier Mussolini's vis- it to Chancellor Hitler ended with a parade of the pick of the new Ger- Ulan army.. Twenty-five regiments of the army paraded past the Fascist Dace and the Nazi Fuehrer. .Th,n there was a final luncheon at Il filer's chancellery, the last event on tho program, Sleeping Beauty Dies Death brought an .end to the 67 - month coma of Patricia Maguire, Chief: o s famous sleeping beauty, this week -end. Double pneumonia ended her life as physicians prepar- ed to operate upon her to remove a tunio; ♦:..:eh menaced -her life. Vacancies in Senate OTTAWA— Death of Senator Ro- do'p're Lemieux in Montreal increas- ed the number of vacancies in the Upper llouse to four. Two of these are in Qnebec, one in Ontario and one in Alberta yrc„ ' iu1 Murderer Confesses SA.l'NI'.—A signed confession of Lnbaclie, 17, on trial for the mnr er of seven-year-old John Luck- ins, in nh•c•h he allegedly states he was i.., lei the influence of liquor and st u.k the lad with a hammer, was admitted as evidence by Mr. Ju,tiee. k filler Maclay. Stvuggle for Control of Border HE`PAYE, Franco -Spanish Fron- tier.—A large-scale battle through- out Northeast Spain raged as Gov- ernment and insurgent forces strug- gled for control of principal avenues to the Froneh border. The fight was for possession of areas which might provide, for the Government, a broad lane for trans- port of French munitions and sup- plies, and, for insurgents, isolation tbf Government Spain from Barcelona and Upper Catalonia. France has in- sho may :gpen�ier-�iopd�r to supplies a.n'ca -'°arms if foreign vdt unteers" are not withdrawn from Spain. Robbed By Fake Doctor CHATHAM—A "fake" doctor rob- bed 87 -year-old James Hawkins of $10 while the aged man lay helpless in bed at his Ridgetown, Ont., home where he lives alone. Two $1,000 bonds were overlooked by the thief. Pope's Encyclical VATICAN CITY—Pope Pius XI has issued a dramatic encyclical which is construed as an attack on Cominun'st Russia, Nazi 'Germany 'and the leftist -inclined governments of Spain and Mexico. The document, "An encyclical let- er on the rosary of the blessed Vir- inn Mary," urged the Roman Cath- *lic faithful to pray against the evils of Communism and the tendency of some state leaders who war against Communism to "exhume pagan er- rors and morals." Want Eight Hour Day TORONTO—The Provincial Fed- eration of the Ontario Fire Fighters' iissociation have renewed efforts to leave the Provincial Government pass legislation for the establishing of the three -platoon system or eight-hour day for firemen. Epidemic Like Dysentry TOKIO—More than 5,500 persons are ill of an epidemic disease resem- bling dysentery in Fukuoka Prefec- ture and 283 have died, the Domei i/ gency reports. The disease was de- vastating the town of Omuta, where pie municipality was experiencing ;'difficulty in cremating corpses. Fif- teen emergency infirmaries have been establ'shed there, Break's World's Record LEXINGTON, Ky.—The 15 -year- old mile world's record for trotters was broken here by Greyhound. In his second assault on the mark established by Peter Manning on the Lexington track in 1922, the five- year-old grey ghost, under the pilot- ing of his trainer, Sep Palin, step ped the distance in 1:56 flat, three- fourths second under the former time. Japan Resents Aniernne y TOKIO — Japan's newspaper re- sentment over what were termed "unjust" accusations that her army conducted ruthless warfare in China '..tG 4P.41.i.Y Fire Does Great Damage - CI•iICAGO — A terrine explosion and fire damaged the main building of the Swift and Company plant in the stockyards this week, The blast followed an outbreak of fire an the third or fourth floor and officials estimate the damage might run as high as $200,000. 4 Inured in Explosion BASLE, Switzerland --- Four nien were killed and 11 'injured when .an air compressor producing pressure of 0,000 pounds per square inch explod- ed in the Burckardt machine factory white undergoing final tests. Sev- eral of the injured may die. Test Flights To Start WINNIPEG—Test flights over the western section of the Trans -Canada Airlines. should be under way in about two weeks, says Philip John- son, Vice -President in charge of op- erations of the airline. Officials expect to adhere to or- iginal plans, beginning operations from Winnipeg westward, with eas- tern lines opening later, Johnson in- dicated. He said he believed regular operations on the western section would begin next spring. Russia Helping China TOKIO—A "certain quarter'? (pre- sumably the War Office) has been informed that Soviet Russia is fur- nishing `nen and rnunitiors to China in her war with Japan, the Domei Agency reports. Ten Russian officers are assisting 'in the defense of China's national Capital, Nanking, according to the report, and Marshal Vassili Blueeh- er, commander of the Soviet Far Eastern army, is in daily radio -tele- phone conversation with the Soviet military attache in Nanking, Gen- eral Lepin. $50,000 Building Addition ORILLIA—Word of a new $50,000 building to be started immediately at the Ontario Hospital near here, was received this week. The three- storey building will accommodate additional ,dining facilities in the basement and day rooms on all oth- er floors. Says Bombing Was Necessary TOKIO — The Japanese Govern- ment has defended as strategically necessary the aerial bombing of Nan- king, which drew protests• from world Governments, including Great Brit- ain and the United States. The Japanese point--^vs'""ee .a ae rrea-'"rdpIy, to 'the formal United States protest of Sept. 22, transmitted after oral representa- tions against Japan's announced in- tentions of subjecting the Chinese Capital to a mass aerial bombard= anent. Shanghai Lines Hold SHANGHAI — Chinese defenders of Shanghai held their lines 'intact after weathering a terrific offensive into which Japan hurled every wea- pon she could muster. After some of the fiercest close- range fighting on the Shanghai front since the outbreak of the conflict, the front was silent. Urge Japanese Boycott LONDON—Great Britain's resent- ment against Japanese aerial activi- ty in China was voiced this week by industrialists and labor leaders in separate meetings. Expressing deep horror at the "barbarous and systematic massacre by Japanese aircraft and submarines of the defenseless Chinese civilian population," the National Council of Labor urged the Government to ban war material sales or monetary loans to Japan. 7000 Ask Aberhart Resign EDMONTON—Resolutions approv- ed at a meeting sponsored by the People's League of Alberta demand- ed resignation of Premier Aberhart and his government and urged unity of opposition parties in an effort to "free the people from the tyranny of the Socia] Credit Government." 700 were present at the meeting. Wants International Crime Commission WASHINGTON—Establ'shment of an International Crime Commission linking Canadian, United States and Mexican police, was proposed this week by Colonel S. T. Wood of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Plane :' de Garen Whooping Cengh Scan Planchenault, French ama- teur aviator, of Le Havre, claimed that an airplane ride at 3,000 feet altitude won a successful "home cure" for whooping cough. Planchenault's daughter, aged three, had whooping cough and sev- eral doctors were unable to cure her. After an hour's ride over the Ble- ville airdrome, the father said, the child Was completely cured. World St bilzT Kiwanis Speaker at Windsor Declares Unbreakable Bond the English -Speaking People Could be Savior of Civilization In an address in which he contended that Mussolini is attempting to form• a "second Roman Empire similar to that of the time of the Caesars," Rei`. M. C. Davies, of Windsor, advanced an unbreakable bond between the Eng- lish-speaking people as the salvation of a world that is in the greatest tur moil in its history. For Closer Understanding Speaking at the weekly meeting of the Windsor Kiwanis Club the rector. of St. George's ,Anglican Churoh stressed the important part the people of Canada can play in the'.forming pf such a bond, "The Possibility of Closer,. telatiau ship and Understanding Among the Anglo-Saxon People" was the topic of Mr, Davies' talk. He explained that he was referring tothe people of the British Empire and the United Statti$.. 'The world has never been in such a turmoil as we And it today," it re- marked Mr. Davies. "We are afraid t0 look at the papers. We do not 1 lel what is going to happen in between editions that may plunge the world into a catastrophe. "This is indeed a sad picture " re- marked Mr, Davies after his renew of the nations. "It seems that tie older civilization becomes the loss stability there is in the lives of Ilie people." In advocating the necessity of fd lX;; ing a stronger bond between th6ineeee pie of the British Empire and`-tl United States, the speaker pointed' tint that those two nations have one cut=: look on life, the same heritage, and reasonably the same ancestry: Position of The U.S, "Although there may be some peby'. pie in the United States who stds glory in the revolution, the thinkil's. people of that country recognize the necessity of a binding of themselves'' with those of the Empire, not 1 wt":h diplomats or signed treaties, fol kafter' all blood is thicker than water, " said Mr. Davies. ''The United States is going thi ougii a period of growing pains," he addd "We Britishers may not. like form of government, and may what their outlook is with their trality policy, but we must remem that they are just national gi o'. pains." " "The geographical position of qFr country results .in us representing British' idealism to: the United States and the American idealism to. Br ' t ''" 'thin` Elie 13 does"'is'�rigbt `and"every g ed• States does is wrong," he- contin- ued. Air Troubles On The Stage Nervous Hubbies and Wives Squabble in Therapeutic Thea- tre and Are Cured. Troubled husbands and nervous wives have found a new cure for family rifts, a therapeutic theatre at Beacon, N.Y., where they go on+the, stage and quarrel to their hearts' content. • The results of the first six months' use of this theatre for domestic, and for more serious mental troubles, is reported in a new publication, "Socio- metry, a Journal of Intel Personal' Relations." The editor is Dr. Gard- ner Murphy of Columbia University.. The publisher is J. L. Moreno, M.D., who built the theatre. Between, Comes To' Surface Thedefined idea is fined thus --"The full psychodrama of our inter -relations does not emerge; it is buried in and between us." In this theatre, spon- taneous play-acting, done under medi- cal supervision, has brought out some of the hidden facts of married lives.: The new journal describes the play- acting of "Robert" and his wife, "Mary," They re-enacted some of their tiffs, and at the same time spoke aloud the thoughts they bad felt, but not uttered, during the quarrels. "She never puts things in the right place," was one of "Robert's" asides. One of "Mary's" was: "He is so rest- Iess.. Why didn't he let me wash the dishes?" ' When Things Went Wrong • "Ro'bert's" trouble, it developed, was two neuroses, one about time and the other about Space. He always worried for fear of being late for ap- 'poiniments. This "time" trouble was so bad he went .to one appointment three hours early to escape worry over being 'late. In "space" anything Misplaced, eyen the slight up -tilted corner of a rug, worried him. "Robert" and "Mary" found the cure for their troubles on the thera- peutic stage. They learned how to talk to each other when things went wrong. SPORT REPORTER 11 By KEN EDWARDS Little Alma Shep- pard has the un- usual distinction and honor of driv- ing a harness morse for the ae measured mile faster than any amateur, pian or woman. Eleven - year - old Alma drove her father's horse; "Dean Han- over," a three - .y gid.: * * Turning to baseball, we point out that Lefty Grove holds the record winning percentage. for pitchers for a season, with a mark of ,886, made i �,'che ,�J3],� when. he pitched for the A th letics; w�ih i?n""g =sy g rtterr SsB� ta? fg • four. Despite the poor showing of the St. Louis Cardinals this year, un - dei the . managership of Frankie Frisch, the, latter has been signed to pilot the club for 1938. • Believe it or not! The St. Louis Cardinals have a member of their team who they say can play every position on the baseball diamond! * * * 'Well, with Tonimy Farr all set to take Maxie Baer after Farr's trip home, we'll say so -long until next week. This column is dedicated to our friends, Bobby and Donnie Rutledge —good little sportsmen. Lovers Struck by Lightning Two lovers were struck by light- ning while sitting under an umbrel- la at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. The girl was killed instantly and the man was hurled several yards by the shock and severely injured. Jap Warship's Guns Cover Infantrymen bla guns of a Japancza v at thn Woonung r.. , i,1' 111.1111, idippon[ I,t`: n,, :'lore` kill down tho river from :3111x11 boats to fill 111) the g:ip lL i f,1 tba ,J , ..Y..e 1 tirl,s by the fierci resistance of the 'Chinese at Shanghai, :THE:., ETE A .Commentary On the More Important Eve:t:'ts of the Week. By ELiZAISETN EEDY A New Civilization In North Just back from a tour by airplane of the Central Manitoba mining area, Northern Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories as far north as the Arctic Circle' on Great Lear Lake, the Dominion Minister of Mines, Hon. T. A, Crerar sees in the Canadian ' North with its slower tempo, a more contemplative people arising, a peo- ple with more time and aptitude for thought, not beset by city excitement and quite content to do without it. Tho Minister declared that a pros- perous future lies ahead of the newer mining fields up there and there is room for tremendous development. With water transportation available everywhere in the summertime, and almost year-round air service, it is be- lieved facilities will be ideal for estab- lishment of a comfortable civilization. Quints Have Complete Set This weep Yvonne Dionne cut her twentieth tooth, the.last of the Quin- tuplets to acquire the full score of baby grinders. The Five now have 100 teeth amongst them. Rorne-Berlin Axis Ever since the autumn of 1935 when Germany refused to join with the other European nations in imposing sanctions on Italy for her aggression in Abyssinia, we have been hearing the phrase, "Rorie -Berlin axis." Es- pecially of late, in the Mediterranean crisis when Italy was accused of pir- acy and nations rallied to one side or another. Last week the "axis" was made doubly solid. by the visit of Mussolini to Adolf Hitler. The speeches of both men on that occasion .while reaffirming their united front against Bolshevism, declared also that Naziism and Fascism are joined in a common desire for, world peace. With the cementing of such a bond, entered also by 13ritain, and later France, we may see a better day, dawn for Eur- ope and the world. Terminal Market Proposed "A .terminal market in Toronto would do a great deal towards rectify- ing sorry conditions in Ontario where-, by farmers in the Holland Marsh find themselves possessed pt bountiful crops and no markets," declared the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, J. B. Fairbairn. "All produce wo'nld come to the one market," he suggested, "thus permitting control of supply and demand, better prices to producers." Many parts of Ontario are similarly hit each e oar, the .fruit -growing dis-• tricts included, and the cropsrot on' farms because of poor markets. Right Jobs For Jobless Surveys being made under the head- ship of the National Employment Com- mission are attempting classification of all unemployed persons in Canada to discover forms of work to 'which they are best suited. Eventually it is hoped to have every relief recipient classified according to his fitness for some form of employment. Specia( mention will be made also if the job, less man is permanently unemployable as a result of some physical, mental or social handicap. ern ives „anal El 1story 7iles fides Declares President of Ontario Historical Society at Annual Meeting — Urges Greater Care In Preservation of Newspaper Records Newspapers are the records on which modern Canadian history will be written, David Williams, of Col- lingwood, president of the Ontario Historical Society, told its members at their evening session in 'the Nat- ional Museum, Ottawa when address- es were also delivered.:by. ,1i., P. Hill, i4c.'.;-; -Ctfawa, and Louis Blake Duff, of Welland, says the Evening Jour- nal. "The press is of inestimable value for the writing of history,” declared the president. He said that stories concerning pioneers were always ac- ceptable to newspapers. Mr. Wil- liams urged greater care in the pre- servation of newspaper files. In a fire at Meaford the files. for 55 years of a local paper were destroyed, which involved an irreparable loss to the community. GREAT INTEREST DEVELOPS Increasing interest was being man- ifested, said the president • in the piecing together of the history of Ontario. This was being developed through the Ontario society, and lo- cal historical societies. Mr. Williams commended the W. Perkins Bull Foundation in this con- nection, and the contributions of Brig. General E. A. Cruikshank, Louis Blake Duff, and Dr. J. H. Coyne, of St. Thomas, to historical research. Mr. Hill's paper was on: "The Inception of the Capital of Canada." He remarked that anything that would excite the sense of romance in young people in respect to the Ca- pital should be done. He thought it was a fact worth bringing home to them that the site of the Capital once was the property of the British Government . Earthquakes Now Made To Order The. problem of building earth- quake -proof buildings has been stud- ied for many years in those parts of the world where earth tremors are frequent, but little progress could be evade. Now, however, an American engineer has constructed a device which reproduces, in miniature, the effects of earth tremors on buidings built exactly to scale. Real earthquakes are recorded on a seismograph and the tremors ap- pear as wavy' litres similar to those on a barometer recorder. The Ameri- can engineer is using these seismo- graph records to reproduce real earthquakes in miniature. A 1nocle1 building is mounted on a special shaking table. The earth- quake record passes in :front of a photo -electric cell, and this ,converts the wavy lines into shakes and trem- ors by incans of 'an electric motor under the table. As a resultof these tests, the in- ventor ht..s been able to point out many constructional weaknesses of buildings in earthquake zones, and it is claimed that his researches may yet lead to the erection of buildings capable of withstanding the most violent earthquake shocks. Visit to Russian Farms Obstructed Many Obstacles Set In Woman'i Path by Officials Speaking of her visit to Russia, among 27 other countries in a recent trip around the world, Dr. Cora Hind, well-known agricultural writer, told a Winnipeg audience last week of many obstacles set in her path by of ficials who did not want her to visit the farming areas. Dr. Hind was warned of bad roads, lack of transportation, unsuitable time for inspection and other things that indicated official unwillingness to have her carry out much personal investigation. Religion Not Dead "1 did not keep a diary while on this part of my journey," 'she said. "I did keep a few notes in some marking of my own, which meant a lot to ane and nothing to them. "1 have been asked this question many times: Is religion dead in Rus- sia? On a visit to one of the churches there, I found the answer. As we were leaving the church I happened to look into a small chapel and there, kneeling in silent reverence, two wo- men were counting their beads. • Re- lig:on is not quite dead in Russia." Noiseless Streetcar eing ev'eIo jped New Standard Car Designed In The United State3 OTTAWA.—Development of a noise- less street car with new standards of , 'comfort, was described to the Domin- ion Tariff Beard at Ottawa by George Gray, representing the Canadian Tran- sit Association, Montreal. The car had bean designed et the , instance of the United States Transit Association, Gray said, and $1,000,000 had boon spent in experimental work before it had been put, into service, "It . is an attempt," he said, "to standardize on a vehicle that will com-' pete with buses and private cars. • 'The hope has been to produce a street car at from $15,000 to $17,000. As' developed it has remarkable pow-; ars, of acceleration and deceleration. it is silent and comfortable. The ear was described as leaving hard rubber wheels whichrun on tracks. Some of the cars wore running lit the United States cities, Gray said, but there were none in Canada y4t.