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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1937-10-21, Page 2First Girl Born In Fifty Years ,!!'5, Afraid Little Miss Will Be Really Spoiled .‘ Martha Jean Bates, a math ole, has caused great changes in the appeare o sr parentshome, In Rudsoe, IIL Despite her tender eget &lee cloth- ing, dolls and other toys or girls are replacing more masculine play -things. For Martha Jean is the first girl in the Bates family in fifty years, Her Mother, Mrs, Thom A. Bates admitted she expects ber to, be spoiled. Lots of Doles For Her "But my family bas done a pretty good job spoiling, the boys, alreaelY," she said, The last girl born in her husband's branch of the family was the late Miss Laura Ellen Bates, sister of Martha Jean's grandfather. Her birth was in 1887. Though many boys have arrived in the interim, the little girl's grand- mother, Mrs. Roy C. Bates. has been making a family of dolls for nany years and recently presented them to Martha Jean. Wears Practice Rwund his Neck • Eskimo Medicine Man Travels tight—Proportion of Cures High When an Eskimo is ill he sends the medicine man a strip of material' he has worn next the skin, supposed to be charged with his vitality. This enables the Angatult, or Toe- nail, to established a "line of influ- ence" between his patient and him- self. Along this he flashes "healing thoughts." No medicine is given, or expected, and tha proportion of cures is high. The Toonah charges no fee. He may be presented with a pelt, or a pound or two of seal or caribou meat, but what chiefly gratifies the Toonah Is that he is entitled to wear round his neck tee cord whereby the cura- tive stream was transmitted. The heavier the weight of cord, the bigger the practice. Eskimos believe that every human being possesses two distinct bodies, the one in every -day use, and the Dream Body that is active only when the possessor is asleep. After death the Dream Body will remain about the familiar haunts for three or four aays—in certain cases .to avenge an injury. If this is suspected, to prevent the deceased from using their images to harm the Dream Bodies of sleeping enernies, the Toenail will break the :lead inan'e 'sgeseal sneer, and. PARK 1:110 • • • THE PRE 41 gg • • CANADA The Greatest Danger When you examine 700 highway accidents and find that 255 of them occurred on straightaway stretches and only 125 at admittedly danger- ous eurves, you do not have to go far to find the only possible explan- ation, which is excessive speed. Bar- ring a few plain lunatics, the very great majority of drivers take such hazards as bad eurves, hill crests, etc., with a certain degree of caution. But the wide-open modern road, properly surfaced, marked and bank- ed, is too much of a temptation for a multitude of people who are in too much of a hurry even to think. That is why the majority of accidents happen where there is least excuse for them—Montreal Star. Cooking Exclusively Canadian Some visitors, endowed with cul- ture and enriched by experience, 'have expressed astonishment, with all the kindness in the . world, that the ordinary cooking of our hotels includes nothing that is specifically Canadian. It is impossible to deny the fact. In the very expensive hotels and restaurants it is cooking called (in Europe) international that pre- vails—costly dishes, often excellent, that are found identically in London, New York, Berlin, or in the Anti- podes. In the moderately priced plac- es it is the ordinary American cook- ing that is eaten everywhere. Final- ly, the French, Italian and German restaurants serve their specialities. Canadian Cooking? Nowhere. Cer- tainly it is not a matter of being fanatical in the matter of cooking more than anything else. Bet would it not be possible, at least in the res- taurants that do not specialize in certain types, to include some local dishes in the programme? Some of them are so good. — Petrie (Montreal). How Free We Seem The Duke of Windsor is reported to have made a promise to refrain from giving any public speeches dur- ing his projected visit to the Unit- ed States, and, according to a Lon- don dispatch, a stipulation to this effect was given before the British cabinet weitild give its, consent to the We wonder, when Edward was ava, seiehanorit and leave the pieeee eneeire '54`14251tee teligegft4tteee• aas aee .9g-Keef,r°1 the'body. The period of mourning is three days for a man nd four for -u' '4nu k'n=q-ancise't r one; -;11e - the]: he thought that he was sailing a away to freedoin. If so, he must be women and children, lint no one seems to know why. sadly disappointed. He has escaped from the routine of kingship, but he Be -Incarnations can never escape from the political Eskimos believe that though there results of his birth. Whether he le never .bas been a time when their a king or not, he cannot be free un - spirits did not exist, eventually the til the day of his death, unless the good will reach the Brighter Land, while those whose conduct has not British constitutional monarchy ceas- been so satisfactory will be relegated es to exist. It was Browning who wrote: "How to the Dreary- Land for a period of probation before being born again to free we seem, how fettered fast we are!" and Edward might well niter - have another try. Re -born, though ate the thought, with a definitely they will remember nothing of what personal application. — Hainilton has gone before, they will he equipped with the experience and skill acquired Spectator. during the past lives. There is a little girl near Cambridge Co-uldn't Happen Here Bay, Western Arctic, who is recog- Two special nurses deserted a five- nized as the re -incarnation of an old year-old boy in an oxygen tent in a woman who died a few years ago, Massachusetts hospital because, it even to the extent of having been giv- being an insurance case, they might en the dead woman's name. have to wait some time for their Thi Can Has ne-Wa.y Valve To Let Out Gas From Cheese, Which May Soon Come This Way BOSTON. — More than 100 leading executives and scientists in the food hidustry met at Boston to exchange information on their calling in a four- day meeting of the International Food Technology Conference. • Among other things it was announc- ed somebody had invented a tin can with a one-evay valve to let out the gas from canned cheese, so that pret- ty soon cheese may be sold in cans. Canned Cheese "And they may be black tin cans," says a writer, "and housewives will have to get used to it, because Great Britain controls the world's tin sup- plies and Great Britain may become involved in a war at any minute, leav- ing American canners on their own." The dream of canned cheese was outlined by Dr. L. A. Rogers of the, Bureau of Dairy Industry. Whenever cheese alining has been tried before, gas from the cheese has formed in the can until sooner or later the can ex ploded. With the new oxie-wayevalve can, an egress for tile gas is provided, "The greatest assurance of polite eal success is to be able te intelli- gently explain to the people what you expect to do for them," D-4 wages. Our Canadian nurses are, we think, made of better stuff than that. —Brockville Recorder and Times. Testing -Time For the League London Free Press: It is easy to see the difficulties in the way of de- finite League action hi the present crisis, but there is not the slightest doubt that if no action other than at protest against bombing is taken against Japan at a time when world opinion is unprecedently unanimous the League might as well close up shop and sell the Geneva palace to the armament manufacturers. THE EMPIRE The Great Shrinkage The Government must secure all possible lamination regarding the shrinkage of population with which, according to experts, this country and a great part of the civilized world are threatened in the immed- iate future, Light is required on its causes and probable effects. They should be studied scientifically with the fullest array of evidence avail- able. . . . Experts forecast that, un- less the forces at work can be radi- cally altered, population in the near future will decline rapidly. In this country, according to these prophets, it will fall to about 30,000,000 at the close of the present century and in a hundred years' time to 5,000,000. --London Daily Mail. The Urge to Write " A high and official voce has de- clared that sixty-five thousand mil- lion letters are written throughout the world in a year, which means that the average individual output is roughly thirty-two (an uninspired calculation, because the world popu- lation includes babies and illiterat- es). Even these statistics leave out many things. They do not include the mysterious drum -beats of the jungle post or, certainly, the roman- tically bottled missives of shipwreck- ed sailors. But the official figures, are still very impresseve. One might have thought that with the telephone everywhere and television round the corner this spate of letters might have been curbed. Not at all; the people of the United States, renown- ed for progressiveness, write more letters than any other nation in the world .—Manchester Guardian. Flashes from the Press Man's Nose Acts As Barometer It TeIls Him When Hay Fever Time Is Ended The Suffering season for bay fever VietirrIS was officially ended last week. The end was formally heralded by blind Jerome Fitzpatrick, 70 -year-old iremau hay falter barometer from Chi- cago, on his arrival from Liverpool, Euglaed, after a six -weeks exile abroad. Each year since 1906 Fitzpatrick has put the Atlantic Ocean between him 'and his life's bane — American ragweed pollen. and Conthiental millers willing to co- operate for a trial run of this wheat in their mills. About 30,000 bushels of wheat will be involved. The 'announcement said: 'eThis is being undertaken to confirm the laboratory findings that Thatcher wheat, vshieh has proven rust resist- ant, is .eligible for grading as No. 1 Northern Manitoba grade as being equal in quality to Marquis wheat." Mr Battles In Spain HDNDAYE, Franco -Spanish Pron. tier. --Spanish insurgents and Loyal- ists fought fir supremacy iu the air this week -end. Nearly 350 war planes were engaged on .the northern fronts and thirty were reported to have been silOt dtreuiragon front, where a fleet of eighty loyalist planes atempted to wipe out the insurgent stronghold of Saragozza, aesquadron of new Italian ships entered the dog-figlats. . Alberta Prepares Case • OTTAWA.—Prime Minister Macken- zie King has intimated to the Alberta Government and other interested par- ties that any representations they may wish to make to the Federal Govern- ment with respect to Alberta legisla- tion referred to the Governor-General, should be in writing, he told a press conference. The Alberta Government has ad- vised the Prime Minister that a brief is being prepared and representations are also to be made by the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association and by the daily newspaper publishers. Ontario's Liquor Profits New Belgian Pact TORONTO.—Ontario Liquor Control BRUSSELS. — A cherished dream Board profits for the year ended March came true for Belgium this week — ni, 1937, were $8,960,600. Profits in the her borne as a nation to tand asidc Previous fiscal year were $7,862,719, from quarrels of major western pow the increase being $1,097,981. Profits ers and carry on an independent pce on liquor store operations were $5, - icy. . 869,206. The rest of the $8,960,600 is Acceptance of GermanY's declare a profit on beer sold through ware - tion pledging recognition of Belgiamei houses and beverage rooms and on inviolability marked the realiztion ew . wines sold through wineries. these. hopes., The declaration followea ieleeeleeeeesta seeeee, - Britain - Russia Prepares For Ele-ction vrn:nco, ,bliarThrtfie 'is atettel-sefoi CISCOWa.-J- 'Came:reign for , a full it giune to centimes faithful to lier:ob 1- vote ot nearly 100,000,000 electors in gations as ,a, member of'the Leatue of the December 12 election tp choose Nations. .. . Soviet Russia's new Legislature swung The Reich pledge, howeve er way this week. First posters ap- upon Belgium the responsibi ted urging everybody to vote. • strengthening her defenses n 'two -chambered supreme Soviet is that her territory may not be. e chosen in the direct and secret against Belgium's will, as a W ection, for a nationwide Legislature. military action by other lacece., or rder sed, 1.1 seers_ ag The Soviet of the union will have against Germany. Belgium acepted 569 members, elected on basis of popu- that responsibility. lation; the Soviet of nationalities will heve 574 members, elected on a geo- The Duke In Germany ,graphical basis. BERLIN.—The Duke of Windsor's -- motor trip to croessinseo Castle, Oxford Receives $5,000,000 where future Nazi leaders are trained, 'LONDON. — Total benefactions of was like a triumphal procession this • Lord Nuffield, millionaire automobile week. In every hamlet and village manufacturer, came to around $50,000, - crowds of natives stood cheering and. 000 with announcement of a gift of shouting "heil" as he passed in $5,00.0,000 to Oxford University. Reichsfuchrer Hitler's new linaousirie, Tho money is to be used for a new a glorified house -trailer, equipped with college. Ixi addition, he gave the Dul- a bar, kitchen, telephone anti other versity $1,000,000 for medical re - conveniences. search and the money for a site for the new building, valued,. at $500,000. More Brown Shirt Girls The flees*, college will be devoted to BBRLIN.—A half million 10 -year-old social studies. girls were mustered into the League of German Girls this week, donnitig Locomotive Blast Hitlerism's brown uniform for the first MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Death toll time. Each girl must undergo an ath- from the explosion of a Canadian Pace Ietic examination before admission. fie freight engine fire -box has mounted to three. To Export Thatcher Wheat Engineer Y. B. Crawford and Fire - WINNIPEG. -- The Board of Grain man Frank Grieve died of their in - Commissioner's announced .this week . juries, Head brakeman, Samuel Ir - that it was arranging, in collaboration win. eves killed instantly when the with the Canadian Wheat Board. for, fire -box blew up as he stood in the shipment of commercial quantities of engine cab. The accident occurred at Thatcher wheat to United Kingdom nearby Caron. An Interpretation OE the Week's Major Events. By ELIZABETH EEDY France Arms the Border The Franco -Spanish frontier is quietly but swiftly being militarized this week in preparation for any sit- uation that may arise from Italy's re- fusal to withdraw her "volunteers" from participation in Spain's civil war. If Premier Mussolini continues to defy efforts to turn the civil war "back to the Spaniards", France backed by Britain may take "really strong ac- tion", calling classes of her vast re- serve army to the colors as a defense gesture. The French Government thinks that as matters now stand, the southern frontier is no longer secure. Several authorities on international relations are of tbe opinion that Mussolini is stalling, and will continue to stall until, as he thinks will happen. the Rightist army in Spain gains the ascendancy. Campaigning For Colonies With the publication of a new illus- trated weekly, "Colony and Home," Germany is launching an intensive campaign of propaganda in a drive to regain "lost colonies." A series of mass meetings 'will be held, sponsored by the National Socialist (Nazi) party and the Reich Colonial League which bas 50,000 members in Berlin alone. The campaign serves to make the Ger- man people more and more conscious of their unfortunate lack of imperial possessions, and is developing the question into a major issue. The world is to know that Germany means busi- ness. To Equal Peak Year It is expected that before the end of 1937, Canada's tourist trade for the year will be equal in volume to the peak of 1929. Speaking to the Mari- time Board of Trade, D. LeoDolan, Chief of the Canadian Travel Bureau, declared that this year's total may reach the sum of $300,000,000. He urg- ed that fisb and game resources be conserved in the interest of tbe tour- ist industry, as well as for the benefit of resident Canadians, Italy's Four -Year Plan In the late twenties, it was Russia with her Five -Tear Plan. More re- - Sporting Comment 13y KEN EDWARDS Joe Lauis tYla e heavyweight champ :s travelling all ov- er Cia e continent i th his Brown Bombers. He now Mays each game to full length on 1st base. Joe's man- iliinks ties is the best idea any champ has hit on to keep ft physi- cally. Louis, who has the courage of his convictions, refuses to endorse any product unless he actually uses the article. In his own inimitable way he's really trying to do things on the right and at that rate should go far. Did you know that Bobby Wallace, manager at Cincinnati. and Connie Mack are the two oldest managers in the National and American league, respectively? * * * Think these over till next week. What is the name of the big-time baseball star whose mother cannot speak one word of English? Are you able to name the -wrestler who has had his nose broken 23 times? * - Speaking of wrestling Jack Cor- coran is starting his fall shows in a big way .in Toronto these days. He promises bigger and better matches than ever before (if pos- sible.) ceutly came Germany with her scheme for intensified development ofher re. sources. Last week Italy instituted a Four -Year plan for economic inde- pendence, with the government declar- ing that the relative scarcity of raw materials, minerals and other products makes such a program necessary it the country is to achieve equality with nations having greater resources at their disposal. Mussolini's plan is to make Italy entirely free from depend- ence on other countries for supplies, "without constituting an economic challenge to her neighbors", authorita- tive spokesmen state. Some sort of a trade war, however, is likely to result. "Unity Is Empire's Need" Right Hon. R. )3, Bennett, Federal Conservative leader, warned last week that the British Empire cannot hope to remain intact unless a greater aznount of co-operation and a stronger sense of unity is developed. "Where there are hundreds of millions of peo- ple in the world clamoring for land and where you have one seventy-fifth of the world's people occupying one- seventh of the land, you have danger." he pointed out. "We must learn to co- ordinate our efforts as a united peo- ple." As it is now, Canada knows lit- tle, for example. about Australia, and its, problems. Australia may know less aboht us; but it is our business to get to know each other. No More "War Risk" Policies Lloyd's of London last week stopped writing "war risk" policies, not only for China and Japan, but for anywhere on earth. Joined by all other British insurance firms of consequence, they announced that "tbe writing of war risk insurance on land has become in fact little more than a gamble, which plays no part in insurance, where rates are based on scientific applica- tion of the law of averages as ascer- tained through experience." The British tnsurers believe that they have made "a substantial contri- bution to the cause of world peace," explaining that property owners un- able to take out war risk policies will be forced to start "working for peace?' Migration to Dominions Creation of a corporation "to ini- tiate, consider and aid the carrying into effect of schemes for all forme of useful activities inside the British Empire, migration and development", was urged at the Empire Migration Conference, meeting in London, Eng- land. Believing that the time is ripe for resumption of migration from the Old Country to the Dominions', the Conference asked that representativenes of the Dominion Governments ber- vited to consider beginning work on the seheme. It was suggested' that. migration be aided financially. Secrets Unasdosed As Pil,ct Crashes The death last week of Robert Weight, chief test pilot for the De Havilland Aircraft Company, is re- ported to have delayed for at least six weeks the British Air Ministry's acceptance trials for two giant Al- batross mail 'planes ordered for trans- Atlantic Winter flying. Weight, who had practically finished tests with the first experimental ma- chine, known as the "E 2." went to his death with many secrets of the performance of the 12 -ton land ma- chine undisclosed. Had Almost Finished Four Albatross 'planes are in the company's Hatfield factory, partly built, awaiting the results of tbe final tests. They will not be completed un- til a pilot is chosen to carry on Weight's work. Just before his death, Waight prove ed by tests that the huge machhie could carry half a ton of mail over the North Atlantic at a speed of more than 200 miles per hour. Nothing disturbed the calm surface s' of The waters, That the deceit had thrown the knife 1 could not doubt. But where was he? It was uncanny. In the bright sunshine a man had !isappeared before ray eyes —but, invisible, had tried to murder mel FU MANCHU 0 1031 114, See Iletaner end The 8e5 ElyneIcnle, lee • ea.„,1/0/ • e ,ee 1711011111 ydi. e• eee "Smith," I asked, "why are you detaining that gypsy woman?" "Gypsy wornanl" He laughed. "Use your !yes, old manl" He IsUrieti his free hand in hot frowsy her.,... .. "Well, ihe deceit did get away, Parie," said Smith rather grimly. "And a close call for yr.." "But where cd the man go, Sm;/" I demanded in be- wilderment. "There was absolutely nothing cn The river except a water -fowl." "I saw it all," Smith replied.""You were neatly tricked. The man's head was concealed in that . They shoot ducks that way, you know. The fellow stood in the water not three yards from you." The old gypsy -woman laughed. it was a musical laugh.