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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1938-01-06, Page 6A 1 Commentary on the Highlights of the Week's News . HALF-STARVED CANADIANS: -- poring the past couple of years, the British public has been waking up to the fact *bat a great proportion of the populate;.' .,are undernourished, that if Great 4e.. "`am doesn't watch out, she will shortly becerl: a e C3 na- tion. The national physique geeeter- iorating through lack of the proper' - Vitamin -carrying foods. Reason given is that the above-mentioned articles of diet are too expensive for the low- er wage groups. Here in Canada it has been esti- mated that if a family of five are to receive a-, adequate supply of vitamin - containing milk, an outlay of $2.99 per week is required, at present prices. Then the appalling discovery is made that such a sum represents 20 per cent. of the total income of families living on between $750 and $800 a year! Excluding farmers who generally belong to the $800 income group but who supply the family table from the products of their own toil, the number of Canadians falling below the $800 mark is indeed very large. There is a wolf outside more doors than we have Imagined, and that wolf is Malnntri- tion. Good news is that the newly -ap- pointed Canadian Council of Nutrition hopes to do something about the sit- uation., Exhaustive research work will be done, and the public made nutrition -conscious. SOFT PEDAL: The United States apparently has stopped sending notes to Japan protesting the bombing of the Panay. For a while there, it was thought by some that the incident might lead to war between the two countries. But not by Washington. As the Montreal Star pointed out in a capable editorial, the U. S. Govern- ment had to make a huge fuss to sat- isfy prblie desire for retaliation. It wouldn't have done to have let the outrage go unnoticed. The last thing in the world the United States wants by Peter Randal is war, so It seas a hard course for the diplomats to steer—between the two extreme. This week the Japanese came out in praise of the peaceful settlement of the Panay crisis which demonstrat- ed, they said, the ability of "two civil- ized nations to solve their problems in a civilized way." ANOTHER DICTATORSHIP: As a result of a vote impasse in the King- dom ingdopy of Rumania whereby Premier Taterescu and his Cabinet found it necessary to resign, King Carol II may take it upon himself to act as Royal dictator with a pro -Fascist gov- ernment under him. Another dictator- ship, another Fascist State in Europe! UNOFFICIAL FLAG: Lancashire, England, has asked the question: "Why should Canada be the only one of the Dominions without a flag of her own?" Lancashire asked the question —and manufactured a Red Ensign with the Canadian coat -of -arms on it. This is quite unofficial but many Can- adians seem to like it. They call it "our Lancashire flag," and it has been flown a good deal. London "Answers" comes back with a smart one: "What Lancashire weaves today Canada waves tomor- row?" But the fact is, we still have no oid- elal, distinctively Canadian, flag. "COLD TO MIGRATION": Domin- ions Secretary Malcolm MacDonald last week told the British House of Commons that the time is not yet ripe to ask Canada to co-operate with the United Kingdom in encouraging the migration to Western farmlands of assisted Britons. The issue may never actually came to a head since, while time is being consumed in preliminaries, the British birth-rate is falling day by day and re- lief of congestion by emigration is be- coming less and less necessary. Commerce Sty dies S' .mspot Problem Presanee Cycle Nearing Its Peak and Radio Interference Will Reach Height Scientific matters of purely acad- emic interest have a way of becoming of commercial importance. The spots on the sun have been observed and recorded for nearly two hundred years as something of interest to the abstract scientists, but now they are studied by commercial companies. With radio, telegraph and telephone circuits operating over the oceans, it is important to know what conditions are going to be encountered in order to be prepared to overcome them. To this end the Bell Telephone Labora- tories have delved into the sunspot problem. They are studying the pres- ent cycle, which is now nearing its peak, and would like to know how high that peak is going to be. The higher the peak the more sunspots, and the more sunspots the greater the amount of interference with radio and wire transmission. A Two -Year Lag They have charted the studies of magnetic -activity on the earth and find a two-year lag between the maxi- mum number of sunspots and maxi- mum number of magnetic storms. This factor is more likely to interfere with wire transmission, since the effect on radio of sunspot outburst is almost in- stantaneous, Only the eleven -year ey- cle is available for forecasting the ex- tent of the latter factor. It has been found that there is a coerelation be- tween the low point of one cycle and the height of the peak in the next cycle, .the higher the starting .point the higher the peak, and vice versa. As a result they have estimated that the coming peak will be of only Mod- erate height, between sixty and nine- ty. The curve was rising so rapidly during the last year that many scien- tists thought it would go to extreme heights, perhaps the all-time record of 155 In 1780. New Eyelids Grafted After Face Scorched Kenneth Donnelly, of Sherbet Lake, Ont., 14, slept with closed eyes Christmas Eve for the first time since he was ten months old when he suf- fered burns which left one aria prac- tically useless, disfigured his face and Icorched off his eyelids. A month ago he was taken to King- ston where Dr. L. Noble Armstrong, i$ye specialist, and Dr. Stuart Houston, Mastic surgeon, took diamund-ehaped Owes of skin, from two to thrall in- ches in size. from his leg and grafted onto his e them. iselide. y Kenneth cad now open hie eyes. only slightlt• as the media are at tim stage of development reached when he wad ten months old.. Drought it causing the rationing f water in parte of Soni&. lifrtcei: Machine Teaches Slower Readers To Comprehend Whole Phrases at Once — Reading Is An Art Where Practice Makes Perfect A machine to develop speed, rhythm and comprehension in read- ers is employed at Washington Uni- versity. The machine is rectangular, • about a foot high, four feet wide and rests on legs three feet high. On the front is a device resembling a roll on a player piano, on which reading nat- ter is printed. The roll, controlled electrically, moves along at any de- sired speed, displaying sections of sentences according to the reader's readin rate g As the machine ticks off words, phrases and then whole lines the read- er falls into the rhythm. habit. When the reader becomes accustomed to the speed of the machine it is stepped up a notch and the pupil's speed 1s gradually developed. in a Definite Rhythm "If you are a skillful reader, your eyes move in a definite rhythm," Dr. Stephen C. Gribble, of the department of education in charge of the clinic at the university, said: "They move eyenly across the line, stopping about the same number of times in each line, taking in about the same number of +paces at each fixation and with- , out moving back along the line to re- , read part of it. "For ordinary reading It has been determined that a person should need about three stops per line. Read Wholes Not Parts "The first law of reading is the ap- plication of the law of relative 1m- portanee. Be selective and read for the broadest meanings at first, If you will focus attention on the more mean- ingful words, your reading span be- comes wider, thus increasing both your epeed and comprehension. Road wholes, not parts. Read sentences, not words," The average reader covers 200 to 300 worde a minute. Psychologists say that reading is an art in which practice makes perfect; that there is a correlation between fast reading and good reading, and those who read most are likely to be the most comprehensive readers.. As Grenadiers Enter City of London Comnanuer J. IL = oland salutes tate lasaeiw e =. _, ' . ji::. :.. • .,,ash regiment enters the City of London, crolors flying and bayonets fixed, ac- cording to the tradition that grants the regiment this privilege, The unit will serve at the Tower of Landon. octors Me L Ud sig s. slue ® Research 'cal Support of Public and Govern- ment Is Being Sought For Re- search Work—Wish to Combat Cancer on. Wide Scale. Canadian medicine plans to put on its long-range fight against cancer and other baffling diseases on a na- tional basis. The attack will be through a national medical research council, designed to co-ordinate medi- cal and scientific effort against the enemies of public health. Advise Royal Commission Dr. C. Routley, general secretary of the Canadian Medical Association, has announced the C.M.A. would rec- ommend to the Rowell Commission on Dominion -Provincial relations the for- mation of the research body. A fav- orable finding by the commission, the doctor's feel, would result in govern- mental and public support. - Under the proposal„ medical re- search into cancer which last yer,. killed close to 12,000 Canadians would be placed in the hands of a branch of the present National Research Council. Other baffling maladies such an infantile -paralysis would likewise come under the council's scrutiny for study and experiment. A first step toward nationalizing medical research has already been tak- en with organization of a medical ad- visory committee of the research council. The Canadian Medical Asso- ciation is represented on the commit- tee by its president, Dr. T. H. Leg- gett of Ottawa. Mending Hearts in Greek Fashion You have heard that a drop or two of perfume on your pillow at night will help to produce a good night's rest but did yeti hear that a Greek poet insisted that perfume had a more important function;?' The Greek ladies healed a broken heart by changing their perfume for- mula, So if your newest beau seems hopelessly uncooperative, why not change your perfume just in case. Luck charms sell well hi New South ._ales where it i'sestimated, nine persons out of ten an every walk of 11lid cling ' i M, Provinces Must Co-operate No one province can conduct the health education and research neces- sary to combat cancer, which took 500 morn lives last year than in the pre- vious year, the Rowell Commission will be told. The Canadian Medical Association, in line with its four -point cancer cam- paign, is organizing also a Canadian Society for the Control of Cancer un- der which both lay and medical forces will bo mobilized. The association last March was made the beneficiary of an annual $14,000 grant from the King George V Silver Jubilee Cancer Fund, contributed in a national campaign in 1935. Four -Point Program It is pledged to: 1—Educational work within the medical profession. 2—Improve cancer work in hospitals and existing research centres, 3—Collect statistics for clinical re- search. 4—Conduct a public campaign to re- move cancer phobia or fear among the general public and to enlighten them on the many helpful treatments now available, provided they are used early . enough in the development of the disease. Knights of the Garter, the most distinguished Order in the world, must wear some part of their insig- nia always—night and day, a da's National Parks Pict rrized New Films Show Scenic, Recrea- tiopel and Wild Life Fea- tures of Our Parks Two new motion picture films have recently been produced by the Na- tional Parks Bureau, Department of Mines and Resources, Ottawa. Bear- ing ear-ing the titles, "Colourful Days in Prinee Albert National Park" and "Playgrounds of the Prairie," these films are fine examples of motion pic- ture photography, and bring to the screen the scenic, recreational, and wild life features of the National Parks. `'Colourful Days in Prince Al- bert National Park" is a fifteen -min- ute visit to Prince Albert National Park in Saskatchewan, while "Play- grounds of the Prairie" depicts the scenic beauty of Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba. These films have been produced in natural colour, and are also available in 'black and white. 84 Subjects In Library As a publicity and educational med- ium the National Parks Bureau oper- ates a motion picture library contain- ing a great variety of subjects des- criptive of the magnificent scenery, re- creational advantages, and wild life of the National Parks. The library con- tains 84 subjects, comprising more than 1,300 prints, and all subjects are available in both 35mm. and 16mm. sizes. These films are lent to con- servation societies, universities and schools, writers, lecturers and other organizations and individuals interest- ed in wild life conservation and in making known the many attractions of Canada's national playgrounds. New subjects are constantly being' added to the National Parks film lib- rary, and the increasing demand for films reflects the growing interest in Canada's National Parks. Through the medium of motion pictures the beau- ties and attractions of these great recreational areas are i:•ncom.ing known throughout the whole world. National Parks films are now in cir- culation in the United States, Great Britain, France, Austria, Czecho-Slo- vakia, Holland, Norway, India, Aus- tralia, New Zealand, Hawaii, South Africa and the British West Indies, as well as throughout the Dominion of Canada. Woman Killed While Doctor Is At Door Mrs. Ellen Barlow, aged 65, sat knit- ting at the bedside of her 72 -year- old husband, Henry, a farmer, of Longdale, near Sefton, - England. Henry Barlow was seriously i11, and they were waiting for the doctor to call. There was a knock at the door, and Mrs. Barlow put down her knitting to let the doctor in. A • moment later Mr. Barlow heard a thud. He struggled out of bed and went downstairs. His wife was lying dead with a frac- tured skull. He had to step over her body to open the door for the doctor. eft. verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest. 1938 Ford V-8 Trucks, Commercial Cars a 551 55. ',f'•i1�`>'mG:�•\.�. �+: .0{a:..:k S1..ti:.\rf'n:Su •,:,�'•` 3,�'a ,yflK.';}.';v,,:.'`1`.:4}}sa:,N:•F::niFTCCq }r}vs..?`,, •filSrt.'m'j"p�'.. _.... RUGGED i3I ATITY is the key- note of the newly styled mord V-8 trucks and commercial cars for. 1938. Leaders in the two lines. are pictured above. (Top) The de luxe two -ton heavy duty truck with the 157inch wheelbase and powered with the 95 horsepower V-8 engine. It is shown with a stake body". (Lower photo) The do limo panel delivery, aristocrat of the new coin- niercial.ears. It is built on tlie. x13 = inch wheelbase coniniercial chassis and is powered with the 85 horsepower V-8 engine. Introduced in the truck line this year is the 134 -inch wheelbase, which replaces the 131% -inch+ wheelbase of previous years, avail- able again in standard and dump truck chassis. Do luxe trucks are continued and the rugged 157 -inch wheelbase chassis with eab is again available. brow treatment of the truck radiator grille gives the front end a more massive, impressive appearance. This effect is height- ened by long louvres extending horiVantally along the sides of the hood,wlach is lunged at the ewe "eeeee5 ,e5:40.5 Panel delivery, sedan delivery, light delivery and station wagon bodies are available on the 112 -inch commercial chassis. The sedan de- livery has the front end design of the standard passenger car and the station wagon the front end of the de luxe passenger carr. The latter has safety glass windows all around which can be locked. More head- room is provided in the cab and in* teriors are fully lined with washable "art leather." Improved braking and, easier steering are featuress of t'lia neer trucks and commercial card, News in Review A Fascist Rumania BUCIIAREST --- Octavian Goga,,, the leader of the Fascist -inclined National Christian Party, has succeeded in the forming of a now Government which foreign observers predict will swing Rumania away from Europe's demo- cratic powers toward the Rome -Berlin axis, Goga was said to •have told King Carol that he would not deviate from the National Christian Party program, which includes: 1. Close co-operation with Fascist .countries. 2. Severance of relations with Rus- sia. -3. Adherence to the Berlin anti -com- munist pact. 4. Seizure of all Jewish -owned land - Quints Gain Weight CALLANDER — Pow lily due to the huge Christmas dinner tree• ate, the Dionne quintuplets, now three years and •seven 'months old, all registered weight gains during the past month, Dr. Allan Roy Defoe, their physician, announced. Emilie furnished the major surprise of the month when she added one end one-quarter pounds to her weight to draw up on even terms with Annette for the first time since they were born. Annette, prior to this month, - has alternated with Yvonne for the heavyweight title among the sisters. Husband and Wife Dead MONTREAL — Hacked with an axe Mrs. Joseph Pozsony was found dead in her home last week -end, and soon afterwards her husband's body was discovered hanging from a transom in an upper room of the house. The 36 -year-old housewife was lying in the hallway of the St. Urbian St. home when her son, James, 14, return- ing from work, saw her sprawled body through the glass of the locked door. She was dead by the time a doc- tor had arrived. To Control All Shanghai SHANGHAI — Japanese army claimed "in principle" this week -end, the right to extend provisions of its military law into Shanghai's Interna- tional Settlement and French Conces- sion, where thousands of Britons and other foreigners make their homes. The Japanese army spokesman an- nounced the claim, under which the troops could enter foreign areas still outside Japanese control and arrest and try "all persons" suspected of crimes against Nippon's armed forces. New Irish Constitution DUBLIN — A black flag flew over the headquarters of Sinn Fein this week as the new Irish Free State con- stitution came into effect — a consti- tution which, though it is called only "near republican," severs most of the remaining ties with Great Britain and brings the country close to the status of an independnent republic. Sino Fein disapproved the constitu- tion because it did not provide for an actual republic, with no ties at .all, and threatened to hold a demonstra- tion to -night "to mark the resentment of citizens at the enforcement of a British Empire constitution which sub- verts the republic and maintains Eng- land's occupation of Ireland's territory and port" Unemployment Up OTTAWA, — Industrial employment in Canada dropped by 34,444 persons during November, exceeding the av- erage for the period in the last 15 • years although being smaller than in 1929 and 1930, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports. The bureau reported "a large sea- sonal contraction," at December lst, from 1,194,171 the preceding month to 1,159,727. The crude index based -on the 1926 average gas 100, fell from 125.2 at November lot to 121.6 at December 1st, while the seasonally adjusted in- dex declined from 120.3 to 119.1. When Does Man Become An Adult? It is difficult to say exactly when a person is a fully-fledged adult. Dr. Ales Hrdlioka of the Smithsonian In- stitution, says a Tuan is not full grown at 25, and may not even be at 40. The process of growth continues almost to old age, he says, and may never be compleee. The arms, legs and body are known to grow long after manhood and womanhood are considered com- plete.Women's feet grow more than men's after 25, and a man's chest' grows till he is 40 or 50. When old age' sets in, the chest and trunk shrink and the legs 'shorten slightly. The nose continues to lengthen 'throughout lite in most people. A Doctor Directs His Own Operation Eighty-two-year-old Dr. Jacob Sch- wine, of -West Virginia, is recovering after directing an operation on him- self. kle was given a local anaesthetie, and while the ,two operating surgeons were busy with their knives, he gave them detailed instructions of what they were to do. Thl>i stoio doctor, after the opera., tion, insisted on dressing his own' wound every day,and finally removed, i without any assistance, the •stitches' 'hat the surgeons had made.