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Zurich Herald, 1938-02-17, Page 6THE WORLD AT LARGE Qi the CAINADA THE EMPIRE PRESS Nil DA COSTLY PROPAGANDA It is estimated that the Nazi Gov - inment spends one hundred million ' liars annually for propaganda at me and abroad.—Brantford Expo - tor. COMPULSORY HEADWORK 'The suggestion was made at Otta- wa that Canada adopt a compulsory leyting scheme similar to that used by Australia. There would be much to commend the proposal if provision could be made for compulsory think- ing on the part of the electorate as well.—London Free Frees. SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT Employees over 40 are found hap- pier on their jobs than those under 40, some great 'United States intelli- gence has discovered. .Of course, it doesn't mean anything to him that those over 40 have survived a war, a couple of depressions and are still at work, does it?—Hamilton Spec- tator. $60,0,eo,nee With Britain and the United States both engaged in rearmament pro- grams, one of the features of naval. construetien is the return of the bat- tleship. For a time it was argued that the advent of the airplane and the development of the submarine had made battleships too vulnerable and that they were a thing of the past. Put the battleship is back— at a ce. st of F63,000,000 ttpiece.— Sault Daily Fter. BROADENING THEM OUT As we have remarked on other oc- casione, sheuld like to see our public men, members of the Coin - mons rinel Senate and the Legisla- tures, eo more travelling. Many of the, unfortunately. seldom stir /rem thszir own districts and are therefore unfamiliar with the atmos- phere of other areas. We believe it should be part of their duty to thor- oughly familiarize themselves with all sections and thus be in a better position to intelligently consider na- tional and inter -provincial problems, and, in the long run, to promote that cause for which every good citizen should be striving—national unity.— Windsor Star. NEWSPAPERS WIDELY READ Statistics reveal that there are 2,- 252,729 households in Canada. The circulation of newspapers all told in Canada is 2,246,361. So one isn't far out in saying that practically ev- ery home subscribes to a newspaper. Over the same geographic area there are 1.059,101 radios. All of which goes to show that more than half the homes do not hear broad- casts. There aye 418,990 radios in Onta- rio bon' ee and 274,312 in Quebec. The fact that practically everyone reads the newspapers puts them at the head of the list of the various publicity media. That is why shrewd advertisers favor the newspapers to get their message across to the greatest number of people.—Kitch- iner Record. HIGH COST OF CRIME A statement issued from a Gov- ernment department at Ottawa shows that the average cost of a prisoner In the penal establishments of the country is over $2 a day, or in round. figures about $750 a year. The $2 covers foods, clothing, heating, build- ings, salaries of wardens and guards end other maintenance costs. • Many a young man and woman living an honest life and doing a good day's work has to exist on less than $14 a week. There are thous- ands of prisoners in the state institu- tions, so that the cost of crime to the country is a very serious matter Indeed. On top of that there are provincial farms and reformatories, and a enrce force in every town and atty. ' enblic has a deep interest kee clown crime, and every preventi.e method should be tried.— St. Thomas Times -Journal. Mule Carts Banned 'Under Rio Ruling mo DE ,TANEIRO, Rio 1e Janeiro is likely to become a horseless and muleless city if a new Municipal ruling is obeyed. The horse and buggy was pushed Out by the automobile, leaving only tie mule and cart, used primarily for le hauling of coffee from the ware- house to the steamer. This conveyance, under the new ruling, no longer will be allowed in the central section of the city start- ing next mou!b. Morro .Tr. the regu- lation prohibits stables within the city. A—C THE EMPIRE WHAT PRICE NEWS? Think of the price of news. Two journalists are blown to bits at Ter- uel by a shell hitting their car, and, in the last few months, two journal- 'sts have been killed, six wounded, getting the news fer you in China. Do not forget, as you read your news- papers, that all over the world news- paper men are taking chances to fill these columns for you.—Sunday. Ex- press, London. POOR LITTLE TURKSI The schoolgirls of Turkey are in for a dull time if the Association of Head Masters and Head Mistresses has its way. According to its recom- mendations no girl may go to the cinema except with an adult relative; she may not talk to any young man in the street except her brother, and if any swain attempts to talk to her the affront should be reported to parents or the head master forth- with. One might be tempted to think that Pasha Grundy or his wife had combed the Statutes of Oxford Uni- veleity for their list of prohibitions. In Oxford still, no doubt, the proctors ask politely to be introduced to any damsel with whom an undergraduate is seen in public converse. All this, of course, is done to pi cited the male from the predations of the intrigu- ing sex, and it would be little wonder if Turks, with their queer inversions, had simply reversed the rules in a mistaken effort to shield scheming gilds from innocent men. — Cape Argus. Says City Dpovers Werse Than 311Ingle • "Bring 'Ent Back Dead" Speci- men Collector Describes Being Bittern By Varnpire Bat. A scientific specimen collector who "brings 'em back dead" recounted a .ale of modern adventure on a 18 months' safari into the South Ameri- ean jungles. Emmett It. Blake. as- •istant curator of birds for Chicago's Field museum, with a grin minimized he dangers to life and limb as he faced and declared the jungle from Nvhich he has just returned was less eerilous than big city trefilc. But he told how a jaguar trailed him, he aught malaria and a blood -draining '.empire bat bit him. "The jaguar was just a curious fel- !ow," he said. "I've made six expe- ditions in seven years and this was illy first touch of malaria, not a seri- ous case. Bitten While Asleep "The vampire bat bit xny toe while I was sleeping. I awoke a gory sight but didn't really lose enough blood to endanger my life." With 10 natives, Blake, travelled 16,000 miles and brought back 3,099 specimens, including 1,600 birds, rep- tiles, fish and mammals. The princi- pal purpose of the expedition. he said, was to obtain specimens and back- ground for three "permanent habitat" exhibits of uncommon birds at the museum. He brought back specimens of the Hoactzin bird, dubbed by scientists "Stinking Hanna," the only known bird showing remnants of reptilian ancestry in the form of finger-like appendages on the wings of the young. On the lighter side, Blake said he frequently joined the natives in a repast of monkey stew, and liked it. Because other countries would not reciprocate, Belgium has ruled that buses entering the country with for- eign tourists must pay an entrance tax. Says Id 1 - etterrne portant F t of Race r Canada Improvement of Stock Necessary to Offset Trend Towards Poor Quality, Claims Principal of News In R,eview Queen's University—Awaken- ing Is Urged. Public consciousness must be awakened to the need of development of an improved stock, Dr. R. Q. Wal- lace, Principal of Queen's 'University, emphasized in an address before the Community Health Association of. Greater Toronto in the Academy of Medicine. "Sometimes, we worry about the propaganda spread in other countries for the purpose of training the young people to provide a strong race. The motive is not always the best, but I am not sure but something of the same consciousness is needed here," , commented the speaker. College Graduates' Few Children "Recently, a survey was made of the women graduates of a United States' college. The average number of children of each woman graduate was .8 and in case of the married graduates just slightly over one. That meant that many of the women grad- uates had not married. The average number of foreign -born in Toronto is four and five. Now, we are not snobs. But it is the case, statistically prov- en, that the sons and daughters of professional men and women have done much better on the average than the children of parents less well equipped. "Here's a problem that is not easy to deal with unless by developing a civic consciousness. We aro breeding away from one type of stock into an- other," said the Principal, adding that he was not sure but that this problem of improving the race was the most profoundly important. "At lease we should see to it that as far as possible there is a leavening of the race," he continued. "Leavening of the Race" Man had no hesitation in attempting to produce the best stock possible when it was a matter of cattle, dogs and sheep, but when he himself was involved, he was loath to do anything about it. Of course, said Dr. Wallace, man eves primarily a spiritual and mental animal, and there was as yet , little known scientifically about his spiritual and mental development, so the problem was greatly complicated. But, he urged, "the thoughts of all of us should be turned in the direction , of producing the best race that it is„. possible to meet the problems that are to be faced.” Skin Froni 111,dy Makes New Heel Girl Is Able to Walk Again After Sin Years of Surgical Treatment Napoleon's famous remark that an army marches on its stomach has a very real meaning to 18 -year-old Miz- ell. Gerrie, of Windsor, who walks to- day on what was once a part of her abdomen, says the Windsor Star. To explain this seeming riddle, Miss Gerrie has successfully come through lengthy and involved surgical treat- ment that has provided her with a new heel, fashioned of skin and flesh grafted from her torso. No Ordinary Tissue Graft But this was no ordinary skin graft, not just removal of skin and fat from one spot to be attached to another part that needed it. The process took more than a year because during the entire operation the skin to be graft- ed was never separated from her body. Now, after being an invalid for six years, she can walk again and take up the normal life that was so painfully interrupted in 1931 when a truck ran over her left heel, ripping away the skin, The heel was bared almost to the bone, as far forward as the middle of the foot. The indicated treatment was a skin graft, and one was applied shortly after the accident. But it would not stand her weight, failed to. New Economic Dictator BERLIN. --Adolf Hitler this week •established one of his closest advis- ers, Propaganda Chief Walter Funk, as Economic) Dictator to work with Field Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goer- ing in regimenting German industry.. Goering, who temporarily took over the Economics Ministry last Nov. 26 when Der Fuehrer accepted the resig- nation of Acting Minister Hjalmar Schacht, handed over the office to Funk, but it was evident that Goering would continue to play a major role in building up a military dictatorship to • dominate economics and industry. Dies In Greece • ATHENS.—Prince Nicholas, father of the Duchess of Kent and third son • of Ring George I bf Greece, died last week content his long exile had end- ed. He was 66. His last words were: "I am happy to die in my beloved country." Argument Over Padlock Law- .; OTTAWA.—A suggestion made by: • Opposition Leader Bennett that the Government hear legal arguments be- fore reaching any decision on disal- lowance of Quebec's padlock law, was promised consideration in the House of Commons this week by Justice Min- ister Lapointe, So far as he was aware, Mr. La- pointe said, it bad not been the cus- tom to hear such argument, but he would "look into the matter". No Labor Legislation Yet TORONTO.—Efforts of the Trades and Labcr Congress of Canada to have the Hepburn Government spon- sor Iegisletion that would protect workers in organizing into trade unions and bargaining -collectively are .unlikely to meet with any more sue- • cess this year than they did a year ago, it was reported last week. Women's Skating Crown STOCKHOLM—T.10%m Taylor, of England won the world women's fig- , bre skating championship, edging out her favored countrywoman, Cecilia Colledgc, before a crowd of nearly 20,000. „„Biss Taylor scored' 1997.6 points to 1990.7 for her rival. Hedy Stenuf, Austrianborn star now living in the United States, was third, trailed by Gladys Jagger of • England and Lyda Veicht. Capone Loses Mind SAN FRANCISCO. — Scarfaco Al Capone, .the swarthy pudgy No. 1 gangster and racketeer of the prohibi- tion era, has lost his mind under the stern discipline and monotony of im- prisonment on Alcatraz Island. Ottpone, who once ruled the Chicago rackets so completely that he was vir- tually immune to arrest, today spends his time making and remaking his bed. To Visit France LONDON.—The King and Queen will visit France for four days this summer, marking the first State visit by their Majesties to a foreign coun- try since their accession, heal properly and ulcerated when Miss Gerrie walked. Transfer of Skin In this condition two years ago she consulted a prominent Windsor ortho- •'pectic surgeon, who prefers to remain anonymOua. He decided that the only course of treatment was a transfer of skin and its underlying fat from ab- domen to heel. That was necessary because of the 'large area of the scar. • First step was to fashion a tube of the desired amount of abdominal skin and flesh. When it had healed, 'still • attached to the body, the transferring • process began. The upper end of the tube was detached and sutured, or stitched, to a new site on the left leg. King George Flew Here To Inspect R.A.F. Cadets ---King Ccorge. VI inspects the cadets of the 1toyal Air Force, nt Cranwell, • Eng., s , { residence at Sandringham, the second flight of hireignafter having floi,Ven from his Red L36013210 %Ib. Orange Label 35c M lb. Yellow Label 40c M Ib. Commentary on the Highlights of the Week's News . by Peter Randall NOT FOR CHILDREN: In New York the critics raved about "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", hailing this first feature:length animated car- toon as the movie of a decade. ,Ahal we all thonght, the perfect picture for children at last! But no, over in Brit- ain it was given a certificate declar- ing it suitable "for adults only." Rea- eson for the action: some of the scenes '!Might frighten children. * 0 * r, BRITAIN BLAMED: A Japanese naval spokesman declared last week that the British and United States by their heavy rearmament programs "Incite other countries to take up the naval -building race." There may be something in that too if we examine the problem more close- ly. When the "have" nations seem to find it necessary to build tremendous battleships, what does one expect the "have-nots" to do? * * NEXT BATTLEFRONT: A world war is raging right now between democracy and fascism, in Spain, and in China. At any moment the conflict may spread to involve each of us di- rectly. (We are involved indirectly already.) International experts predict that the conflagration will flare up next in democratic Czechoelovalzia which •country Adolf Hitler aims' to march through on his push east to capture the vainflelcis of the Ukraine. Witb. the purge last week in Ger- many of all the moderates and con- servatives and pro -British from tho Government and the Army, an import- ant check to Hitler's plan for an early coup in the east has been removed._ Watch. Czechoslovakia. Something's going to happen. * * NO ROYAL VISIT: Hopes raised by the rumor that the King and Queen might visit Canada this year were dashed by the decjaration in London this week that there was no founda- tion to the report. It Is a precedent that the Ring first honor India after his Coronation. Only if the Indian visit were postponed might Their Majesties come to Can- ada. • * BROADCAST RUMPUS: The pro- posed $1.00 increase in Canadian radio license fees started it. The rumpus raised over that suggestion cut the proposed increase to 50c, but once be- gun, the attacks on the Canadian New Kind of Corn In the hope of producing a new type of wheat hardy enough to resist the severe northern winters, scien- tists at a Swedish biological institute have succeeded in crossing wheat with rye. The new grain is suitable for nor- thern areas as it takes much less out o the soil than ordinary wheat, and 11 ripens earlier in the year. Another experiment, at the same institute, is crossing wheat with couch grass, to produce a plant that would not only yield a normal crop of grain but would also bind the sail together. Religious Persecution NEW YORIC,.--Religious freedom, involving the future of Christianity itself in Germany, has been placed on secret trial in Berlin. That was the real meaning of the Nazi Government's prosecution of Rev. Martin Niemoeller, Lutheran pastor who has led the Protestant re- volt against attempted regimentation . of the Church, and a tendency to sup- plant Christianity with .Neo -Paganism. The ,battle of Gettysburg was an accident in that neither army expect- ed to fight there and neither had any desire to do so. Broadcasting Corporation continued. and are continuing. Basis of the general denunciation of the Corperation's doings: We are paying good money for programs that our American cousins get for nothing; the Corporation, pledged to preserve the radio as a national agency for the benefit of Canadians, -has sold its facil- ities whelesale to American advertis- ers; D'rograins originating in Canada have not improved, canned music is still used to a great extent. An approach to the ideal British system is what we all thought we were going to get. Now everybody's up in arms. It will. take a while to calm the country down again. * * * ITALIAN PROPAGANDA: , The world is just waking up to the fact that for the past few years Mussolini has been spending millions of lire in flooding Europe, Africa, the Near East and South America with intensive Italian propaganda, for the most part anti-Dritish. It is now pretty generally believed that •the troubles Britain is experiencing in Palestine are a direct. result of this propagandizing; and that the new Fascist set-up in Egypt (after Iii Faeouie 'dismissed his pro - British minieter) is directly tracedble to the hand of Mussolini. ' Latest spectacular touch of Italian propaganda was the magnificent flight of three Italian military Vanes (led by Mussolini's son, Bruno) all the way from Italy to South America. Writing in the New York Times, Mr. john W. White calls it the most recent chapter in "an intensive 'campaign of intelli- gent, well-managed propaganda—poli- tidal, cultural and commercial propa- gentle which is succeeding in all three phases" in South America. Other features of the same South American campaign: daily broadcasts from Rome; visits of prerainent Ital- ian lecturers; invitations to South American Fascist sympathizers to vis- it Rome at the expense of the Italian Government; maintenance of close cultural ties with Italian colonies in the South American republics; Ital- ians own the largest and most influ- ential bank in Peru, train the Peruv- ian Army fliers to pilot Italian -made fighting planes; new trade treaties with Argentina. "The result is," declares Mr. White, "that all South Americans are more conscious of Italy today than of any other country, excepting their own." * * * SPRING IS COMING: "The drear- iest month of the year, love, is short- est and nearest the spring," sang the poet. And aren't we glad! February is half over. Winter will soon be done. Time for crocuses and things before we 'know it. . * * * SETTLING DOWN: The Duke and Duchess of Windsor have apparently given up all thoughts of visiting the United States, for the time being, and are settling down in a chateau neer Versailles, France, which they have leased. Reports run that they have also purchased a home in the Ba- hamas. In any case they are attempting to establish a private life of their own,' are tired of living in the goldfish howl of publicity. LISTEN... an7thil/lifht et 'CANADA -I931 INSPIRING PROGRAM IMPERIAL TOBACCO'S • 1 EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT On a National , Coast to Coast Network . ,,, . : ittgese _,S1411 ti4teT;tatts .,.• ..:, . ,, i Try the fast, wide trails at Gray Rooks - 125 miles of them—the Kandahar, fls, I.Taschereau the Mt. TremblantSeator--a - - ,fully mapped and marked. S'ti> metre lump. , ,..., Instznotozin attendance, Equipment may heonted., Ste 4loated roome--excellent meets. ---../".7et other epode. Sena fox folder—and rfreett: erly. 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