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ELIMINATION CONTEST:--
Directors of the Kent County Mo-
tor I. Club, with headquarters at
Chatharir, are contemplating for.
warding a recommendation to the
Ontario Department of Highways
urging a change in the Highway
Traffic Act by which motor car
drivers will 'be required to submit
' to periodical tests for ability in
handling a car and also for phy-
sical fitness. Such a course of ac-
tion would result in the elimin-
ation of a great many incompetent
drivers who make our roads un-
safe to venture upon by day or by
night. It would withdraw from
circulation not only hare -brained
youths and epileptics but men well
up in their seventies now found
behind the wheel of a car.
And speaking of constructive
suggestions, the same Motor Club
urges that the city of Chatham
establish a school for drivers.
TO BRIDGE OR' NOT TO
BRIDGE: Whether the Senate
gives permission or no, Ontario
and New York State are going to
go ahead and build a new inter-
national bridge at Niagara Falls,
and that right speedily, according
to the Province's Minister of
Highways, Hon. T. B. McQuesten.
The fact that the International
Railway Company already has a
charter to construct a similar
bridge will have no bearing on
the matter.
To take the place of the famed
"Honeymoon Bridge" swept away
in January last by ice break-ups,
the new structure, longer and
higher, will be started before
spring, it is announced, as soon
as plans and engineering details
can be completed. The attitude of
the Ontario Government is that
the Dominion Government has no
right to interfere with the busi-
ness of the province and cannot
keep Ontario and New York state
authorities from carrying through
their project.
Who knows but that we may
yet end up with two bridges on
the same spot,
BREAK WITH THE POPE:
Mussolini, being a cleverer man
than his fellow -dictator, Hitler,
has during his sixtocn years in
of;e scrupulously avoided any
trouble with Pope Pius XI or with
the Catholic Church. That is, up
until this summer.
Now, the lid is off. The new
racist theories (anti-Jewish, anti-
Catholic) of the Italian Fascist re-
gime are the point of contention.
De.laring first that Italy is sim-
ply imitating Germany, the Pope
has lashed out at Mussolini, re-
pudiating all racist theories, in-
cluding the Italian ones.. He con-
demns them as contrary to the
very essence of the Catholic faith.
It;:lan authorities have threaten-
ed to declare membership in the
Cellelie Action Associations in-
compatible with membership in
the Fascist Party.
And the fight is on. Mussolini,
stung to the quick by the assertion
that he is merely irritating Hitler,
is ready for a battle royal with
the Pope. "We'll go straight
ahead!" he shouts. The signifi-
cance here is that Mussolini used
that sane phrase, "We'll go
straight ahead," when the League
of Nations tried to stop the Ital-
ian invasion of Abyssinia. He
went straight ahead then, has con-
tinued to do so ever since.
CANADA REPRESENTED: —
Tucked away at the bottom of a
dispatch from Breslau, Germany,
last week was the unobtrusive
mention that Germans from Can-
ada paraded before Herr Hitler
at the National German Gymnas-
tic Festival. Together with 200,-
000 other German-speaking repre-
sentatives from the four corners
of the globe, these people from
our Dominion marched past the
Fuehrer, performed an act of
homage and proclaimed undying
constancy in their German origin.
How long has this been' going
on?
AXES TO GRIND: In our col-
umn two weeks ago we stated
that when the Rome -Berlin -Tokio
axis is working well, Japan is able
by creating a ruckus on the Russ-
ian-Manchoukuoan border to draw
attention away from what Italy
and Germany are up to in Eur-
ope, But Russia has an axe to
grind too, perhaps. By allowing
the Manclroukonan border inci-
dent to appear more serious than
it really is, she succeeds in draw-
ing several Japanese army divi-
sions to the scene, so far off that
were they needed in the conflict
in China, they would not be avail-
able.
Also if the Japanese. cam-
paign in China is at the stage
where it must have every rein-
forcernent, a oonflict with Russia
will prolong the Sino -Jap war,
weaken Japan immeasurably from
both the economic and military
standpoints.
by Peter Randall
(How it all started: On. July
29 a small Japanese force mg -
pied the northern heights of
Changkufeng which Russia claims
are in Soviet territory; Japan in-
sists that they are in Jap -controlled
Mauchoukuo, Soviet frontier
guards ejected the Japanese. Early
on the morning of July 31 the Jap-
anese attacked in strength, seized
the whole line of the heights to a
depth of two and a half miles. Then
Russian divisions regained the po-
sition. And so it went, Nobody
really knows who owns those
heights, the border is so ill-defin-
ed),
THE WEEK'S QUESTION: What
European Country will likely be
next to join the Rome -Berlin axis?
Answer—Hungary, who is Ger-
many's next-door neighbor and a
leader among the Balkan States.
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CANADA
Canada Needs Defence
Four British bombers flew 4,300
miles non-stop. That is.more than
across the Atlantic and back. And
what British bombers did others
niay do also. — St. Thomas Times
Journal.
Back to the Country
So many people are moving out
from London, Ontario, to new
districts outside the corporation
limits that the city shows a drop
in population for the first time in
55 years. The same exodus is not-
ed in Toronto and many other
larger cities with an urban zone
surrounding them, but in Toron-
to the population continues to
show a minor increase neverthe-
less. — Toronto Star.
The Editor Restrains I-limself
There are some obituaries that
it might be a pleasure to write,
were circumstances rather differ-
ent. Some funerals bring an im-
provement to the community, and
the editor of the paper would just
love to let himself go and say just
what he believes to be the truth.
But even that pleasure is denied
him. There are relatives to think
about, and after all, there are
times when silence is golden. —
Fergus 1\Tews-Record .
Why Accidents Happen
"I was thinking about some-
thing else." Half the motorcar
drivers stopped by traffic officers
in the U.S. for violations of the
rules of the road give the excuse
quoted. But surely any respons-
ible adult realizes that in driving
a fast -travelling car, under pre-
sent conditions of traffic, he •or
she has plenty to think about
without letting his or her own
thoughts wander outside the auto-
mobile. — Stratford Beacon -Her-
ald.
That Was Thirty Years Ago
Thirty years ago this week the
edtior of the Walkerton Telescope
sharpened his quill and gave his
readers this hot -shot: "In Kincar-
dine one day last week an automo-
bile frightened a horse, the horse
ran away, the driver was thrown
out of the rig and his leg was bro-
ken. It is becoming apparent from
incidents like this that something
will have to be done about these
automobiles. For several years
past the fanners in the vicinity
of Toronto have been agitating for
Canada
The
Empire
a law to restrain automobiles from
using the public highways, ;but so
far have not been able to accomp-
lish anything." — Kincardine
News.
Not Since Beck's Day
Hydro has not had a strong
hand on it since the days of Sir
Adam Beck, the man whose child
Hydro was. Sir Adam in his day
may have been somewhat of an
autocrat, but his hand was firm.
He knew exactly what should be
done and he refused to do any-
thing else. He took the advice of •,
competent engineers and acted on
it. This province cannot hope to
produce another Adam Beck, and..,
if it did we doubt whether the
members of our Legislature would
be inclined to leave him alone and
allow him to work. — Peterbor-
ough Examiner.
The EMPIRE.:
.Who Are The Happy People?
Who, then, are the happy peo-
ple? Some say they are the Com-
munists, some say they are the'
Nazis, some say they are the Bu-
chmanites. It is a- fine thing to
have such reports of Widespread
happiness from all over Europe.
How happy Herr Hitler and Sig-
nor Mussolini looked in the photo-
graph of the march -past during
the Roman celebrations! I almost
wished I were a dictator as I was
was watching the news -reel. How
happy, too, a thousand or two Bu-
chmanites look in a photograph,
all laughing together like bathing
belles in the popular press! I sin-
cerely hope all these people are
as, happy as they look, and that
their happiness is infectious. Some
people say the followers of Gen-
eral Franco are happy, but I wish
they could express -their happiness
in some other way than dropping
bombs on children. Happiness
takes many forms, however, and
it is probably lack of imagination
that prevents me from entering
into the happiness either of a
bomb -thrower or of a Prime Min-
ister, The truth is, I do rio know
what constitutes happiness for
anybody except myself, and I
am not sure about myself. A
shower of rain on the garden, per-
haps, and, after that, white clouds
in a blue sky. Or a peacock but-
terfly. Or a cinnabar moth. Or a
bullfinch in an apple tree. Or
work — when it is over. — "Y.
Y." in The New Statesman and
Nation (London).
Descendant of Spanish Jews who
fled from, the terror of the Inquisl-
tion to the shores of England, Les.
lie !lore -Belisha (pronounced "Bel-
eesha") because of his meteoric
career in British polities is looked
upon by many to have the makings
of a '`second Disraeli," He is still
a young man, around 42 (he wou't
tell his exact age), in a position as
Minister of War where a leap up
to the Prime Minister's chair is not
long; nor a crash downwards al -
'together unlikely. Ilis future is a
tig question mark.
A Brilliant Showman
Following the war this smooth -
faced, thick -lipped young man con-
tinued his interrupted education,
was President of the Oxford Union
for a term, practised law in London
and rode into Parliament as an
M. P. for Devonport. While sitting
in the House he came under the in-
fluence of that famed ex -Canadian,
Lord Beaverbrook, wrote political
articles for his "Daily Express,"
• and learned for hhn the art of pub-
llcity.
FIore-Belisha first featured large-
ly in the public eye following his
appointment in 1934 as Minister of
Transport. He inaugurated a trem-
endous publicity campaign, using
radio, billboards, newspaper car-
toons to reduce accidents on the
highways, which actually cut down
• the slaughter figures. He has got
action. He became a famous man.
In 1937 Prime Minister Chamber-
lain moved Hore-Belisha to the
War Office and got more action. A
purge of the British Army High
Command occurred immediately,
sweeping a lot of the elder men out
of the war office.
In The Balance
At the present moment, Mr. Hore-
Belislra's career is at stake. It has
been whispered persistently of late
that he is likely to resign from the
War Office. The truth is that Ms
career is at stake. The trouble may
COME! to a head following the publi-
dation of a report by a special com-
mittee of all parliamentary powers
which is investigating the arrest of
Duncan Sandys, M.P. (Winston
Churchill's son-in-law) for the al-
leged violation of the Official Sec-
rets Act. "Who summoned San-
dys?" is the question. Mr. Hore-
Belisha may be charged with mis-
leading evidence.
' 'orrid Tips
Summer is more fun for the
woman who —
Decides on a coiffure that
won't keep her neck too warm
for comfort and one which is so
simple that she can tidy it up
herself after a swim or a game
of golf.
—Finds a really efficacious
anti-perspirant that suits her own
type of skin, then uses it regular-
ly,
—Buys washable white gloves.
—Appreciates the fact that an
extra jacket or two can make a
skimpy wardrobe seem larger and
infinitely more interesting.
—Plans her own holiday well
in advance, budgeting her allow-
ance and choosing her summer
clothes with it firmly in mind.
—Begins to think about details
of the children's months at camp -
or at grandmother's right now in-
stead of waiting until a week be-
fore they are to leave.
—Stores away all heavy look-
ing bric-a-brac, heavy cushions
and so on. People who live in cool-
looking houses during hot weather
are less bothered by the heat than
those who do not.
—Endeavours to get her skin
gradually used to bright, --hot sun-
shine weeks before she intends to
spend a full day on the beach.
Thus she avoids a sunburn, and
LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Netter
lastml"You win, Doc, I'm walking within a month .... When your hall
came I had to sell the car!"
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greets summer with a skin already
conditioned for a smooth, golden
tan.
--Lays in a supply of cuticle
oil and hand Potion as well as sun
tan oils, lighter creams, darker
powder and so on. Active sports
and hot weather are as hard on
hands and nails as cold winter
winds.
Angola is increasing its ship-
ments of diamonds to other coun-
tries.
SMugglers Now
Use Submarine
Latest news from the Baltic tells
of rum -running by submarine. The
crook ship was recently sighted
about six miles off the coast of Fin-
land. She is suspected of carrying
on a large-scale smuggling racket.
Smuggling is altogether on the
increase In the Baltic, owing to the
increase in the retail price of
liquor.
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THE WON
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ERLAND OF 07
The new General of the Gnome
King's army knew that to fail in Ms
plans meant death, yet he was not
at all anxious or worried. He hat-
ed everyone who was good and he
longed to make all who were happy
unhappy. Therefore he had accept-
ed this dangerous position as gen-
eral quite willingly, feeling sure in
kis evil mind that he 'would be able
to do a lot of mischief and finally to
conquer the Land of Oa,
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The mountains underneath which
the Gnome Kings' extensive cav-
erns were located lay grouped just
south of the Land of Ev, which lay
directly across the deadly desert
to the west of the Land of Oz. As
the mountains were also on the
edge of the desert the Gnome King
found that he had only to tunnel
nntlerneath the desert to reach 'Oz-
ma's dominions, but he did not wish
his armies to appear above the
grnunii ir, the Munchkin' country.
He wanted to take al] the Oz
people by Surprise; so he decided
to runt the tunnel clear through to
the Emerald City, where he and
his army could break through the
ground without warning and con-
quer the people before they had
time to defend themselves. "Ozena,"
said II: Gnome King to himself,
"will not know that we are going to
attack her, so she will make no pre-
parations to resist Us, In a few
hours my gnomes will have captur-
ad the entire 'country."
He began working Itt once upon
his tunnel, setting a. thousand .miu-
ers at the task and building it high
and broad enough for his armies to
march through it with ease. The
gnomes ,were Used to Making tun-
nels, as all the kingdoni in which
they lived was under ground, so
they made rapid progress. While
this work was going on, General
Guph started out aloue'in search of
allies. He first planned to visit the
Chief of the Whimsies,