Zurich Herald, 1938-09-29, Page 3:ys Calgary Has
The Worst Drivers
The World's "Wackiest" Are
To Pe Fettad in the Alberta
City, Trac Observer De-
clares
The world's "wackiest" drivers
are in Calgary and they've any-
thing skimped that I've seen iu my
trip across Canada," said Julius R.
I% ippering, of New York City.
The man with the world's most
pet:uliar hobby, Mr, Elipperirg
glade this statement as he sat in
his corner and watched traffic pass
the intersection of Seventeenth av-
enue and Fourth street west, Cal-
gary.
A retired pants manufacturer,
ldr. Klipporing spends his summer
months motoring through Canada
and the United States, observing
the antics of automobile drivers
and pedestrians.
Disregard "Stop" Signs
Sometimes he takes miniature
movies of traffic scenes. At other
times he takes candid camera shots
and he makes notes and every win-
ter he spends several months sort-
ing out his material. He then enter-
tains his friends by showing mov-
ies of "how not to drive."
Mr. icIippering said that in no
other city in Canada do drivers
show such a fine disregard for the
"Stop" signs as they do in Calgary.
He expressed the belief that only
three out of ten drivers come to a
full stop as the regulations demand
and only two otit of 10 gives sig-
nals when turning out from the
curb, turning corners or heading
into or out of traffic.
Poor Judgment
Is Blamed Fo
,est Accidents
Vast Majority of People Involv-
ed In Smash-ups Are Honest,
Law -Abiding CEtinesic, .Police
Chief Says.
Reduction of the automobile ac-
cident rate depended mostly on im-
rroved' driving practices and atti-
trde and law enforcement must be
e;irected primarily to that end, said
Howard M. Baker, traffic engineer
of the Montreal police department,
in a speech at the annual conven-
tion of the Canadian Good Roads'
ssmiation, at 13igwin Inn, Ontario.
Although reckless, inefficient or
drunken driving was a factor in
causing accidents, Mr., Baker said
the vast majority of persons involv-
ed in accidents were honest, law-
ac:iding citizens, driving conrpetent-
ly and with reasonable caution.
They were chargeable at the worst
with bad judgment rather than a
fixed intent to peopardize them -
Enforcement nforcement inflicted, in t spirit
g'f revenge defeated its awn end
and wronged the community. It
1, ould seek to correct and educate.
.11spensions and revocations of li-
censee had a greater deterrent ef-
ft at en erring drivers than almost
any other punitive measure.
Er die T
Be Finished Soon
GOODBYE SUMMER As we
look back upon the past three
months, we realize that it has been
a lovely summer, not too hot, not
too rainy, not too cool. So that
autumn's approach with its pro-
mise of pumpkin pies and Thanks-
giving and ducking for apples and
colored leaves and beechnuts and
fowl suppers finds us in a satis-
fied, peaceful frame of mind to-
wards life as lived in our Ontario.
If only the thought of wars and
rumors of wars did not have to be
faced! And the conviction that
this peace of ours which lies over
the land is only a temporary armis-
tice
DAYLIGHT TIME: While we
are on the subject of summer
ending and such, a few words
about daylight saving. Some of
our Ontario cities and towns have
found it a boon, that extra hour
of sunlight a gift from the gods.
Too bad all the cities and towns
of Canada don't adopt it auto-
matically, in their own interest.
Or all of the Dominion go on
Summer Time each year—as Eur-
ope has been doing ever since the
Great War.
And here it is that we would
ask a question. Why is it that
farmers don't like daylight saving
time? The domestic animals of •
Europe seem to get along all
right; the cows and horses don't
appear to suffer from dislocation
of the time sense. Are our Cana-
dian animals any different? Or is
it that farm work under daylight
saving could not get under way
at an early enough hour each day?
We wish someone would write in
and shed a little more light on
the problem.
New International Link At
Point Edward Coanpiete
Construction work on the Blue
Water Bridge proper is expected to
be completed next week, This will
consist of the final painting on the
Canadian end of the centre span.
The American half of the bridge
was completed last week. All that
remains to be done now so that
tho bridge can be put into opera-
tion, is the completion of the cus-
toms and immigration buildings at
tlia Point Edward end.
The Sarnia and Hamilton bridge
companies, which had a joint con-
tract for the construction of the
Canadian approach, have completed
their section of the bridge and they
' have turned it over to the Ontario
department of highways. The Am—
erican
ericau bridge company will wind,.up
its contract for the centre span
with the. flushing of' the aluminum
painting.
It is •expected that two weeks
will be required to complete the
Canadian customs and immigration
buildings.
HaaIf.Century Mark
Thirty-eight years old Chaim
itozehiholtz of Warsaw claims that
he has divorced 25 wives. "1 want
to bring up the number to fifty,"
ha said in a press interview, "and
then I will be satisfied."
Belling the Cats.
:u * * *
LOST OPPORTUNITY: We
have been kicking ourselves ever
since. Last week we wrote a
paragraph for this column on the
European war scare; then just as
the paper went to press we yanked
the paragraph out because it look-
ed at the moment as if we might
be wrong. Later events support
our original viewpoint.
Here is part of the paragraph,
under the heading, "Supercolos-
sal Bluff": "An illuminating
comment on the situation in Cen-
tral Europe was made this week by
Public School Inspector' D. M.
Eagle, of Windsor, just returned
from his nineteenth trip across
the Atlantic. He should know
whereof he speaks. Says Mr.
Eagle: `I don't think the Germans
want war. I believe they're trying
to see what they can get by bluf-
fing and by a show of force'."
Mr. Eagle could have gone fur-
ther and said a few words about
"blackmail" — of the democratic
powers by a desperate state, Ger-
many.
Bluff it all was (though a very
risky one) because Germany was
not really ready for war nor
capable of waging it successfully.
Confronted by the democratic
powers acting in concert, she
would have been blocked from the
outset. Now, Hitler is top -dog in
all Europe. With Czechoslovakia
under his belt (it is rich in min-
erals, munitions plants), he will
have the wherewithal to defeat the
world. Plus the key to the Balkan
regions and a route to the Black
Sea.
There will be no stopping him.
* * *
FORCE TRIUMPHANT: From
am editorial in the New York
Tunes which deals with the Czech-
oslovak crisis and the Anglo-
French proposals:
"This is the end of the whole
system of collective security' built
up in the post-war treaties. It is
the end of that system because a
demonstration will have been giv-
en, in the very heart of Europe,
before the eyes of all the world
and in a manner which leaves no
possible room for doubt, that
All eats in Staveley, Alberta,
have to wear bells "to give the
birds a chance." The bird popu-
lation is now increasing so much
that other towns in Alberta intend
to enact similar laws.
Railways of Denmark and Ger-
many will operate a bus line be-
tweet Me two countries,
Ready to. "Liberate" Czechoslovakia's Germans
r•
This picture was taken at Hitler's mountain retreat at Berchtes-
gaden, when the Reichfuehrer conferred with Konrad Henlein, leader
of the Sudeten Germans, Shortly afterwards, Hitler, in a speech from
Nuremberg, served notice on a world bristling with arms that his Nazi
empire stood
from rto eady
lr European the
countries.
Sudeten Germans regardless of
any opposition
V•KE F
THE PRESS
CANADA
EXCRUCIATING
All the troubles of the world
are as nothing to the man with a
couple of raspberry seeds under
the upper plate.—Brandon Sun.
THE CREDIT SYSTEM
This country would be in better •
condition if there were not so
many mortgaged motor cars park-
ed by rented houses on paved
highways built on credit. --Forest
Standard.
WHY FAVOR TORONTO
Toronto, so we see, is to get
higher relief grants from the Pro-
vincial Government. And. why an
exception in favor of Toronto?
Any revision for the benefit of the
municipalities should apply gen- -
eralfy.--Ottawa Journal.
A NEEDED "WEEK"
What with Fish Week, Furni-
ture Week, Cheese Week, Dog
Week and all the others, it is said
that everything has been com-
mandeered up to the second week
of June, 1947, and someone has
designated that as "Mind Your
Own Damned Business Week. —
Woodstock Sentinel -Review.
FOOD SUBSTITUTES
Surely mankind around the
world is getting tired of diplo-
mats, and statesmen, and dicta-
tors, and leaders who have no
time, nor inclination to worry
about underfed people. "Spheres
of influence," "corridors" and
"new alignments" — newer and
quicker ways of bombing, gassing
and killing each other occupy
their time, talents and energies.
Marie Antoinette's famous re-
mark, "Let the people eat cake,"
has, says one, been changed today
force or the threat of force is the
determining factor in the relation-
ship of nations."
How to build it up again... , ?
„ * * *
THE WEEIC'S QUESTION:
What is the burden each person
in Canada carries, as his share of
the public debt? Answer: $638
for every man, woman and child
in the country.
to "Let them eat battleships."—
Halifax Herald.
Gaspe Peninsula
Sneezers' Haven
Ragweed Eliminated There Ex-
cept for Small Area; Victory
In Sight.
TOO MANY CABINS?
Is it possible that we are over-
building for the attraction of the
tourist dollar? Even in the best
of tourist seasons, it is doubtful if
sufficient visitors cross the border
to make profitable the operation
of all the cabins, lunch stands and
other establishments that have
been .created along the highways
to fill their needs—and yet there
is a constant increase in the num-
ber of these places. — Brockville
Recorder and Times.
HIGH COST OF DYING
The cost of dying is not thought
of so often as the cost of living.
But it looms as a major problem
for most people. To low-wage
earners the cost of burial services
constitutes an increasing worry,
because they are haunted by the
fear of a "pauper's grave." The
most common form of industrial
insurance is nothing more than
burial insurance. Of every insur-
ance policy under $1,000 it is
found that over half is used for
funeral expenses. There are cases
where funeral directors assume
the payments on premiums of
policies which are in danger of
lapsing. Indeed, the struggle
among thousands of people to
provide for a decent exit from this
life makes their later period of
living a harried, unenviable one.
—Toronto Star.
q H 3 p.
Over wem y 1 :ave
Swum Channel
Ragweed, plague of hay fever
victims, has been practically elim-
inated from the Gaspe Peninsula,
Georges Maheux of the Quebec De-
partment of Agriculture, told a
meeting of the eastern section of
the association committee on weeds
of the Dominion Department of Ag-
riculture and the National Research
Council at Ottawa last week.
Co -Operation Effective
Setting out to make the Gaspe
area a refuge for hay fever suffer-
ers the Quebec Government had se-
cured the co-operation of farmers,
teachers and school children and
the south shore of the St. Law-
rence had been practically freed
from the weed, One limited. area of
infestation remained on the north
shore but in two or three years it
was expected ragweed would dis-
appear from the whole area.
Woman Doctor, Gardener are
Last To Cross
five men, seeing a helmeted wo•
gran swimming towards shore near
Dover, England, ran to meet her,
and found she was Fran Bruns.
Wendel, 35 -year-old German doctor,
who claimed to have swum the
Channel from Cap Gris-Nez in 15
hours 33 minutes. It is doubtful if
her swim will be recognized, as it
was made unofficially,
Record -Holders
The record for the swine is held
by G. Michel, a Frenchman, who
crossed from Cap Gris-Nez to Do-
ver in 1926 in 11 hours 5 minutes.
Up to this swim 21 people had
done it—nine of them women. The
fastest time for a woman is that of
Miss Gertrude Bderle-14 hours 34
minutes.
tis
the
By ELIZABETH EEDY
By EEDY
"EARLY BUILDINGS OF
ONTARIO"
By prof. Erie D, Arthur
University of Toronto Press has
just . released a new publication
entitled "The Early Buildings of
Ontario," which describes and il-
lustrates many of the province's
historic buildings which have . out-
standing architectural features.
Eric D. Arthur, Professor of
Architectural Design, University
of Toronto, is the author of the
booklet. John Alford, Professor
of Fine Art, of the same univer-
sity, has written a foreword in
which he states that "the quality
of architecture is the quality of
the material environment we make
for ourselves in the process of our
relations with raw Nature and
with each other.
From Lancaster to Hamilton
The largest groups of good early
NAMES
in the
N EWS
EDOUARD BENES
President of Czechoslovakia, He
helped to found the republic. For
the past twenty years he has prov-
ed
rowed to be one of the "smartest little"
statesmen in Europe.
houses are to be found in the
earliest settled portions of On-
tario. The Kingston Road from
Lancaster to Hamilton provided
hundreds of examples of particu-
larly good hone• in the neighbor-
hood of Kingston, Brockville,
Preston and Cobourg, the book
points out. The Niagara Penin-
sula and the country around Ham-
ilton also contain some of the best
old houses in the province. In the
western part of the province an-
other group is to be found on the
shores of Lake Erie and along the
Detroit River.
The book provides an instruc-
tive study and is recommended for
teachers and any others interest-
ed in Ontario's architectural heri-
tage.
Tuts C
OUSV
By William
DFer us:n
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CHIEi: STANDINGDEER', most famous of North Carolina Chero-
kee archers, has been ruled out of archery competition by his tribe.
Champion for n generation, his skill discouraged younger com-
petitors from entering the annual tournaments.
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NDE LAND OF OZ
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These Growleywogs were remark-
able creatures. They were of gtgan4
tic size yet were all bone, skin and
muscle there being no moat or fat
upon tl'ir bodies at all. Their pow-
erful murdee lay just under the skin
like bunehes of rope and the weak-
est Growleywog was so strong he
could Birk up an elephant and toss
it seven miles away,
Guph know that they hated all
people. lie also knew that if he
succeeded they would afford him'
very powerful assistance, "The Land
of Oz is ruled by a namby-pamby
girl who Is disgustingly good and
kind," he said. "Her people are all
happy and contented and have, no
cares or worries whatever:" "Go
one" growled the Grand Gallipoot,
still scowling,
"Once the Gnome Ring enslaved
the ltoyal Family of Er," said the
General, "but Ozma interfered, al-
though it was none of her business,
and marched her army against us.
With her was a Kansas girl named
Dorothy and yellow hen, and they
marched directly into the Gnome
ltirr's cavern. There they libernt-
ICingour Ituggedo'smagic agic bolt." stole
"So now our King is making a
tunnel under the deadly desert so
we can march through it to the Em-
erald City. When we get there we
mean to conquer and destroy all the
land and recapture the magic belt."
Again he paused and again the Grand
Gallipoot growled, "Go one" Oupli
tried to think of what to say next,
for he was quite nervous, and a hap•
py thought soon occurred to hien.
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