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Zurich Herald, 1938-10-13, Page 6Lt Turkey Buzzard Near St. Marys Native of Southern States Is Thought To Have Been Driven North By HR.irricane A large black bird, described by nature scholars as a turkey buz- zard, was shot down four miles south of St. Marys, Ontario, by Nor- man Conn, a young farm employee of East Nissouri. The bird in some ways resembled a turkey but beak and head corresponded to that of a buzzard. The bird was flying high above the field with three other similar birds, A habitant of Central Amer- ica and the Southern States, it is believed to have been driven into this territory by the hurricane which swept the Atlantic seaboard and the New England State's. Of Vulture Family Of the vulture family, the bird had a wing spread of over six feet. It weighs about five pounds. The head, of a reddish appearance was bald but for a few short black hairs, This is the first time on re- cord this type of bird has been seen in the district. Two Stratfords Swap Greetings Stratford-upon-Avon, England, Sends Rosemary and Wild Thyme To Be Panted in Stratford, Ontario. "Rosemary for remembrance" was the sentiment in a cable sent by Mayor Thos. Waldron, of Strat- ford -on -Avon, England, to Mayor Thos. E. Henry as the city of Strat- ford, Ontario, held a ceremony at Shakespearean Gardens to plant Rosemary and Wild Thyme. The seed from which the ' la4ics were grown came from Stratford-on- Avou. And Mayor Thos. E. Henry fit- tingly replied with a oablegrsan picked up by messenger while the ceremony was in progress. And Mayor Henry pointed out in the cable that prayers for peace were a part of the ceremony. Prayers For Peace The text of Mayor Waldron's message to Stratford was as fol- lows: "Here's Rosemary for re- membrance. Heartiest greetings from the Mayof of Shakespeare's Stratford to the Mayor of Ontario's Stratford." Mayor Henry's reply read: "Greetings from Stratford -on -Avon, Ontario. Officials planted Rose- mary twelve noon. Prayers for peace and prosperity." Fi,'rty Millions Need Sch t cling ()n This Continent, McGill Uni- versity Expert Says, In Voic- ing Plea for Adult Education. Something must be done in the way of providing further education- al facilities for 40,000,000 people of North America who have had a very sketchy education, Col. Wil- frid Bovey of McGill University told members of the Quebec Ki - wants Club last week. "We might just as well face an unpleasant fact," he said. "Most of those people had to leave school before their time because our com- munity had failed in its duty, be- cause in some way or other our or- ganization has been inadequate. Some People Have Missed It "I do not think anyone denies that the cornmunity owes an edu- cation to the school child; no one has denied that for a long time. But, this is my contention: the community has exactly the same obligation to the people who through its fault, have missed their school education." Col. Bovey stated that the service clubs of this continent might well make it their task to study and as- sist in remedying the problem of the "sketchily educated 40,000,000." Bul's s imported Into D sminion Millions Are Corning From Eu- rope This Autumn The bulb importing season has again commenced. Recently bulbs ,of every size, shape and description, such as hyacinths, narcissi, daffo- dils, crocuses, freesias and muscari, have been literally; pouring into Canada from Great Britain, Hol- land, Belgium, France and other countries, Millions of bulbs, actu- ally 35,347,307, arrived during the season of 1937.38, and the indica- tions are that this large figure will be surpassed during the importing months of 1988-39. All these bulbs, Which before long will be in'the possession of amateur or profes- ' eional gardeners and growers, later to produce pots of bloom, cut flow- ers and delightful garden beds in the spring, have to be handled and inspected before being allowed to 'bb forwarded to their destination in Canada, NAMES if1 the NEWS. ALFRED DUFF -COOPER Prime Minister Chamberlain of Great Britain's hour of triumph in the House of Commons was out short by a 'bitter attack launched on his foreign policy by the second member of his Cabinet to resign for conscience' sake, Alfred Duff - Cooper, First Lord of the Admiral- ty. Anthony Eden, former Foreign Secretary, was the first. Those two men, younger in years than the aYerage Conservative Par- ty member in Great Britain, believe that the whole Czechoslovak crisis could have been averted if Britain had taken a stand in time. Duff - Cooper in his speech said that it was foolish to expect the German dictator to listen to "sweet reason- ableness"—only the mailed fist can influence Hitler. Anthony Eden declared: "Succes- sive surrenders only bring succes- sive humiliation, and in their turn more humiliating demands." Canada: Finest Hunting Ground World's Ideal Country For The Chase, Big Game Hunters Aver Canada is the finest hunting and fishing country in the world in the opinion of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lerner, adventurers and big game hunters from New York. The couple like Canada's hunt- ing grounds because they are situ- ated ituated in the healthiest country in the world. Tropical countries pack • too much danger and fever to be ideal sites, they believe. Mrs. Lerner impressed interview- ers as being "112 pounds of sport- ing porting dynamite and charm." She is less than five feet in height. "Women can do anything a man can do," was her firm belief. She is the first woman ever to catch a broadbill swordfish in Canadian waters. Mrs. Lerner caught a 295 - pound swordfish off the coast of Louisburg, Nova Scotia, this year. The fish fought two hours and 50 minutes before she landed it with a 28 -ounce rod and a 39 -thread line. Fishing Grounds Being Depleted The adoption of fly . and bait casting methods of fishing were urged as a means of conserving the Dominion's nature -given supply of fish by David V. Reddick, authority on fly and bait casting, at a rdeet- ing of Montreal's Progress Club. "Our rivers, lakes and streams are being depleted more and more each year," he declared. He point- ed ointed out how a maximum of sport can be obtained through scientific fishing without depleting one of the greatest tourist attracting features of this country. Dogs are being used for hunt- ing criminals in Belgium, Britain Eyes Turner Valley Is Giving Consideration to Pians For Development of Fig Alberta Oil Field LONDON. --• The British Gov- ernment is giving consideration to comprehensive plans for the de- velopment of the Turner Valley oil field in Southern Alberta, which in- clude construction of a pipeline to. Vancouver, it was learned last week. It was understood no decieious had been made, although the scheme is being viewed from every angle by Admiralty officials. The oil would be used for naval pur- poses. In Rearmament Scheme Tho Canadian Government has no direct connection with the plan, it was understood, although it prob- ably has been acquainted with the details. Development of the oilfield would come within Britain's vast rearma- ment scheme, whiph already ex- tends to Canada in the construction of bombing planes. Nearly $40,00® was collected on London streets in one day for the British Empire Cancer Cam- paign. VOICE OF THE PRESS OOOOO CANADA A TASTY GESTURE Another noble gesture in the in- terests of European peace would be to send Herr Hitler the first - prize snitz pie from New Hamburg fair.—Woodstock Sentinel -Review. SOME SLOWER -UPPERS Camels have been banned from Palestine streets because they slow up the traffic. What we need in Canada is camels.—Portage la Prairie Graphic. LIVING UNDER PAR To live decently, a Toronto law- yer says, a workman with a fam- ily of five should receive at least $2,753 a year. The conclusion is that a great many people are liv- ing indeeently. — Brockville Re-' corder and Times., SHOULD HAVE TIME OUT Rev. A. J. Bruce of Coppet Cliff predicts a real old-fashioned win- ter and advises people to get their underwear on early and not to take it off until March 21. All right brother, but we suppose it would be right enough to allow it to be put through the wringer now and then.—Peterborough Examin• - er. "EAT AND COUNT" A while ago we reprinted a story from the Lindsay Post of a man who ate 23 cobs of corn at one sitting. That newspaper has now received a letter from a man in Port Elgin declaring that 23 is a mere snack and that he, a certain "Wis" of that town, re- cently put away 32 cobs complete with butter and salt and a pot of of tea. He concluded by asking the Lindsay Post and The Ottawa Journal to beat his feat. All right, Lindsay Post—you eat 'em and we'll count 'em. — Ottawa Journal. CANADIAN LAWYERS The last census showed over 8,000 persons-occiupied as lawyers in Canada, with 544 justices and magistrates, not all of whom were necessarily graduates of law schools, but most of whom are likely to be placed as such. There is thus one lawyer for every 1,200 of the population, and as there is one doctor for every 1,000 it would seem to appear that our bodily ills take more looking af- ter than keeping us within the rules by which society governs its actions.—Kitchener Record. News ar 4<�ti . By Elizabeth l3edy OUTSHONE: They say that Mussolini weeps in his palace at Rome, sobbing uncontrollably and gnashing his teeth at a capricious fate which has forced him to play second fiddle. In the 'teens of this century, Benito Mussolini was a journalist of parts, a prominent socialist whose ambition it was to become an unique figure in his age. Lenin, the Russian socialist, rose to be a much greater power, dwarfed Mussolini into insignificance. Then the Italian tried the opposite line, became the first "Fascist" in his- tory. • For years the clever Benito's supremacy went unchallenged, but with the thirties a formidable rival appeared on the horizon, Adolf Hitler of Germany, and once more Mussolini is outshone by a star of greater magnitude. Beaten at his own game. If Mussolini is to run true to form, he will dry his tears and prepare to go Hitler one better by doing something that will throw the German dictator's latest tri- umphy in the' shadow. He could take over the whole of Arabia, for instance; or seize control 'of the Mediterranean, shutting off Eng- land from her trade routes; then grab the Suez Canal and Egypt. He'll have his innings yet ... —0— REASON FOR SILENCE: — There's a big howl gone up across Canada because at the time of the latest European crisis, Prime Min- ister Ring did not say a word to indicate that we as a nation were behind Britain's stand for peace. The howl may die down now, or it may be heard at its loudest only when Parliament reconvenes at Ottawa next month. It is whispered that Mr. King was silent because he feared the unfavorable reaction of French Canada to any European commit- ment. Dr. Manion, Conservative leader, did not declare himself either, it is said, for the sane rea- son. —0— WAIT AND SEE: An amusing news note was heard over the ra- dio the other morning. It was re- ported that the power -that -be were considering naming" the new bridge on the Middle Road (near Mimico) the "Chamberlain Peace Bridge." Added in the next breath was: "they have decided to lay the matter of the new name over for a time." Here we would inter- pose: "to see how the 'Chamber- lain Peace' turns out." —0— CRIME BUREAU: At a meet- ing of the Police Association of Ontario in Toronto early this month the intelligent suggestion was made that a central clearing house for criminal data be estab- lished at Ottawa so what informa- tion available to police in one town or city of Canada could be prepared for distribution through a special police bulletin to all police headquarters in the country. Crown Attorney J. W. McFad- den, speaking of the present lack of efficiency, said: "As it is now, The EMPIRE BOMBAY IS NOT ALONE Progress in local self-govern- ment is a slow business the lat- est Bombay Government review of municipal administration for 1937- 37 repeats a familiar tale. The absense of a sense of civic respon- sibility constitutes a grave draw- back; factions and feuds continue to characterize local administra- tion and to'produce parlous con- ditions. This is reflected in the phenomenal growth of arrears in the past few years, the reluctance to provide proper amenities and to levy taxation, and irresponsible expenditure. — Times of India, Bombay. Let this overwhelming preference for 'blue coal'— the world's finest anthracite—be your guide to better heating. blue coal will give you a standard of heating satisfaction and value that has won the confidence of over 100,000 Canadian homeowners, Order a fan of 'blue coal' today Ask your 'blue coal' dealer also about the 'blue coal' Heat Regulator which provides automatic heat with your present equipment: 95 Tune in "The Shadow" every Sat., 7 p.m., CBL, Toronto, or 6.30 p.m., CBO, Ottawa. police niay be looking for a man only to find long after that he is serving a jail term in another city." THE WEEK'S QUESTION: — What resources and industries of Czechoslovakia does Germany fall heir to as a result of the occupa- tion of Sudetenland? Answer: Nine -tenths of Czechoslovakia's textile industry, virtually all of her china, glass and procelain out- put, virtually all of her lignite fields, the biggest of which is be- lieved to contain 12,000,000,000 tons; important chemical plants in and near Aussig, valuable metal works and a radium mine in the Erz Mountains. When a South Sea Island out- rigger canoe was launched in the Isle of Wright a coconut was broken over its bow. The Rarest Stamp —0— A soiled and much -worn postage stamp, said to be the rarest in the world, was placed on sale at Ken- more, N.Y., last week. ICnown as the British Guiana No. 13. it is the only one of it8 kind known to be in existence. The 100 -year-old stamp — which the late King George V of England sought in vain to buy—is listed in the new catalogue of Ernest G. Jarvis, Kenmore ,philatelist. Jarvis said he had been authorized by Mrs. Ann Hind Scala, of Utica, the stamp's owner, to sell it. A blind girl recently examined by a London doctor proved she could distinguish her friends by their breathing. t Surely you have friends and relatives in Britain who are eagerly looking forward to seeing you again ... don't disappoint them. any longer ... go this Christmas . . round trip rates are low and the sailings shown below pro- vide convenient dates. , gg From Montreal Nov. 11 ATIIENIA to B'fast, L'pool, GlasgoW Nov. 11 AURANIA to Ply., Havre, London Nov. 18 ANTONIA to Glasgow, B'fast, L'pool Nov. 18 ASCANIA to Ply., Havre, London Nov. 26 LETITIA to B'fast, L'pool, Glasgow Nov. 26 AUSONIA to Ply., Havre, London • From Halifax •Dec. 4 ALAUNIA to Plymouth, London "Dec. 5 SAMARIA to Glasgow, B'fast, L'pool "Dec. 11 ACIRANIA to Plymouth London "Dec. 13 ATH EN IA to B'fast, L'pool, Glasgow 'Embarkation previous evening. From Saint John, N.B. Dec. 10 ATH EN IA to B'fast, L'pool,Glasgow From New York Dec. 2 QUEEN MARY to Ply Cher S'mpt Dec. 10 AQUITANIA to Cherbourg, S'm$t Dec. 10 GEORGIC to Galway, Cobh, L'pool Dec. 16 QUEEN MARY to Ply., Cher., S'mpt Arif See your local agent or Corner Bay & Wellington Ste. (ELgtn 3471) Toronto THE WONDERLAND OF OZ 'rhe Growleywogs spent some time dividing'the people and treasures of Oz in advance of the conquest. They had no doubt at all that they were all able to destroy Onma's Domain. "Tho deadly desert has kept us out of the Land of Oz," remarked the Grand Gallipoot, "bUt now we shall get into the Emora.id City very eas- ily, so let us send the fat Tittle Gen- era poach to ism.'ing without prom - "We will not say that we intend to conquer the gnomes after we have conquered Oz," he continued, "but we will do so lust the same and what fun it will be to stick pins in their bodies to Melte them yet1. This plan 'being agreed upon, they all wont home to 'dinner leaving General Guph still in prison. The (Thorns had no idea that he had_sue- oeedecl in his mission, for ihultnir himself in prison )re feared the Growleywogs in( ended putting blot to death. By this time the jailer had tired. of sticking pins into the General a.nd was amusing himself by pulling the gnolne's whiskers out by the roots, one at a time., This enjoymaent was interrupted by the Grand Galt. lipoet sending for the prisoner. "AW, wait a few hours," begged the jailer. 1 haven't pulled out, a quarter of his whiskers yet." "1`f you peep the Grand Gallipoot waiting, lre'll break your back," declared the messenger, "Perhaps you're right". said the jailer. "Take him away, •lint kick him at every step. It will be good fun, for he is as soft as a ripe peach." So Guph was led away to the royal castle where the Grand Gallipoot told him that the Growley- J wogs had deckled to help conquer the Land of Os. 'Whenever you are. rood Y," ho an Id, "lot Fon know and 1 cvit1 march with ei;;lric'P0 thousand of may most powerful warriors to Your aid."