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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1938-12-08, Page 6rq News Parade By Elizabeth Eedy EMPIRE CENTRE: Political pro- phet Wytlie Williams, of Green- Wich, Conn„ in telephone conver- sation with the Toronto Globe and Mail last week expressed the belief that a move is actually under way to make Canada the centre of the British Empire, economically and politically speaking. "For safe- ty's sake," he said. "It's figured to be the safest place in the Empire." Business and finance already are being transferred from the Domin- ion to Canada, May be a Good Thing (as the book "1066 and All That" puts it), but sometimes we don't feel any too "safe" over here ourselves. What with spies to the south of us, blizzards in the West, Fascists in our midst, and only the Atlantic be- tween us and Hitler. KILLING HIM OFF: It won't do any good. For prominent phy- chiatrists to declare him insane, for gypsy women to prophesy him dead by Christmas, for ordinary people like you and me to wish some- body'd bump him off, isn't going to do away with Hitler. He's very much of an actuality, large as life and twice as brutal. No amount of wishing is going to get rid of him. If Hitler were murdered tomor- row, someone else would be shoved up immediately to take his place. Remember that Thyssen and Krupp the German big -money men are backing the Nazi gang for a win, If German goods could be consist- ently onsistently boycotted, if the City of Lon- don would stop lending money to Berlin, if the democracies would present a solid front against him, Hitler (and what he stands for) would be defeated. Only then ... . MONDAY HOLIDAYS: On first thoughts the proposal to have all single - day holidays (except the Christmas and religious festivals) shifted to Mondays would seem to be a swell idea. Long week -ends away from work. Weeks of work uninterrupted by holidays in the middle. It would suit city people fine. But farmers won't thank you any for the suggestion. — they can't leave off working for days on end. Minis- ters of the church don't like the plan either, since they believe it would take people away from re- ligious services. TOUCH AND GO: Will it be Po- land next, or Roumania, or Hung- ary? A. couple of weeks ago, King Carol thinking it was his country's turn to be swallowed up by Hitler, rushed to London for aid. Now the Manchester Guardian comes out and says editorially that Poland will likely be Hitler's next victim. Says the Guardian: "The Germans are now seriously planning to treat Poland as they treated Czechoslo- vakia. By promoting the independ- ence of the Polish Ukranians, Ger- many could bring about the dis- memberment of Poland just as the annexation of the Sudetenland meant the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia. Again, the dismem- berment of Poland would be only the prelude to dismemberment and colonization of Soviet Russia." THE WEEK'S QUESTION: How much of the world's press is under strict control? More than 70 per cent. of the press in other count- ries knows no "freedom" in the sense that we understand it. Old Well Again Used By Village A relic of Vienna's pioneer days, an old well in the street an front of the Vienna (Ont) Hotel, is being put into use again. Years ago the well was filled in with dirt and its exact location forgotten. Workmen have now located the well and dug out the debris with which it had been filled. They found the old bricks that encased the well still in a good state of preservation. In the early days pioneer settlers drove their teams of horses or oxen along the old plank road past the tavern and its pump, today streamlined automobiles speed past on the tarvia-coated highway, Size ,,f Forehead Means Very Little Dr. Alfred W. Adson, professor at the Mayo Foundation Graduate School of the University of Minne- sota, told an audience of doctors last week in Philadelphia a large forehead indicates "physical disor- ders" in many eases. He said "the size of the forehead Inas nothing to do with the ability of the brain," and added: "Sometimes if it reaches consid- erable height, It may be an indica- tion for study by the neuro -sur- geon." Flo !'ere For Her Majesty Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth is pictured as she smilingly accept- ed a bouquet of flowers from a young admirer as she arrived at Sad - le 's Wells theatre, London, for a presentation of "Drama,, Music and Mime," by the London Young Women's Christian Association. VOICE OF THE PRESS WHAT A FALL! Now that the days grow colder, we might say, with Shakespeare, "Oh, what a fall there was, my countrymen." — Moncton Tran- script. —0— MOB PSYCHOLOGY Another difference between this country and Europe is that when mobs gather here it is merely to look at the new motor cars. — Toronto Saturday Night. —0— A LOST GENERATION This generation is reported to be much slower in paying its bills than the last. Of course the early settlers have long since passed away.—Hamilton Spectator. —o— HELP FROM THE PAST If Editor Jim Curran of the Sault Star continues digging up •old Viking swords and other weap- ons, he rte a "inada's defense armament problem—To- ronto Globe and Mail. —o— THE GREEN LIGHT A. court in Montreal has ruled that if a pedestrian starts across a street intersection with the green light he is entitled to keep on going if the light changes when he is half way across. Pedes- trians will no doubt be relieved to know that in such circumstances the law does not require them to dive into a man -hole or stand still and get run over. — Edmonton Bulletin. —0— YOUNG TRANSIENTS It is time that the governments of the country—federal, provin- cial and municipal— the church, the welfare societies, the service clubs and other organizations in- terested in bettering the lot of humanity should get together in a real effort to solve the problem of the young transients. In every community where this problem exists there should be a general body formed for the express pur- pose of sedking a permanent solu- tion.—St. Thomas Times -Journal. —o— WOMEN COUNCILLORS The fact that women are elect- ed to seats in several municipal councils throughout Ontario, and are justifying the confidence elec- tors placed in' them by the splen- didway they are administering public affairs, suggests the thought that Amherstburg might very well nominate a couple of women. for office this year. Ladies have been serving in other official positions here, such as the cemetery board . and library board, with much ac- ceptance, for sometime. It has to be admitted that women quickly, get a grasp of public administra- tion and by very intuition know the right course to take. One thing is certain. They would know where every cent went, and for what purpose. — Amheratburg Echo. Urge Farmers Tattoo Poultry t . soai Good Manners Alivice to Students, to Boys and Girls in the High Schools, Writes the Dean of Co -Eels Lena D. Misener, dean of women, tells Oklahoma City University stu- dents how to behave in her new treatise on etiquette, "White and Gold Book," Among things frowned upon by the 0. 0, U. dean is public spooning and she writes' that it is possible for a boy and girl to walk together ' without stringing their arms all around each other's waists. No Affection in Publle "It is poor taste to show sharked affection for one another in pub- lic," says the book. "Tile world Is not especially interested in such soulful drama." Other don'ts: Don't dance while smoking. You may singe .the lady's hair or burn down the house. Don't ignore the alumnus who has returned for a good time. But help him along. Don't fail to express ",audible thanks" for small favours. Dean Misener avers that she be- lieves everyone should "enjoy him- self to the utmost" as long as he re- frains from "undignified" conduct. In the preface to the book she reminds: "Do not disdain good manners, for in so doing you admit a weakness in your own self." With the co-operation of the pro- vincial police the live stock branch of the Ontario Department of Agri- culture is making a concentrated :. effort in Carleton County to have farmers tattoo all their poultry. The tattooing of poultry was in- itiated by the Ontario Department two years ago to act as a deter- rent against chicken stealing thant had reached an epidemic in certain parts of the province. Practically all farmers in West- ern and Central Ontario have had Cm tattoo mark placed on all their poultry and it has been responsible to a very large extent in putting a stop to chicken stealing. Former Graduate on Board M. W. Me9itcheon, graduate of Victoria College, Toronto, in 1926, who has recently been appointed to the board of regents of Vic- toria University. He is assistant general manager and secretary of the National Life Assurance Com- pany, Toronto. A Dairy Farmer's Net Income $329 Cost Survey of 800 Represent- ative Ontario Dairy Farms Is Being Conducted Investigation by a trained field force into costs of milk production in Ontario has shown that in some. communities not only do farmers make no profit, but they lose 50 cents on each 100 pounds of milk, a group of leading Oxford dairymen were told by H. R. Hare of the ec- onomics division of the Dominion Department of Agriculture. Mr. Hare has been directing a cost sur- vey of 000 representative Ontario dairy farms, by study of the results of which it is hoped to determine what is the actual cost of produc- tion of milk in Ontario. Actually Lose on Production Preliminary results of the survey as reported by Mr. Hare when he spoke to the Oxford County Better Bull Club in the Department of Ag- riculture offices at Woodstock, show an average of 57 farms that in .Western Ontario milk produc- tioncosts run from $1.05 to $3.57 per 100 pounds, while receipts av- erage $1.20 per 100. The 57 farms whose records were used to pre- pare this particular preliminary tabulation ship to milk condenser - les. Bruce County Reforestation Trees Planted on 1,500 -Acre Tract Recently Well Estab- lished Council is Told Calls The Bearer "A LazyFellow" From earliest times, Canadians have generally understood that the beaver was a model of industry, says the Brockville Recorder and Times, .and they have thought so highly of him that they have made him .one of the emblems of their country, A troublesome naturalist belong- ing to the Sault Soo, Marie district now comes forward with a different version of the beaver's characteris- tics, He finds that, far from being the busy animal that be has been always piotllred, he is really very lazy, and, what is more, very stu- pid. Works Only Two Months This gentleman declares that the beaver actually works for only two months during the year and spends the rest of it having a good time. HIo will go a quarter of a mile into the bush to fell a tree when others lie right beside the stream which he inhabits, and then he will drag thein to water by a much longer route than necessary. Moreover, we are told that beavers don't even build their dams straight. Bruce County, through its con- servation and reforestation com- mittee, has ' acquired 1,500 acres of land in the Amabel area and already some 260 acres have been planted with young trees under the supervision of the Ontario forestry branch. The approximate price of this land was $1.63 per acre. On May 6 last, the first trees were planted in the county re- forestation plan at a special cere- mony held when county officials and council members, as well as many county residents, were pres- ent for the event. The trees then planted appear to be well estab- lished, according to information given the County Council by the reforestation committee at its November session in Walkerton. Canadian Gave Standard Time To The World Sixty Years Ago Sir Sandford Fleming Proposed that the World Be Placed on a Basis of Universal Time ---Time Belts Sir Sandford Fleming, the Scot- tish engineer who lifted the mod- ern world from the haze of crip- pling time confusion by giving It "standard time," was described by D. E. Galloway, assistant vice-presi- dent of the Canadian National Tel- egraphs, as a "giant of intellect and his work remains as his great- est memorial." Mr. Galloway told a Canadian Je- wellers' Association luncheon in Toronto last month that "in com- memorating today that eventful night at the Canadian Institute One of "Vic" Regents William Zimmerman, who is a graduate of the class of '16, Vic- toria University, Toronto, has re- cently been appointed to the board of regents of that institution. Mr. Zimmerman is practising law in Toronto, is a director of the Mc- Coll-Frontenac Oil Co. here 60 years ago, When Sir Sand- ford Fleming, the great Scotch -Ca- nadian, read a paper upon his pro- posal to place the world on a basis of univer"sl time, we are honoring not only an outstanding man of science and a public benefactor to humanity at large but are paying tribute to one who represented the ultimate in the development of time consciousness." Zoned the World "By his conception of zoning the world into time belts, Sir Sandford attained that degree of exactitude for which man had struggled un- successfully throughout the ages." Mr. Galloway, addressing the lun- cheon after the unveiling of a me- morial tablet to Sir Sandford on the downtown Toronto buildings where the engineer first outlined his proposal; said it was due to the genius of Sir Sandford and his un- derstanding of time as a measure of duration that business operated as a well regulated machine all throughout the world. THIS CURIOUS WORLD amKO i�. NOT(ME AT ALL ELApsEs ON OUR EARTH BETWEEN FEBAWARY AND Fggir /2Y 7/ -!./ID / SINCE A DAY ON EARTH LASTS MORE THAN 4E3 HOtif S, FEB. IST' IS JUS(- ENDING AT ONE. FOINT OF THE GLOBE AS FEB. 3RD IS COMMENCING AT ANOTHER. 'VERY 1000 POUNDS IDf SEA WAT h'ti CAR.RI F' ABOUT :ti EN7Y-SEVV,V POJAI©5 OF COMNIONJ S AL.,'T • IN SOLUTION . .0 2-1 COPR.193$ BY NEA SERVIOE, IAO. NEVADA.,,, "DIVOFZCi C�cP(TAL" Oi= Tl -t WOi2i_1D, HAS nnORE MAR RiA THAN DfVOrrr-tom. IT takes approximaWy 24 hours for a new day to dawn com- pletely around the earth. Another 24 hours are required for the ' completion of that day at the last time zone. At the very moment the day dies there, the third day dawns in the first zone. There °ore, the end of Feb. 1 and the beginning of Feb. 3 coincide, !EXT: When Fehr --Y had iso full moon.. WONDERLAND OF OZ Dorothy carefully stood up' the line of soldiers who then saluted the visitors politely. it was easy to see that the reutro line had been cut out of paper, although from the front the soldiers looked solid and imposing. "f have a letter of intro- duction to Miss Cuttenolip," an- nounced 3.)orothy. "Very well," said a soldier, and he blew on a paper whistle which hung around his mptain st uniform came oatdof aipa- oer house nearly; • �i.u. "iii; there, called one of the sold- iers. "What do you mean by slang- ming the door and blowing us over," "peg your pardon, 1: am sure," said the Wizard, regretfully. "1 didn't know you were so delicate." "We're not delicate," retorted tttipther tolcl- ior, raisins; his head from elle. ground. "We are s(ronn ani hi 1 but we c'an't stand drafts." help you?" asked Dorothy, ",. please„' replied the end By L. Frank Baum :ApYrISbld MSP, Roi11Y & IAe Co. ApproaCh1ng the group at elle en- trance he bowed so low that Doro- thy laughed; and the breeze from her mouth nearly blew the captain over. He wavered and struggled and finally managed to remain upon his feet. "'rake care, Miss," he said cvtirnisg;ly, . "Ycrt1Jrebreaking. the ruler, you know, byv hiughing." "Oh, C dldn'et know that,' she replied. "To .aleph in this place is nearly ns tlan- revolts it, to (tough." said the eap- -ain. 'You'll have to breathe very . luletly, 1 assure ybli." W '11 try to " pr' lu'°' d' 1 ;A:10: "May we see Mist' t:utte,u lie, i PVC!. ?„theYCaptain,' "bowingyta gre- turnedi. "This is one of her reception days. I3,, good enough to follow me and r will direct you," He turned and led rho way up a path and aas sllthefol- lowed slowly,potter captain couldnot move very swiftly, they took the opportunity to gaze around them lit this strange paper onru,try in which they found them - <wives.