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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1938-12-29, Page 6News Parade By Elizabeth Eedy HAPPY NEW YEAR; We are no essimist by nature, but the out - Pelt for Canada in 1939 doesn't ex- actly cause oui' spirit to rise up aucl #leer' the iucoming New Year with ;Iinqualified enthusiasm, A million tleople on relief; 400,000 young peo- ple without jobs in a land of plen- -y; ill -feeling and non -co-operation between governments. What's to be thankful for? one tnight ask. Lots, For these things, hat we really have a wonderful ountry, of boundless potentialit- les; that we still are a free people; and that it Is possible to turn orr backs on our mistakes and start anew. SPREAD IT ON THICK: Canad- ians are being asked by he Nation- al Dairy Council, please, please to put more butter on their bread, and to slap it thick in the pan when frying things. Use it up for good- ness sake, because the country's butter surplus has reached unpre- cedented pi'nportioiis. • "This has been a year of abund- ance in butter production is Can- ada, United States, and in almost all butter -producing countries the entire world over," says Mr. A. C. Fraser, Secretary of the Council. "We have in Canada, as they have in the United States and Britain, larger stocks than we ordinarily re- quire. In Canada we have upward of 15,000.000 pounds we would like to remove from the country if we could find a 'buyer. The buyer is not available. If our 2,000,000 -odd families in Canada would cook with butter this winter , our situation would be rectified by spring." WHO KILLED HIM?: Something that the newspapers on this contin- ent haven't featured very big is the story emanating from London, Eng- land, that the German Government arranged for the killing of their own embassy official at Paris, von Rath, whose death was the signal for the outbreak of terrific pogroms against Jews inside Germany. (Young Polish Jew Grynszpan was merely the catspaw, the story goes). The Paris secret police de- clare there is no doubt whatever that the German government plan- ned it all. In London, even the pro - Nazi daily, The Observer, concedes that the possibility .of a deep -laid German plot is interesting tt s the Ieast. rHE WEEK'$ QUESTION: Just what is the significance of the Uk- raine in today's news? Answer: This rich piece of territory extend- ing across south European Russia, eastern ,Poland and eastern Czecho- slovakia is the objective of Hitler's "`Drive to the East", to obtain pos- session of which he first had to re- duce Czechoslovakia to a state of powerlessness; now must make it possible to march through Ruman- ia. The Russian pant of the Ukraine is a vitally important unit of the Soviet economic system, including the black earth belt, the great coal- fields of Donetz, the ironfield of Krivoi Rog, the important indust- rial centres of Kiev and Kharkov; the great electrical generating sta- tion of Dneiprostroi; ports on the Black Sea. The Ukraine contains 80 per cent. of the coal in Russia, 70 per cent. of the iron, 95 per cent. of the manganese, and the greater portion of the wheat, copper, gold and other minerals Germany would like to have. Preparing For Arctic Circle Hudson Bay Trainingn School Qualifies Young Men for Posts in Far North Fourteen young men are attend- ing the I'ludson's Bay Company's fur trade training school at Win- nipeg preparing for tests they must pass to qualify themselves as assistants in various trading Posts as far north as the Arctic • Circle. In nine weeks they are required to learn the rudiments of fur grad- ing, merchandising, post account- ing, first aid, wireless telegraphy, radio mechanics and carpentry. Because they are bachelors, they must also learn to do their own cooking. Necessary Versatility Such versatility is necessary, said R. H. G. Bonnycastle, acting personnel manager for the com- pany. "Many of our men are entirely on their own resources. They can't go tothe corner store for a chop for their dinner, or call a strata to repair the outboard motor. Ver,; often there's no doctor near by and our roan is called upon to render first aid to natives who have met with an accident." "Sixty per cent. of our post managers are married men. Their wives like stylish clothes and the native women are great imitators. We sell sills stockings and lingerie to the women and polo Shirts and flannels to the men. It isn't a case of a sunset -striped blanket any 'more." Lone White Man Rules 9 Islands Eight Degrees South of the Equator A British Adminis- trative Officer, Is In Charge of 4,300 Subjects If you look at a map of the Pacific Ocean, somewhere near the meridian of 180 degrees, "where time ceases to be," and about eight degrees south of the Equa- tor, you will see the Ellice Islands marked thereon. There are nine .islands in the group of coral atolls —Nanumea, Nanumaga, Niutao, Nui, Vaitupu, Nukufetau, Funafu- ti, Nukulaelae and Nurukita, all quite unpronounceable to English folk. Mail Thrice a Year But this little kingdom of 4,300 South Sea. Islanders, remote, iso- lated and far removed from the world's activities, is ruled by one white man, Mr. Donald G. Ken- nedy, the British Administrative Officer. He is the only white man there, and he says that he speaks English so seldom that he finds difficulty in becoming fluent again on returning to civilization. Mr. Kennedy has ander his care the entire population of 4,300 scattered over the nine islands. - The mail boat calls three times a year, when he has a chance to talk with the captain. Once a year, a naval sloop from New Zealand looks in. This is Mr. Kennedy's great occasion. More Chickens Fewer Turkeys Went to the Old Country From Canada for Christmas—The Dominion's Birds Are Rated Tops More Canadian chickens graced the Christmas tables of British householders this year, but Can- adian turkeys were fewer in num- ber in the British Christmas trade than a year ago. Total About Same The total amount of Canadian poultry shipped to the United Kingdom for the Christmas trade is about the same as a year ago, approximately 500,000 pounds. Turkeys shipped numbered 20,428 against 24,624 last year, but 80,- 628 chickens were shipped com- pared with 52,244 a year ago. Fewer ducks were shipped this 3rear-4,200 against 17,000 and the geese about the same at 4,400. All Canadian poultry exported must be inspected and graded by Department of Agriculture inspec- tors and because of its high qual- ity the Canadian turkey and other fowl have made a place for them- selves on the British market. They command a premium over other imported birds. Mostly From West • Due probably to the prolonged drought and a shortage of grain for feeding, the turkey crop in the Prairie Provinces was smaller than a year ago and chickens were also fewer. Want Democracy? Then Work For It Rt. Hon. Margaret Bondfield, Former British Cabinet Min- ister, Visiting Canada, De- plores "Laissez -Faire" Atti- tude Rt. Hon. Margaret Bondfield, former Labor Minister in the Brit- ish cabinet, urged women of Can- ada to choose honestly between democracy and totalitarianism. She declared if they earnestly de- sire democracy they must work for it. Speaking at a meeting of the Women's Canadian Club, Toronto, the first Woman Privy Councillor deplored the "Laissez-faire" atti- tude which allows people to think one way and act another. She told her listeners "80 per cent. of the Japanese war materials are com- ing from this continent—Yet your sympathies are with China". Trouble Spot On The Baltic, Memel Is A Quiet Town :i Memel, object of German ambitions to expand along the Baltic, once again takes the news spotlight following the smashing pro -Nazi victory in the Diet election in Memel territory. Kaunas, capital of Lithuania, and Kaunas province were put under a state of emer- gency. What lies in store for Memel territory, taken from Germany after the world war and handed to Lithuania, is uncertain. °KONIGSBERG ti,-,' PRi7SSIA( / (GERMANY)) P O L A N D PUC CHASERS NEWS OF O.H.A. DOINGS t Secretary W. A. Hewitt, of the O.H.A., along with other hockey officials, assisted the N.O.H.A. in the grand opening of the new rink in Schumacher, Ont. Bill Grant is back in the Good- year's line-up after being out three weeks with a broken toe. Goodyears have lost Teddy Man- oryk for at least three weeks; he- is out with a broken arni suffered during the exhibition game with Toronto Varsity. Regina Tisdall, of Oshawa's G. M. men ran into a broken nose in- jury during one of the many scrambles in their tie game with Goodyears. Referee Gordon "Beef" McKay of Hamilton, ran. into a cut lip over in Niagara Falls. Two stitch- es were necessary to close the wound. Army Armstrong, of Oshawa, has handled two games in Toronto and made a fine impression on each occasion. St. Catharines will be without Roust, their centre -star, for sev- eral weeks. He is suffering from a spine injury. Brantford Indians make the Eastern Hockey League tour op- ening in Baltimore on Wednesday, January 4. They play in Hershey and Atlantic City on Thursday and Friday nights and then meet the New 'York Rover's in Madison Square Gardens on the Sunday af- ternoon. Coach Leo Reise will take along about 16 players for tlr,e test. Sherbrooke's failure to accept the C.A.H.A. invitation paced the way for Brantford's chance to travel. Here's hoping they have better luck on the trip than did Goodyears. Caves In Arctic Yield Evidence Of Ancient Life z z z Discovery in Canada's North- west Hinterland Leads to Be- lief Primitive Man Migrated There from Asia The discovery .of large mountain caves in Canada's Northwest hinterland, believed to contain evidence of habitation by primitive man thought to have migrated from Asia thousands of years ago, was reported at Edmonton last week by Dr. Wesley L. Bliss, an American archaeologist. After a five-month expedition in the Northwest Territory, Dr. Bliss said his findings add strength to a widely -accepted theory that America's first inhabitants reach- ed the continent across the Bering Straits either before or after glaciers swept over this continent. Location Stili a Secret The archaeologist said that the exact location of the mountain caves would remain .a secret until he returns to them next year to make a more thorough examina- tion. Valuable relics found by the expedition in caves and other formations will be shipper' to the University of New Mexico. They include roughly - chipped stone weapons and cooking utensils and a precious fragment of an aged basket weave. Elephant's Tooth Found Dr. Bliss found a preserved elephant tooth on the rim of the Arctic Ocean. He said elephants and other mammoth animals un- doubtedly roamed that region at one time. Farm Relief Cost Falling Agriculture Minister Gardiner has indicated Dominion Govern- ment expenditures for rural relief in -the Prairie Provinces this year might not exceed $9,000,000. This compared with •$26,000,000 a year ago.. Better Crops the Reason The improvement is due to uet- ter crops and a resulting decrease in the areas of total crop failure in which the Dominion pays 100 per cent, of relief costs. Prac- tically all the outlay this year will be in Saskatchewan, as little as- sistance will be required by Mani- toba and Alberta. In municipalities which have had an average wheat yield of less than five bushels an acre for suc- cessive years the Dominion as- sumes the whole cost of farm re- lief. In other areas with ebtter average crops but still in need of relief the costs are shared be- tween the Dominion, the province and the municipality. Narrow Room Needs Carpet The long narrow living room is not an easy room to make home- like and every effort should be made to do away with that long look. Instead of using rugs in this type room you will find it will in- crease the width to carpet the room to the baseboard. Then cut across one of the narrow ends by putting your ,davenport crosswise with a table in back of it. Care- ful planning of the furniture can do much to get rid of that long, narrow' appearance. Excessive summer heat is now blamed for the death of fish in some rivers of Germany. Kings Liable To Nicknames History Provides Many Ex- amples, Some Are Most Unflattering Not even kings are immune from nicknames, and• history provides a great many examples—unkind as well as flattering. The various Kings Charles, especially of France seem to have been particularly liable, and lead the way in the roy- alnickname parade. There was Charles the Bald, son of the second wife of Louis the Kind; Charles the Simple, son of Louis the Stammerer; Charles the Handsome, son of Philip the Hand- some; and Charles the Wise, who was fond of books, rather a rare distinction in his day. He inherited the library of twenty volumes which had satisfied the literary yearnings of his father, but left, at his death in 1380, some 900, pret- ty well all there were then. Charles the Fat was King of Swa- bia and Italy. Charles the Bad mis- governed Navarre. Charles the Bold reigned over Burgundy, and Charles the Warrior over Savoy. In one month recently Bombay, India, imported 9,810,548 yards of cotton piece goods. VOICE OF 7H PRESS THEY WEAR BIG HATS There are lots of people in this world we can see through, But we never get them in front of us at the movies.—Montreal Star..... THAT CERTAIN UNITY Those people who say there is lack of unity in Canada are not wholly correct, They overlook the fact that we are all agreed some- thing should be done about it.— Toronto Saturday Night. NO LULL Canadian politics is never with- out a certain liveliness. No sooner is the rift in the Ontario Conserva- tive lute mended than Federal and Provincial Liberal leaders begin to exchange- fraternal amenities. —London Free Press. WILD LIFE IN TFFE NORTH Yes, there is still plenty of wild life in the Northland. A train of the Hudson Bay Railway was held up for hours by a herd of 10,000 caribou which moved across the line in front of the locomotive. Brockville Recorder and Times. NO ONE TO BLAME Coroner's juries perform a very useful service to the state 'by in- vestigating the circumstances lead- ing up to fatalities of one sort and another, and more particularly with respect to motor accidents on railway level .crossings. But not infrequently they bring in the for - Lai verdict, "No one was to blame". We have no quarrel with such a verdict. But in nine times out of ten the man who is to blame is the driver of the car whose fatal ending is the subject of the inquiry.—Guelph Mercury. TO STOP BRAIN EXPORT The -only way to stop or lessen the drain (on Canadian brains to the United States) is by providing greater inducements here for young Canadians with ability so that they need not go abroad. That can be done by greater sup- port for research, by better re- muneration for those doing vain- abl3 work in the technical branch- es of the public service, and bet- ter remuneration for those en- gaged in higher education. The nations' gain from consistent ad- herence to such a prlicy would far outweigh the additional cost, which would really not be very great.—Winnipeg Free Press. Morocco has placed the making or importation of gas masks under government control. LIFE'S LIKE THAT 9y Fred I\deheea "That's "_ - (Coprrliha, 1536, by Fred Heber) 4 --13 what you get for putting your lunch ,-i49yE.a any of place." WONDERLAND OF OZ 3e -A lllllll� "Do you make all of the paper dolls?" inquired Dorothy. "Yes," re- plied Miss Cuttenclip. "I cut them out my scissors and paint the faces and some of the costumes. It Is very pleasant work and I am happy in making my paper village grow." "But how d0 the paper dolls happen to be alive?" asked Aunt nor.• "The first dolls made were not alive," replied the little queen. "I'll toll you all about it." "I used to live near the castle of a great sorceress named Glinda the Good, and she saw my dolls and said , they wore very pretty. 1 told her i thought I would like them bet- ter it they were alive and the -next 'day the sorceress brought me a lot of magic paper, 'This is live paper,' she said, and all the dolls you euf out of it will be able to think and talk. ren you have used it all u0' come to me .and 'I will give you more. " By L. Frank Baum "Of course I was delighted with this present," continued Miss Cut- tonclip, "but the dolls I made were • so thin that I found any breeze themddreadful dreadfully. So Olinda builtea. wail around the place to keep the wind out, and told • me to build a papervillage here and to bo its queen, That is why I started the village, which you now see. It was r LOT years ago that 1 hullt the first orale myri villageegr w." busy and "11,a71y years ago:" exclaimed Aunt r]m. "Why how old are you child?" "I never keep track of the years," said Miss Cuttenclitr, laughing. You see, I don't grow 'up• at all, I just stay the salve as I WW1 when I first came here. Perhaps I'rn older than even you are, madam, but I Wouldn't say for sure," They looked at the lovely little girl wonderingly and the 'Wizard asked: "What happens to your paper village when it rains?