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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1933-04-13, Page 699 Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and The World at Large CANADA. British Resorts Ready. The people of the 01(1 Country con- tinuo to set the world an admirable example of oheerfulness under diffi- Oulties. They have evidently resolved o holiday at their seaside resorts this ,season in greater numbers than ever. This much may be gathered from a survey made by The Times. Around the coast of England new concert halls and movie theatres have been punt, and. new swimming pools, prom,- enades, solariums and gardens have been constructed. It is notable that though so many of these resorts are on the seashore and have good bathing beaches, yet the artificial pool is growing in popular- ity. At Hastings a new bathing pool for high diving and other aquatic !sports will be opened next month. The geheme, which includes terraces, a Sun -parlor and cafes, has cost £65,- 000. At Clacton the swimming pool has been enlarged and J.4,000 seats have been provided for spectators at Jmternational swimming events during July, August and September. Brid- lington. has in hand a scheme for the demolition of old buildings, the con- gtruction of a concert hall, bathing pool, etc., all to cost £150,000. Black- pool, the Brighton of the north, is building new in -door baths at a cost f £1.10,000, with accommodation for sun-bathing.—Toreato Mail and Em- pire. Sure Cure. Some people recommend brandy for seasickness, but the surest cure is port.—Regina Leader -Post. Further proof. Attributing much of the company's *ales gain in 1932 to newspaper ad- vertising, Mr. B. L Graves, general Sales manager of the Asociated Oil company of San Francisco, has an- nounced that his firm will spend three-quarters of a million dollars for publicity in 1933. When a business is able to show a 10 per cent. gain in sales in a year like 1932, other businessmen are net- eirally interested in reasons. Mr. Graves has given the answer. Many a business that went back in 1932 could have turned in the other direction by intelligent use of news- paper space. It is hard enough to request from the Chinese Goverie Sell goods in the face of competition ment. The American coin -mission coTh- in.. good times, without advertising; fined its studies largely to missionary ib is next to impossible to dispose of 'schools, while the European experts that the local authority had shown its sympathy by voting a sum to cover their funeral expenses—but on Wed- nesday they were dug out and not too badly hurt; in fact, they left hospital yesterday. Has the local authority put the funeral grant back in the municipal coffers? Not a bit of it! "The credit has been voted," said the mayor when he heard of the rescue, "so we will spend the money on a feast and reception for the two quar- rymen."- -Manchester Guardian. Sticking To His Job. It is fortunate that the farmer is too busy trying to rehabilitate himself. —and, incidentally, the country—to have any time for idle laa.bblings. While he is engaged in a life -and - death struggle he has little time for talk. To carry on at all he must pay low wages, and even them his enn ployees are usually more prospereus than he is, for there are few farms nowadays 'returning their owners 2100 a year. But he does carry on, he does export his wheat, and he does help the country to meet its oblige- tions.—Melbeunie Argus. Better Times For British Guiana. To say that for British Guiana 1932 has been a year of prosperity would be absurd there is the evidence before us of the uninterrupted fall of com- modity prices. But it cant be denied that during 1932 there appeared eel:- tain possible indications that the businessmen of British Guiana. face 1933 with something more than mere pious hope. There is generally a quiet confidence strengthened by the knowl- edge that at the height of the storm the extra effort needed was not be- e-ond them and that, now there are signs of lightening clouds, they are in a reasonably satisfactory position to take advantage of the better weather. —British Guiana Commercial Re- view. . • — Education in China. Two independent reports have been made recently upon, the Chinese edu- cational system, one by a layman's commission from the United States sent to survey all phases of mission- ary work, and another by e. com- mission of European educational ex- perts appointed by the Council of the League of Nations in. 'response to a them advantageously in days of de pression unless one has an attractive message to put before the people through the greatest medium of them all --the newepapers. Border Cities Star. "It Is 1." .A. convention of Memphis school teachers has resolved. that the ex- ., • • epreseion e it is me," is to be pre- ferred to "It is I," and is good col- flaequial usage. For our part, on the grounds of both grammar and eu- phony, we prefer not to change "me" into a first personal pronoun. The ,Scriptures do not err grammatically, and there the expression is assigned to the Lord—"It is I, be not afraid."— Victoria Colonist. Advance in British Films. British films are developing fast. Hollywood's proud dominance over the screens of the world is not only being rivalled, but recent develop-. 'enents in the English film industry ap- Pear likely to threaten the leadership of the United States films. Within the Empire British films are feet taking precedence over the Hol- lywood product and, perhaps grudg- ingly, recognition is being extended by United States theatres. Recently "Rmne Express," a picture produeed by the Gauinont-British Convexly, was played in Radio City and acclaimed by the New York critics as being equal to the finest of Hollywood films, That English financial inter- ests regard the prospects of Britieh films in a high light in revealed by the fact that when the Gaumont Com- pany recently issued debentures to- tal:ing Z55;000,000 the issue war sub- scribed in less than six hours...--Otta- Wa Journal. surveyed only Chinese schools. But both groups agreed that "American- ization" of Chinese schools, mission- ary and public, has gone too far. As a result, schools have been gradually separated from the indigenous life of the people. Reforms are urgecl which will connect the schools more closely with the needs of the Chinese masses. —Hong Kong Press: Modern War. Talking AboutBirds. A London bird fancier paid $1,000 recently for a canary. We heard of a millionaire who once spent 35,000 for e lark.—Ottawa Journal, ----- Take This In Girls. A young girl's charm is her fresh - flees. .If she persists in coating her face with powder and in smearing her lipwith gooey, that freshness van- iehee. The country girl prefers to resemble a flower rather than a chorus girl or a inovie aceress, and she presents the deliciously fresh flower -lie look of the beauties of the :Victorian era. --- Sherbrooke Retord. THE Happy Ending, Really "happy endings" are not ea fearfully common in the news col. • mats that one can afford to over- look the case of the two French quar- rymen who were eaught by a !and. slide near Rouen last Saturday, Hope laf rescubig them had so far departed 9, Latest Deck Sport Here is a man who won a. shooting championship In mid -ocean. Purser R. M. Winn is shown here in working form practicing the latest deck sport. Students Trade Eggs For Lunches at School A system of barter is in operation at Caroline High School, Denton, Maryland, where students trade eggs brought from their homes on the farms for lunch and candy, receiving the equivalent of the market price for them At the close of each day Caro- line Redden, manager of the cafeteria, takes her eggs to market, in the old- fashioned way, to be exchanged for provisions for th next cafeteria meal, Or for money, if that medium of ex- change is available. Eggs from certified and. blood - tested flocks, which are in demand at local hatcheries at prices considerably above the normal market value, are eligible for barter at the cafeteria only on terms of equality with their more plebian contemporaries, no dis- tinction being made in the grade of the product. Since the purpose of the barter is bo produce healthy children, rather than healthy chicks, the scientifically hygienic eggs are usually let to ful- fill their true mission in the scheme of existence, while the small, unassum- ing eggs, =candled and unsung, are a, last coming in for their belated share of glory at the halals of the younger generation. The sword, the bayonet, the rifle, the cannon are all anarchronisms and will soon only survive in a military tattoo. The destruetion they caused was local, and so the sentiments con- nected with them are out of date. In the war of the future destruction will be universal. Bacterial bombs as well as poison gas will fall from the sky, the distinction between. combatants and non-combatants will disappear, vannen and children will be as suit- able a target as men, and it is not this or that king and country which will go down in the general catastro- phe, but all kings and all countries. War has moved from chivalry to chemicals, and u.nless we can get this into our heads we are doomed, kings included.—E. M. Forster in The Spec- tator (London). War Debts. Everything points to the wisdom of a settlement for a capital sum ranee than for an annual payment. The ob- ligation will then tease to, be an obli- gation -from one government to anoth- er, and will become an obligation from a government to the private investor. Not until the debt is removed from the category of political into that of commercial problems can the world have any security- that the shadow of this controversy will not fall across the path of international relational, darkening 'counsel with monotonous perversity. By a final capital pay- ment, Great Britain, will recognize once more the contractual validity of her present obligations, and by .accept- ing such a settlement the United States will save the world .from the consequences, no less unpleasant to herself than to the. debtor, of the only alternative --default. — Round Table (London): THE orwrso STATES One Small Letter. What this country needs is more people to mit "u" in the "by." --Buf- falo Courier -Express. • Balt* is Dead. Balto lead -dog on the famous team that brought antitoxin to Nome in 1925 is dead of old age. In the next tea of debunkage they will write his biography showing that either •he nesn't on The team .or else he was the only dog that sulked and nearly ruined the exneelitione New York Times, Evening Paper Proves Big Success in China Shanghai.—At the end of its first year, Shanghai's first Chinese even- ing newspaper reports a pheuomenal success. Starting during the Sino- Japanese conflict at Shanghai as a twesheet bulletin with a circulation of a few thousands, it now ,clainis a. circulation of 53,477 copies daily, and an average edition of 20 pages. The Ta *Wan Pao, or China Even- ing News, owes its rapid success to a number of unusual characteristics. In the first place, it uses "pal Hua," the language of the ordinary man on tire street, instead of the "wen 11," or more formal language employed by most newspapers. Persons of meager education, who read with difficulty the long-established papers, read the newpaper with ease. The Ta Wan Pao has introduced the American style of make-up into the Chinese newspaper field, where the British style predominates. The most important news is printed on the front page, headings try to give the gist of each story, and the essen- tial facts are included in the first paragraph. . The managing editors. have been educated in the American journalistic school. World Meet May Be Held Late in May London.—The World Economic Con- ference which has beer under discus- sion for several months may be held late in May if the preliminary -work begun by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, and Norman H. Davis, American ambasador-at-large, can be carried to a successful conclusion. Mr. Davis expressed this view after two long conferences with the prime, minister - He said that he knew nothing about reports that the coederenec may be held at Washington. He and Mr. MacDonald did not even discuss such , possibility. There is a great -deal of preliminary work to be done, Mr. Davis explained, and those concerned with doing it are going about their task earnestly. It is no longer thought necessary to give three months' notice before hording the world conference. Six weeks prob- ably will be long enough. U.S. Finds Plant Lice Spread Scientists Study Antidote for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning A common dye, methylene blue, is coming into use as an antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning, reports the American Chemical Soolety. This poisoning, it will be recalled, is real- ly a form of asphyxiation because the carbou monoxide forms a very stable compound with the hemoglobin of the blood. This hemoglobin cannot then pick up the oxygen and transfer it to the tiseue through the body. Methylene blue is an indicator of oxidation reduction. .As such it has tho ability to take up or give off oxy- gen readily. It is able to take the place of hemoglobin theoretically. Experiments on animals have demon- strated that it could perform this function if injected into the blood stream. Only recently a, serious case of carbon monoxide poisoning occur- red in San Francisco. Injection of fifty cubic eentimeters of 1. per mit methylene blue in aqueous solution saved the patient. The dye carried oxygen throughout the body for a sufficient length of time to allow the hemoglobin -carbon monoxide molecule to be broken up. The secret of the treatment lies in prompt adminis- tration of the antidote and a liberal supply of oxygen for the victim. South Australia Forms League to Censor Films Adelaide, S. Aust.—Among the ob- jects of the :Good Films League, which the Council at Churches has decided to form, are unofacial cen- sorship, the commendation tot good films, their classification into those suitable for children, families and adults, and the advocacy of :an ade- quate censorship of films and film posters. The council is representa- tive of practically all the churches in the State. The council is coaducting an ac- tive :propaganda against gambling and has just drawn up a pledge which will be circulated throughout the State. This pledge asserts that "gambling is subversive to the moral, social and economic interests of the community" :and calls upon all to re- main. and to use the utmost influ- ence against it. Mosaic Disease Among Beans Washington.—Plant lice carry mos- aic disease of beans from one plant to another, Dr. W. J. Zaumeyer, of the United States Department of Agriculture; has found. Among the disease -carrying insects are the bean, peach, pea, cucumber, tabbage, pig - weed aphis. No other insets so far have been found capable of carrying the dis- ease. "Dr. Zaumeyer convicted the plant ice by feeding them on mosaic - infested beans for a day and. then transferring them to heathy bean Plants, which they infected. From Junk to Grand Tour Landon.—A 30 -year-old single cylin- der automobile, rescued from a scrap heap and bought for Ss. Ode left Eng- land recently on a trip to France, Italy, Tunis, Morocco, Tangiers and Spain. ' Mr. Will -and Mr. Frank Gozzie, the brother drivers, stated that they were undertaking the tour to demonstrate the reliability of Brit- ish motorcars. Shakeup in Fascist Schools Roine — Fascist headquarters has ordered a weeding out of university black shirt leaders who are not up in their studies, saying that only students of "marked intellectual and moral superiority" may hereafter lead school military groups. Comfort in New Shoes As Well as Lightness Paris.—Lower he' els more rounded toes, fitted insteps and narrow lasts mark the shoes for wear with the new Easter ensembles features in style shows here. Dark blue, grey and beige kid and antelope to match navy, grey and beige costumes shown, by many de- signers are the favorite materials. Oxblood red is shown for the WO - man who wants something different, while black and brown are ready for the more tonsereative. • "Comfort and lightness are the ml," says one shoe designer. Son of Gandhi in Jail Calcutta, India.—M. S. Aney, act- ing president of the Nationalist Con- gress, and A 0 other congress members, including Ram Das Gandhi, son of Mahatnia Gandhi, were arrested last week in: connection With a session of the organization, which had been banned. Ram Das Gandhi, like his father and mother, has been frequently jail- ed for Nationalist activities including the disobedience campaign against government ordinances. Ho was sen- tenced to 18 months imprisonment at hard labor in 1932. _._ Daily Dip in Ocean Part of Prison Life Halifax.—A daily dip in the ocean is part of the routine of prisoners housed in the Inverness county jail during the summer months, the legis- lature learned with the tabling of an annual report of Dr. T. Ives Byrne, inspector of penal and humane insti- tetions. Liner Capsizes in Port latter lite And sinks at pier . one man missi ing. a view of the American 'Madison, after eho tilted to one side while repair tbwk et Seattle. With three her side, she suddenly listed. Damages may excee d $200,000. mail liner, President pates removed from Swimming Sensation Jack Modica of Washington Athletic club. swimming team, is Seattle's latest aquatic star. He recently broke the 400 metre, 400 - *yard and 300 -metre world's marks. - Paris Plans Offensive Against African Rebell Marrakesh, Morocco.—Stung by thi most serious military defeat in Africa since 1926, the French command is making doubly efficient preparations for the spring offensive against the native rebels. The defeat, which for a time threat ened to undo the work of long months, occurred in. February. Al though the Ministry ot War officially has denied that French troops suffer ed a defeat, other sources have tozi. firmed details of the catastrophic bat' tle. Eleven officers were killed. sit were seriously wounded, about thirty non-commissionld officers were hill ed, or gravely injured, and scores of men were wiped out by the ma•, tive attack, The engagement occur red in the Djebel Sarro,„Range. ' According to the French ;elan, south. era natives must be conquered be fore the "big push" can be staged against the main rebel army in the High Atlas Mountains. This cam paign, which is expected to Iasi throughout the summer, will be a miniature Alpine war in. •CharaCter. The Djebel Sarro defeat was the most serious since July 14, 1926, when the rebel counter -offensive in the North cost the French twenty-six officers in one day. The battle represents the most serious loss of man power since the wiping out of a. French native bat talion at Aityakub in 1929. Fall of Persian Dynasty Attributed to Polygamy Teherann, Persia. — Polygamy wee responsible for the decline and fall of the Kadjar dynasty which fel more than 150 years, until its disc placement by Riza Khan Pablevi 15 1925, ruled over Persia. This is the opinion of a member of the fallen dynasty, Prince Amit Esmail Malek Mausour Kadjar. The last of the shahs of his family was young Ahmed Sultan, his first coin sin, and the last of the great Kadjar rulers was his grandfather, Mazza) far utl. Din Shah. "Polygamy sapped the wealth and the strength of my faintly." Prince Email said. "The immense num. ber of children kept dividing Dui property and. crumbling our power, My great -great-grandfather had about 120 sons, 1 think, and several hunderd daugh ters." Rome Soon to Start Work on New Prisons In a short time work will be start ed. on the new prisons in Rome to replace the old ones which for many years have stood muthothickly pop. elated neigliborbood on the tungara, one for man and the ether for we men. The new buildiegs. write)) the Rome correspondent Of "The Lon- don Sunday Observer," will occupy the .site of one of the old forts on the northern outskirts of Rome, which are now useless for defenee. Light and air there will he it plenty. The imitates Will have a hib rale!, chapel, school Red lecture hall, the last two being large enough to accommdate 25 per -cent. of the teal number ot prisoners. Training fox juvenile offenders will be provided on modern. lines, As soon as the MA, prisons ere" ready and the old ones evacuated the disused buildings will be razed. There is at plan for converting the sites into public. gardens for the use and enjoyment of the poor people Vett Inhabit tire neighborhood.