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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1933-05-11, Page 6Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and The World at Large - - -►wws-u• -v-0-1-5,-4++w4-w-y-n-4.400-4...-4-u-0-11. -.-0- -s. CANADA. Well Behaved, ;'the census of 1931 showed that there were 10,376,786 people in Cau- ieda, Of these 8,069,258 were natives � Y the Dominion, England contributes 03,864, Scotland 279,762, Ireland 107,- $48, and Wales 22,348. The remain - rig 1,122,698, plus 731 born at sea, were foreigners. Last year there ere 4,1'64 convicts incarcerated in TV jails. Of these 2,806 were natives t Canada, 309 English or Welsh, 113 cots, 40 Irish, and the remainder irreign, 'which included 307 citizens E the 'United States. The Irish seem pI> have about the cleanest record in roportion to population, but taken 41together, the people in this coun- try appear to be a pretty well-behaved at.—Stratford Beacon-l-Ierald. Precedent Established. It has been pointed out that this is the first time since the United Otates secured its independence that de British Prime Minister was ever it guest in the white House itself. In Die past, as on the visit of Mr. Mac- pouald to President Hoover, the visit- ing Prime Minister has stayed at the iiritish Embassy. .And it is probably Lcorrect to point out that it is the first time in history that a Canadian transients, not in the country—Huron Prime Minister was a house guest in itor. t'he home of the President. History is being made of a surety in 1933 and precedent established.—St. Cath- s�rines ,Standard. Frances Perkins as secretary of labor he has named Ruth Bryan Oven, daughter of the great commoner, as minister to Denmark. — London Free" Press. No Women Transients. Everyone knows what a transient means. Some are worthy of help and sym- pathy; others are not. Both kinds are to be seen everywhere. They are ou every road and highway; every house- holder has catered to and fedthem, every town hall in every town and village has sheltered them almost every night during the past winter. But they are all men. Why? Are there no women out of work, unable to secure employment of any kind, uo women hard up? Undoubtedly there are. Thousands upon thousands of there. How:.do they live or exist or how do they clothe themselves in these times of depres- sion? Is it pride, or are they more will- ing to work at any kind of • work? Are they more adaptable than men, more easily satisfied? Are they more grateful for small mercies Have they more bone and less wishbone than men; more sand or what? Whatever it is, there are no women Hurts Their Own Business. Surveys of the parking problem reveal the fact that many business - teen drive their own ' cars to their lace of business, park them in spaces Which otherwise would be occupied by visitors, and thus tend to increase the Barking difficulty. This is particularly injurious to trade on Saturdays, and A. busy days of the week, but in spite of various warnings, the prac- tice seems to continue — Chatham ik'ews. Standing Timber. Believe it or not a tree that was .'severed completely through at the butt, after being notched, was so well balanced that it would not fall. So dire woodsman --a farmer near Pord- e,. ich and an assistant from St. Mary's left it overnight, thinking the wind 'would cause it to topple, but when they returned next morning the tree was still standing. A crowbar was necessary to overbalance it, and the dangerous task was accomplished 'svithout mishap; remember, it was cut right off.—Fordwich Record, Home Town News. The importance of home town news �in the small town paper has_ been em asized by a large gathering of edi- a. tors of the smaller American news- apers in New York. Local needs and Attie personal items, it was shown, assessed the strongest appeal for their treaders, The dwellers in -a mall town is undoubtedly more in- erested in what is going on immedi- lan h an he is in s ' l int than. to around.plans, Y say, for the development of wheat growing in Siberia. It is what most immediately con - terns_ us that is of the greatest per- sonal interest to us. That does not iiean that a man in a small town tas no interest in world affairs. In many instances, indeed, it will be found that the editors of small town newspapers are exceptionally well- informed upon world affairs. But they wisely judge that their readers Will find more delectable material for debate in the developments and hap- ienings of the town in which they live than in what is going on in ,Tibet or Timbuctoo. • There is in this nothing of narrow- ness, nothing of prejudice, nothing of small vision. It is just plain horse reuse.—Montreal Daily Star. THE EMPIRE. Britain and the Gold Standard. It has been said that we shall not Canadians Receive Trophy Mr. Cleverley (left) receives from Col. Drew the relay trophy won in Cleveland last summer by a Canadian team comprising Clever - ley, J. Mullen, Ken Smith and Sydney Nesbitt. It was the first time the trophy was won by a "foreign" team. return to the gold standard until we Canada Buys are convinced that other nations are ; British Woollens ready to work the system so that it Abu bulletin of the Canadian Wool - shall fertilize the world, and not be broken down again by semi -corners. Until the World Economic Conference has come and gone, it is not possible to judge of the possibilities of the requisite conditions being fulfilled.— London Financial Times. Fighting the Mosquito. • The other day, at Edenvale, near Maritzburg, three native members of the anti -malaria staff of the Maritz- burg Municipal Health Department, who had been sent out to spray oil on a stream, were attacked by native men and women, sire with sticks d th t' k s len and Knit Goods Manufacturers Association says: "British official fig- ures just to hand show that in the first three months of 1933 Canada was the best customer of Great Brit, ain for woollen and worsted cloth. The shipments from Great Britain were, for countries purchasing a mil- lion square yards or more: First Three Months 1933 ' Canada 2,417,600 British Africa 2,284,300 Argentine 2,251,800 Denmark 1,348,200 New 1,132,400 Irish Free State 1,273,500 Zealand and bicycle chains, on the ground Japan 1,132,400 that they were "poisoning the water." United States 1,004,500 No doubt this incident seems start - Empire Countries Purchased as Fol- ling to white people, among whom there is a tendency to blame the au- C..nada lows•: e, 2,417,600 thorities for not keeping malaria un British Africa ........... 2,284,3410 der better control. It is not even an Irish Free State 1,273,500 exceptional occurrence, but it is a timely reminder that, in fighting mal- aria in the native areas, - the same old enemies. of progress that 'domin- ated dominated the P. M. O. in India and the contemporaries of Copernicus and Galileo still have to be overcome. — Johannesburg Sunday Times. The Bonne Entente in India. A century ago the European who had an Indian friends was looked on as not quite normal, a man to beware of, and an Indian who had a Euro- pean friend may have been similarly looked askance at. But there have been changes. The increasing associ ation of Europeans and Indians in the professions, business and the Serv- ices, the competence of Indians in ad- justing themselves to the culture and ways of Europe, the amazing discov- ery (it must have been a tremendous shock to the Europeans on whom it first dawned) that the Indian intel- lect is capable of great achievement in many spheres, even in those looked upon as especially European, have modified the social life of India by breaking •down the old sectionalism to a marked extent.—Calcutta States- man, Foreign Trade. There was once a butcher in a small town who was infuriated by the other butchers who took away his custom. Now fora Hold -Up. In order to ruin them, he converted A police chief says he will arrest the whole town to vegetarians, and women who appear in trousers. For was surprised to find that as a result breerbes of the law ?—Regina Leader- he was ruined, too. The folly of this Post seems incredible, yet it is no greater than that of •all the Powers. All, have observed that foreign trade en -1 other nations, and all have erected tariffs, to destroy foreign I trade. All have been astonished to find that they were as much injured as their competitors. Not one has remembered that trade is reciprocal, and that a foreign nation which sells to one's own nation also buys from 1 it either directly or indirectly.—;Bar= trend Russell to Harper's Magazine. The Expansion of Japan. (Japan has made proposals to Hol- land for an extensive migration to Guinea.) A Holland has Dutch New Gt ) s done $o little to occupy this area, pro- bably because of the difficulty of coir -I ing with its wild tribes and the 'ob- stacles presented by its phYYsical fea- tures, there may be a readiness to t grant Japan a concession. so, the future will he fraught wilt altogether new possibilities, involving the inter -1 ests • of adjacent lands and, peoples. Auckland ,.Weekly News, New Zealand British India Australia 1,132,400 .. 665,900 292;900 Station is Renamed Port Arthur. Far in the mining hinterland, the little Canadian Nation- al Railways station at Long Lac Mine from now on will be known as Gerald ton, Ont., named after S. J. •Fitzgerald, vice-president of the Long Lac Com Deny, and its president, Joseph Erring- ton. The station is about four miles from the mine. Higher Hog Prices. Farni`ers throughout Ontario are elated at the higher prices being paid for hogs and a still further increase is prophesied owing to the scarcity. The farmer who continued in the bog business will now reap the bene- fit' of his good judgment: --Glencoe Transcript. Not Public Property. it cannot be too strongly emphasiz- ed that trees growing in the country are not public property, but belong to the owners of the land upon which they. are growing. Two Guelph men recently discovered to their sorrow 'when they were convicted in police court .of having cut or damaged no fewer than 65 trees belonging to a nearby- fainter and were sentenced to serve fifteen days in jail. The owner of the trees did not want to ser; the men imprisoned, but the Crown Attorney said that there was trouble of the same description every year and an example should be Made. —Brockville Recorder. Pair to Fair Sex. President Roosevelt is evidently a ' believer. ilt wonted in public life: Fol- ing no his appointment of Miss Ship "Imogene" Returns' !Explorers Leave Johns Nfld.—Records With Record Seal Catch England St vry,� 11 Himalayan Pe , lea P1an :•to Map Remote Area About Little -Known Glacial Region Liverppol,. Eng. — ° Five explorers have left Liverpool on a, six -months! expedition to a hithertounsurueyed region of the Himalayas. The. scene of their exploration will be the (iang'otri glacier in the Prov- ince of Tehri Garliwal, about 200 miles northeast of Delhi. The' make object is to climb as many of the, peaks in the neighborhood as possible, the highest being 23,400 feet, and to carry out surveying work. They a:Le hope to explore the little-known ...Gan gotri glacier system. toward the end of June, when the monsoon restricts climbing, the party will divide, the map -makers remain= ing in the same neighborhood; while the others hope to wander across a gigh pass into the valley of the Bas - pa, in search of a district possessing a culture Tibetan in character, where ` they may be able to study Buddhist art and music. All members of the party axe ex- perienced mountaineers, and members of the Wayfarers Club, of which Mr. Marco Pallis is President, cr of the Climbers Club. Mr. C. F. Kirkus, the youngest of the. party, is one of the - for funds expended in mailing out leading rock -climbers of Europe. He standing • were broken by the sealers this season, and two of the greatest cargoes ever brought to St. John's have just been unloaded, Bowring ' Brothers announced that their steamship Imogene hAd dis- charged ,53,636 seals valued at 860,- 722. The weight was 1,243 tons, thir- teen hundredweight. The Imogene carried more than 200 Hien, each of whom will receive $93.48 for the trip. The Ungava, outfitted by Crosbie & Co., and marine agencies, dis- charged 49,069 seals. While this num- ber was lower than the Imogene's, the 'weight of the Ungava's cargo was greater by More than six .tons. ,,The men's -share has. not been announced. The previous record was established in 1910, when the Florizel brought in 49,069, exactly the same number as discharged by the Ungava.,this year. Both the Imogene and the Ungava ex- ceeded the weight of the Florizel's cargo, 1,048 tons. British and U. S. Navies Watch New Invention New York.—Last week representa- tives of the United States navy, the British navy, the bureau of light- houses, and other shipping interests, watched the first tests of a "fog -eye," capable of penetrating fog or smoke screens, according to its inventor, Commander Paul H. MacNeil. The experiments were conducted from the bridge of the S.S. Queen of Bermuda. The device uses the prin- ciple of infra -red rays,,emitted accord- ing to MacNeil's theory, by every ob- ject. The invention is capable of working up to a radius of 15 to 20 miles, and can locate exactly the position of an object, whether it is hidden by smoke or fog, or, if a ship, running in the night without lights. U.S. Advertisers Forbidden Use of Prince's. Picture New York. Opposition: by the Brit- ish Embassy has prevented an Ameri- can hat company from advertising its wares by use of a picture of the Prince of 'Wales wearin„ a straw hat, The attempt to capitalize on the peptrlarity of the Pria ce in the United States came to light when an adver- tising agency sued the hat company will be in charge of the map -making pictures. The defendant refused to and photography of the expedition, Mr. F. E. Hicks is a schoolmaster and an artist. He proposes to exer- cise his artistic gifts in the Hima- , lavas. He has climbed and skied in the Alps and is in charge .;f the ski- ing side of the expedition. Mr. R. C. Nicholson, whose father built Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrocks and other famous yachts, besides be- ing a mountaineer, plays the harpis- chord and violin. Mr. Charles Warren is a distinguished rock 'climber and Alpinist, and a member of the Al. pine Club. pay, on the ground the complainant had misrepresented its right to• use the picture in this manner. The picture had been procured from a news photograph agency and across its back was written, "Not to be used for advertising purposes." The court pointed out it was a mis- demeanor to use the photograph of a living person for advertising pur- poses without written consent and held for the defendant. British Medical Journal Reports, 20,000 Deaths London.—The Britis.t Medical Jour- nal :estimates the deaths directly at- tributed to influenza in the winter out- break as some 20,000, but declares the epidemic was definitely less sev- ere than that of 1928-29. . Against 10,628 deatlie in 118 great towns this winter, there were 133,884 deaths in 107 great towns in 192849. The population at risk this year were 4,5 per cent. greater, the deaths nearly 25 per , cent. fewer. In Lon- don, ondon, the comparison is 2,033 deaths this past winter and 2,899 in 1928-29. THE UNITED STA'P'ES. Give Him His Fun,, There lo more fun in making money than in spending it, says a business mail. All right; yen make It and let as 'spend it.—Atlanta Jourss1. Buoy to Mark Akron Crash A giant sea buoy Is lowered over the aside of tate light2h.ip Tule Brat where the remains of the off Barnegat Light, N.J., to mark the 1, dirigible Akron were located, Two Canadians Win Research Awards New York.—Two Canadia, s were included in a list of 42 awards for research in.the social sciences an- nounced by the Social Science Re- search council: Candidates were cho- sen from 138; applicants. A total of $19,290 will be distributed among the 42 winners. The Canadians were: Chester W. New of McMaster University, Ham- ilton, Ont., chose prize money will be used to aid in the completion of a biography of .Lord Brougham, and A. R. M. Lower of Wesley College, Winnipeg; whose award is for use in the completion of a study of the Ca- nadian lumber trade in the 19th cen- tury.... Authority Prescribes Sulphur for Spring Fever These days which f€i117�n the old- Dogfashioiied "sulphur and molasses" Of - led, call for extra attention to dogs. Many of them, particularly, in the heavy -coated varieties, feel the weight of heavy winter fur and it is especially desirable at this time that thought"be given to their comfort. A bit of sul- phur is an excellent thing to prevent overheating of the . dog's blood. It should not be in the wholly ineffective form of a hard lump of sulphur in 'the drinking water, but should be given in powdered form, mixed into a paste. Some dogs find a mixture of powdered sulphur with evaporated milk especially palatable and will take it as a dselicacy. It is also wise in the spring, as in the summer, to avoid too hearty meals. And, as always, the dog should have plenty of clean, fresh water. Movie Film Is Made At Windsor Castle Windsor, Eng. -King George and Queen Mary, something of cinema fans themselves, saw films in the making for the first time last week and seem- ed to enjoy it thoroughly. • The King had given permission for the filming of the colorful ceremonies of changing the guard on the lawn of Windsor Castle. The cameramen set up their mach- J. E. Bernier, famous Arctic explorer; inery, and the Kiug and Queen Mary, $2,400 per attriurn. their grandchildren, the little Prin. ---�5------ cesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose, and other members of the Royal ram- Argentina Reports 500,000 Homeless Men in U.S., St. Louis Bureau Estimates St. Louis.—America's transient popu• lation is increasing at a rapid rate, a surey by G. M. Gwinner, director of the St. Louis Bureau of Homeless Men, indicates. Gwinner estimates that there ars more than 500,000 men and boys drift ing about the country. Ofthese more than 200,000 are boys under' twenty yearsof age, he believes. Trains cone ing into St. Louis daily bring between 2,000 and 3,200 uninvited guests, the survey, made in co-operation with rail road officials, showed. Most of these move on in a day or two, Gwinne;! said, Motor Car Farts Free From United' Kingdom Ottawa.—Parts of motor ears and motorcycles will be admitted to Can ads free of duty from the United Kingdon under an amendment insert,' ed in the customs tariff last week. By the trade agreement made at the Imperial- Economic Conference free importation oteluotor cars an ir®iocycles was provided for, but no mention was made of parts. Hon, E. N. Rhodes, Minister of Finance; proposed the amendment when the House of Conmions was considering the budget resolutions in committee of ways and means. With little discussion the House j shed through a number of new ta-:iff items making minor changes in the rates cif duty on various =toe and machinery parts. Ranting and Bernier, Saunders Get Grants Ottawa.—Three 'eminent Canadians have been awarded their usual annui- ties for services rendered when the House of Commons considered esti- mates of .the Department of the In- terior. Dr. F. G. Banting, discoverer of insulin for diabetes treatment, re- ceives $7,500; Dr. Charles E. Saun- dere, noted for his research work in production of wheat, $5;000, and Capt,. By frequently peered out of windows at the proceedings. New Bisley Team Rules, Announced Ottawa.—Membership on the Cane- dian Bisley team in future will bo confined to actual serving members of the militia forces,both permanent and non -permanent, it was learned last week. The provision for .ex -members of the army who have had at least nine years' service or ex -members of , the Canadian Expeditionary Force and the British Expeditionary Force has been abolished, Canada Will Not Exhibit At Chcago`Fair Ottawa.—Canada will not be an ex- hibitor at the Chidago World's Fair this ;year. At the , Department of Trade and Commerce it is stated that no provision has been made for the Dominion to participate in the expo- sition, anis that financial reasons will operate to. keep Canada AVOW.. Only 3 Per Cent Idle Washington.—Unemployment in the Argentine is exceptionally low, accor- ding to a d'ispatchfroin the Argentine Department of Labor. Figures sbipw that of a population numbering 12,000,- 000 only 333,397 are •idle, or less than three per cent, Argentine's principle exports are meat and dairy -products, wheat, corn, linseed„ .quebracho wood, irides and wool. Its principal customer is Great Britain. • Son Must be Accompanied By Mother When Driving Windsor. — Henry Hogan, Sand WW1, must not drive a motor car fon a year unless his mother accompanies him. This stipulation was made ;ier1 by a magistrate who convicted Ho,gat of reckless driving, Radio Puzzle The pntzlitig: thing about radio his mor is where they find people dealt" enough to sit in the stiletto and laugh, --Fountain Inn, 5,0.,..Trlt lats.