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Zurich Herald, 1933-07-13, Page 6,a: Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and The Word at Large CANADA A Road Menace,,,, The report on automobile accidents during the first four mouths of 1933, just issued by the statisticians for a leading insurance company, contains ono rather significant little disclosure, While the total number of deaths de- creased about 10 per cent, from the number for the same period in 1932, the number of defective cars involved in fatal acoidents increased by nearly 40 per cent, This, of course, is a con- gequence of the depression. Cars that Ought to be retired to the junkyard are dill in service; others which have de- tective brakes, lights, tires or steer- ing mechanism are going without the repairs they need because their own- ers are pressed for cash. The man Who drives such .a car is under a heavy responsibility. ' If he keeps his car's defects in mind and makes allow- ance' llow- ane for them in his driving, every- thing is all right; but if he tries to handle an aging and defective machine as he would a brand new one he im- mediately makes a public menace of himself.—Vancouver Sun. zeas even claimed second place for Tokio, The new greater Tokio, with a population of little be excess of 5,, 000,000, however, falls into third place. London and New York are both credit- ed with more than 6,900,000 inhabit- ants. --Fredericton Gleaner. THE EMPIRE Needs of the World The three vital needs of the world are the raising of price levels; the stabilization of currencies ,and the re- duction of artificial restrictions to trade, These and dependent problems have created 30,000,000 unemployed, and brought the world to the verge of insolvency. Each of the 66 nations which are meeting in an attempt to bring order out of chaos has its own interests, rights, and engagements. The task is one calling for the great- est caution. Any measures decided upon will have to be made with full regard for the national interests in- volved.—Daily Mail Police Uniform Former Mayor Frank J. IViitehell is only talking common sense when he suggests that the police department be outfitted with neat flannel shirts for hot weather use, instead of being com- pelled to roast in heavy tunics and Sam Browne belts, "I have been try- ing to get that done for five years," the former mayor remarked to the Star yesterday, "and it should be done on the grounds of common humanity." We have not talked to any policemen about the idea, but we have no doubt chat all members of Windsor's fine force would welcome the innovation. Furthermore, the cost of making this change for the hot months would not be a serious item.—Border Cities Star. Speculation and Recovery Only a short time ago Sir Josiah Stamp warned the people of the United States against the dangers of speculation. Another boom such as the one of late lamented memory what he feared. It is foolish to suggest that such a thing cannot happen again. It can. There are indications of that possibility everywhere. The stock' markets are flourishing, stock prices advancing sensationally, and every- one is beginning to think in the same terms as formerly. If the recovery' from the depression is to be. accom- panied by an uncontrolled wave of reckless speculation, it will not last long, for speculation unsettles busi- ness, plays hob with prices, makes pro- duction and development subordinate to the making of money by exchanging pieces of paper and diverts money and attention and constructive thought away from the channels of legitimate, productive business. The controls must be prepared.—Saskatoon Star - Phoenix. Man and Vanity A despatch from London says that even the masculine Englishman has taken to the pursuit of personal beauty. All over England beauty shops are crowded with men. They Are having their sleep in hair nets. Well, why not? Why are we married Glasgow Herald. to the unspeakable notion that per- )onal vanity and adornment unfit a Man for the stern duties of the world? France's great Louis was a little fop, And yet he was a highly successful ruler. The, greatest Greeks and Ro- mans spent hours beautifying them- selves. One need not look like a stablehoyto pack a punch.—Van- touver Sun. On Up Grade The employment return for May is encouraging. For the fourth month in succession the employed total is up and the unemployed total down. Trade aid industry are at least on the up grade, The numbers of unemployed on the register-2,582,000—arestill terribly large, but they are less by 158,000 than they were last May and less by 320,000 than they were last January. On the other hand, there are now 9,657,000 employed persons, a gain of 372,000 in four months. In every district except the North-Eastern, de- pendent on coal and •badly affected by the seasonal decline in that trade, un- employment has decreased. Almost all industries except coal mining show an improvement, slight, perhaps, but none the less significant.—The Seep - tater. Ottawa Pacts Help Up to the present the Ottawa agree- ment has brought Australia no disad- vantage. On the contrary, it has meant advantage. The building of new factories and the general improvement in manufacturing production are among the best signs of returning pros- perity. Industrial stocks on the share market are stronger and more buoyant than they have been since adversity swept over us.—Melbourne Herald. Ideal Pedestrian Found? It is reported from Czecho-Slovakia that a certain Alois Novotny was run over the other day by a motor car and suffered a severe cut'on the head. M. Novotny's head had, of course, no serious effect on the car, but the transaction so flustered the driver that he swerved into a lamp post, which had. The victim rose unsteadily. "How much will it cost me," he said to the astonished driver, "to repair your car?" He then wrote out a cheque on the spot and went home to bed. Is it possible that out of the welter of modern traffic, after years of waiting, exhorting, and legislating, the perfect pedestrian has arisen, humble enough to accept the status of bunker in the fairway, and so businesslike that he pays promptly and goes home?—The "English as She is Wrote" Dr. Allen Sinclair Will, head of the Department of Journalism at Rutgers University, finds cause for congratu- lation in the English now being used in the newspapers of this continent. "A11 but impeccable," is the way he expresses it. "The English used at the present time in the best newspapers," Dr. Will adds, "is not inferior to that which may be seen in current litera- ture finding acceptance from a large body of discriminating readers, News- papers do not use or wish to use Vic- torian English. Their preference is for the vigorous speech current among cultivated people." — Winnipeg Tri- bune. His Secret of Success Cyrus"H. K. Curtis, Philadelphia pub- lisher, who when he died the other day was the publisher of prosperous newspapers and even more prosperous magazines having nation-wide sales running into the millions, ascribed his success to the men who worked for him. He once said.: "Tine main point with me always has been in getting somebody to do a job better than I could do it myself. I knew what I wanted, but I could not always accom- plish it. The success of our organiza- tion has been due entirely to the pea pie 1 have found."—St. Thomas Times- Pelf feta:. World's City By suddenly increasing its eity limits, Tokio has Joined London and 'tew York, la the e xeh:arve group that etexprisese the t:irree largest aeitiee in She world. W eu this aclai,;vern•ent was celebrated 'in Slee Jupat+eee eapi•; ti4l 'tt teats kr, eetuL'e,etlfilius a tit, eitl^ THE UNITED STATES An Englishman's Conscience In au English movie house the other night nearly a thousand people sat waiting for the feature picture. The projection machine broke down mately £4,000 per year, and the management announced that A Good Fish Story Mrs,- Oliver Grinnell hooked a huge fish near New York city at 9 a.m„ fought him until el p.m., was relieved by her husband, returned to the Sight at 5 a,m. following morning and 'finally gaffed the monster swordfish after 20 hours' of play. Lady Wavertree's Adopted Daughter Married in London Bride Gowned in Ice -Blue Lace is Stockingless No Reception Lady Wavertree did not attend the wedding of her adopted daughter, Miss Rosemary Hall -Walker, to Mr. Charles Lionel Kayser, which took place at St, Clement Dane's, Strand, London. The bride was given away by her cousin, Sir Ian Walker, a well-known polo player, and was accomnani ed two bridesmaids, who were her school. friends. Only fifty guests were at the wed- ding. The church was barely decor- ated with several pots of palms, and the service as short as possible. The bride, who was dressed iu a cool looking frock, made of ice -blue angel skin lace, followed the fashion of wear- ing no stockings. Over her head aid face she wore a veil of net. No Reception There was no reception. Immedi- ately after the service the couple re- turned to the hotel at which Miss Hall - Walker had stayed the previous night, She changed into travelling clothes, and they left for Switzerland by train, Lord Wavertree left Miss Hail -Walk- er, £10,000, £10 five per cent. shares, which will yield an income of approxi - the patrons would be refunded their money at the box office. But as there were different price seats the problem arose as to various claims for remun- eration. The manage merely put his customers on their honor. And when the last payment was made the re- ceipts and the money paid out corres- ponded to a penny, It is a .marked characteristic of the sturdy middle- class Englishman that he only wants that which is his. .. whole volume could be written on that little incident to show how a highly civilized people can have ingrained into them a sense of personal responsibility. Call it hon- esty or honor or what you will, behind it is a social 'conscience which explains why London police do not have to car- ry guns and rarely even carry billies, and why Old Bailey, the once orinnin- al court in all London, only needs to hold sessions three days a week. The. good Englishman knows no higher duty than the responsibility of individ- ual citizenship.—Detroit Free Press. How to "Bawl Out" When you want to "bawl out" some- body write it out. Take a lot of time and remake It strong. Then lay it aside until next day for mailing. Next day tear it up and throw it away. You will feel better and it has served its pur- pose,—Maysville (Okla.) News, News A novel bone of contention was dis- covered in a London police court, A man who had been nearly bowled over by a dog was charged by the owner with growling .at it, thus rousing the 1nitnal. ire. When a man bites a dog, i1.ei r. t said a fa mous editor, and +t M'': t;<::. to be news whtrrt the man tiro,, he, gdowling4.-•--('hrd,tian i 'ltnee Monitor, Canada Improves Sales of Bacon Climbs to Fourth Place Supplier of British Market Ottawa.—Canada has climbed into fourth place as a contributor to the Britsh bacon market during the month of May, according to Aon. H. H. Ste- vens, Minister of Trade and Com- merce. In that month the Dominion delivered 5,556,400 pounds. "The progress which Canada has made in supplying the British market with bacon one of the most encourag- ing things in our international trade," said Mr. Stevens. "The countries with higher contributions, were Denmark, Holland and Poland. In May, 1932, Canada stood sixth with 2,814,224 pounds and May, 1931, eighth with 234,976 pounds, coming far behind Den- mark, Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, United States and Lithuania." as Natural Gas' Found In- Quebec Village Ste. Augele De Laval,—At a depth of 5,000 feet below this small village on the south shore of the St. Law- rence River, opposite Three Rivers, a small quantity of natural gas has been discovered. The well is at pres- ent only yielding 25,000 cubic feet and as a minimum of 50,000,000 feet is necessary for commercial purposes, drilling is continuing. A total of 82 tons of piping has been sunk since operations commenced on February 1. East West to Meet at Altar The young woman gazing fondly at her fiance is Frances 'yor-ne, (lolntnhia uniVer,ity librarian, to weci Dr, Toyozo Nakara, Japanese selenList. They believe rarial intermingling , liaproves humanity. Theft a Typewriter Ottawa Bather Has Brings Ten Years Thrilling Escape Imprisonment Sucked in Intake --Carried Offense of "Diverting Social- ized. Property" in Russia Normally Punishable • by Death Ten years' imprisonment was the sentence passed on a young and pretty blonde typist in Moscow for stealing a typewriter. The local press recounted the trial without any sense of the enormity of the sentence. Indeed, the press im- plied that thegirl got off lightly sines stealing "socialized property" is norm- ally punished by death. Mme, Shurochka owed her downfall to a handsome engineer. He had told her the modern Russian woman must combine the business acumen of a man with the charm of a woman. In the office she must be au efficient worker. In social life she must be modishly dressed and endowed with sex appeal. This ideal, and apparently the hand- some engineer, impressed Mme. Shu- rochka. The theft of the typewriter, she explained to the judges, was the Right to Pumping Station .. Ottawa,—Sucked into a 10 -foot waterrnain, helplessly carried among and finally dumped into a tank at a Queen Street pumphpase, was the hor. rifying experience of Ralph Preston For 20 minutes in pitch black- dark - rim Preston was carried by the swirl- ing waters. There was an airspace al but two inches between the surface ods the 'w'ater and the roof of the tube, At times his head bumped the top of the big tube. His note Vas badls skinned and his nerves shattered. Preston, with two or three others, was diving from a . pier above the Chandlers Falls. He was not wearing a bathing snit, and when he came our at the pump -house had to borrow pair of trousers• until he could re. cover his clothes on the far-off river bank. On his final dive of the flay, he sud d'elnly was dragged into the mouth of the mammoth intake pipe., "I can't describe the trip," he said. "It was first step in putting that ideal into , dark, and only the rushing waters practice. A typewri :er sells in Russia at anything from 5,000 to 10,000 roub- les (nominally £500 to £1,000). She was thus showing business acumen, and at the same time acquiring funds to enhance her sex appeal. Now she will spend ten years in prison for "diverting socialized pro- perty." could be seen and felt. Time after time he turned in an effort to fight back to the river, but the fast-moving current rushed him along. He did not know where the pipe led to, and fin- ally weary, managed to stay afloat and let the water carry him where it willed. Then to his intense surprise, he plunged into the comparative light of the tank and a few seconds later climbed out of the water. Here he found the pump -house in the hear( of a residential area, and remembered his clothing had been left behind. Is desperation he shouted to a man in ani apartment house to throw him a, pan of trousers and explanations followed The intake pipe, carrying thousands of gallons into the heat -soaked city, had never before trapped a swimmer, Officials could not explain how Pres- ton had been swung into the orifice, but expressed the opinion a river -eddy had washed him into the danger zone, Some time ago, a youth in Hamil- ton paddled up a city .sewer to the corner of. a busy street and was seen passing an open manhole by a sur prised policeman. It was later found the canoe in which the boy was ex- ploring had been stolen. Golden Rules for Holidays From A Nurses' Journal The holiday season is near and a multitude of preparations for it are already under way. The "Nursing Mirror" offers some excellent advice intended more particularly for nurses but applicable also to the rest of the community. A holiday must be stimu- lating, and it must whet the appetite with a spice of adventure. Physical exercise is essential, but the "Nurs- ing Mirror" has this to say about it: "Tile soundest rule to remember is to be careful for the first few days; in our enthusism at our new free- dom we climb too high, walk too fast, swim too long, dance too late, and even eat too heartily, and some of onr precious days are spent in re- covering. In nursery days we can all remember the tiresome rules which restricted our paddling on the first day at the seaside, or enforced a rest out of the hot sunshine after lunch, but it is perhaps a pity they are not more studied by the adult." There is one other piece of advice offered by th "Nursing Mirror" which is well founded but is too often ne- glected. Sleeping in a new bed every night :Is not the surest way of ob- taining refreshing, rest. It is better, therefore, to combine the tour with' some days spent in one place, drink- ing rinking in light, air and sunshine, and not, having to hurry to catch trains and reach new towns. Grasshoppers Aiding World Recovery? Kincaid, Sask.—There is no need for the four great wheat gijowing countries, now meeting in London to cut the world's wheat acreage 15 percent. Grasshoppers have already done all the reducing in the wheat crop that is necessary. So said Dr. D. F. Donnelly, M.P., for this constitutency, on his arrival here from Ottawa. Dr. Donnelly, who returned to the west by way of the United States, declared) that millions of 'hoppers were eating off the crop in the coun- try to the south, Lady Astor Beaten By Prince at Golf Walton Health, Eng.—The Prince of Wales defeated Lady Astor two and one in their 1S -hole semi-final match of the annual Parliamentary Handicap Golf Tournament here last' week. • The Prince gave his opponent seven strokes. Lady Astor led one-up through the sixth but lost the lead soon alter and never regained it. The Prince insisted that Lade' Astor should -take the honors at the first hole, although he, as the . eon- •eeder of strokes, was entitled to drive first, 13,500 -Foot Height Too Cool for. Flier St, Paul, - Au airline passenger ship flying from here to Chicago found it too tool. At an altitude of 13,500 feet, Lee Smith, pilot, found the temperature 32 degrees above and was forced to come down to 8,600 feet to get his passengers warm. It was 99 above on the ground. Advice to ' Bathers "Da not bathe soon after eating-- waittwo hours,. Handicraft To Be Shown. in Regina Rug Section Expected to Have Interesting Display The rug section of the Handicraft exhibit to be held by the Women's Art Aosociartio:n of Saskatchewan in connection with the World Grain She at Regina, July 24 to Aug. 5,. bids fair to be a most extensive and interesting display. In recent years great interest has been revived in the handicrafts as a beautifier of homes as well as a prac- tical pastime—and especially adapted t,, this is the art of ru'g-making,—com ing as it does from a background of early pioneer and colonial days. Home- made rugs draw attention because of their traditional and historical, asso- ciation and a revival of them under newer ideas should call forth wide- spread attention throughout the 1 prairies. Instead of the quaint pictures of Newfoliidigied dogs, bowls of cherries and baskets of kittens woven into the ravelled and tufted rugs of bygone days, these modern rugs show scenes of the west --a field of wheat—a prairie farmstead�-the Red River valley. But their quaint old-fashioned beauty stars memories • of childhood when similar ovals graced the floors in grandmother's pioneer home. The executive expect wide represen- tation of the following classes of rugs: 1, hooked; 2, braided; 3, loom woven; 4, knitted; 5, crocheted; 6, needle wo- ven. Those made of prairie grown wool will be of particular interest. Snores of Tired Doctor Bring Police to Bedside Ferndale, Mich. --It was just like a mystery story, those weird sounds that came over the wire to the, tele - telephone company switchboard dur- ing the early morning hours, and the operator knew just what to :do. She notified police that some one apparently was in distress at the ad- dress indicated and all the homicide squad made a flying call. But at the other end of the line the found that Dr. W. G. Beattie, had overturned a bedside telephone in his sleep and was snoring contentedly into the transmitter. Weddings in Canada Show Big Jump foe May Ottawa, May was a popular month for weddings, Deturns for 7d f!attadian cities received by the Da "13o not get water in your mouth. minion Bureau of Stat]stics showeda"Do. not bathe in water it; sew total of 2,246. This was a 16 rev - s:4 'outlets or which is otherwise pot- cone, increase over May, 1932, when Tnited.•.. ' the total was 1.940 "1)0 not die or swim in unknown :+ waters test the depth. 1 More than 15,000,000,000 tons ell ` Do not go far from shore alone earth are lifted in dust clouds from blit ten if, a good stn+itnnnersoil of Britain every year and oeposid "Do not bathe when overheated,', ed by rain Storms.