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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1933-11-23, Page 6s• Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and rho. Welid at Largo rq-•+w. CANADA. Grade Crossings Many years will go by before all our !nein highways and all our country roads have been freed front grade crossings Nevertheless we have rea- ,son to hope that these death-traps will disappear some day. And if this day ever dawns .it will unoubtedly be the commencement of the millenium for the motorists. — La Tribune, $lier- brooke. Want Amid Plenty It is a terrible confession of the failure of the world's distribution sys- tem when corn is burned, coffee clump- ed into the ocean, cotton ploughed un- der and hogs massacred to create an artificial shortage of the very things which aro required by many people who are destitute.—Niagara Falls Re- view, Crop Destruction John FL Simpson, president of the National Farmers' Union of the 'United States, says: "It is against the laws of God and nature to plow up cotton, des- troy things that could be used for food ,and limit production." The Lon- don Advertiser endorses this view as being perfectly right. In a world in which countless millions are under- fed, under -clothed and otherwise in want the curtailment of production should be an economic a:. well as a oral outrage.—Moose Jaw Evening Times, Burning Coffee Coffee worth $200,000,000 has been Wilfully destroyed by Brazil since July, 1931. No less than 3,050,124,000 pounds have been burned or clumped into the ocean. In recent months the Brazilian Government has intensified its des- truction of the coffee. There are some who would clo that with Canada's wheat despite the fact that many peo- ple do not get all they want to eat. What a shame to witness such wilful waste of food in the twentieth century with all its vaunted civilizaion.—Bor- der Cities Star. Demands of Criminals Priveners in the Eastern Peniten- tiary, enitentiary, Philadelphia., demand a radio and the daily newspapers for each cell, and doubtless many kind-hearted per- sons will see nothing unreasonable in the request. They should remember, however, that there are many law- abidiag persons who are presently without radios and who would like to be sure of some of the ordinary com- forts omforts which the confined criminals en- joy at the public expense The people on the outside should have first eon- sjderation.—Montreal Gazette. Empire Timber Reports from the lumbering districts in many parts of the Province hold out exceptionally encouraging prospects for employment in the woods this sea- son. Beyond any doubt this new ac- tivity is resulting directly from the new Empire trade arrangements, the value of which could not well be over- stated —Halifax Herald. Two Out of 150 The Graf Zeppelin is in Chicago. It is interestin _: to recall that with one exception, this dirigible is the sole survivor of scores of airships in the world after seventy-five years of re- search and experimentation in aircraft of this type. The other is the United States' Macon. lep to the present, one hundred and fifty of these airships have been built by various nations. Every one but the two already named have come to grief. Usually they have been wrecked with heavy loss of life, tend they have .mainly been lost in weather which to a ship at sea would not be difficult, but which to a huge gas-filled allehip has proved catas- trophic.—Ottawa Citizen. Work in Algoma The change in the employment situ- ation is nothing lees than startling, and it carie out of a clear sky, New work in the bush, on roads and in the steel plant means that several thous- and unemployed people have gone back to work, or are going shortly. The improvement in conditions is coming about naturally. There has been no wood cut in the bush for two Winters. The increase in the use of newsprint added to the gradual using tint • sl> of the wood on hand means activity !n our lumber camps. The road work Is now called for by the small amount previously done • this year, and the steel plant activity takes on the look of something permanent,—Sault Ste. Marie Star... , Black'Squirrels Increasing As one walks through the woods at this time attentiion is drawn 'to the increasing number of black squirrels that are scurrying around the bush. A few years age very few of these beau- tiful little animals could be seen, as their numbers were 'kept down by ruthless hunters. Boys and young men ;should refrain from testing their skill ltt inarksmanshlp at these lovely ani - vials with their jet black fur and huge bushy tails. Itgives a lover•'o•f wild life a thrill to see them gradually la - crease in .ttinibers and add to iho beauty of the woods,--Arthnr Enter- prise -News. ee. Cauroh ateoords , a any of tie churches in title older part df Ontan.o bane Stories let to lie+ placed upon permanent record: In operation for decade atter decade, they have boon rallying -points for the oils-' tricts iii which they are situated, a point of contact for the entire region. Yet in numerous cases very little is now known of their origin, Vital re- cords of marriages, births and deaths have been lost or destroyed to the re- spair of those who would how verify' genealogical information„ It might not be at all a bad idea if each and every congregation establish- ed in this district appointed an indi- vidual or a committee of individuals to serve as archivists. --Brockville Re- corder, Newspaper `Advertising A speaker here the other night, stressed the value of the local news- paper as a means of letting the public know what local merchants have for sale. Newspaper advertising still holds its own as the best known means of displaying merchandise be- fore the public. Newspaper advertis- ing can be seasonable, something obvi- ously impossible with media issued less frequently.—Niagara Falls Re- view. THE EMPIRE The Modern Motor Car The driver will have less excuse than ever for dangerous driving. The loss attention a driver has to give to the mechanism of his vehicle, the more attention should be be able to pay to events on the road; and the more responsive his car is to breaking and acceleration, the easier should it be for him to maintain a wide margin between himself and the risk of acci- dent. The modern motor car is a fine piece of work, a mechanical thorough- bred; if all motorists were worthy of their cars there would be very few accidents.—Leeds Yorkshire Post. South African Airways The figures compiled by Union Mr - ways of their activities for the past four years form a very striking tri- bute to the management. The safety factor reaches 99.96 per cent., while the revenue earned in proportion to subsidy is 51,50 per cent., compared with the 48.33 per cent. of Imperial Airways (also very good), and the 20.83 per cent. of French companies. The subsidy works out at 7d. (about fourteen cents) a mile, compared with the French 5s. Gd. (about $1.30): If these figures are correct, Union Air- ways must be the cheapest as well as one of the most efficient air lines in the world. In view of the success of the company, it is pretty obviously en- titled, with the advent of better times, to an increased subsidy. Could not the Government, in return, require that its machines should be partly built in this country, thereby laying the foundation of what is bound to be- come in the future a "key industry"? —Cape Argus. New Zealand Railways Fut many months after comprehen- sive efforts to arrest the alarmingade- cline in railway finance had begun— efforts which were increased in inten- sity after the board assumed full con- trol—improved returns were almost wholly the result of reductions in ex- penditure, which more" than compen- sated for the accompanying fall of re- venue The value of these economies was inestimable, but they must neces- sarily have their limits. If, with ex- penses cut to the bone, retrogression had continued, to reduce services dras- tically or bear the losses were the only alternatives. Fortunately, better re- venue returns are now coming to the rescue. If they can be maintained, the outlook for the railways will be much brighter than could possibly have been expected three or four years ago.-- Auciclan d Weekly News. Better British Toys Among pleasing signs pointing to the approach of a happier Christmas, the present boom in the British toy trade is distinctly encouraging, Manu- facturers are already flooded with or- ders, for the earliest Christmas over- seas mails will soon be leaving. A real British Santa Claus will drive his reindeer team all over the world this year,—London Daily Mail. Trade and Foreign Exchange There has been much talk and exul- tation lately over the improvement that has taken place in "trade. Suf- licient evidence of• a material char- acter haracter is available to justify.the belief that there is 'substance behind the movement, but it would be idle to hope that real progress. •towards pros- perity can ever be made until sta- bility of exchanges has been effected and confidence in the stability se- cured.—Glasgow Herald, Wages and Prices If wages go up, costs go up. If costs go up, prices go up. If prices go up, Wages must go up some more. Thus the •economic spiral rises with three items ,. like- three dogs chasing each other around the, track, all.. -after the. ra'•lbit that elimbs'a pole in the middle of the spiral just out of reach of all tinnne. :Which •ono ought to be 'ahead? If wages are ahead of prices, prices cannot pay the wages: If prices are. a! tad; wages cannot pay the prires.�- ; .t &'ranelsro Cinroniole, . Two Killed In Plane Crash Two persons were killed and another seriously Lnjurecl when an aeroplane crashed' into the Pacific ocean while taking off from Avalon, for Los Angeles. The aeroplane hit the .water from a height of about r,0 feet, Recent Events From Overseas Prince George to Open Bank H.R.H. Prince George will open the new head office of the Birmingham Municipal Bank on November 27. The event will mark the close of another chapter in the bank's remark- able History. The first of its kind, the Birming- ham Municipal Bank was established in 1919, and in the past 10 years its deposits have grown from under £2,- 000,000 to 214,000,000, ,To -day one in "every three of Bir- mingham's population is a depositor in the Municipal Bank, and over 11,000 citizens have purchased their houses with the bank's assistance. Stati'on-Studded London There are 600 passenger railway sta- tions within a 10 -mile radius of Char- ing Cross. , All .these are shown in a new rail- way map just issued by the main line railway companies: The object of the map is to show the connections be- tween the main lines and the: under- ground railways. It is calculated that passengers using the main line termini and those carried by underground number 3,000,- 000 a day, Feeds Dog Through Letter -Box Gravesend,—While their employers were away on holiday two domestic servants, Kathleen and Ellen Allen, of Gravesend, left the house against in- structions, and the pets of which they were in charge. A gardener, looking through a win- dow of the house, saw a dog in a dis- tressed condition. It was fed for thine clays with biscuits through the letter- box. A parrot was subsequently found dead. from starvation in its cage. Defendants were each fined £10 and costs at Tonbridge for cruelty to the -parrot. Advised to Punish Wife Liverpool.—"What you want is a good hiding, and your husband ought to give it to you." Mr. R. J. Ward, a magistrate, at Liv- erpool Police Court, made this remark recently to Mrs. Helena Willis, aged 40, who was charged with attempting to commit suicide by jumping into the Mersey. She was discharged with -a caution: It was stated that Mrs. Willis, while seated on a beach at the landing stage, Liverpool, borrowed a_pencil from a man, wrote something on a piece of paper, and then walked to the river wall. The man became suspicious, and fol- lowed her, and was just in time to grab her feet as she was diving into the river. Mrs. Willis stated that she had a quarrel with her husband and was de- pressed. Career of Champ The career of Champion Redd-Boi of Iwade is one of the greatest romances, in the history of dog -breeding. As an eight -weeks -old ball of fluff he was such a disappointment that his breeder, Mrs. Foster Burgess, offered to sell him to a woman fancier for £5, The prospective buyer thought his nose would grow too big and left him on Mrs. Burgess' hands. Then he developed so remarkably that he brokeall records by becoming a full champion at the early age of ten months. And now this 8112 i'b. of cheeky pride is the most valuable dog the world has ever known. Redd-Boi has earned that distinction by virtue of an offer made for him by a rich American woman, one of sev- eral breeders who have come over dur- ing the past month to try to buy up our best Pekinese. Her offer was in writing, and in- cluded a blank cheque on which Redd Boils owner could write any amount she liked. Mrs. Burgess handed the cheque back! "No figure was named for Redd-Boi," Mrs. Burgess said, "but I could have had more than £3,000 had I been will- ing to sell." The disappointed American visitor, as the next best thing to Redd-Boi, has bought three puppies from the kennel and has been promised a fourth, "Mistake" Stamps Giendoick, Perthshire.—Two Nyasa- land stamps, a fottrpenny and a two- penny, dated 1907, caused a stir in a stamp sale room. In 1907 a few of the stamps were printed on paper with the wrong watermark. When sent to the British Isles they were sold by a dealer for 10s. each. A few years ago they real- ized £60. At Harmer's sale room recently they were sold for £225. The stamps were in the famous col- lection formed by Mr. A. W Cox of -Glendoick. Unhealthy Post Calcutta, India. — Three European iriagistrates have been murdered at Midnapore. A fourth has just been appointed to this perilous and unenvi- able post. He is Mr. P. J. Griffiths,,. now on leave, who will succeed Mr. B. E. J. Burge as district magistrate. Mr. Burge was murdered on Septem- ber 2, just as he was about to take part in a football match at Midnapore. It is understood that in making an- other appointment the Government has yielded to the pressure of Euro- pean officers who have urged that this action must be taken in order to up- hold the honor of the British nation and of the Indian Civil Service. Officers declared that they • will stand by their three murdered col- leagues even if twenty others are shot, Mr. Burge's immediate predecessor, Mr. R. Douglas, was murdred in 1932, and Mr. Peddie in 1931. Already the Governiment . has been warned that the next magistrate will be murdered. The distribution oe leaf- lets stating "Midnapore miist remain without a magistrate" is the latest form of terrorist activity in the dis- trict. New Channel Cable London, Eng.—Twenty-nine miles of telephone cable stowed aboard the Dominia, the largest cable ship in the world, is waiting to be laid across the Straits of Dover, to augment the exist- ing telephone facilities between Lon- don and Paris. The Dominia. is lying off St, Mar- garet's Bay, and, provided the weather is suitable, she will start laying the cable shortly. f Hints For Fall Costumes You can build a whole -winter ward robe around your fall suite Get a couple of dressy blouses in addition to your tailored ones and the suit can go to luncheon and tea as well as to the office. Have one striped velvet hlouse to wear to luncheons and one bright corduroy to wear to football gaiues and on week -ends in the country. If the suit has a long or three-quarters coat leave on long tunic blouse of lame or metal cloth to wear to bridge parties and informal dinners, Breaks American Record Capt, Dyston's car on the bantling during his retort! -breaking lruti alt llrooklands, Englaed when - be attained a ,peed of 102 miles aft hotir hi a maehtfte !lowered with a bus motor, 11—Year-Old Girl Lands in Britain "Hitch -Diked" Across Canada Witl .,Parents, Then Sailed for'Lngland., London.—A girl of U who "hitch hiked" across Canada, from Vaneou ver to Montreal, with her father am mother, Hien sailed alone ' for Eng land, reached the home of her nun at Northwood, Middlasex, recently. She is Lily Tyler. She arrived,. is Liverpool on board the White Stal liner Laurenatic, • "Daddy used to be a gardener; she said in her musical colonial voice. "Then the depression came, He lost his job. "So he and mummy and I set out to find him one. ",Each day we got further away from home. People gave daddy oda work to do just to help him along. "Often we had lifts in motor -cars and lorries from one farm to another We used to sleep just anywhere we could. "We did this for three months, ant then we reached Montreal. When we got there mummy said I was to come to England to stay with my auntie, Mrs. Clark. "We walled only about one nun• died and forty miles out of the three thousand," Lily related with pride. "Once we jumped a freight train and mere turned oil." Godericir Youth Dies After F'oot'ball Practice Goderich.—Shortly afber he hal finished football practice, Herber Palmer, 17=year-old collegiate student collapsed on Colborne street, and diet before medical aid could reach him 1Ie lead just ridden his bicycle, with i fellow -student one the handle bars from Agricultural Park, where foot ball practice was held. ° "You know, I shouldn't do this: 1 have heart trouble," he said, and they ccllapsed. He was carried into a nearby home and Dr. W. F.. Gallow was called, bat the youth had died. He had been re ceiving treatment for heart trouble for some time and had been warnee against participating in strenuous ex• ercise, it is understood. "New Deal" Cost Is Near 12 Billion! Washington. ----The oost of the "rev deal" program of President Roosevelt may be $11,73•5,000,000 the nationa industrial conference board estimates. The industrial statistics organiza tion's estimate place the cost at $15,: 135,000,000 figuring in Reconstruction F]nance Corporation loans. "The "grand totalof liabilities is. listed as follows: Public Works administration, $3,. 150,000,000. Agricultural Adjustment Adminis tration $1,100,000,000. Farm Credit Administration $2, 485,000,000. Home owners loan corporation. $2; 200,000,000. Emergency relief administration $500.000,000. Tennessee Valley authority, $50; 000,000. Federal deposit insurance eorpo_•a tion, $2,000,000,OOf, Jack in r"^11,:y's Threat PPrnoverli by Doctors Buffalo, N.y. -- 'An eight -months• old baby, Jerome Weber, with a live pointed "jack" lodged in his throat. was rushed to two Buffalo hospitals before it was removed The parents thought Vie boy dee ing when they reached Emergency hospital on'y to learn they would have to go - to City hospital, as Emergency bad no equipment for the purpose. A speeding pollee escort rushed the child, blue in the face ' befert the first hospital had been reached across the city and waiting sur geons there quickly removed the jack. The hey swallowed tt white o?dei childrenwere playing on the floor of his. home. A 'few hours later he was "sleeping peacefu'Iy" His Wife's "Death" Was Just an Idea Buffalo, N.Y.—,Tames J. Carroll, 42, according to police confessed he in serted a notice of his wife's "death" in a :Deal newt paper just to keep re- latives away from the family. The health department -seeing the notice checked to asoertain if a certificate . of death had been issued and finding that it had not, called upon police to act, Carroll was taken into eustody but was released after signing a sworn statement. "I had trouble with my wife.s re datives." pollee quoted Carroll as ex- plaining. "I thought they would see this in the paper and thinlc she Was ,dead, and that ee uld keep then away from us" Death' in Chemical Fog Over Cities, Says Expert New York,—There is stili death in the invisible chemical fog hanging cities, possibly even a cancer irrit ant, the New York Academy of Modi• cite was told last week This, report was made by, H,' B lefe11er, alt pollution expert, 02 Melon Institute He made a plea for tl1 medical profession to clean up what he called the "atmospheric sewage.•"