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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1934-01-11, Page 6Carxada, The ErnicAre and The thPress World at Large I Voice of CANADA. Clean ancl Fast. 7ockey can be both "hectic" and thexalting," however, without being feta. The sooner sport publicists in both the United States and Canada desist from fostering the illusion that hockey is a savage and sanguinary ganee, the better for professional hockey. The truth is that it can be the cleanest as well as the fastest game in the world.—Ottawa Citizen. Timber Problem, It is reported from Orangeville that In two years 469,000 trees have been planted in the Dufferin County for- est reserve. If such practical work. were carried on throughout the Do- minion its timber problem would be solved in another generation or so.— Xoronto Globe. Sign of Improvement. It does look as if the depression is being discouraged. In Canada for the fourtli successive mouth, sales of slew automobiles at retail in October show a gain over the corresponding month in 1932. The number in- creased 22.4 per cent., while their value increased 19 per cent. The number of trucks and buses sold showed a gain -of 20.4 per cent., while their value increased 50.9 per cent.— Brandon Sun. The Greater Peril. A game of checkers so excited four Apache Indians that a fight followed which ended in four deaths. The authorities had better keep this tribe in ignorance of contract bridge—Ed- monton Journal. A Good Paper. A good town paper is not the pro- duct of chance. It is the growth of time, brains, energy, devotion and, essentially, the loyal support of the community it serves.—Renfrew Mer- cury. Rights of the Citizen. Perhaps it is this thing—determina- tion to preserve the rights of the citizen—tbat makes British law and justice things apart. Justice in Brit- ain is not merely an agency to pun- ish wrong -doers; it is something to unhold liberty; the thing that Macau- lay had in mind when he spoke of "law sustained by liberty, and lib- erty sustained by law." It is a tra- dition which we here in Canada may always follow to our gain.—Ottawa Jourual. And Toronto a Centennial. When writing your friends don't neglect to remind them that Port Arthur will have a semi -centennial celebration next year—Port Arthur News -Chronicle. • No 'Hopper Boundary. Grasshoppers know no international boundary, a factor which is increas- ingly important with the knowledge that a trend from comparatively harm- less types to types of a migratory nature is in evidence. Indeed, much of the area found infested in West- ern Canada this fall was populated by 'hoppers which flew in from un- known sources—Winnipeg Free Press. Billboard Restrictio.ns. A news despatch from Quebec states that Hon. J. E. Perrault, Minister of Roads and Mines, has concluded ne- gotiations with. national commercial and advertising companies to the ef- fect that at the beginning of next year billboards will no longer be placed close to provincial highways. This is a safety step that might well be taken in Ontario. The billboard distracts the attention of some speed- ing motorists on country highways and thereby causes traffic accidents. Diphetheria Prevention.' -Results at Ottawa confirm the evi- dence from other cities, where ener- getic immunization programs have been earried out, as to the possibil- ity by. this means not merely of end- ing diphtheria epidemics in a commu- nity but eventually stamping it Out. It has been proved beyond question that the toxoid treatment both pre- vents diphtheria and saves lives where the disease has got a foothold. There is no longer any reason to fear this former dread disease which took in the past a heavy toll of lives and caused untold suffering and sorrow. All parents should feel it a duty to see that their children get this sim- ply -administered, inexpensive protec- tion.—Kingston Whig -Standard. A Nice Piece of Work. Mrs. John Horne, Jr., of Port Col- borne, grew weary of the number of times a burglar was making his way Into her home. On one occasion the burglar had secured $4 in cash and, •some rings. At other times he had come, and Mrs. Horne was certain he always entered by a cellar win- dow. Mrs. Horne was ready to receive hint when he came agaiu. She turned ,Out the lights, took up her stand in the cellar and had with her as com- panion and adviser the family rolling pin. The burglar came. He entered the Window and Mrs. Horne went into action. The 1m:teller was knocked out cold. ,Thee; the police came and took him Ranee—Stratford Beacon -Herald. Current Business, More widespread employment, even overtime operatioes in some trades, renewed interest in construction, a larger share in the world wheat trade and an increase in exports of basic commodities, including animal products, metals and newsprint, are the features otrecent developments in Canadian economy. A considerable ime proyement in Canada's position in re- lation to the international balance of payments is foreshadowed by her more favorable showing on merchandise ac- count.—Monthly 'Letter of the Cana- dian Bank of Commerce. Daughters of Canada. Marie Dressler, the Canadian -born screen star, though 62 years of age, has staged a great comeback and is today the most popular screen actress In the 'United States, May Pickford, America's sweetheart, is also a Cana- dian, as is Norma Shearer. Canadians are justly proud of the foremost place taken In the entertainment world by daughters of the Dominion. THE EMPIRE. A Tercentenary. At Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, England, there was celebrated the ter- centenary of the sailing from Cowes on November 22, 1633, of the little ships, the Ark and the Dove carrying the first British settlers to Maryland, U.S.A. A bronze plaque, presented by the Ark and Dove Society in Mary- land, was then unveiled; it was hand- ed over by Lord Fairfax, a descend- ant of one of the first British set- tlers in the American state.—Inver- ness Review. The Housing Problem. The number of houses required is still colossal, and a recent estimate in a responsible quarter has put the figure at 1,400,000. The Census fig- ures of 1931 show clearly that houses in some such numbers will be want- ed if overcrowding is to be ended; an overcrowding is not merely a, fea- ture of existing slums but the most potent cause of future slums. Even If it were true that at some time in the distant future this deficiency would be made good without any fur- ther development of housing policy, the Government would be well advis- ed to do something to advance this happy time, provided always that a new effort did not inflict indirect and couuterbalaneing disadvantages upon the poor whom it is destined to bene- iitt.—London Times. Close Budgeting. A committee of the British Medical Association has created something in the nature of a sensation by declaring that the average man doing moderate muscular work can be fed for 5s. 10d. (about 31.40) per week. The commit- tee is not content with a generaliza- tion, but makes a detailed statement of the various articles of food in the dietary. . . It is all very well to say that the dietary provides an average of 3,886 calories per day, but how is the two -ounce egg to be distributed, how many meals will the one-half pound of liver, or minced meat, or bacon or corned beef provide for a hungry man? The distribution of the one and three-quarter pint of milk over a full week is somewhat of a problem in warm weather when sup- plies have to be bought daily if they are to be reasonably fresh. Practical caterers providing ter large numbers of men might keep to the cost as an average, but the individual kept to a scientific diet would soon become a man with a. grievance against the world.—Edinburgh Scotsman. Standards of Living. Japan is taking out markets, is tak- ing even our , business of carrying these goods, Japan's suillowners pros- per; Japan's 'shipowners reap the harvest of the waters. How is it done? Because the Japanese work- ers live more cheaply. Could we? Un- doubtedly. The British Medical Asso- ciation is telling you that any healthy man can live on 6s. 101Atd. a week. Maybe he an, especially if he starts the week healthy and well nourished. It might not be so good, say, with two years' unemployment as the prelude. Most of the world could live a little worse than it does. The question is: Why should it? World rulers every- where are cutting down production, while hungry citizens go short. The priests of Baal who cut themselves With knives did not commit more folly.—Isondon Daily Express. THE UNITED STATES The Land Looking Up. So much publicity Is given to farm mortgage foreclosures and farm dis- tress that there is an impression that, farm land no longer has value. This I is, of course,. absurd. There are far- mers who are living and paying debts oiff, and thousands of farmers who are clued and producers are making ends free from debt. Food Is being pro - meet even under the adverse circum- I stances of . the last few years. Marc- ever, there are persoes who are look- ing for farms, with the money to buy them. Land is basic. It either comes back or a country perishes, and therc. no body who antieipates the down. fall of the 'United Stat'.—Topelto Daily Capital. , • v eeeee --• "Think I'll hop along to the sunny southland," say some fed up with Toronto's cold weather.. But - maybe they'll change their minds when they zee this picture of Californians digging out their car after a 56 -inch snowfall, 102 New Ships by 1939. -Asked for U.S. Navy Washington. — The United States navy is planning to ask congressional authorization for an ambitious ship construction and replacement program designed to establish the service on treaty parity basis by 1939. Under present plans, Congress will be asked to approve two reselutionss one to authorize building the navy to the strength allowed by the London naval treaty or any other arms 'agree- ment to which the United States might become a party, the other to authorize the President to maintain the fleet at that strength.. Under the navys present idea, the fleet would be brought to treaty strength by 1939. To bring it to full strength, 102 ships must be donstruet- ed, or approximately 20 ships for each fiscal.year. The program for next year would call for two heavy destroyers or destroyer leaders, 12 destroyers, one cruiser carrying eight -inch guile, two cruisers carrying six-inch guns and six submarines. This would leave the navy with the following new eon, struetion and replacement tobe built - by 1939: 24 submarines, 51 destroyers, three cruisers carrying six-inch guns and one aircraft carrier of 15,200 tons. The total cost of the treaty strength' program, including equipment and air- planes, is roughly estimated at $516,-. 000,000, or approximately $100,000,000 a year. To man such a fleet with an 55 per cent. complement, enlisted strength, would be increased from the Presersis. 79,200 to about 100,000 and Marine strength from 15,200 to about 20,000. With the $238,000,000 turned'over to it by President Roosevelt from public works funds and $46,000,000 of regular appropriations, the navy is now build- ing or has contracted for 54 ships. The ultimate purpose of the navy's program is to eliminate the present method of authorization for a consid- erable quantity of vessels in one cate- gory and then having them 15 or 20 years hence all become average at the same time. Partridges Enter City to Get Food Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.—Hungarian partridge—hundreds of them—ave on welfare relief in the Soo. Citizens are responding to the pled of the- Game, Fish and Forest Asso- ciation to feed the birds. Snow has been removed from extensive lots and food, donated by citizens, is being thrown daily to them. Several hun- dreds of the birds, driven by hunger from the woods, recently invaded the city. Plane Nearly Crashes On Buckingham Palace London, Eng.—Crows watching the ever -popular ceremony of the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace were startled recently when ,an airplane passed, apparently only a few feet above the roof of the palace. The plane, which was in trouble, made a forced landing in Hyde Park, a short distance away.. Its occupants ,were uninjured. • The King and Queen, who were in residence at the palace, made in- quiries. An eye -witness said the plane swerved sharply to avoid crashing in- to a flagstaff. "It looked for a mo- ment that he could not avoid hitting same part of the palace, but by a great effort he managed to get the plane away," the eye -witness said. Some of the women in the crowd screamed. Tear Gas Causes Panic At War Demonstration 'Bucharest. — The drastic methods pursued, by an axmy officer at his lecture on gas and air defense in the Village of Csikesicso recently caused a panic among the auclrence. To demonstrate the effect of tear gas and the methods of defense against it, the colonel released the contents of a tear -gas bomb, The .audience, consisting mainly of women _aeedhildren, taking it for poisonous gas, jumped up from their seats and rushed to the exits. In the ensuing panic all window panes were smashed and a number of persons seriously wounded. Three children who were trampled under foot are not expected to recover. Cattle Rustlers Aided By Women in, Southwest Pueblo, Col.—Southwest peace offi- cers are -looking for the queen of cat- tle rustlers. A cattle rustling ring that has operated in Colorado, Kan - Sae, New Mexico and Oklahoma is be- lieved to be directed by a woman who has several men and women in her employ. The women abtain jobs as cooks on ranches and study' brands,pas- tures and round -ups. This information goes to. the higher-up and one night a fleet of trucks 'Carries away live- -Stock. The' cook leaves soon for an - Zither job. The stolen cattle are taken to the Denver, Wichita or Oklahoma City market and sold before the owner can repert Sis loss. Names Eighteen Men Who Understand Money New York.—Eleven 'college prates - sons, two banker, and five foreign authorities were listed last week as "the persons in the world who.under- stand the real meaning of money," by Professor .Irving Fisher, of Yale. The prominent economist, in reply to a request of the Consumers Guild toefasAomrsefica, listed the following pro- • Harry G. Browns University of Missouri; G. F. Warren and F. E. Pearson, Cornell University; J. Har- vey Rogers, Yale; Willford I. King, New York 'University; John R. Coin mens, 'University of Wisconsin; Dr. Warren N. Persons, New York City; Edwin W. Kemmerer, Princeton; Cyril James, University of Pennsyl- vania; John H. ' 'Williams, Harvard, and Jacob Winer,' University of Chicago. The bankens include Frank A. Vanderlip, former president of the National City Bank, and George Le Blauc, 'former Equitable Trust Com- pany official. Among the foreign academic monetary economists there are Key - .nes, of .England; Cassell, of Sweden; Frisch, or Norway; Van Schulze Gavernitz, of Germany, and among bankers, Reginald McKenna, of Nng- lad, Fisher added. Professor Warren, named in the American group, is the present mon- etary adviser to President Roosevelt. Conspicuously absent from the list Were Professor 0. M. W. Sprague, re- cently resigned Treasury adviser, Colonel Leonard P. Ayres, of Cleve- land,. widely -known as an authority. Highway Lightirg Ontario possesses about 3,000 InVes of King's highways, about Vo0 mike of which are heavily traveled, writes the Electrical News and Engineering. For instance, the highway jeining Windsor and Montreal is used con- tinually both summer and winter by private and commercial licensed ve- hides, and particularly by torrists. What a splendid eontribution to safe- ty to commerce, and to Canada's tour- ist trade, it would be if this main highway were adequately illuminated. At the present time the many mu- nicipalities en route light about '75 miles, but there still remain unlighted about475 miles between Windsor and the Ontario -Quebec border. A super- ficial survey would show that, owing to the advantageous existing facilities along this route, the capital cost oi installing complete lighting would be around 3700,000, and the total annual charges, including interest, deprecia- tion'maintenance power and lamp re- newals would be only $200,000 per annum. Would not this investment pay for itself? The Quebec authorities would soon light their 50 miles few the boundary to Montreal, the municipali- ties would improve their lighting, and this highway would then become one of the most traveled and safest high. ways on this continent. London Preparing - In Event Gas Attack London.—Lord Moynihan and other great doctors and surgeons have been asked by the Home Office to help in the task of creating an organization to protect the civil population from poison gas attacks. A series of conferences has recently been held in London between these medical experts, Home Office officials, representatives of the War Office and others. At these meetings the protection of civilians from hostile gas bombing by means of respirators was discussed. The Home Office so far has not yet made any decision as to whether it will encourage the purchase of gas masks by civilians. The protection of the civil popula- tion from air attacks .is not, of course, the only subject which government officials are considering. Plans are being ds -awn up for the removal of various national "nerve centres" from London in case of an emergency. Whitehall is now considered ton "vulnerable" for the Admiralty, Wai Office or Air Ministry when "the next war" occurs. , Snowball Bridge Rolls Up Charity Funds Berlin.—"Snowball Bridge" 10/ charity has become all the ragein Berlin.• To raise funds for the Nazi wiatei and Fisher himself. relief Work, Baroness Von Ueurath E. C. Riegel, president, of the wife of the German Minister of For. Guild, disclosed that a list of 15 (mei- eign Affairs, invited 700 guests, in tions pertaining to money would be eluding the whole diplomatic corps, tx mailed to the '18 authorities named. a bridge party, each guest paying one and that from the replies a sympo$. mark (about 25 cents) into the fund lum would he compiled and mailed to all members of Congress. Dominion and Provinces May Confer January 17 Ottawa.—Indidations are that the Dominion - Provincial Conference, scheduled for Jan. 11, will be post- poned, to -Yen. 17, to meet the wishes of Premier L. A. Taschereau of Que- bec. Premiers of all the provinces were queried as to the stability of the later date, and all but one had replied agreeing to the change. Request for the later date vas made by Premier Tascherean because the Quebec Legislature will assemble on Jan. 9 and no large delegation of min- isters could be spared to come to Ot- tawa so soon after the opening of tbe House. Grumbling Ontario Residents View This! Here's what happened when Old Sol turned his rays on Washington state mountains, pouring thousands ef tens Of Water into emelt Streams wbielt flooded Tacoma and many other 'cities. Nine lives were lost, Each guest moreover undertook ti give another bridge party, large o: small, on the same terms; the guest at these to keep up the chain. Thus the Nazi campaign conducted undo the slogan "no German shall sulfa: hunger or cold t is winter" promise. to be a success. to OntarioPreserve Early ;ATchitecture Toronto.—The recording of earl; buildings and lands, and the preserve tion .of the early architecture of the proyince are the aims of the receet1;, inaugurated Architectural Consery ancy of Ontario. The Lieutenant Governor was named honorary presi dent and Mr. H. S. Southern president Many buildings erected early in the history of Ontario have a high degree of architectural merit, said Mr. South am. Mast of them were built by fin United Empire Loyalists, and maii! were even luxurious. The association proposes to try and have the old For Henry at Kingston restored, the wort to be dune as au unemployment project. Latest 1933 Diseases Were Suffered by Ancenti St. Louis.—There are "very fees diseases which men have today that the ancient men did not have," Dr Howard A. McGordock of the Wash- ington, University School of Medicine told the members of the St. Louit Medical Society. "From time to time we run acrose a disease that is supposed to be a nem malady," 'Dr. McCordock said. "We are tram; to believe that many &gen, erative diseases are the result of the artificial life of the present day. A study of mummies, however, quieltle cenvinces us that there are very few chronic diseases that ancient Mao aid not have. "Mummies of ancient Egypt shote chronic arthritis, decayed teeth, to berculosis and other maladiee. "There is the case of the Egyptiat woman with tell dust in her lungs!. Investigations are in progress by the Dominion Department of Agri., culture to learn the most effielent, least inexpensive methods of seeelii,1 and harvesting crops, • e •t