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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1934-06-28, Page 6v r �'" ice ofthe res, Canada, The Empire and Ile World at Large CANADA. OVEREXPANDED I -lad we been told 15 years ago that in 1934 we would send our wheat production program into a nosedive, how many of the improvements we have made in the meantime we would have curtailed. We are built for 5,- 000,000 people in the Prairie Prov inces today, We have 2,500,000 people.—Lethbridge Herald. THEY TELL THE TRUTH. On holidays and Sundays, when no daily papers are publishel, invariab- ly a flock of false rumors take wing to fly hither and thither until the newspapers the next day kill these by refuting or merely by ignoring them. The newspapers are the great eradicators of false stories.—Moncton Transcript. WHY DOGE BURY BONES. We heard a discussion as to why dogs bury bones in the ground, One mau was complaining about the hab- its of his dog and also of his neigh- bor's. He said it interfered with his gardening, for the dog always wanted to pick on the wrong spot. He was certaiu it was just a streak of the contrary in his dog. Why couldn't he eat his bone when he got it instead of taking it off and burying it, only to return in a day or so to dig it out. One of the other men who has had wide experience with dogs of vari- ous kinds said the dog buried the bone in order to season it. He ex- plained that some people preferred to let fowl hang for a while before using it, and also that beef was much better for eating atter it had been allowed to stand for a number of days after killing. Tlie dog has the same sort of a taste with his bones. He puts them under the ground so they will get a certain taste of which the dog is fond. Unless a dog is very hun- gry he will bury a bone before eat- ing it and the reason is he likes his bones seasoned. --Stratford Beacon - Herald. APPRECIATION. It is well to know that there is at least one man in public affairs who has an appreciation of the press. This is Lord Londonderry, Secretary for .Air in the British Government. Speaking of the Brtish press he said: "We find the press nien fair and helpful, sparing in their criticism and generous in their praise." This is regarding the press in the ligbt it deserves to be regarded.—Leth- bridge Herald. TREES OR DESERT, The swirling dust storms that have swept over the interior of the North American Continent require the seri- flus attention of Canada and the Unit- ed States. The Dakotas, Illinois, llanitoba and Saskatchewan, if they do not soon start a program of tree - planting and crop -rotation, will re- semble a desert, a Sahara, infertile and arid. The binding quality, the fibre, is being taken from the soil. When crop -rotation is ignored, when green fields and green woods disap- pear, watersheds are lost. When Watersheds are lost, power and sus- tenance, the very essentials of life itself, are lost also,—Vancouver Sun, AND NO CHLORINE TEST Some of these days the Sault, to which methods of water purification are of real interest in spite of the fact that it has at its door one of the greatest natural sources of water supply in the world, may decide to investigate the method of sterilizing the water by ozonization. This me- thod, which is in use in several large European cities such as Paris, Nancy, Nice and so on, a total of 100 having plants installed, is also now being used in some English. communities. It is said to be equally efficacious in the killing of germs with the chlorina- tion process,—Sault Star. STOP AT CROSSINGS. Every little while, some advocate arises to suggest a law making it compulsory for all motor vehicles to come to a dead stop before crossing railway tracks. Motor buses now voluntarily comply with such a regu- lation; but the general public seem to think they are safe in their own ears than they are in buses --for what reason we do not know, for buses are usually controlled by the most experi- enced drivers.—Chatham News. SCOTS BUY OUR BACON. To spite of a striking decrease in the total imports of bacon into 'Scot- land in the first quarter of the year, shipments from Canada reveal a large Increase over the corresponding per- iod of 1933. Purchases from Denmark and the Netherlands were reduced in each case by about 50 per cent., as compared with the first quarter r° 1938. On the other hand. shipments from the Dominion increed almost 300 per cent,•---13randor Sun, GRANDMD"-HER'S WAY BEST It is exceedingly interesting to read that :The Knight Dunlap, professor of physchology at Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, heartily disapproves of the srodern.let-bineery it's good for him method of rearing babies. "When e baby cried In grandmother's time," says Dr. Dinrjap, "they figured some. thing 'was wrong ---and it was the latae way with the Tnelinns. After all, Sra.n'lmotlter and the Indians knew a treat deal about babies." And he adds that the highly recommended method of leaving babies severely al- one "is richly productive' of social maladjustments later." -- Kitchener Record. HYDRO ON THE FARMS. New rates have been announced for Hydro services in the country. These are intended to reduce the amount necessary to ge the full benefits from Hydro installation. It is 'admitted that the use of electricity in the coun- try districts has contributed largely toward snaking farm life more com- fortable. Unfortunately marry farm- ers were prevented from taking ad- vantage of electrical services because they ;.eared that the farm income would not meet the additional outlay. The new rates are intended to meet this situation. If the Hydro service can thus be extended to many more uses it will be greatly to the advan- tage o: the whole country—Welland Tribune. ABUSE OF HORNS. After May 1 motorists in Stockholm will not be permitted to use their horns *hen crossing street intersec- tions, The native explanation is given that the regulation is designed to reduce traffic speed, Evidently the custom of driving pelimell toward a crossing :all of pedestrians and scat- tering them with a blast of the horn has also obtained in Swedish met- ropolis,—Kingston Whig -Standard. WHERE iT WENT. There is food for thought in the Pulitzer prize-winning editorial which appeared in the Atlantic (Iowa) News.Telegrapb. Under the caption, "Where is Our Money?" Editor Ed- win Percy Chase had this to say: "It is announced that at 10 p.m. William Randolph Hearst, a well-known pub- lisher, will broadcast an address on the subject which appears as the cap- tion of this article .. , Where is our money? The answer is not difficult. We spent it."—Halifax Chronicle. VERY LIKELY. A United States professor on hu- manics says that by a process of selecting mates all women in one hundred years could be more attrac- tive. The chances are, though, that selections will proceed on the same old basis what various ever saw in Expositor. MUSICALLY LAZY. The gramophone began to write the death warrant of the piano business, The radio signed and sealed it. It is so much easier to listen than to play. Canned music has made the present generation musically lazy. — St. Thomas Times -Journal. with everyone wondering husbands and wives each other.—Brantford THE EMPIRE FORGOTTEN MEN. For many weeks now the British farmer has been on the front page of the newspapers, but the men who do his work—the agricultural labor- ers—are, as too often in the past, al- most forgotten. The farm worker differs from other working men in that his trade unions are weak, he does not come under the unemploy- ment insurauce scheme, and his wages are shockingly low. Wages less than the "dole" paid to the un- employed industrial worker have not been unknown. And even these bare minimums are not always enforced. The present Government has admit- ted that some farmers have evaded the payment of the wages fixed by the boards. Naturally men who have the opportunity leave the land, and it is useless to talk of land reclamation or settlement until the land prom- ises to yield a living wage. In one form or another farmers are receiv- ing from 'the present (lovernment subsidies amounting to about £25,- 000,000 a year. The representatives of the agricultural laborer should be strongly supported in their demands for the improvement of the wages board system, With the aid of sub- sidies. quotas, and monopolies, the farmers should be able to pay a decent wage.—Manchester Guardian, ANOTHER WORRY FOR S.A. In addition to two languages, two capitals, and two flags, South Africa is now threatened with two coats of arras. The one at present in use boasts au orange tree laden with or- anges to represent the Orange Free State. But recent research suggests that this is a mistake, due to the slightly exuberant fancy of an ar- tist of many years. ago, not possess- ed of that "oppressive sense of ee- sponsibility by which some vain people are burdened." who on bis own initiative substituted the fruitful or- ange tree ror the wild olive tree that figured in the original coat of arms of the old Free State. The ques- tion that is agitating Bloemfontein at present is whether the Union should revert for its coat of arms to the ancient trustworthy symbol, or, with a sublime indifference to heraldry and sentiment alike, should let sleep- ing dogs lie and go on sporting the orange that has helped to make the country both rich and famous ---Cape Argus, !CUSTODIANS OF ENGLISH Tt leas been my grand fortune lately to talk daily with an agrieulteral laborer or the old type. Ile is 10 and looks 60. He to no great scholar. Kaye tan Appears for Trial Kaye Don, famous auotreobile and motorboat enthusiast, is seown being carried into the courtroom at Douglas, Isle of Mau, for trial me manslaughter charge, His mechanic, Francis Taylor, was killed and Don himself injured when their racing auto crashed during a trial spin. He has spent all his life on the land, If your speech were complicated at all he would probably fail to under- stand you, but he tales more perfect English than any man of my acquain- tance. "The maids wished me• to dig the bed a little higher this way." "It is the valley springs that feed the river." "I'11 put it in the shed where I can lay my hands on, it any time." bit telling him which b t of land to trench or "double dig," as the says, I went to London and heard a clerk, going to the sante place, say to his neighbor about some extinct thing:. "It's absolutely non est." Doubtless he is a bit of a scholar in his way; but the old laborer would have said: "The place' of it is no more seen," or used some similar Saxon idiom preserving for us till today the English that once was. Are the habits of thought the es- sential wisdom of the two types, at all like their speech, 1 wonder? How- ever that may be, there is nothing like the vernacular, even though it be a comparatively late vernacular. —London Spectator. Soviet Wants More - W .mens in Industry 'Weaker Sex" w given Equal Opportunity with Men A decree designed to Manse the number of women working 4 t Rus- sian mines and workshops has just been issued by the Soviet 'Govern- ment. The Decree provides tor the rapid advancement of women to poeitions of responsibility in industry, and to prepare them for their tutw e work larger numbers of women are to be taken into the technical schools. This serves to emphasize the So- viet Government's determination to stamp out any segregation of the sexes in political or econnnie activ- ity. Yet at the same time there is perhaps no Government in the world which is so solicitous for the welfare of women. There are free nurseries, kindergar- tens, and clinics. When a woman worker, or the wife of a worker, is expecting a baby she Roes to tree clinics where she is examined periodi- cally. If she is employed in heavy industry she is given,Tourmonths' leave with full pay, If her 'work is of a lighter nature the period of leave may be a. little less. If mother, or her husband, is an insured worker, she receives a complete outfit for the child and is allowed to bey special milk at nominal prices. In each Soviet city, and, to an in- creasing extent in the villages, there are birth control clinics. Some of the work done by Russian women is startling to Western Euro- peans. For instance, an underground system is being constructed In Mos- cow, but there is a shortage of labor. The Communist Party appea'ed for workers and many young women Comnnntists responded, hundreds of these -young Amazons may be seen working with a pick and shovel. Women also drive locomotives and. are even flying airplane"' in the Red Air Force, Miclkcy Mouse Film Ban Causes Protest Budapest. --The Hungarian aOVern- ment has banned a Mickey Mouse film after the Italian legation had made representations 'alleging that one of the performers in "Oh Venice" resembled General Balbu, 'Governor of Tripoli, Two newspapers pt'ot.eeled against the Government's action, pointing out Chet the film had been shown In sev- eral other countries without. interfer- gnce. Pays Heavy Fine For Tax Evasion Jenny Dolly, Dancer, Mulcted $758,68 On Rigg Auc- tioned For $1 05,8c6, Paris,—Jenny Dolly, International famous dancer, has been fined 11,470,- 495 francs ($758,SS3) for ,evading the luxury tax on a diamond ring. The ring in question was auction- ed recently for 1,600,000 Prance (about $105,550), a fraction of its real value. Luxury tax on the ring would have been 500;000 francs ($33,0S0). Miss Dolly was hailed before the Correctional Court by the leternal Revenue Department. Her genas weep famons. T'ee ring which brought the cracking down of the court was bought at Cannes in 1923 aid was valued at 4,000,000 francs ($22264,640). It was sold with the understanding that It was for exportation and was, ttherefcre, ex- empt from tax. Sent to London. • However, the Internal Reverue De- partment asserted that Miss Dolly wore the ring for three or four months on the Riviera. Then, It was said, a Paris jewelier'sent it to :ria ti"m's ad- dress in London. With the diamond went: halt of a torn visiting card. The other halt was to be presented by the rersons claiming it, as a guara'ttec o'' iden- tity. It was claimed, and returned even- tually to France? When the judge, asked her why she sent the ring to England mid brought it back Miss Dolly said she did not know; that her secretary had cordnctr'cs the transactions. Miss Dolly auctioned her jewels re- cently, for about a fifth of their real worth, to replenish her fortare and in preparation for ar+•_tarn to the stage, perhaps next winter. "They sold my jewels like trin- kets," she complained. "Think of it 4,000,000 francs ($2G4,440) for them —what one ring was really worth." A June Evening Firmness Needed To ut Jealousy In Children EVEN THOUGH YOUNGSTERS ARE VERY YOUNG, iT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO BEGIN CDR. RECTING THEM "What shall I do about my two children, aged three and five?" writes a mother. "They used to quarrel so much about toys, the younger one as a baby took Teddy's things and kept him in a constant roar, 'so 1 began to buy two alike of everything, "I always dress them alike, too and they get the same food now, "So there would not be any fuss- ing, I got them bowls and plates and cups alike, also, When I divide apples or cookies or candy I see that they are the same size, or I give them an equal number of pieces. It has saved me a lot of worry, and I was told it was a good plan. The Jealous Brother "But uow I have a problem. Teddy is jealous. If 1 take ,Tackie anywhere without his brother he carries on dreadfully. Jackie isn't that way. He never pays any attention if I take Teddy out and leave him at home. "The other day a friend tante in and brought Jackie a good coat that her boy had outgrown. It was a beautiful little plaid raglan and he looked adorable in it. I was so glad to get it because I could not afford new coats for them this spring. "But Teddy needed one and I had seen.' an advertisement of bargains. I hid Jackie's coat and went down to get the other so there wouldn't be any trouble. "I looked everywhere, but there were no plaid raglans or arty coat that looked the least bit like Jackie's. So I decided to get a blue coot for Teddy and took it Home. Envious and Angry "But when Teddy saw his brother's coat he tore off his own and ran out. `T won't wear that old thing,' he screamed. "Later I said, 'I1 I give you the other coat, will you take it?' just to try him. And he said, 'Yes', and he squeezed into it. Then it was Jack- ie's turn to roar. 'That's my coat. You take it right off.' "I had to put both coats away. I don't know what to do. Will you tell me? And why does the book say to give children things alike so they won't quarrel?" Our answer is that the advice given in books on children about similar toys is good for a certain period of time, that is, when babies are too young to understand. It saves the tempers of older brothers and sisters and a mother's nerves. But the continuance of such a practice will lead to the very trouble you are having. Children • have to learn quite early that brothers and sisters are entitled at times to favors they may not have, and vice versa. Stubborness a Deferse We detect a streak of jealousy in Teddy, however. Jackie's stubborn- ness is a defense resulting from it, very likely. In case of a show -down, illustrated by the coats, the thing to do is to be firm. If Teddy makes another scene when the coats are produced, spank .him. Then put the blue coat on him and say, "Now wear it." Not much talking—just plain business and no coaxing. But from now on you should be indifferent to equal division or like possessions. Dispense favors as you think best and make the other like it. They will never lei'rn young- er or older, either, The sun sings to rest; softly and slowly :twilight falls. The air is warm and still, fragrant with the perfume of summer flowers, How beautiful it mast be in your home now, in the white house that stands hidden behind high, ole trees, in the park with its wide lawn. In your room the windows ali stand open. And you sit at your writing - table, looking at a little picture, be- fore 'which stands a bowl of red roses. Somewhere a clock ticks — the quiet sounds fall like silver drops in the stillness. Then the hour strikes, ponderous and slow. It is now quite dark, only far on I the horizon a bright light, still shines. Then you take your violin -- and play my favorite ballad. Picked Park Flower Gets Day Sentence $ mpstead, LI—Oce day in jail was the sentence imposed air Frances Wi1reens, New York tnusieoi comedy actress, .for plucking a tiny flower in Jones' Beach State Park, little "It Was no bigger than to y finger nail," said the actress in des- cribing the flowery incident. How- ever, after being forced to aeconi-. patty police officers by car to court, clad only in a wet bathing :,sit, Miss 1/4'illianls' ruffled feelings were a- suaged somewhat when the tnugis- trate, suspended sentence. To Elect Only Britain Evolves New War Strategy Planes Built In Secret — But All Ready for Arm flint- tation Conference Londoe—•Britain is not only build• ing new and secret types of airplane but she is evolving a completely nevi air -war strategy. Meanwhile, when the Disar'mamenl Conference has finally collapsed, tht British Government, It is understood will make a proposal for an air arms limitation conference. 1 Following Mr. Baldwin's assurance to the. House of Commons that step!, were being taken to strengtheir th( Royal Air Force, the "Sunday Ex, press" is able to disclose the moi, mentous changes that are taking place. These changes are these facts: It is impossible to prevent ail raiders from reaching this country, ..It is possibel—granted a sufficient air force—to prevent the escape ci invaders and to carry out reprisals in their territory. The speed and range of moderi aircraft render timely warning of approach impossible. They mast b4 fought with the weapons of cote centration and surprise. Thus the tactic of air fighting must be that of position, ' aeceu- tration, plus surprise—with ehe em- phasis on surprise. i And strategic bases for the out-' flanking of air invaders are being prepai:ed. governed bs Seaplanes will play a great part in the scheme for cutting off enemy air' raiders. Civilians' Safety The safety of civilians—if such a word is permissible in conditions of modern warfare—must rest with, the civil authorities. For the R. A. F. and the Air Min- istry will be fully occupied. They! cannot undertake the protection of private individuals. The Government is first of all seek- ing a new type of fighting airplane. Aircraft manufacturing firms have been asked by the Air Ministry to enter a competition to evolve a oew' type of day and night fighter. In nearly every aircraft factory, participating there is a secret han-. gar, closely guarded, where the en-, try for the competition is being as-' sembled. Some of the machines entered for the competition will remain sezrets for many months.. New Machines However, here are some details of one of the machines. It is a Westland fighting machine. It has been describ- ed as one of the most unorthodox and interesting fighting machines ever built. This is because the engine is at the back of the pilot—but the 1 ro- peller is in front. This has neer been done in airplane design before. Its purpose is to give the pilot great- er visibility. The results of this day and neelit fighter competition will almost cer- tainly put the top speed of British fighting airplanes in the region of 300 m.p.h. Civil aviation is to receive more Government aid in the future. Re- cently a society was founded to teach aviation to the man in the street. The air arms conference will be confined to the European countries, Russian will be specially invited to take part. The object will be to secure an agreement on the limitation of air arms and on aerial means of war• fare generally. It is not yet certain whether a formal conference will take place or whether an effort will be made to get agreement by diplomatic means. Younger ' I en GEMS FROM LIFE'S BOOK. People of Oklahoma Town To Take Revengt: On "Ole?" Rulers Sehulter, Okla.—After the next election, any candidate more than 40 years old is going to be out of luck in this town. A decision to refuse eupport to such candidates was made at a mass meeting attended by three-fifths of the town's 500 voters. Public officials especially legislat- ors, were criticized freely for tailing to relieve a situation under which corporations are unable to obtain compensation insureree for employes more than 40 years old "This restriction on compensation insurance simply preveue's men more than 40 years old from getting jobs,", said a spokesman. The electors had observed, he said, that most candidates were over that age, "We intend to give public officials and candidates for Otte a sVise of the same thing that has been inflic- ted upon us by their indiffr rove to the conditions," be Merl, POOR ARMY MATERIAL I Nearly 25 per Bent. of the applicants who wished to join the Tlrttish Army in the last year were so ,rr.t%lously un- fit that they wore not even given a medical examination. SCRAP 'Anxiety never yet successinily 'bridged over any chaste , —Ruffled, "Nothing is more W remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure and generally occasion ourselves." -- Beaconsfield. "Divine Love is our hope, strength and shield. We have nothing to fears when love is at the helm of thought, but everything to enjoy on earth and in heaven." — Mary Baker Eddy "Anxiety is the poison of h'sman life." -- Blair, "Anxiety has no place in the life of one of God's children. Christ's ser- enity was one of the most unmistak- able signs of his filial trust. Rte mind was kept in perfect pease Le - cause it was stayed on God." —Maltbie Babcock. 'It is not work that kills nice it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade. Four secret acid's, but love and trust are sweet juices." -- Bee- cher. DUOK KNOCKS FOR FOOD 13TUDGE OWN, N.S.--A resident here found sum wild duck eggs last year. His hen hatched them. One little duckling carne out of its shell and made for a brook. Now whenever ft wants food it comes .to the 'kitchen? door and taps with its hili, TTungeri appeased, It resumes to Its swimming ltool. •