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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1934-07-12, Page 6,r Voice the rens Canada, The Ernpire and l'he World at Large CANADA FRIENDLY CITY HALL.— Many people must have wondered what it was all about when they read in the Post the report of a purported trial when Miss Helen Lyons was sen- tenced to a life of happiness by Ma- gistrate G. A. Jordan in view of her coming marriage. Such trials have taken place be- fore. There was one a few years ago for instance, before Town Clerk W. R Allely became married, when he was ,charged in all solemnity and legal ter- zninology with deserting his post with out the consent of the others in the building. This has been the method followed by employee in the town's offices ma- king a presentation to a friend on the Threshold of Matrimony. The friend- ly spirit that reigns at such court ac- tions is the same spirit that links the various town offices and lends such a pleasant atmosphere at all times. —Lindsay Post REMOVING A MENACE.— The Highways Department was a long time in getting started on the ditch -filling project, but now that the work has been commenced in elimin- ating these death traps, the provin- cial authorities evidently intend mak- ing a job of it. Hundreds of men are at work in Central and Western On- tario removing this menace. And it is worth every cent it will cost. — From the Guelph Mercury. PROFESSIONAL SECRECY.— The Lancet, England's leading me- dical publication upholds the Minnea- polis physician recently fined and im- prisoned for not informing the auth- orities that he had treated John Dil- linger, the bandit. The gist of its ar- gument is that as a medical man he had to observe professional secrecy. ]3ut what about the prospective vis tims as long as the murdurer is free? —Brantford Expositor. 1 DEBTS AND DOLLARS.— If it is imperative to reduce the am- ount of general debt, it is a thousand pities that we have not the courage to do so frankly and openly, and leave our dollar intact. But as we look ar- ound the world we can see practical- ly no one who is doing this. We are all fiddling with our currency. We are like mrchants who have contract- ed to deliver ten pounds of sugar a year in the future, but find ourselves unable to do so. Instead of admitting this however we adopt the far simpl- er and more deceptive method of cut- ting a section off the pound weight,' —Montreal Star, THE EMPIRE SIR FREDERICK BANTING.— At first glance at the Birthday Ho- nours List you may say 'Not very ex- citing, that list," You look again. You read there that Dr., Frederick Rant- ing of Canada has been made a knight He discovered insulin. He conquered the dread disease diabetes. Young un- known, penniless this student at the Western Ontario Medical School was consumed with an idea. How to dis- sipate that unused sugar in the body which is the cause of diabetes. Day and night, he worked baffled, disap- pointed, mistaken, till on the verge of despair he stumbled on the secret substance in the vital gland which will break up that surplus sugar. In- sulin is the name we call it now. Ban - ting, who found it, is one of the great heroes of man's struggles against Death. — London Daily Express IMPRESSIVE TOTAL.— Small investors in the United King- dom have something like $12,450,000, 000 tucked away in Post Office Say. ings Bank, Trustee Savings Banks and in national savings certificates. in England these small investors are never spoken of collectively as the big interests. — St. Catherines Stan dard. PACIFIC OYSTERS. In British Columbia waters exper- iments have been carried on with the eastern Canada oyster and the Jap- anese oyster, as well as with the nat- ive variety. Preliminary investigation by the Biological Board indicated that the Eastern Canada oyster, suffered excessive mortality on being trans- planted to Pacific waters. The Japanese oyster, it was found provided a method of producing, suit- able cultch—material for collecting oyster spat—for the native variety and its cultivation would thus over- come one of the main difficulties of increased yield of the hone product. The Japanese oyster itself, though differing from the British Colum- bia and eastern Canada varieties in flavour and appearance is regarded by many as an acceptable and nut- ritious sea food. The most extensive acreage of na- tive oyster beds in British Columbia was found in Boundary Bay on the mainland, and Ladysmith Harbor on Vancouver Island but small beds are reported in more than half a dozen o- ther localities. The report of the Bio- logical Board recommended measures to increase the yield of the native va riety, together with the introduction of the Japanese variety in localities not suitable for the native variety. -- Victoria Times. 'WEAN STREAK.— It's all right to be a good sport, most of the time, but it pays to have just enough meanness about you to keep people treating you well' --The Montreal Star. NUDIST PROBLEM. -- Over in the United States they are planning a golt course for nudists But what will a nudist do if he slices his halls into a pasture and has to go for it through a barbed wire fence? —Ottawa Journal. 3'RITISH METHODS BEST.— President Green, of the American Federation of Labour says that there are still 10,616,000 people out of work across the line, The NRA has unior. tunately not accomplished so much as the more sane methods followed in Great Britain and the rest of the Empire, --- Brantford 1~xpositor. EMPIRE TIMBER RESOURCES.— The Prince of Wales did well to emphasize that in all the modern de- velopment of the timber trade long terns planning is a condition of suc- cess. The increase of consumption of Canadian timber has thus far been restricted by the inevitable difficul- ties of adjustment to a new market by the need of organization of pro- duction to the conditions and grades required and of the arrangement of economical shipping. Beneath all this lies the fundamental question of long terns forestry schemes. No Dominion whatever its primeval wealth of tim- ber can any longer neglect planning to conserve and multiply that wealth as an investment for generations. The United States has already discov- ered what the wasteful exploitation fo virgin forests means.—London Daily Telegraph. 'PRETTY DULL'.— So far as the general night life,in Hong Kong is concerned we must ad- mit that it is pretty dull. There is no place that one can go to after mid - Suicide Attempt JC ails Real life finale .nearly had for its principal beautiful Edith MVlera (above), famous French filiti star, who was found unconscious in her Paris apartment after an unsuccessful suicide attempt. No mot» ive could be found for her action. tug defect of the Ottawa agreements was that they failed to create any permanent machinery to carry on the work of economic co-operation from Conference to Conference, The sooner this defeat is repaired the sooner it will be possible to construct and to apply a coherent policy for the harm- onious developments of the resources and energies of the whole Empire. In- formal personal discussions, for which there will be plenty of oppor- tunity this year and next to set up some kind of economic clearing house for the Empire, and thus help to en- sure full success of the next Imper- ial Conference, whateer date may be chosen for it.—London Times. THE HOURS OF MARRIAGE.— It is seldom that an Act of Parlia- ment gets on to the Statute book with out any notice being taken of it by one of the parties chiefly affected by its provisions. But th Archbishop or Canterbury pointed out to Convoca- tion the curious fact that the Hours of Marriage Act whieh beeama4,law lest,month..and 'which extends the hours during which a marriage may, be performed from 8 a.m, until 6 p.m instead of three rem. was' passed night though up ,till that hour there through both the Houses of Par] is plenty enough for one to do. There lament without his knowledge. The omission officially to advise the clergy of the change is the more re- miss since itt fact canon law; will have to be altered—a cumbrous proceeding —to bring the clerical system into line with the Parliamentary decision. Marriage throughout the centuries was kept to the earlier part of the day for reasons good in their time. For one in a possibly merrier but a certainly more irresponsible England the danger of the parties so celebrat- ing the event in advance as to be in fit state to face the clergyman was no fit state to face the clergyman was are those who hold that after mid- night "all good people should be in bed," but it must be borne in mind that if we are to cater to holiday ma- kers—and those are the people we want to attract in Hong Kong.—we must offer enough entertainment to make them come back again or to re- commend Hong Kong as a 'good place in which to spend a holiday," and the only way to do it is to tell the world what a grand place this little outpost of the British Empire is. — Hone Kong Press. -EAR EXPOSURE.— The German Goernntent Seems to be made particularly uncomfortable when foreign correspondents insist on sending stories to their home news- papers to the effect that there ie se- cret rearming in the r',tuntry, - Sar- niw :'at dart Obeervor -J' `MERCHANTS OF DEATH."— that if so important a step were per - We shall convince arms merchants Flitted after darkness had fallen the that we do not intend to allow them risks of personation Wright be success to sell guns to foreigners to kill the ed. British soldiers and sailors, or to Such considerations no longer stir up wars in which for their pro- weigh and the extended facility was fit thousands of our fellow -country- overdue.—Manchester Guardian. risen may perish, by one means only; and that is by abolishing absolutely the sale of arms for private profit. As a preliminary demonstration this S. American embargo will serve very well. Let the British Government now say promptly and definitely that whatever other countries may do we will forbid absolutely the export of arms from this country to South A- merica. — London News Chronicle 3READ.-- The rapidly developing wheat cris- is is a supreme illustration of the mad folly of the modern doctrine of restriction. Por months past the far- mers have been encouraged to keep their wheat acreage down to assist the upward movement of pr'^.es. Now with the continuance of tete Great Drought, next years's harvest is threatened and the dread of an acute wheat shortage is added to our other economic terrors,—London Daily Her- ald. eMPIRE PRODUCTION.— Unfortunately there exists no body in the Empire whose duty it is to assemble alt the facts and to note all the deelopments which must be taken into consideration if a policy is to be evolved embracing the schem- es for internal recons+ ruction, both agricultural and industrial the nec- essary co-operation wilh the Doniin ions anti the ,parallel noceesity for ex- panding fore:get trade. The outetand Drummer Boy's Liberty is Brief London, Eng. — The 15 -year-old brass -buttoned drummer boy who who performed the impossible and escaped from the Tower of London is back again. A sergeant and a drum - major who trailed him found him with his mother at her home in Ken- sington and promptly escorted him back to the grim fortress. The young red -coat, Jack Robert- son, whose father was killed in the Iwar, wanted to follow his footsteps, but he tired of learning to be a drum- mer. He asked permission to mail a letter, walked out the big gate and started to run. At the tower they are seeing that he does not escape again, but said they may grant his mother's applic- attion for a discharge. if Only If only T could have them back again, The misspent hours, the vain and wasted days, - The things that might nave been of thought and pen That bloomed instead in such un- seemly ways— How happy would I be, and how my heart. Would leap to know once more that backward track, To cleanse of folly each unworthy part— If only I could somehow have them hack! Wg � Remove Tack From Child's Lung St. Louis, •— Eight-year-old Norma Anne Simmons of Sedan, Tian., wilt breathe easier after her operation. For three years the child has been troubled by shortness of breath and a condition similar to asthma. A recent physical exatninalion showed a large tack, which she recalls having Swal- lowed, years ago, lodged in her right - lung. It will he removed by surgeons, If only I could have them back again, The things I might have done and did not do, The kindness, the good to fellow -then„ How happy I to live those days anew. The gate .is closed. I cannot now -re- trace The path where once niy stumbling feet were set. Backward in shame I turn my stream- ing face, The ghosts of other years pursue me yet. "If only I could have theist back again", Vain cry of many a cad and con- trite soul. Arise! Today's own burden talte, and then. Strive upwards to a new and bet- ter goal,. Forget the past. Turn back no more your eyes, Play well the part that still re- mains to play. Not on the backward trail lies Par- adise— Today's best strength strong today. is to be Edison Dream Coming True Goldenrod Rubber—U.S. Ex- perirrlental Fares Take UpProject. P''OltT MYI+RS, Fla.—Rubber, har- vester like grain. from fields of com- mon goldenrod— the last brilliant dream of the late Thomas Alva Edi- son—has been accepted by Uncle Sam and experts from the United States division of plant exploration and in- troduction, now are working in close conjunction with tite Edison botani- cal research toward this end. That the Government has become actively interested in methods of ex- tracting xtracting commercial rubbae from gol- denrod was revealed here by Charles Edison, son of the late inventor, who is tarpon -fishing in Lee County wat- ers with other Edison officials. Thomas A. Edison's final ambition towards which he struggled for five year's prior to his death and in which he actually produced rubber from the plant known botanically as "Solidago Levanworthii" is now progressing in the hands .of Uncle Sam's experts at experimental stations in Savannah, Ga.; Columbia, S,C. and Miami, Fla. Edison experimented in more than 500,000 tests with each plant, tree, shrub and vine known in the country, finally narrowing his pursuit to the goldenrod. Other rubber plants require four to seven years for actual production. Edison's experiments reduced this to six months, which would make avail- able an emergency supply of rubber, should the tropical sources be closed suddenly. Discovery that particular plants which the inventor developed from the common goldenrod now test 12 per cent. rubber has spurred the ex- perts. Edison had declared 6 per cent. would assure success, Edison's miniature goldenrod plan- tation here still is the production centre of rubber -bearing plants. Five botanical experts under H. G. TJkel berg continue the work, co-operating with Federal experts. Sport Barred TOO MANY KITES MENAJE TO AIR PILOTS IN CHINA SHANGHAI—China, the land where kiteflying is supposed to have origin- ated many centuries ago, must fly 'no more kites, according to a decree of the Ministry of Communications But in matters of vital personal mo- ment like this, the average Chinese is an individualist more likely to be guided by his own inclination than by even the weightiest of government or- ders. The reason for the Ministry's edict is that kites at high altitudes are al- leged --to impair visibility for aviators. Pending more formal orders from higher authority, as result of repre- sentations which the Ministry has made, a request has been sent to the city government of Greater Shanghai asking that Shanghai inhabitants be instructed not to fly their kites, Thus far, kiteflying continues with- out check and it is a trifle difficult to imagine the local gendarmerie scour- ing the broad Yangtse plain for kite - fliers. The Christian Science Mon'tor cor- respondnt has flown over the Yang- tse areas in several directions at this season and can testify that Estes are a prominent feature of this aerial landscape. Whether they are my real meuace, however, is more of a ques- tion and, none of the American pilots in eitltgie commercial or military ser- vice with whom the correspondent has talked are disposed to regard kites as a flying hazard. Kiteflying has increased in popular - Everything's To Kay Attired in multi -colored holiday c,i: turnr's even ,eo the tad ,.,1,• pers, peasants of Tokay, Hungary, enjoy the result at their etic,r.s in celebration of a successful season oi wine -making, sty throughout China during recent years, particular], in Shatigiai pro. per, though the airplanes chiefly take notice in flying over densely -peopled country districts, In such areas, the upper surfaces of the kites or. a clear breeze day will seem almost like e pavement from the viewpoint of the pilot coasting along only a few feet above the higher kite levels. It is difficult to understand how the kited could constitute a real denare, how. ever, for they are clearly visible and however numerous they may be, the pilot can always ntalce out enough below to keep his bearings—•in addi. tion to which all commercial fliers operate closely by compass because the landscape of the Yangtse is toe flat and monotonous to provide good land narks, Adults and children are equally keen on kiteflying. In Nanking re cantly kiteflying received the r,ponsor ship of various .high officials includ ing Dr. Cho Ming-yi, chief. secretary „ of the Executive Yuan, and 'prizon were given for altitude. Author Loses Plagiary Suit Richard Washburn Child As- ked Million From Film Firms New York — With the assertion, "it gave me a pain,''' Federal Judge John M. Woolsey dismissed a $1,000,- 000 plagiarism suit brought by Rich- ard Washburn Child, author and dip- lomat, against Janies Hagan, play- wright, Leo Peters, Leslie J. Spiller, Paramount Productions, Inc., and two film distributing companies. Child alleged that in producing "One Sunday Afternoon," as a stage and cinema play, the defendants bad plagiarized his story "The Avenger," "I studied the matter carefully," Judge Woolsey said, "and am satis- fied that there was no plagiarism. It gave me a pain. The charges are ab- solutely unwarranted." Judge Woolsey awarded costs to each defendant, and $500 for counsel fees to Hagan and $250 for similar use to each of the other defendants. The matter came before Judge Woo- lsey- on a motion to withdraw sub- mitted by Herbert McKennis, Child's attorney, and on motions to dismiss by Harry Weinberger and Arnold Gross, counsel for the defendants. Lses Life iry Theory Test Indiana Boy Wanted to See How Long He Could Hang Self Fort Wayne, Ind., — His member- ship in a strange juvenile suicide club which flirted with death for weeks in testing the powers of the human to resist strangulation by han- ging was counted as the sole force which prompted a 16 -year-old high school student to hang himself, Howard Shelley, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Shelley died at the end of a rope in Ms father's basement while apparently trying to establish bow long he could strangle himself with out losing consciousness. That was • the objective of a secret club to which Howard belonged. E• Nadeau Kalamazoo, Mich, brother -fu law said Howard told him the club se crets several weeks ago. In some detective niagazire How- ard said one of the boys resisted han- ging 18 times. The "suicide fraternity" was formed to find out exactly how long a person could hang without dy- ing. ying, The boys had read also that by wrapping the throat with a heavy to- wel, one "probably could resist stran- gulation indefinitely," Nadeau • said Howard told hien. Arctic Calls `Cap', Bob' New York—With a cow and sev- eral golffish aboard, Capt. Bob Bart- lett sailed recently in the two -masted schooner Morrissey for a three- month's trp along the west coast of Greenland to obtain. specimens of birds and animals for the Philadel. phia Academy of Natural Sciences. The cow, a registered Guernsey, is a gift from the president of the academy to Captain Bartlett's mothez in Brigus, Newfoundland. IThe goldfish "Captain Bob" ie going to the pastor of a 'church in Brigus. Two other persons, , Mr. William 1K. Dupont Carpenter of Wilmington, 1 Del,, and Mr. Harry J. Lance, Jr., of Philadelphia, are aboard. Two other! will join the ship, at St. John'! Newfoundland. . Summer Ensembles Couturiers have turned to the navy for ideas this summer, with the result that there's a distinctly nautical flavor about Annie of the town and country costums that smart u'enien are.wear• ing. Not only are red, white and blue color combinationpopular, but trim- mings that go et, sailors' middies, officers' caps and ,tecres and some of the ri..;„ime on the boats themselves [lea ' i`crtnistu'd inspirat'rnv for smart (lc:mien a ,