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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1934-09-27, Page 6Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and The World at Large { SPEED •— AND SAFETY This raises the question—do drivers take sufficient care to govern the rate at which they drive by the condition of their tires, their brakes or any other part of the ear? No one should drive fast unless the brakes are in a condition to stop the car within rea- sonable distance, A railroad engineer never takes his train out without having au assur- ance that the engine has been looked over and checked up. If the examiners find anything wrong they either see the defect is put right, or, if the job is too big for immediate adjustment, the engine is put in the repair shop and another one substituted. The en- gineer would not feel safe without that knowledge. The sante assurance is required by an airman before he goes up. Personal efficiency as a driver is not enough. Too many motorists are content to see that their Car has gas, oil and water, and that it is kept nice- ly polished, But they will go out and drive faster than 41n express trahi without giving a thought to the things that are vital to safety.—St. Thomas Times -Journal. THINK THIEVES DON'T TAKE CAR There are still persons who seem never to have heard that automobiles sometimes are stolen. That must be the reason cars are left unlocked on the streets—sometimes eels worth thousands of dollars—or locked with the key left in the ignition for the convenience of crooks and yoy.riders,' —Ottawa Journal, DIGNITY OF U.S, LAW A convicted slayer who escaped from the state prison at Bismark, of North Dakota, was recaptured in Chi- cago, but had to be released when the Dakota authorities could not afford the $125 that would be required to bring him back—so they said. The dignity of the law! NAZI DEFECT A long list of persons arrested in Germany for insulting remarks about Nazi leaders, together with the nature. of insults, conveys the impression that one of the things these leaders lack most seriously is a sense of humour.— Kingston'Whig Standard. KISSING IN JAPAN. Henceforth it is decreed, only the most unexceptionable kissing will be allowed in American movies shown in .Japan. Mothers and fathers, and even uncles and aunts will be• allowed to kiss babies. Husbands may kiss their wives, wives may kiss husbands; the sweethearts may kiss, but only if their intentions are Honorable. But kissing In imported movies between a man and somebody's wife between a woman and somebody's husband—no it is not to be permitted, "Kisses," says the despatch, very solemnly, "hi native Japanese productions will not be per- mitted under any circumstances what- soever."—Vancouver Province. REMARKABLE PIANIST The very critical London Press re- cently gave generous praise to Miss Mary Munn, a 24 -year-old girl from Westmount, Que., when she gave a piano recital recently in the West End from the works of Bach, Chopin, Beethoven, Brahms, Ravel and Doh. anyi. "A delight from beginning to end," "she should do great things in the future," poetic and powerful in- terpretation," were some of the phras- es used, and she had an enthusiastic reception from a large audience. Miss Munn has been blind from her birth, She has also a blind brother who is a United Church minister. There are many fine musicians who Who Proposed? Was it Ludy Vallee or some other chap who proposed to Fran - cos Zinger (above), Kansas City entertainer? Her lawyer in New York says she will sue Rudy for $250,000 damages, alleging breach of promise to marry her. Vallee denies even a nodding acquain- tante with her, are blind. Deprived of the ordinary re- sources of recreation they take to music and develop latent gifts in a remarkable way. Being blind, they na- turally concentrate upon their stud- ies with an intensity and interest that those with sight are liable to miss. Music is their all, their greatest source of pleasure, hence their skill.— Se Thomas Times -Journal, A PROBLEM A Polish physician is said to be us- ing a solution containing choroform to "dope" pyjamas so that insomnia vic- tims may get a good night's rest. That may be all right for the night, but how does he propose to get his patients up in the morning? — Lindsay Post, A TWO-WAY PULL There is a tremendous latent de- mand for goods of all sorts on the farms of Western Canada. The far- mer's standard of living is down, not because he knows no better but be- cause he cannot help himself. The farms are depleted of consumption and capital goods. They need houses and farm buildings; they need imple- ments; they need furniture; they need clothing; they need motor cars; they need a thousand little things that the cities look upon as common necessi- ties. But they can't get them until ag- riculture is rehabilitated. It is almost as much to the interest of the cities to rehabilitate the farm as it is to the farmer himself that the farm should come back. —Vancouver Province. A THRILL IN POOR TASTE A New York woman, wife of a for- mer publisher has returned from a vi. sit to Russia in the course of which as slue relates, she gave "poor dismal Russia a thrill" by making the rounds of Moscow night clubs bedecked in all her jewels, including the Hope dia. mond, which is supposed to bring vela. fortune to its wearer, The woman gives ber impression as follows Livingstone Statue Unveiled The Statue of David Livingstone, the missionary and explorer, as it was unveiled on the brink of the mighty Victoria Falls, which he discovered in the heart of the Dark Continent, which he first opened to the world. The ceremonies took place in the presence of the largest crowd ever assembled at the Falls, Southern Rhodesia's great natural wonder. statistics, Great Britain is divided in- to 10 areas. In June, 1934, the North and West Midland area was easily "There was no envy of the gems in first, the figure being 337,000 pounds the eyes of those who observed my or nearly half the total. — Industrial , EMPIRE PROBLEMS jewelry. There was only hate, "I seemed to revive for them the Britain memory of old Russia and often dur_ Although the doctrine of the Com- ing that interesting evening I could monwealth may be fundamentally almost feel the blade of the guillotine simple, in practice it is not so. For at my throat. "They hated me. That was obvious. I stood for all that women who wear jewels represented. Yet they were fas_ cinated."—Brockville Recorder. THE SCOTTISH HERRING INDUSTRY the theory is now advanced that while the Crown is the centre of unity for the Commonwealth as a whole, the King is the soverign of each Domin- ion independently and separately. Hence the problem: Can a Dominion remain neutral if Great Britain is at war? It is an issue which has already Lady Houston, the Boadicea of our been debated in these ^olumns. The generation, has been adding to her responsibilities of League membership good works by urging the British pub- go far to make it irrelevant. But pub- lic to eat more herrings. It is a lam- He opinion often loses sight of the fact eatable fact that the Scottish herring industry is in a dreadful condition. Surely it is enough to challenge the sea for a livelihood and to go out in all weathers without having to des- troy the catch because there is no market. Why not make Wednesday a Herring day? The Sunday joint should Treaty it would be technically quite be given out by that time, and a good legitimate for the Dominions to ab. red herring would bring health to bhe stain. '!'he truth is that in their pres- eater, hope to the fisherman, and sat_ ent stage of evolution the Dominions isfaetion to the Chancellor, as it would favor constitutional and administra- reduce our import of foreign food,— tive devolutions within the Common - London Sunday Referee. AN EMPIRE TRADE PROBLEM There are two aspects to the (Brit- ish Indian cotton trade) situation. In the forefront is the need for Lanca- shire to find more and more use for the standard Indian short staple cot- tons, of which these are ample sup- plies; In the background is India's task to grow more longer staple cot- ton as a substitute for American var. tanglement in the affairs of Europe.— ieties, upon the use of which the Lan- Pietermaritzburg New Witness, cashire industry has been established, Lancashire's problem is to find an as. sured market for the cloths made in whole or in part of Indian cotton and that freedom to make separate treat- ies has been concealed. At Locarno, for instance, the United Kingdom was the only member of the Common. wealth to sign. The Dominions de. dined to. sign. If Great Britain become involved in war through the Locarno wealth, They are nervous lest their foreign policy should become subser- vient to foreign policy at Whitehall. Whilst enjoying the sense of security born of the knowledge that they can count upon the support of the United Kingdom, if they become involved in a war on their own account, they are reluctant to commit themselves to any war in which the United Kingdom might become involved through en - to persuade the spinners who have never used Indian cotton to take it up.—Times Of India, Bombay. THE RIFT WITHIN THE LUTE Johannesburg, it is almost superflu- ous to remark is a very progressive city. We know this for ourselves and even if we didn't, there are plenty of tactful and discerning visitors who Washington.—Mrs. Anne Morrow come here and tell us so. So rapid, iii Lindberg, temporarily turned author, fact, is our advance, that Professor has uudertaken in gay, intimate para. Coulter, of the U.S.A. was made to graphs to humanize her famous hus- feel like Rip Van Winkle on revisit.' band. ing us after only five years' absence' The ever -aloof Charles Lindberg We have, he tells us, "au integrated emerges as a friendly and folksy per communal machine, a group co -oyer- ; son, when pen -pictured by bis wife in ating various agencies, a long-time her first travel article, appearing in plan, a city social -conscious, dynami- the National Geographic Magazine. In Bally interested., with a clear-cut pita.' it she re-enacts their last summer pose," He might have added that we swing by air around the north Allan- also have a system which permits' tic horned tattle to run loose in the grin -1 In snatches, Anne depicts whole In- cipal streets. Very few modern cities cidents. Lindy, by mistake, landed can say the ' same,--Johannesbtu'g at an out of the way point other than Times, one for which he atined, A MORE FACTORIES BEING BUILT Ithe lonely Greenlander asks as a favor During the first six months of this that Lindbergh carry a letter for him, year, according to reports from 146 and adds to Anne when the favor is local authorities collated by the Jeno -i granted: "It is too bad that 1 did not istry of Labor, plans were approved I think to send a goose by the flyer." for building factories and workshops 1 Half way across the fearsome throughout Great Britain at a total Greenland ice -cap, Lindy hands back estimated cost of approximately 3,000. 1 a note of comfort to his wife: "Every 000 pounds. This compares with a fig.. t five minutes we save a day'S wa.Ik.'" ure of about 1,8000,000 for the corres- A foreward by Charles lets you in ponding iter{ad of 1033, an increase , on the full meaningof this joke-- of , 66 2-3 per cent, ,A, still greater in -,the Linctbergs, in emergency equip - crease of more than 100 per cent,meat, had Prepared to walk half way was shown for the month of Jnue al- merest that ice cap if necessary, one, the figure for 1934 being 784,000 When the air -ace spends five hours pounds agaisnt 307,500 pounds for going the 40 miles between Amster - June, 1.983,- For the Purpose Of these dam and Tlot.tcndatn, his wife renient- Lindbergh Is a "Folksy" Person So His Wife Says in Telling Their Little Jokes to Each Other bers it as a fine chance to poke a little fun, as follows: "We were trying to reach Geneva through what I considered a very thick fog, but which my husband said 'wasn't bad at ail: Perhaps it wasn't bad. I only knew we spent a great deal of time circling small ponds un- der the mist. I thought we were about to make a forced landing, but my hus- band said he was looking at castles." Canadian Lumber Is Popular in U.K. Dominion Now Occupies Sec- ond Place in British Market Ottawa.—Canada is rapidly captur- ing a larger share of the British mar- ket for its lumber. British Government figures issued here for seven months of the year show that Canada has climbed to second place as a source of supply, being exceeded only by Finland by a narrow margin. In the corresponding period last year, Can- ada held fourth place being exceeded by Finland, Sweden and the United States, and in 1932 she occupied fifth place with Soviet Russia leading all other countries. GRADING RULES. Truro, N.S.—Trite Nova Scotia Lum- berman's Association in annual ses. sion, placed themselves on record as favoring definite grading rules to meet the conditions of the United Kingdom market. It was decided that the direc- tors of the association would draw up 'grading rules to be submitted to each member for approval. Rufus E. Dickle, of Stewiacke, chairman of the manufacturers' sec- tion, Lands and Forest Association, presided at the meeting and outlined the aims of the association. Speakers emphasized the efforts be- ing made to standardize the prices of the Nova Scotia wood products to conform with the prices en other parts of the Dominion, to eliminate compe- tition. ?owder Away Double Chin and Big Nose • Chicago -Women this fall, if they follow the advice of Paul Billing of Chicago, former European make-up expert, will require at least two shad- es of powder. Rilling's theory of make-up is based on harmonizing lights and shadows, and by creating illusions to change, if needed, the contour of the face. To tone down a double chin he ad- vocated putting it in the shade by using's, darker face powder than that applied to the forehead. Like- wise if the feminine nose is too prominent it can be subdued by a deeper shade of powder than that used on the cheeks. Dividing feminine faces into two classes, the long, narrow counten- ance and the wide, full one, he re- commended that in the latter case rouge be applied on the centre of the cheek and shaded toward the ear, The sides of the face should be powdered with a darker shade than the forehead and nose. In the in- stance of the long narrow face he shades the rouge from the centre of the cheek toward the nose and powders the face from the forehead to the chin with darker powder than is used near the ears, Fears Masculine Fall Towards Nudism IL's Refreshing to Hear Charges Against Men in- stead of Women on This Count. Toronto.— Cia rterl ess males came in for a slashing attack by a manufac- turer of these articles speaking to clothing merchants of this city. "For every nudist there are hun- dreds of semi -nudists," claimed time speaker. "There are men who have eliminated underwear, who go with- out hats, and who are discarding neckwear, socks and garters, as a direct outgrowth of the nudist move- ment." Speaking of garterless males he hinted that considerable money had beeu spent in a nation-wide research nil the United States to determine the opinion of women with regard to male hosiery that drops unsupported, "The results will surprise you," he added, In the growing tendency toward nu- dism, there was contained a direct and ringing challege to the clothing dealers. "By supporting this move- ment by going without hats and un- derwear, we are digging our own. graves," be declared. Fh igrhNota Man, But a Re' igion Sinclair Lewis' Wife, Dorothy Thompson, Comments on "Der Fuehrer" Paris.—Germany, in the opinion of Dorothy ThomPeon, • Ameriean news- paperwoman, who was asked to leave it, "is becoming the most comfortable and hygienic prison in the world." Miss Thompson arrived in Paris the day after secret police in Berlin asked her to leave the country imme- diately. . The request, she said, "is evidently a part of a campaign of terrorism against foreign correspondents," but apparently was based on an inter- view slue had with Adolf Hitler In 1931, before he became Chancellor. "Hitler is no longer a man, he is a religion," she asserted, Miss Thompson, the wife of the novelist, Sinclair Lewis plans to go to the Saar territory. Canadian Autos Go to Antipodes Vancouver—Extent of reciprocal trade between Canada and the Anti- podes is evidenced by the cargo being loaded into the liner Aorangi which sailed recently for New Zealand and Australia, via Honolulu and Suva. Forty-five hundred tons of cargo, including 130 motor cars of Canadian our and manufacture flgeneral .merchandise, s flour being put on board. Forty thousand boxes of Australian dried fruits, apricots, and raisins were brought in by the Aorangi. British Columbia and Australia are doing a reciprocal business in onions. Recent shipments to Australia amounted to 2,000 sacks: Next spring Australian onions will be imported, owing to complementary seasons. ponying the annottnceinent, it was pointed out that the task of administ- ering the Public Welfare Department in Ontario called °or an outstanding social worker of wide experience and unquestioned agility. • "I am pleased to annonuee the ap- pointment of Miss Wark because she has a wide knowledge of social work !which Makes her eminently qualified for this position," Mr. Groll's state- ment said. "Most important of all is the fact she sees for the future the larger question of social security for all persons, "I am sure the appointment will have the full approval of the women of the Province of Ontario, and par- ticularly of those connected with pub- lic welfare and social private agencies Her most important duties will be in connection with social problems er- ecting woolen, and she will rank as a senior permanent officer of the De- partment." 809 Years Total of Quebec Family of Twelve—Oldest is 78 Quebec,—The records of a family of 12, seven brothers and five sisters, whose combined ages reached a total of 809 years have been 'filed at Drum- mondville, Que. The 12 children, the oldest of whom is 78 and the youngest 56 were born to the late Mr. and Mrs. J. L. G. Manseau. The father was 'a notary a native of Bale du Febvre, while Mrs Manseau whose maiden name was Jennie McConville, was of Irish descent, born in Ste. Emelie de L'Energie, Que. Manseau died in 1897, while his wife predeceased him by five years. Sixteen children in all were bora to the union and the ages of the 12 still living are: Brothers 76, 73, 72, 67, 65, 64, and 56; sisters 78 '70 68 61 and 59. The previous aggregate age records of any family in the province of Que- bec had been that of the Tremblay fancily of St, Joseph de la Rive, Char. levoix county, the ten living children of the late Capt. Georges and Madame Tremblay of the Charlevoix village, having added their combined ages up to 718 years. Princess Maria Jose Given Cradle By People of Naples Naples—A beautifully wrought cra_ dle, in which it is hoped a new prince of the House of Savoy will repose, was presented by the people of Naples to Crown Princess Marie Jose, soon to become a mother. Duke Niutta, high commissioner of Naples, making the presentation ad- dress, said that hundreds of Italians in North and South America bad con- tributed to the purchase of the cradle, The cradle is of the finest woods, covered with fortoise shell and adorn_ ed with coral and cameos. Two partic- ularly large cameos placed in the centre on each side, bear exquisitely ' cut reproductions of Mount Vesuvius the Bay of Naples and some of the city's most ancient castles. White Shoes For Navy London, — The Admiralty has de- cided states Fleet Orders that in the future, with No. 3 dress (frock coat with epaulettes) and white trousers, Woman Appointed shoes should be worn on board .and, weather permitting, on shore, To Welfare Post Wellingtons or half -wellingtons will continue to be worn in bad weather on shore. Miss N.4.1. Wark, Hamilton, Engaged by Ontario Gov- ernment Toronto, --Miss Nellie H. 'Wark, pro- minent social worker of Hamilton, has been made a senior official of the Ont- ario Department of Public Welfare and will take over a post practically the same as the position of an Assist. ant Deputy Minister. Announcement of her appointment was made recent- ly from the offices of Hon. David A. Croft, Minister of Public Welfare and Municipal Affairs. Miss Wark has had a distinguished career, and is chief supervisor and di- rector of social work in Hamilton. She is a native of Manitoba, and was edu- cated in Carman, Man., high school and Brandon, Mau,, Normal school. She taught school for five years in foreign -language communities of Saskatchewan and Alberta later tak- ing a two -years course in arts at the Wesley College, University of Mani- toba, She graduated in sociology at the University of Chicago, returning to Winnipeg to join the Social Ser_ vice Commission. She also was a member of the Man- itoba Government staff as a visitor for the Mothers' Allowance Commission. In 1926 she went to Windsor,. Ontario to take charge of social service work for that city. In 1930 she resigned to attend the School of Economics, Lon- don, England spending two months in Vienna the following ,'ear studying the social conditions. in September 1931, she entered the School of International relations un- der Professor Alfred Zimmerli at Ge- neva, Switzerland, returning to Can- ada in November of 1931 to organize social work for the city of SI. Cath- erines, Slue joined the staff of Hamil- ton Department of Public Welfare in July 1933, as supervisor and director of social worir. In a statement by lir, 'Cron, meow - She Can't Bear Baer for Name it might be "finis" to her ro- mance with Max Baer, world heavyweight champion pugilist that Dorothy Dunbar Baer is writ, ing here. Despite rumors of I'e- conciliation, the actress who once WAS llaer.''s wife has petitioned a Los Angcic8 court for porreission to drop the "Darr" from her name. '