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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1934-12-13, Page 21 Canada, The Empire and The World at Large CANADA FAR-SIGHTED From Rimbey, Alta., conies a re- port of a local agent who has sold 18 pianos in the district this Fall. That is a great uplift to the poultry busi- ness too, as 18 piano boxes would mean 18 good chicken coops.—Stray ford Beacon -Herald, CAR THEFTS IN TORONTO The Ottawa Journal reports 504 motor cars stolen in that city in two years, and all but two of them re- covered. The Toronto record is 2,842 in two years, which, in a city with five times Ottawa's population and seven times it motor registration, may be regarded as a fairly comparable fig- ure. In Toronto 61 of the cars were eti'il missing when the chief constable's report was issued in the following year, but some have doubt- less been recovered since that time. In a large city it is much snore difficult to trace automobiles when they disappear, and probably a larger percentage are stolen "for keeps" as distinct from those which are merely appropriated for joy ries.—Toronto Star. A NEW SPECIES A dog in Florida climbs trees for oranges and grapefruit, and also eats bananas, apples and cabbages. Ah! A salad -hound. --Woodstock Senti- nel -Review. A DANISH PAPER There is a romance in printing a newspaper—whether it be a metro- politan daily or a small rural week- Iy—that captures the imagination of most everybody. And throughout the world there are ventures being liv- ed, even today, in newspaper ,pub- lishing. One of these is on a farm near Kentville, Nova Scotia, where an en- terprising Danish -American, Mr. Uciin Kuntze, prints the bi-monthly "Danske Herold." He has a Lino- type machine and a flat --bed press and a few racks of type, and with this modest equipment, plus a maxi- mum of ingenuity, he issues his neat eight -page publication, full of Can- ada -wide Danish news sent in by a small army of correspondents, and tastefully brightened by illustrations. The subscription list, and this is an. ecccellent indication of the value of "Danske Herold," is not only Cana- dian but it also extends to Denmark, where the paper enjoys great popu- larity among the "home folks" whose sons and daughters have settlacl in a new land. His readers find it a source of pleasure and instruction, and there is no doubt that the paper makes a genuine contribution to Danish life in Canada. —Winnipeg Free Press. ARMIES AND ARMAMENT The building of armaments is a provocation of war, not because ar- tillery provokes an irresponsible urge in the breasts of peaceful burghers to blow up bridges and knock down church steeples, but be- cause these inanimate things require an army to operate them, and if an army is to be any good you must love it.—Hamilton Herald, A NEW HONOR? Earl Willingdon, it is reportea, is to be made a knight of the Garter. The fine service rendered by this former Governor General of Canada as Viceroy of India during an ex- ceedingly difficult period fully en- titles him to this honor.—Brockville Recorder. THE AIR -MAIL A London correspondent of The Ottawa Journal has some significant conneent on air -mail development in the British Isles. Such is the growing volume of business mails now being carried by air between London and Glasgow, he writes, that it is merely a question of time be- fore a regular direct service is in- stituted. The present service, which deliv- ers Ie tern at one end one the even- ing of the same clay' that they are airmailed from the other, is not a direct line, but takes a zig-zag route to serve other cities, but he is told that "our po tai experts regard the business between Lohdon and Glas- gow, which are after all the first and second cities of the Kingdom, if not of the Empire, as amply justi- fying a direct individual service.." And these observations apply with equal force to this country. The basis of commercial aerial develop- ment in Canada must be • the air- mail; and as soon as the state of the public finances permit, air -mail ser- vices will undoubtedly be estabKshed on an extensive scale. ---Halifax Her- ald. TOUGH FOR THE FISH We read of a naturalist who has discovered fish that live on land. It aeons foolhardy, considering that ex- perienced farmers can hardly do it. Regina Leader -Post. lama INCOME There is great cause fo:• satisfac- tion in certain New York figures re- leased recently and having to do with the income of the American people. Leading trade analysts, it is staked, place the 1934 income at around $9,000,000,000 more than last year. In 1929 the national income was es- timated at $86,106,000,000. The depressiion starting late that year, pulled the total down in rapid fash- ion. In 1933 it was believed to have been reduced to approximately $49,560,000,000. — Border Cities Star. TAX ON PYJAMAS We are reliably informed by one of them that farmers do not wear pyjamas, and along with this news comes the suggestion that city fel- lers should pay a stiff tax for doing so. This may be meant as another "nuisance" tax on the rich. As an Algoma man is behind the idea, this column is for it, or for anything else that will irritate the social strata who have forsaken the good old nightshirt which is also an outgrowth of an effort to achieve culture as we gather from the ex- perts Why should anybody effect the modern gewgaws that the sissy magazines flaunt in our faces in a variety of gaudy patterns?? Should any man,,put on extra style merely to lust the hay? For science tells us (and what science doesn't think it knows can be put in . your left eye), that the normal pian shifts every few minutes when he is asleep, thus revealing that the nocturnal fight with the bad clothes is a sign of a good day's work. Whether a man retires as a squir- rel does, without brushing his teeth or doing his daily half dozen, or sleeps in his clothes like an occa- ional lumberjack, there seems to be no real excuse for pyjama making except as a relief measure. As for the reasonable needs of the women folks, we refrain from expressing any view. — Sault Ste. Marie Star. RECKLESS DRIVERS Men who never lost sight of safe- ty when at work become careless and reckless when they get behind the wheel of a car. Men who would never think of taking a chance In handling a piece of factory machin- ery will try to save five minutes on the drive home by cutting corners, passing on curves and at intersec- tions, or doing one of the many other things which cause our annual automobile death toll to increase.— Chatham News. THE EMPIRE A MUSEUM FOR FAKES The British 'Museum authorities are understood to be considering the establishment of a museum of forg- eries. We hope that they may see their way to create such a collection, as it would be of undoubted interest and value to the public, and would act as a deterrent to the forger, who has in many instances made large sums out of clever impostures. -- London Daily Mail. FIRST AID TO LITERATURE An Advertisement in the London Morning Post. Would any one like to send out Coue thoughts for the success of a girl who has just finished the open-. ing chapter of her first novel?—Her Mother. 178 KILLED IN ONE WEEK The sharp rise in the graph of fatal road accidents in Great Britain is as puzzling as it is disquieting. During the week ended on Saturday, 178 people were killed or died from their injuries—a total which is only two below that for the first week in July, the worst return since these records were first introduced in March. A relatively heavy death - rate in midsummer can be under- stood if it cannot be excused. But what are we to say about equally grim returns at the beginning of November, when a targe number of cars have been withdrawn from the roads? --Glasgow Herald. SAVE THESE MOTHERS In the last ten years science nas advanced at all points, but the most important point of all; while the birth-rate has fallen the toll of mothers' lives has increased. Life- saving in most other fields of human activity has become a national con- cern but mothers have been allowed to die unheeded except by those who mourn them. For a great majority of these deaths sheer neglect alone is responsible --neglect to take advant- age of modern methods, to seek new Finish Of World's Greatest Air Race owe F+� Here are the first pictures to be received of the finish of the London to Melbourne air race in which two British fliers won with a margin of days over speed fliers from many other countries in the sensational time of less than three days. In the upper picture the winning plane is seen being run into a hangar. The lower picture shows Sir Macph erson Robertson, the donor of the prizes, congratu- lating C. W. A. Scott 'and his co-pilot, T. Campbel i Black, on their remarkable achievement On Sir Macpherson Robertson's left is the Lord Mayor of Melbourne (Sir Harold Gengoult Smith). chair- man of the centenary celebrations, and standing behind is the Acting Premier of Victoria, Mr. Ian Macfarlan. is work for all. We enjoy a peace- ful form of government. There is need for dispersing such elements of disturbance as exist in our poli- tics. When men are busy at wore they have no mind for trouble. The rapid development of Empire trade is opening up -new prospects of business and employment. We must accelerate that development. It is the only way to prosperityb DRESSY MAYORS Bulgaria Insists Mayors Be Fashion Plates on $35 to 100 a Month. Sofia, — Fron now on Bulgaria is to have only white -collared mayors. One of the chief ideals of the new Government is to find ways in wench the village masses may profit from the knowledge and ability of the edu- cated people. And one of these ways is held to be the appointment of uni- • versity graduates only to the posts of village mayors. Hitherto the mayor has been a lo- cal celebrity. He, the priest, and the teacher were tale ruling triumvirate. In many cases the mayor was neither educated nor cultured. He sometimes ruled as a local despot. The new Government however bas set out to regenerate peasant life. It has decreed, also, that the mayors should be layers. And in addition to performing their administrative work they are to serve as Judges. Their salaries also have been fixed. In communitis of less than 50 inhabi- tants they will receive $35 a month and in the larger villages $40, City mayors are to receive as high as $100 monthly. The plan is that the mayor is to be a village father, He is to be a teacher and missionary. His family is to serve as an example to all. But opponents of the scheme can- not imagine white collared lawyers doing all this for $35 a month! QUEER WORLD A thirty-year old dealer, called to give evidence at Barnet (Herts) County Court, told Judge Tudor Rees that he could not read. A postcard has taken more than twenty years to travel from Ports- mouth to Slough, Bucks, where it has just been delivered with an • apology stating that it was discover- ed in a disused letter -box. It was sent by Mr. A. Gallas)! methods, to dispel ignorance and sup- erstition, to ensure proper pre -natal care, to warn mothers againstt im- proper feeding and other dangers.— Manchester Sunday, EMP,RE FREE TRADE We are the happiest nation in the world, In this country there is work for many, as the rising figures of employment tell. We require to ad - value the movement so that there The tooth of an animal believed to have lived 200,000 years ago has been discovered in the 1(wangsi Province of China. Bones of pre- historic animals, stone axes and utensils used thousands of years ago have also been found. Mrs. Nellie Smith sant her wash- ing to the laundry at Reading, Mas- sachusetts. When the bag was open- ed a sheet jumped out and scamper- ed Across the floor. In packing the wash Mrs, Smith had included her cat, HIGH TANKS AND QUAKES The Building of Water Tow- ers a Subject for Research When an earthquake rocked Long Beach, Calif., last year, elevated water tanks were damaged, some so badly that they had to be taken down. Parts of the city were dry. Here we have the inspiration for the studies that ek. C. Ruge is mak- ing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to discover how water tanks should be built. The first thing that Ruge "does is to make a scale model. A. 60,000 gallon tank about twenty feet in diameter and weighing half a mil- lion pounds becomes a miniature imitation five inches in diameter, weighing five pounds, and holding two and a half quarts. The slowest artificial quake that can be pro- duced shakes such a model much too rapidly. Ruge allows for that. The artificial quakes are produced by shaking a table on which the model is mounted. All the mations are magnified and photographed. What do the records show? \Vater tanks are not built to resist earth- quakes. Paradoxically enough, mod- erate strengthening does more harm than good. All that is usually expected of a water tower is resistance to wind pressure and strength enough to carry the load of water. This is good enough in regions where earthquak- es are unknown. In shaky regions of the earth another type must be designed. What this is Ruge has still to discover. NEW CIRCUIT BREAKER Speed and Economy Claimed For Power Line Device Unusual features are embodied in a new high voltage, large capacity oil circuit breaker for electric power lines, Radically different in design, each single -pole unit of the new breaker is shaped like a cross iu con- trast to the tank -like construction of conventional equipment. Among the claims offered for the new equipment, which was developed by the General Electric Company, are higher break. ing speeds and short arckink times and the use of very little oil. ,Only ninety-six gallons of oil per pole are stated to be required by a breaker with an interrupting rating of 1,500,000 kilovolt amperes, at 133 kilovolts, compared with about 1,700 gallons per pole for a conventional breaker of an equivalent interrupting rating, NEW TYPE OF CONTAINERS. Horizontal containers, not much larger than conventional bushings, enclose the Interrupting mnechanistns. 'rliese containers are mounted on ver- tical central supports which, in ad- dition to serving in an insulating ca- pacity, also house current transfor- mers when such equipment is re- quired. The operating mechanism is locat- ed in the base of each single -pole unit, and an insulated operating rod pases up through the central sup- port to the container. The interrupting elements consist of several sets of contacts in a Iine, and the inside of each container is so arranged that oil driven by a piston, is positively directed across the arc path of each of the several arc breaks per pole during circuit interruption, British Generals Of 1'917 Criticized By Lloyd George London—Mr. David Lloyd George, Britain's chief "elder statesman," has followed up recent sharp crit- icisms of his late naval and civil colleagues with an equally out- spoken indictment of British gen- erals, in the latest volume of his lively "War Memoirs." Mr.. Lloyd George finds in par- ticular that the whole series of military operations which were con- tinued for a number of months in 1917 in the quagmires of Passchen daele in France were "one of the blackest horrors in history," He supports this allegation with voluminous extracts from official records. He brings forward also personal evidence so detailed and so well documented as to be cauleulated to keep official apologists busy for a generation endeavoring to dis- prove his thesis. "It is," Mr. Lloyd George says, "one of the bitterest ironies of war that I who have been ruthlessly as- sailed in books, in the press and in speeches for `interfering with the soldiers' should carry with me as my most painful regret the memory that on this issue I did not justify that charge." It is thought in some circles here that nothing is to be gained by re- calling such grim events as those to which Mr. Lloyd George refers. On the other hand the view • is also widely held that such light as he la now endeavoring to supply may help prevent the recurrence ;of such happenings, Mr. Lloyd George thus has warm supporters as well as fierce assail- ants in the controvery he has started. The Zulu-l(aflirs require a man to stand at a distance when he address- es his nether -in-law. He may not ad- dress her by name, for such fami- liarity aright imply an authority over her.• A midget has committed suicide at Waterloo, Iowa, by jumping o3' a cigar box. METHOD SOUGHT TO KEEP DANUBE OPEN ALL WINTER Soviet Plan of Keeping Rivers Free of Ice to Be Studied GALATZ, Roumania—Efforts are to he made to maintain., freight traf- fic all winter on the Danube River, between Vienna and the Black Sea, according to a decision of the Inter. national Danube Committee at its sitting here. Since the realization of this plan requires that a track be kept free from ice, traffic experts are to be sent to the Soviet Republic to study the methods used by the Russians for keeping their navigable rivers open in the winter. The movement of freight up and down the Danube is much cheaper than shipping it by train and no less than six states profit from this waterway, but for several months each year traffic is stopped by the ice. It is realized that great difficulties have to be faced in undertaking the scheme to keep the river open be- cause usually the river does nal freeze over solidly, but is covered with large quantities of loose ice floating rapidly down stream. It is not easy to see how ice breakers can keep a channel open under such con- ditions and ordinary freight boat cannot long withstand the strain of this floating ice. If this attempt at defying winter here does succeed, it will greatly fa- cilitate trade in southeast Europe. King John's Treasure May be Buried in Castle Grounds History books telling how King John's treasure was lost in the Wash may soon have to be rewritten. Documents have been found in ancient Rockingham Castle revealing that the crown and jewels were bid- den at Rockingham Castle, then a royal residence. It was from Rockingham Castle that John set out on the journey which took him across the Wash. The documents, which are in code, have been decphered and point to the actual part of the grounds where the treasure lies buried. The Rev. O. R. Plant, rector of Rockingham, told the 'reporter these facts. With the consent and assis- ance of Lady Seymour, mother of Sir Michael Cuhne.Seymour, owner of the castle, he has for several months been making investigations in the castle. ANCIENT TUNNEL "I had always thought it unlikely that the king would have taken his crown and jewels with him on a dan- gerous journey," said Mr. Plant. . "Besides these documents I found the blocked -up entrance to an . old tunnel, where, I believe, is hidden a great deal of gold and silver plate and coin which disappeared from the castle chapel about the same time as the treasure - "I could open that tunnel in ten minutes if I had Sir Michael's per- mission. He is now in Canada. "The tunnel appears to lead from inside the castle. right down to the village. "I feel sure that besides Xing John's treasure will be found the original Magna Carta . . . It w •a drafted at Rockingham, and the king had it with him here." OUTSIDERS BARRED The rector said it was unlikely that further researches will be made until Sir Michael Cu1me-Seymour, who is acting as aide-de-camp ' to Lord Bessborough returns to Eng- land next June. • "He will almost certainly wish to be present when such historical finds take place on his own lands," said Mr. Plant. "If permission is given to dig be- fore Sir Michael returns, we shall wait until public interest has died down. We shall employ no workmen or outsiders, Only myself, Lady Seymour, and some friends will take part in the work, and it will be done in the greatest secrecy:" Toll of Preventable Diseases (Brantford Expositor) Every year thousands of Can. adieus die for diseases which could be prevented. The Canadian Social Hygiene Council is authority for the statement that ' on a average one person in three thus dies ahead of his time, and an analysis of Ontario statistics would indicate that the average for this province is . even higher, with 34 per cent. of all deaths postponable. Again, it is con- tended that fromtwo to three per cent. of the population of the popu- lation of Canada is continuously on the sick Het and that more than half of all d`sabling sickness could be prevented. 11