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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1935-09-05, Page 6CANADA THE EMPIRE • r Spending Horie'lln ion Aboard CANADA SPEAKING OF THE HEAT Take Kansas, for example. The New York Sun gives an eye -witness' picture of • what oneebundred-and- eight in the shade for several days means. "Potatoes b'and right in the ground," we read, ffs on the stalk." Here are other side -lights. "Tele- phone linemen say the heat has so expanded wires that they sag dan- gerously low, and many paved streets are exploding, while oiled roadways are running into the ditches." Then there is the story of the 'woman in North Carolina who, see- ing her thermometer register 140 on one side of her house, "carried it to the other side, where it promptly ex- ploded." In another district, frogs driven from dried-up swamps, sought relief by the hundred under urban lawn sprinklers. — Winnipeg Tri- bune. THE WORLD AT LARGE The soy bean has been a farm crop in the Orient for centuries. Chinese make milk, butter and cheese from it. It was first grown an this continent in 1904.— Port Arthur News -Chron- icle. SELECTING A TEACHER A Waterloo County school board, deluged with applicants for the po- sition of teacher, decided ey a mat- ter in a novel way. and the names in a box, shook them up, the chairman pulled out the winner. It may be as good a way as any to decide the matter, and yet there should have been some process• of selection as to what names were put in the box. — Hanover Post. NEWSPAPER QUOTATIONS Four times a year the Dominion Press Clipping Bureau of Toronto, is- sue c a quarterly statement of the number of times in which the vari- ous daily newspapers of Canada have been quoted in other publications throughout the Dominion. The Ot- tawa Journal, whose editorial page is beyond compare iu this country, has had a strangle -hold upon the first place in this competition for several quarters and for the three months ended on June 30th it retains that po- sition well in advance of its nearest crenpetitor. — Brockville Recorder and Times. -- WARNING Ethiopians should be warned that the Fascist salute of the Ilaliain sol- diers in Africa doesn't mean half surrender. -- Winnipeg Tribune. WAR FEVER It is the lack of intelligence of the common people that makes war pos- sible. They prefer to gather in mobs and permit the official war promo- ters to excite them into a fine frenzy in which all their senses are para- lyzed except those that function for disorder and violence. They fail to give themesives a chance to think. If they did they would realize that the thing into which they are being pleasingly cajoled is one of the most terrible catastrophies in human ex- perience, a senseless shambles in which thousands of human bodies will be tortured, ezpo,sed to the most hor- rible hardships, subjected to an- guishing wounds or blown to pieces, all to satisfy the bombastic ambiti- ons of an individual who lias become unreasonable through his own vanity and craze for power. — Welland Tri- bune. BETTER TRAINS "The Rebel," a light streamlined train running out of Chicago, is op- erating at a fuel cost of 2.2 cents per mile. One passenger fare pays the fuel biLl.. for the trip. Twenty fares -..,. ci plv. the complete opt.ug,_cost • et the rrttsr; u msec teass The new. supplies` ''and servicing., streamlined train from Chicago to Portland cuts the runniug time by a day. It makes the trip in 39 hours now and will make it in 24 when the curves are banked and widened and the problem of a clear track is over- come, These new trains are Diesel - powered, air conditioned, quiet run- ning. clean. The steam train world is .not idle either. "The Royal Blue" et the Baltimore and Ohio has rounded roofs, skirted sides, tapered observa- tion coach, folding steps, and weighs •only 55 per cent. of a normal train. "The Royal Blue" did 113 miles an herr in a test and averaged 94 on a stretch. — Vancouver Sun. 1 CANADIAN BREAD EXCELS e • segtesesesseeeteegAse Mr. and Mrs. Clive Gault Benson, the latter formerly Mrs: br eb Pace Dawson, whose Marriage took place bride. The the youngest daughterof Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Pace, of Ed- mnton, Alta., while Mr. Benson is a son of Mr. EnglanandMrlVlr�eand rcy Benson, of Sheafhayne Manor, Honiton, Devon, Mrs. Benson sailed recently to spend their honeymoon in England and Scotland. _t e ek �W ENNONITES READY \ WAS. AGAINST WA FOR RIG INVASION' ' '1'l7e Women's International B i en n i al Conference Will Bring 3,000 Delegates and Visitors To Kitchener League For Peace And F'reedam Announce Intens- ive Campaign For DisariTia-' lent, Washington.-- Plans contemplat- ing the mobilization of a large "army" of men and women through- out the world for an intensive cam- paign against war to be inaugurat- ed on September 6th, the birth an- niversary of the late Jane Addams, its founder, were announced recent- ly by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Simultaneous meetings throughout the world are projected for that date with a view to organizing a concerted demand for the peoples to their governments to end war: The "mandate" which the meetings are to present will call on the' gov- ernments of the world to use peace agencies for settlement of present conflicts and to bring about world disarmament and international agreq ments ending economic anarchy which breeds war. The simultaneous meetings open ing the campaign will be followed at Geneva by an international mem- orial meeting to Jane Addams, at which world-famous speakers will: broadcast on an international hook-" up. The circulation of the "People's! Mandate" for signatures• will be carried through priniarily by League members in the forty countries ' where the Women's International League is rpresented. League organizers will travel to other coun- tries to , aid in the work. The co- operation of mass organizations and local groups will be sought in each country. The "Mandate" with its signature!Y will be presented by an internation- 1 commission of men and women Kitchener—Mennonites in Water- loo County Sunday were preparing for an invasion of their brethren. The advance guards for the biennial gathering of the General Conference of the Mennonite Church have �yhae i ready arrived. By Wednesday, the influx is expected to reach its peak, 3,000 delegates and visitors will be in attendance, Three-quarters of the United States will have representatives here, while Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta will send many delegat- es. Missionaries from the Mennonite fields are expected to come from In- dia, South America and Africa. The conference will conclude Thursday. The conference has not been held here for 20 years. Fourteen, acres have been secured for parking pur- poses alone, and these will be flood- lighted. The Mennonite brethren in Christ Tabernacle, a mile from this city on the Galt Road, scene of the meetings, seats 2,000 people, but an addition to acconnnodate another 2,000 was put up free of cost by the Mennonites of the district. It will be torn down immediately the confer- ence is over. Loud speakers have been installed to carry the messages to all parts of the grounds. Between 50 and 75 tents will be put up on the grounds, some already erected. A. staff of 200 cooks,waiters and dish -washers are ready to serve be- tween 10,000 and 13,000 meals in the big dining tent, which pleasures 60. feet by 90 feet. Traffic will be handled by a staff of 50 men. a Author Of "0 Canada"• to heads of governments and to par- ltamentamy agencies 1 of the principal Recalled In Son's ea nations. The commission will be 1 dele a- tions from each country represent - Lethbridge, Alta. — Jean Charles, accompanied by nations g • Routhier, 70,E pioneer Alberta ranch ed backed by demonstrations for a son of the late Sir Adolph Sir Edward Beatty, on his return , from a recent visit to the Old Conn_ �® Routhier, who was a chief justice in arks. Some of • the jobs already Quebec, died recently at Pincher Creek Sir Adolph wrote the words try, complained of the poor quality of bread to be found there. The editor of this paper noticed the same thing during the King's Jubilee. Other Canadians, accustomed to good Canadian bread, have also complained of the doughy, indigestible stuff served up at even the most preten- Ottawa—Senate vacanc.es allfehay.. ing been failed aointmend ts pending partmental app the Prime Minister just about has the decks cleared for the coming: election campaign. The last Senat- orial appointment went to Chaises tions places in England. The reason Bourgeois, who formerly represent- is that the people of the United ed the riding ofry Three .4041-7.°11-".': , Dose Rivers-St. 'ur a gut at oohs �, . er .': adian hard' '-wheat i nc�' vanadt��Che Depar men has chief engine;,°x flour. These products, if too strong M. the Wardle, who was Branch, .was for their palates, can be mixed satis_ Minister.aiVI s factoriIy with their own soft wheat appointedrdleis Deputy westerner and before entering the government service, was. engaged in civil engineering with railroad companies. The Dominion election as Y tab t has really not got going will in the first week in September. Then, the Prime Minister is to con- tinue his broadcasts . What line., precisely, he will take, has not yet been indicated. He is expected, howft - and flour or the similar products of other countries. — Toronto Mail and Empire. ALL FRIENDLY FUN Remarkable how infectious is an example of courtesy among noble minds. Montreal, with pretty wit, has only to start calling smaller Canadian centres "Little Podunks." Straightway the Mayor of Toronto MINISTERS ADVERTISE In Elkton, Mcl., there were G00 wed- dings fn June, and two ministers who had 10 billboards out advertising their services have been ordered to take theme down. When we consider some of the eligible bachelors in this city it seems that a billboard or something is needed to draw attention to the fact that there are ministers in the place who can perform wedding ceremonies. -- Stratford Beacon_ Herald. yells "Toonerville" in the direction to go on from where he• o ever, saluteilton returns the thighbred eels approval for what hal; of Hamilton, and the Mayor of Ham - with "Tank Town." — Toronto Globe. THEY COME AND LEARN The tourist habit is one of the best corrective 'elements which has made its appearance. When people come and find heat .here in Summer they know how limited has been their con- out on his tour, beginning probably con- probably l of this country. . They will out the West, probably go home and tell other people. We can enjoy a good laugh The new cabinet ministers have been kept quite busy since their ap- pointments. Perhaps Due. of the busi- est departments right now is works, where officials are working on con- tracts in connection with the govern- ment's gigantic scheme of public off; to s been done already and a mandate to do more. The economic situation, the railway problem, questions of trade and revenue, the revision of the British North America Act — at least all of these, it is anticipat- ed, will be dealt with. After his •oadcast, Mr. Bennett will start MUTUALLY ADVANTAGEOUS Cuban imports of American pro- ducts, it is pointed out, have risen greatly. Purchases of steel products are up 61 per cent; of agricultural machinery, 341 per cent; of food- stuffs, from 100 to 300 per cent; of cigarettes, from 800 to 1,000 per cent. On the other hand, Cuban sales to the United States have tripled, and Cuban economic conditions are said to be better than at any time since the world depression started. "If trade agreements can do things like that, don't we need more of themn?" inquires an American contemporary by way of comment. And if this is se, where could another such treaty be concluded to better advantage than in Canada, the best natural customer of the United States? -- Quebec Chronicle -Telegraph. at the expense of those who come in Summer armed and prepared for Winter, but the truth is the people from the United States never knew any better. It is well they are finding out. — Stratford Beacon -herald, THE EMPIRE started, principally the postal term- inal building and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police building in Ottawa. An additi'pn to the Royal Canadian Mint hens' been under construction for soul time. It is anticipated that in t1i • ery near future further de- tails' oil the housing scheme will be anjieskinced. In the Employment and 'al. Service Commission Hou. Petroleum first appeared as a WORLD AERIAL RACE medicine. In 1849 a Pittsburgh Sydney, the birthplace of modern, druggistouncl some oil in a near -by civilized Australia, is planning to brine well, Deciding it was a fine celebrate els 150th anniversary by remedy for a variety of ills, he bot `tied it and offered it for sale. Ten organizing an air race round the globe. years later, the first oil well was. Late reports show the suggested constructed and the great boom be - course starting and finishing at Syd- gap. ney, by way of Fiji, Hawaii, Vancou- ver, Montreal, St. John's, London, I and thence along the Imperial Air- ways route back to Australia. Meanwhile, Adelaide, the capital of South Australia; is organizing a floral festival on a mammoth scale, an Empire exhibition, literary and aorge"b"- lrarrrrg'`f,,r—ts=`r-�r,"_"_.v� are rapidly putting things in shape so that the commission may tunctton at the earliest possible time. Evidence of the popularity of the Natural Products Marketing Act con -1 tinues to make itself known at the! offices of the Dominion Marketing Board. Twenty marketing schemes have been set in motion within a per- iod of a year and under them more than $4,600,000 worth of products are already being successfuUy1 market- ed. Of the twenty schemes, seven are in -operation in • the eastern portion of the Dominion, affecting producers of tobacco, potatoes, berries, dairy products, apples, etc. There is no doubt that producers have come to accept the opportunities offered by these schemes, which are set up un- der the provisions of the Marketing Act, and supervised by ofilcia s of the Marketing 'Board. The Farmers' Creditors Arrange- ment Act also is producing good re- sults. The government offices are re- ceiving reports weekly of settlements effected between the farmer and his creditor, many of them being in the province of Ontario. Numerous pro.. posais of settlement also are under advisement. peace organization in the capitals and leading cities. Active in preparation of. ,the cam- paign are the international officers re of "0 Canada" of the league and the national of - Mrs. Routhier- and six children, ficers in the 25 countries with na- including Adolphe Routhier, I.C., tional sections. Prominent in the of Montreal, and Rev. Henri Rou- thier, of Edmonton, survive. Mars. Hannah campaignmnate Clothier Hull, in the national S. are president; Miss Katherine Devereux Blake and Mrs. Loal national THE SOY BEAN The Soy bean which Mart McDonald is endeavoring to introduce into Thunder Lay district Is becoming more and more an article of com- meree and, industry, Chemists have found it useful in many spheres. From it are now made, in addition to valuable cattle feed, paint oil, varnish, enamels, oilcloth, linoleum, buttons, handles, box cov- ers, •window trim sticks, electrieai parts, printer's ink, glycerine, cellu- loid, glue, soap and rubber substi- totes, ' in the realm of foods for which the •..oy bean is useful are 65 dieter- ent products. There is even soy bean Ise create. creased from a total value of £1,- 928,000 in June, 1034, to £1,990,880 last month. We look for this to con- tinue on a still bigger scale. The new Order -in -Council which imposes a surtax of 33 1-3 per cent. on all goods musical competitions and a nauti- II. imported into Canada from Japan cal pageant in honor of its centen- l should help. Statesmen in the Dom- ary, next year. The Empire exliibi-,1 inion. may now be realizing that a tion, which will open on March 20, boy's best friend is his mother. -- next year, will be housed in a spe- cially -built Centennial Hall covering two -and -a -half acres. -- Australian Press Bureau. BUYING MORE FROM BRITAIN I years has been marked. An unpreee- We have bad occasion in the past. dented increa:•o in the sales of radio to complain of the poorness of the ; receiving sets was reported by .local response of certain Dominions to the dealers last year, and there are in - provisions Dir the Ottawa Agreements , dioations that the demand is continu- so far as their purchases from the , ing and probably increasing, in spite Mother Country were concerned, It! of the factthat for many hours of is with satisfaction, therefore, that t the day listening -in Is anything but today we find ourselves in the pleas- a pleasure because of the prevalence ant position of being able to hand a of man-made static. -- Trinidad bouquet to Canada,' •011icial returns guardian. show thut imports into the Domiu- ion from the 'United Kingdom lir. 31 w. London Daily Despatch. MORE S'T'ATIC The growth in the popularity of radio in Trinidad in the . last few What by's Layette r,v KEN. ,EDWARDS �7■ NE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST 1,ONGe RISTANCE UNNERS r ME 1LiLNG D K n, the Infant Needs In as many call limn, is America's fastest long ning champions. Dave came to Canada 6 years ago _ from Kaki, Salmi, Finland. He en- tered his first race 15 years ago, at that time being in the Finnish army. From 1926-31 he had to retire from the running game due to a can do with when preparing slay- weak stomach. Dave is 37 years of cite, age and before taking up running in hero are the clothes any baby a serious way he played soccer and needs: won a ski championship. Three woollen bands, only worn for Mr. Komonen is the holder of baby's first ten b days' or vests these'many titles. He has hundreds of Three little shirts , made of a mixture of cotton medals and trinkets c awarded victo him to be for his many s e a , and wool, or 'silk end wool. Need He wvon the Lo mdoim marathon in not be worn • in the summer: 1933 and the Boston marathon in Three petticoats of flannel whish 1934, the Boston marathon being a Every The Way Of. Clothes • ave omone Maverick Lloyd, board. axgss. Maoel Vernon is world cam- paign director, with headquarters` in Washingte t. -Miss Louise Wier is campaign sebretary for the United States, with headquarters in Chi- cago, and Miss Mary Hess 'Wellborn, campaign secretary for Europe, with headquarters at Geneva. Vies', "flying Finn" one of North distance run - Several readers have written to ask the modern way of dressing a baby and what is the minimum one open down the back. Three cotton dress.s opening in I distahceie 26redmiles, mi es,2 385 yards, the same way, 4-5 Thi ee nightgowns made of fine i iniitutes and 53 and td National seconds. Ae wool or flannelette, opening at the A. the y -U li United Ates , This title he back, with kimono sleeves, t a fieldin Washington against won Three .one -yard squares of flannel, which also can serve as a shawl. of 128 of the best long distance Woollen booties for winter .weal' i nerson the North American con - only, and a little knitted coat or tinent sweater icor extra, warmth when re -1 Dave is one of those really modest fired. linen who shuns the limelight, always qu Modern babies don't wear bonnets, praising the other fellow. He believ- atmci on very trot days go nudist, I.esthat he will be able to capture wearing only a "napple" and a sun' many 'more races in the future, if sat. C only his old stomach will behfote. Back To School Dress You can't go wrong:'clroositig a sailor dress like this for school age daughter. As to cut, it is in the best of style and taste. So simpe to sew. How shall you carry it out? Well, if you folio* the inspiring model, you'll choose printed wash- able rayon crepe in pottery rust, so new looking and smart, and plain navy for its collar, cuffs and tie. Style No, 2915 is designed for sizes 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. Size .8 requires 26 yards of 3,9 -inch material with Y4 yard of 39 -inch contrasting., HOW TO ORDER PATTERN$ Write your name and adds plainly, giving number and Axe of, pattern wanted. Enclose 15e in stamps' or coin (coin prefer- red;; .wrap it carefully). and ad- dress your order to Wilson Pat- •'tern ,,!Service, 73 West Adelaide Street, Toronto.