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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1947-08-28, Page 7.::+ i -,;, a` t& a•r fir.' s X''4 n4 {`°�,.t3r`0 'WN�V, .1... Canadian Boy Scouts, 35 in all, had a fine time in the U.K. enjoying the sights prior to travleling to France to attend world jamboree. Boys arrived on Canadian aircraft carrier H.M.C.S. Warrior, moved on to London where you see 'them by Victoria monument with Buckingham Palace in background. Overnight stay was on famous "Discovery." What About Those Veterans' Schools? Government, industry and or- ganized Labor face an important decision on the future of Can- ada's three-year-old chain of Vet- erans' technical schools, com- ments the Financial Post. Do we close these well-equip- ped training centres for turning out skilled workers and craftsmen of many essential varieties? Why not continue them as nu -i cleus of Canada's first permanent system of training workers? * * One reason for indifference of youth to technical vocations has been lack of training facilities. The present vocational high schools can do only a little part of this big and broad job. And the per... iodic "school and shop courses available to trade and industry ap- prentices so far represent little more than a make -shift, In the "temporary" rehab schools . enrollment of Veterans is nearing the vanishing point. Ontario's Central school at Tor- onto, for example, now has only 1,800 trainees, as against nearly 6,200 a year ago. These schools were established, mostly in 1944, by the Provinces under Ottawa's Vocational Train- ing Co-ordination Act of 1942, e with Dominion grants and the co- operation of industry in about 60 trades. * * * Though the present setup has been labelled temporary and non - civilian, the Dominion legislation under which it operates, and the premises, equipment and staffs or- ganized to train veterans, are available as permanent establish- ment. Industry and the nation need such an establishment and will continue to need it for many years to come. At least let's not have these schools closed up and their staffs dismissed and their extensive equipment dispersed before a careful study has been made to .see how they could be incorporated. into our permanent educationl system. Soil -less Vegetables Grown for Soldiers In Occupied Japan • Soil -less' gardening is producing tomatoes, lettuce and other fresh things to eat by millions of pounds for garrisons and occupa- tion forces in Japan and other far islands, An Army Quartermaster Corps survey shows that the expected green -vegetable crops from all hydroponic installations will amount to more than 3,582,000 pounds. Never before has this type of gardening been undertaken on suchh a scale. - Soil -less gardening was resorted to originally on islands because Allied soldiers liked fresh salad vegetables and there was no soil in which to grow them. It is be- ing conducted in Japan and China because Oriental agricultural prac- tices make it unsafe to eat any- thing raw, The type adopted by the Army is known as gravel culture. Long shallow troughs of concrete or asphalt are filled with fine washed gravel, volcanic cinder or other inert material. Plants with their roots supported in this are water- ed. at regular intervals with a sola- tion containing fertilizer salts ill a balanced. formula. ISSUE 311---1.817 T� oris or A By fine Ting other FRANK MANN HARRIS ("A Sixbit Among sports fans more money is lost through wishful thinking—bet- ting on sentiment rather than reason —than for any other cause. We have already told of the young lady who wagered $10 on Billy Conn, not because she thought he had a. ghost of a chance against Joe Louis; but because "she .believed in backing the white man every time". Something rather similar cropped up just before the recent Canadian Amateur Golf final between Frank Stranahan and Bill Ezinicki, * * * Gathered in a certain spot were a group of the type that like to have a wager on—well, most anything. Several of them told us they were going to back the Maple Leaf for- ward to turn back the American invader; their reasons—well, because "he's a good game guy" ;"there isn't - a quitting bone in his body" -"he'll be in there battling no matter how tough the going is"—and so forth. 4: * * Just then in walked one of the shrewdest gamblers we know, and we asked him privately how he felt about it. "I've go a 12 year old kid who is pretty speedy on her feet " he said. "Against any girl her age. I'd probably back her to the limit. But 'put her in with somebody like Jesse Owens—well, what do you think? I'd like to see Ezinicki win, He's a grand guy and will be a great golfer in a couple of years. But this Stranahan's a great golfer right now —and although I privately hope 'he busts a leg, I've just got to het on him." Final result—Stranahan . 6 and 5. MORAL—although senti- ment and business can be mixed, it's seldom a profitable process. * v 4' 11'c have a friendwho has his own way of cheering himself when the press and airwaves are fuller' than' usual of warnings of coining din- . aster. In his cellar he has d' pile con- taining years of old READERS DIGESTS and similar magazines. "I just grab myself a few of those back numbers," he explains, "and read sonic of the_ predictions the world's greatest minds were making, both before the war and while the war was on. Then,I say to myself, `Buddy, if all those hot shots could be so far astray then, they can be just as wrong again.' Then I feel a whole heap better." * * * Most football fans are pretty much disgusted with the outcry against the Hamilton Tigers including Frank Filchock in ther lineup. This beef isn't because of Mr. Filchock having played openly professional south of the border. That would he a bit too much, even for a football promoter, seeing that everybody who has ceased to believe in Santa Claus suspects that few present-day foot- ballers, except when there. is nothing else to play for, perform for sheer love of the sport. * *, * A* But Filchock, they say, was mixed up in an attempted "fix"; and although lie did everything but push the grandstand over the line in his efforts to win the game in question, and despite the fact that he was frankly suspended for the same rea- soa the King of France used to lop off rebels' heads—"to encourage the others"—he might, Heaven help us, "give Canadian football a bad name." * * e; Our own best advice to a lot of football promoters, coaches and exe- cutives is that they should go take a good look in their mirrors, and then resolve to try amid act their age.Lon- sitrering what they ha% e' been getting Critic") away with, under the guise of "amateur sport,", for a number of years past, they can ill afford to point the finger of scorn at anybody like Mr. Filchock, who we hope will play here, and receive a warm welcome from all decent -minded spectators. * * t: Reports of the big Highland festi- val in Fergus have reminded us of one of our favorite Scottish stories —that of an old couple who lived in. that beautiful neighborhood lou-, long ago. (For fear of reprisals.. we'll tall them the McRays, although that wasn't their name.) The wife.. although they had lived together-. happily for many years, had never7. forgotten that she, a McGregor, had in a measure—well, condescended just a bit in allying herself to a mere McRay, Came a time when the old lady thought site was dying; and as her husband sat at her -bedside she began to have visions.., "Before long I'll be in. the Blessed Land," she said. "Soon I'll be seeing all my loved ones that have gone before—my dear old mother, my sainted father, my Aunt Bessie, my Uncle--" * * * At i1NS point the faithful husband interrupted. "1'e ll be sealing some of my folk too, .lean," he said. "When you get there ye'!! doubtless be meet- ing some of the McRays, as well." The old lady opened her eyes and gazed upon him sternly. "John." she said. "ye're very much mistaken if you think I'll have nothing better to do with my time than go searching the slums of Heaven looking for the McRays.'" * * * Much depends on one's point of view; and we never cease wondering what widely varying viewpoints sonic people can take of almost identical cases. Just the other day we talked with a man who is a white-hot hockey addict, but only mildly interested in baseball. He was sounding off on the injustice of Happy Chandler's ruling against Feller and other baseball stars play- ing down in Cuba after the regular season is over. "Slavery" was one of the mildest terms he used. * * * "Just supposing," we said, "that there was a league—over in Europe or out in California or sonic place— that played hockey all summer. And suppose that boys like Richard of Canadiens and Meeker of Toronto, for instance, got nice offers to take part. Do you think they should be allowed to do so?" * * * "Absolutely not," was the prompt reply. "After all a guy has just a cer- tain amount of hockey in his system, and the Leafs and Canadiens man- agements would be crazy to allow their stars to burn themselves out like that!" Soviet Releases War Prisoners Unfit for Work All German prisoners of war returning from Russia into the United States occupation zone of Germany are in such poor physi- cal condition that they are unfit for work and many may never be able to work again, according to a report of the American Milit- ary Government. Rehabilitation to make many of them fit for employment re- quires from three to six months' ' care in camps. 'on extra food ra- tion's provided" ;from foreign re- lief supplies;' an official report added. * * * The report's 10 -line account was "'believed to be AMG's first official comment on the physical state of German prisoners, now being released by the Russians at an accelerated rate after two years , or more of labor. There have, : hQ3yever, been frequent.: published 'charges by Germans that thee" Russians released only prisoners no longer able to work. The Military Government re- port said.. about 1,500 POW's were arriving weekly in the United States zone from the Soviet Union, a rate expected to con- tinue until December. The report continued: "All those - being returned are unfit for employment, but less than 10 per cent are actually hos- pitalized ospitalized ' after they reach the United States zone. They are placed in reception camps at Hers- feld in Hesse, Ulna in Wuerttem- berg-Baden and, Hof in . Bavaria, where care is'provided until fam- ilies can call for the men or other plans can be made. * * * "In the camps the men are given ' a 2,600 -calorie diet daily, with higher diets for those who are hospitalized. (This is at least twice the ration which ordinary civilians have drawn in the west- ern zones for several months.) "The released prisoners are clothed and fed from foreign re- lief supplies. The percentage of returning prisoners of war is not known, bet all will need three to site months care before they can be given employment." Dive for Safety Unless you can dive, when you go in for a swim, you should certainly hold your nose as you take to the water feet -first for water forced up into the nostrils can carry in- fection to nose, throat and sinuses. Man isn't like the cluck, which can close its nostrils tinder water. And, unlike the duck, human beings haven't that special eyelid which pro- tects the eyes under water, so swim- mers should try to see when sub- merged as rarely as possible. Classified Advertising Autos 'S wa.ts CD OILS, GREASES, TIRES, tnneciicides, Electric Fence Controllers House and Barn Paint, Roof Coatings, etc. Dealers wanted. Write Warro Greene & 011 Limited. Toronto. 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Greatcoats $11.50. Airforce officers suits, $22.50, sizes 35-39. Greatcoats $12.50. Boys air cadet suits—tunic, trousers, wonder- ful school outfit—$9.50. Greatcoats $9,50. Postpaid—refund guaranteed, Frankel Cloth- ing, 95 Queen East. Dept. C, Toronto. MALCOLM McGREGOR, Polled Hereford breeder, Brandon, Manitoba, will hold a sale of approximately fifty head of registered cattle on Monday October 20 at 1:00 PM. Unsinkable Lifeboat When the Titanic sank in April, 1912, a boy was inspired to ex- periment with milk -cans to pro- duce an unsinkable lifeboat. ' He has continued his work for 35 years, and the principle he dis- covered is incorporated in a life- boat now being built at King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. Now this inventor, son of an inventor, Harold E. Gaskin of London, plans to sail the life- boat in the Atlantic. The boat will be taken half -way by ship, launched, and left to complete the remaining 1.500 miles to New York under its own power. 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