The Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-02-06, Page 3WillBuild Final
4• Link -hi Highway
Across Dominion''
Ontario to Break. War-Time'.I
' co:homy Ppii.cy 'and 'Expend.
$6,060,000 for Work Starting
This Month on Completing
Coast -to -Coast Road'. I" •
• Canadians who now, have_to
take ;a train to get from eastern
to..western Canada And :yeturn 'un
less•'they .w.alk or fly, will be"able
to tmotor, from Halifax to Van
:comer ley n.ext, fall without going''
• throtigli the United Staes: •
Work on the last link of ' the
Trans -Canada Highway a 160
mile stretch between. Hearst and
Geraldton in northern Ontario-- .
starts this month. Breaking its
war -time policy - of making no'
capital; expenditures for 'roads,
�.'` tTie`—Ontario -bete enn:ente '
'spend 36,0.00,000 • on.' completing ,
.the :highway. _.
TWO MOT1VES...IN
" CO.METION .
PL • .
Its motive§- are .two=to provide.
an .,east -west artery forwar. uses,'
and to open up 'a vest virgin ter-
ritory which, it is • hoped, will
prove attractive to t nited States
visitors as well • as those .. from
' both . the Atlantic. and :';Pacific
�ends',o£�tll D.omin.ion. '
• • • Much of ''the .uncompleted. sec-
tion. has not , even been ,:traveled
b• y survey, parties hotegra:pns..
are taken fi'orn p1en.es; •along.
projected_,l'ine; _ and, 'by' studyingn'
":•Meter the ,()iltai: or'Ifigliways. De- •
par.tment is able' to 'project. the'.
road to &make . the most' . ;of 'topo-
graphic and scenic: fe.aures, .
'.WORK , DONE BY PRISONERS
Work • is be?ng , done.. by •pris-
' overs frons ;proviirciat 'reforms-'
.stories' which became overcrowded
whew -the• Mental hospital • at' St.
Thomas.was .turned over .to ,the
'b Dominio.gti erninnt • foie a train-
ing center . in ' the British' '" t'oirt.
one -mit -It Ail, tett,L tgeei
'Deputy Minister of Justice
Saving Ontario's
Natural
Resources '•
G. C. Toper
Ontario Federation of 'Anglers
(NO: 28) J •
'tP1 OTFCT THE BIRDS''- ''
I ' have not said much abogt
birds in; thia calunin. but birds .of =
all kinds are among '.our most
valued..natneal. resources.. I ' .ani
sure>' that there are batt '•a few.
people who would .not., miss thein
•if .-they.'; iivere gone. The- robin, that..
, ,greets .us art spring mornings,,•'
the ruffled grouse' that gets up
'With a roar in : the • woods, t ►e
honking,, Canada 'geese'' on', their "
flights north .arid 'south, .are' part
,of. the " charm' •of outdoors. that
holds •most, of •us 0.11 our lives..
Marry of . our birds are protect-
ed' by the;.laws of the, Dominion
of Canada. 'I;eeanse .. they' are,
Migratory, wintering in ;the land's
to the south ,of us; . we '•lave made,
treaties with • the United States
which.. protect the •g>ame• birds, the' ,,
song birds. and the '.insectivorous.
birds, !while •'they are out of Can-
ada. 'Inn return, we protect them
while. they 'are here. in.• •summer:
'Open seasons are '' allowed on
,:..du:eks,--geese.-...anal.-ce>:tairee.ehate,
birds but the others are not al•
eeeeiiree t_4 'teem olested in. any. „,v; aye.,
at any time.
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• GA,MEr SONGBIRDS, 'INSECT
'At one 'time, any .bird could be
i• shot at any time, •of the ,.year.
Geese; 'ducks, shore birds and' up- •
land game birds ' were taken , in
thousands by market Minters and
sold in ;the big cities.. Spring.--
shooting;
pring.shooting : harrassed ••'the :flecks on.
thew, way il•orth ,M. their breellir
grounds.. While 'this country and;
. the Ilattec Were thin
ly' settled; longi•, shooting •seasons
:and market hunting: •diol •.not • have .
much effect on the bird as e •
:'whole..' $y ,1.00.0 the population
had sp • iecr'eased that these prat- .
tires Were 'taking. a heavy •tail, and
.1`;ir•see:iy,, bio•loglsts.. realized ,that •
'•the gan,b birds wou)cl eeon be ee
tinct. unleas pleasures e: e' taken •
for :their, presert ation: '
Re'15'escntatives.of the bird pre -
lotion sbc.i.eties and Government,
offiei,als of hath •'countries• finally.
tire*, up 'a set •of ' regulatiens ;de-.
• signed to •• protect the birds.- In
1:,.16 a. treaty between. Great ,Brit=
air • and the United' States' Was
signed and . laws ,were' passed by
this 'country and across. the line
which enabled . the peace officers
to enforce the treaty: This treaty '
• was known . as the. Migratory
BudsConvention and: the aaw '
that; infplements it in • Canada •
was: called 'the'Migra'tory Birds '
• Convention Act This Act is.now
• enforced . • by special Dominion
Migratory , B.ird Officers • and. the •
Royal Canadian •Mounted Police.
Lp.'F'ES--- :
E. P; Varcoe has been appoint- .
• • 'end assistant ' deputy minister' ;of
justice.; Re has been connect
with the justice • department
Ottawa since 1918.
Efigiuette For
• Growing Boys
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LION OF JUDAH TAKES THE FIELD AGAINST : I ALIANS
r” :;.; .
' Somewhere in , the ,Soudan, nearathe th'iepian frontier,,• Haile • Sellessie,' "Lion of Judah," ' ex=emperor
• of troo s" Abyssinia; inspects • some of the with which , he hopes 'to overthrow Italian rule and" regain'
tr, con-
ol 'of, Itis empire.' Already"' his' revoltin.g bribesm`en ale .credited with several .successes against,the'Italians-
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THE WAR - W E E'K-Commentary on Current Events
Frostbite' '-las'
Own Hazards
,Courte§y isn't °Necessarily A
'Sign • of .Sisainess Common
Sense Makes Living Pleas-
anter and 'More Comfortable
•
if you're a boy '' Who would
• like' to find 'a way of being sure
of yourself on all :sorts 'of • ocA
casions, start -now.
- Now, let's have it understood
you do not classify as asissy
just because you know -the ropes
in etiquette.
You, can do a lot to make
ing more, comfortable and pjeaa-'
ant for the .People you know by
using plain -common sense
That goes for things'like- turn-ing out lights• when., you're the
last person leaving a' room,
Don't let doors 'bang behind
You. "If you make a habit of
closing .the door q'uietly,. you're j
being consider"ate of others.
' PRACTISE POLITENESS
Do `your' bathtub singing when
.your siste'l' isn't trying to' dress •
for her date.
i'ou'lt profit from the re-ojn-
enation. You'll ,be developing a
habit of doing for the ether 'per-
aon vrhat you expect • him ,to .do
fav- you.
Even if you're the only boy in
the family, "don't expect . every
one else to be your • servant. ,Make
your a turn-abottt's fair -play
home.
A' chore or two helps develop ,a
sense of, responsibility. '
• Learning to hang ewer • pants
so they won't wrinkle will keep
Yon '' looking More up -to -the -
Minute and save some pressing,
And cleaningg'bills, too.
Some courtesiek'. like seating
Mother when Dad isn't home
Willyou make 'ou•feel perfectly na-
ro the trine i"lrfh@S to
t4tral when .
teat your best girl,•
•
There's a lot of 'comfort tri
practicing politeness. .
1,
,:
C,a e e History of Victim
• Should • Be. .Known Before
Treatment
Temperatures do not •hate to go ,
below freezing to cause frostbite;'
' The American\ Congress ofPhys-
ical Therapy last fall discussed the
problems of frostbite.and chilblains
very. fully,: i .
"Individuals ' w ith wet clothing
shoe or gloves, are 'particularly
susceptible to, the 'effect Of cold '
Weather," Dr. Frank V. Theis of
Chicago. told the Congress. •
Dr.. Theis, who is-knoWni for. Iles.
researches on circulatory, diseases
of the extremities; urged physicians
.to look carefully into the history
• Of, frostbite victims ande,,,h ,, },ire -
the patient is not the vidtini of
some -preexisting circulation 'dis-
order. ' Middle-aged people With eV-,
en a small amount of hardening',,
of the arteries••are susceptible. Any
° person over: 40 who has ;developed
diabetes is automatiea.11y suspect
'of arterial: change in tile feet and
should he warned against, the den-,
gees Of ,Wet and expoini'e ereii, in
above zero weather.,•
In ,these . people a. mail alrouut
of change hi the appearance of the;
feet may be dismissedtoo care-
lessly,• .as'not. amounting to frosts
bite. Or they receive unsatisfactory
'' treatment -of the conditirin.
Mouse Found In
Middle of Read''
That old motorist gag a.bobt find-
ing a tree. oj•.a pause in the mhiddle
of the highway became' a reality
at•. I3•addo'nfiel(i',' N. 14; when amt..
. &i drivers 'did see a house hi the
'middle of the toad;
Ate' dwelling, a convent, Was be.
ing moved from one site to •anoth
lilctck away
k when the timbers
a
gave way. 'The house remained'
the middle' of 06 read ovef+riigbt,
and the 'moire remained itt fit i
house.
E E g, • : E R AN
.►M R
1.q AAID
' •"The probability of an ult'
ate British .'victory is 'ovetor-
wheirning .,if Britain survives,
this spring 'and'summer "—
Henry F.,'Stimson, U. S. Sec •
n -eta
ry cif War, -
'!'United States" iriterv.entron
to help Britain <can --'have no -•-
other,effect than to deepen the
ultima4.e collapae'.of Europe!",_.—
Col.. Charles A. Lindbergh.
' .'*Great :Britain can 'd €at
Germany with the aid .'of the
U.•, S."—Gen, George C. Mar-
,shall, ,•U n i t e .0. States Arm'y'
Chief of Staff..:, , ,•
The world. Iver picture changed
11-
rry- l.itt''e du"ring'- the week; .the
'ielat.ive aesition''of the two ()lief
. Y, �,•
' all. But
1t red ,not et'
• 1.17 tte�
is a e
be g,
on file • home fronts everywhere .
feverish preparations , were being
made to'nieet the great sFlring cris-
is arid whatever:14, night bl ing'., .
Climax Before May • •
'
N. one ',doubted that the war
would' reach' a grand climax 'at
some date within the neatt \ three
monts. Many and dire. were tile
predictions made by military, and'
diplomatic experts of 'a dozen coma
trite!. 'Drew Middleton,. one of the
Associated•Preas' best men'in• Lot=
don, Rrote :that informed quarters
'there seriously expected the migh-
tiest,• onslaught of'history, with,
•'bombin•g' on an' unihagined' scale
and :the:.ttse_of_evei:y-_tttntlerit heap.-.__
on, , including flame=thr?owet•s • and
gas, ''to .be,lann.c'hed .upgn the •Bri-
tieh Isles before ..the first -of • May.
m
,eiany, • he bel'reve•d, 'would • try.
to .break Britain at that• '•fine aim
to w i•li ' the, war . ;ant one blmc,
etain nei-eitheides would beat off,'
'the Nazi invasion attempt••et the
cost of' half her, air' force, three- •
quarters of liner• battle 'tle,,et and at'•'.
least '250,0110: troops.'
Confident 'of• Outcome
Military experts •in.• the Ln.i•ted---
Sta•tes„ confronted nith'ihese 'and.
similar prognostications, generally,
agreed that. Britain was feeing just
snch•a contingency as :lir, Middle
tan ootfln:ei, but in'the main they;
• rere. canfident- •of the outcome.
Witness General Marshall, •L'. S.
Arms . Chief' of Staff before the
Y
Senate For eia n .Relations • Commit.;
tee: The present ,situation is ser-.
ions -one •of the most, critical •per-
•' -rod's nil the history of • the.,world— •
but Britain Mill' win out eventually
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Yr'
rt•
'Tway Australians Set Italians on the Run
•
To :nen like; these - Auetralian shock -troops — I1 Duce Mussolini's
fortified Libyan bases of 'Bardia and' Tobruk fell. These Missies take
time out for a snack: before continuitng their drive' into Italian' Libya.
With, the American.; aid' eontemplaa"
ed.. under, the' 'lease -lend' hill."
Cold Statistics .
Thetse men in . Washington . evho
- leoked,_at_tlie,_polel.etatiefies 0 the
• case (German superiority . in the
adr, 4'.to lj. -aid saw Britain eti)L
on.. top, based. their optimism on
several factors In' •tile situation: •
prospects of full American material' '
' aid': Irl'its'•;Br•.i•tain'so•ryn--1?rodttetianP
the. natural geographic advantages
possessed' by .England; • the super-
iority. • of .:British flying,•personnel•.
and the high level of ,British mor-,
ale. Americana officials appeared . .
• quite.pertain that Germany • ceuid_e
,never'., land • enough troops on Brie • .
-fish. soil - i l to establish a bridgehead _.
.unless she. had" complete,, nnques-
., :toned dont of ,of the air oyer the
'Channel arid.- over England.
Army of Attack
Aside from acttial invasion, 'the
greatest:menace presented to Great
Britain by 'Germany ,is • the Nazi
counter -blockade:. Last week :it was
•expected that Hitler. would resume •
his .'campaign, lapsed for some.:
weeks -`now, agai 1St shipping in the .
north Atlarltic''and. attack• with un
precedented violence,' using sub-
marines, planes, ern -free raiders. At
' that time the pr'eblern of peetecting
convoys• mould reveal itself:as:more'
• pressing than'ever.. The • hand ,of
• the United States :might be frced,
if it. were found- to •be imperative
to , have 'American • vessels help,
carry American -produced war ma
terials across the water.to Blitaiir.
Writigg, on the Wall
The' Italian crisis deepened dun!'
•ing the, week, . With! the: Fascist
• armies . Josing oult •ori every front .
and. domestic, unrest flaring into
man-sized riots in indltstrial cen- •!,
•• -tree- of northern • Italy...Mussolinl,
.'whose.i. lay of reckoning appeared
• 'closer than'ever• tit hand, did what ,'I
he. could' to, repair the deplorable
military situation in Africa and Al-
•batiia—with. the aid 'of Nazi tanks,
men and dive -bombers - and sup-. •
Pressed the .ulirisings''at home by
catling 'out .his BlackS•hirted rax-
eis..t 1111_4:Leif the _sin-.._
• ister German. Gestapo (no* over.
•.running Italy'). His regime was tot-
tering. 'Seen as most likely tp drive
M'trssplini from power would be ,a.
general, revolt iu the army.' .Last,
week the. rumblings. of 'coming mil-
itat•y ins -lure ytipjr were iihard in,
many quarters . Csoldiers efought
along'sid'e•' rioters: in Milan and Tar -
and. the name of M+ard>;al -
Pietro Badoglio was mentioned. a•S '
key "man'•ia an early move 'to owl',
11 l?uce, '
"It's All My Fault" •
• Blame for one of the Mott eo,]-
ossal mistakes in all history was,
last week 'taken ,upon his own
shoulders by 'premier Prince 'loon•
oye of, Japan. "It's all my fault,"
declared this :super -aristocrat •who
• le beyond the reach of., personal
criticism in Japan, referring to the
"China •: incident;' and it's loss of
hundreds of thousands bf Japanese.
dices and expenditure' of billions 4f
doll"ars-a wart Which began .thrh e'
'instoei • Churchill -.111
Though
Ina,
•
and e half years ago and shows. nt
prospect of .ending favorably for
Japan. `.
The Miraculous Chinese, hearten
ed by President ltogseveit's recent^
announcement' of a $10.0 000.0.00
Cliiria aiil program," `might soon
take the, offensive In the 'war with
pan, it. was inthniated last week
in New York by, China's finanoe
minister, Dr. T. V. Soong.' "With
the .Japanese army strung out over
a very wide •area, ae;n.oralized and
discouraged , by,'a war that has no.
end, ' a .determined offensive \cam-'
paigu could hay'€ fi}r=reaehint, re '
sults," he said.
•• Money,' Money . ' .
Signe, were aecomtng More eche.
spleuous last week in the ISomin-
'lon that in the session; of Parlip
•m.ent eresummg`• .•tt'ebr tia.r•y. '1? -the •
question bf•.moeree ,and the mone-
tary system ,would attract an. at-
.tenion gtilte•• out oft .,the Ordinary..
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'
4941. is eitpected to be a great Year
in war finance Operations are pro-
ceedin_' o' • the 'sea]eeed 'a, bil'li'on
dollars tor" the year, and, as new.
and more bu'r'densome conditions
have to be Met, it is logical that a
• more favorable' ea'r. 'should be hent
by the, powers at Ottawa :t✓7 sug-
gestions' that unorthodox methods
of ''war finaneing 'be} eonsidere„d,
:now that Premier' Hepburn of On-
tarso has brought 'the, question 'to
dramatically to the fore.
In the new session 'of'Parliament,
: further • war apprgpriations' will , be
made; another and heav'ier,..Budget
brought down—possibly in March; '
1,00C,000 More
To Pay Taxes
to Dominion This Year.
$3.75,000,000 Revenue Bstim.
ated by Federal Minister
Qt1 Income, Piiofits.
• ,gout 1,264,0.0 Canadians„51,0.0.0,-' •
,1000 „mare than: co atributed to the
Federal Treasury in 'ihoome taxmen
1939 earnings, will pay Dominion
income taxi an 1940 earnings, ,'Rev-
e'nue Minister,G]!ieon''deciered,';.
He urg.ed'al•i who possibly could
-to' take advantage of the' ..Goyern-
teent's lestal.ment•'payrn'ent• plan,,
•devised-.to,make increased tax bar-..
' . lens -easier., ori' the 'Public., •
• .At his • first press: • conference •
sincehe beeam.e,RevenueMinister .
oast; defy, Mr. Gibson•' estimated-,
Federal revenue from in.tome taxes,
and exceee'profits en 194b eaenings'.
at $875;0.0:0,009: •
Breakdown of this. total .foliowe:
National 'defer -se 'tax,. $35,000,011,0;
individual Itreameetax; -$'1-1-0;B00,AO6'
•corporation. taxes,., $130;000,000; ex -
"cess, profits, taxes, $100,00:0;000. '
• Steppel-np ; income' because of.
wartime iudustrial expansion, low -
'eying of .exemptions, and imposi-
tion .of ' the national 'defense tax
have inereased e the number of in•-
come -tax• payers• from: the .264.9P0.*
who contributed. to . the 'Federal
Treasury on 1939: earnings. On 1939
'earnings: the personal tax' was $46,- .\
000,000, and the -c-orporatibn • tax
,177;000;000:
a wheat_policy villi ha o bP'de _
,
Far.'rriers'To Ottawa:
Delegates • from , the •,Canadian
• • l*ederatitit3 of - AgriEtrlt'ttxa.: _vvho..•.._
• journeyed' to,'Ottawa last week en'
joyed a sympathetic audience :with
the Prime' Minister , and with Sir.•
Gardiner,. Minister of Agriculture,
"hut came•, away w ithotit assuranee
that - anything : definite' wou1.1. be ,.
done by the Federal Goveinmeni
to Delp.' Lhe. •CanacIfair .farm?r .in
wartime.. They 'heard, b'6wever,
that• more satisfactory. 'farm Prices
Were likely .to eventuate if the
near •eve ape. •as.'expec
During" the week, announcem•eri.t.
' .was': matte that a number • of Lri- ,
tisk industriree•would'meve bag and
baggage. to- Canada . •.'.. and that
the: one-month compulsory military
• training peri6d 'for. young Called-. '
' :inns might. b,e . extended , .te four
months..
•
Marriages jumped. .to :record
heights in •Winnipeg. during 1940,
city • officinals axinounce•d:.; During .
the year, •4,059 marriages were..
,perforn'ied'•eo pared with the pre-
.
•
Mous re aid' of 3,77 10''in 1939: On-
,ti1 1939,iniii s .gr
eates
tyear
for marriages watt 1912, when 3;503
couples were married.
4 grand flavour. the
whole family
likes.! ;, ' et
-LIFE'S LIKE THAT
By Fred Neheir .
"Ain't ya ever goin'? 1 got a livin' to make! !"
Lord of the Admiralty'
I�aY��"SY,i
Thot gh a warlike Console e :'• lien
:elected to parliament ift t9Ot), ('hur,•Ihd'l
stiddenly , (Mit the •party : ctoesed
the
floortothe L:beralside. To the rage
•
of hie .former 'pat•tisane he became a
•tree trade ad'v'ocate, almost a radical..
in 1910 Churchill, riding the tide of Liberal
e horse secretary itt' the ith As w
t•ictor3>,, becam ytJ •
• cabinet. An admirer of tile brilliant young
T nglishnian vies t -he 'former- ' German Kaiser,
with whom he it hon ABOV) I'
Alwat`5 energetic, in I9i1 ,Churchill person -
'Ally l 'led a force . of 750 policemen in ant attack
en a.house in 'Sidney St., Loudon, 'believed to
be the hattgout of a gang• of anarchists. • No
'anarchists• were found ' -nnty two dead -jewel
irhtev'e's. `
1\ •
Ilec'entin a • first lord of. the -admiralty
•,
in 1912 Churchill acted; quickly to
cOunteract the growing 1tlenaco of Ger:
man sea; power by. completely ,i•ehr- •
g
•anizin the British nate'. It wad L '
'Peetaetil'ar eceornplishntent. -
• t