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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-05-15, Page 3a: Canadian Due Marathon Baer Teal Flew ,3,500 'Mlles From' Western Prairies to *Colette, bia, South America's • 'The long-distance. flight of, a young blue -winged teal from the • prairies of Western Canada to South America ire revealed by a recent bird -banding recovery ' re- cord received by the Department: of "Mines arid -Resources. this duck, mar1ed ' with ; an official numberedleg band near Lang rutli, • Manitoba, during . Septena ber; 1940, flew about `8,500 miles.. to ' Coyaima, ; Colbmbia, South America, ` where ,, •it as ' shot • in March, 1941... - The short • but uiteresting• his- ` tory of this wild direr' illustrates'. the value' of marking,birds with •• •official numbered bands.' Once a • bird . is banded it assumes an in-'• • "dividuality which; makes possible e iIs acing of its .Migration routes and the:recording of its life 'his • - tory: The, information collected in, this manner is used iii the ad- ministration and' framing of bird.' 'protection' laws to conserve and'.. - •perpetuate the various 'species. • BIRDS, 'ARE INTERNATIONAL:• Because' birds are international,'. the work of banding them is con- ducted in full co=operation . be -1; f)ween ' the Canadia L . a es overnments, 'and a cer - to' a cer tain extent with .Newfoundland, Mexico., .end South `American countries., In 'Canada most of'the . banding isdone by about 2Q0 vol- . untary workers, • who hold permits 'Issued under the authority of the Migratory Birds 'Convention Act. ' These' permits are issued only to persons with .ornithological ,knowl . edge, and only official' numbered :'bands', are. used. ' Private, .citizens .' :can ' co-oPerate• 'by ,reporting : full . _ _par.,tieelars--of--any---banded---lairds- , ' ''which, come to their attention. to the National: Parks" Bureau, 'Ot-; tawa, Where the Canadian records are 'kept... • Kreisler. Near Death • Cored loon of Fritz Kreisler, world -famed violinist ' and coin poser,, and Tete—gee—from bis "na- tive Austria, last week was re- cited. much worse in a New York hospital where he was taken after being struck by a truck. , 'Neon Lights, Food Grow Faster . In Britain•neon tubes are'being ' oh 'employed for a new ' and vital :purpose.. ' At the plant breeding • station at Merton, Surrey, and the research station at Cheshunt, Herts, there .are 'miniature neon ' tubes in ,greenhouses. Called "ir- : ' . radiators," they give off . a dull. red glow and ' speed up• plant growth, ' • The idea, orginatcd ir1' Holland, wherb it wasfound possible' to ripen straw'be'rries .rode. glass in '"Febrpary. Neon lighting has also 'been used -on sugar -beet,: •cucum- ber's, ' melons, lilies -of the -galley, primroses, begonias, and. roses. Seedl`iiigs grow quickly out of the s tenser'staget•at which they are.. easy vietinis'of pests, , • . One'-'inr-A MlllTlon • Has Nerveless Teeth lVl1$s Irma.:Lieref 217 -of Regent, N.D., isthat rare individual you've often heard about, -one in 1,000,000: . ' She gained that distinction ' be- cause she can't hal' . a toothaeltet if a teeth, n ortrnal ill every Other' .respect, have no ne'r'ves, I+lo • nerves, 'no toothache. ' ' MISS Lien's unusual ease cane $o' light recently when etre went to a. dentist to have her, teeth looked after. Ihre of a drill •on, feta small decayed spots 'brought no signs of cliscosnfort and' lit X-ray disclosed the .voting worn- . air's teeth do not have nerve tette Alt, bat are solid formatrons,•aii- though 'srnrlial', in every other Way to ,normal teeth.'. JUST TOO TOUGH it .will be Toronto'a bad: 'luck if it :becomes a real seaport 'only to find, that '.it" can'tget credit for the fact and must be. referred to merely as "A southern Ontario port." ornnto;-St.ar .TIMBERLESS FARMS -There are plenty, of farms in `Old Ontario where .the owner can- N.'riot: cut a stick, .or'.a stake or a Prop. It is not Well for a Winer to be entirely at .the,,, mercy of the. fuel Barons. and . thre •' ;tuniiber merchants. .. :Plant, at least''500 trees! •: •--Fa'imei"s Advocate REDUCE, NIGHT SPEED Ontarip, had 642 traffic fatali- ion••--194.0--,ail-- increase e over, 1939 -and more ,than one- half .of .them 'occurred at might.' This fact; gives point to the sug- gestion that the legal speed limit automtically should be reduced when, darkness falls, perhap's to • 35 m.p.h..on the .highways'' and 20 on ..city streets.. • t - Ottawa. Journal Every Hundred' n ' IS Stat ereF Defect , Usually. develops. ' In,_ Fifth Grade of. Public Schools • . --Bays Suffer Oftener . Prof: Harry, „of .' :Syracuse 'University beli'eveS ,there • if' little if any truth • in 'the :saying that Ieft-handed •' children, Who ° '.'pater- were. taught , to use"their. •rig ht'hand•s' are.'stutterers. •Reltm_ an, _ _'chair nate.__ __ f -the School' a •Speech' and Dramatics._ at .Syracuse,. told. a .local' 'Science forumn.:that of 1,600 tested stud-' • ents entering Syracuse; only one :Of' 77 r 'ho 'bad .their handedness changed, awe's 'afflicted ' • ' Heitman said there are••about. 1,300,000 persons .in.' the. United._ States- who stutter: The ratio is one - stutterer amng ca very 100 .persons.:' MORE BOYS STUTTER "It • is interesting ,•to' • no,te," he' .'added:, '"that stuttering is • likely • to 'develop in ,children! during the. fifth grade in •scho'oi When they 'ere about 11`.years old. It,.is•also ' difficult to: !explain;",.. he' added, ''"why. boys' haye a 'greater ten-. de ,cy to. stutter than girls."• Prof.Heltman said 'there are at .least three. times ,as many boys. _ afflicted.as.aregir-ls... : Light. Pillows indicafe . Quality A pillow, care be checked for • • resilience by depressing its centre with the palm of the hand. If it t-gtiickly xEgains its 's a ep • after the presstire is removed,' there is still . life and buoyancy in the feathers. . If not, it is indication that the feathers are_.probably worn out•and anew pillow need ed. Good quality feather pillows are light' in Weight, --an • all -down pillow . ' 21 by . 2'X inches ''weighs abont' one and a half pounds, goose and chicken feather pillows of thesame size weigh orie and two poundsmore respectively:-• TheB�ok' Shell.:. "'BETWEEN +W!') 'WORLDS") By Upton Sinclair'' This new novel by the eminent' American - Writer is' three ' things • in one -a fascinating story rich with incident andintrigue; an in- timate ' retie* of, significant 'ev- ents in that turbulent, ' wealthy era. 'which. • began with the Treaty .of ,Versailles and ended with th'e : 1920 crash;' and an analysis of the ills that beset our times. The 'book includes six full- length love stories; four weddings and two separations; two 'murders and one 'near -hanging. The scenes ace set in' a Riviera villa, a Ger- man castle, three French chateaux and an imitation one on; Long Island; '.three yacht cruises ' and many. .visite to Paris, , London, Berlin, Muniehr Geneva, Genoa,, Rothe 'and Leningrad. Historic characters' met on' the pages in- clude Hitler, Mussolini, Johfii , Sargent, Lincoln Steffens, Isadora • Duncan and "Sir . Basil Zarahoff. Upton . Sinclair''s central theme is the world of the 'iWentieth cen- 'tory, and it is enough 'to have 'lived in that time, to Understand and enj&y the story. The title is taken from line's by' Arnold . , . alletaveen two, worlds, • the one dead, the, other power, less to• be born.'! "Between Two Worlds'." . by. Upton Sinclair,... Toronto: Mad trrilh.n Company of Ca*iida 01, r• $325 . Fire'' hydrants et -different 001 - ours aecording •te the Site of the Water . ni.'`Lirte serving thenn are in uaa in Atinapolie, in liferyland, MONSTER OF T;H,' ,Alit FLIES TO BRITAIN` FROM U.S. On the Way to England •for service there, or on one . of the Empire air lines, a ;huge Boeing Clipper stops temporarily, at Lagnardia Fieldafter, flyi>ag from Seattle. • H;E W: A''R .• W. E E.K—Commentary, on Current Events PREPARES TO .FIGHT DEMOCRACY AGAIN I"Freedom • of . erocrac: in d Y thee,. work! . .' is the kind of have-fo falter, for w :slt_isce_ agfit----- before, for ,the existence of which we are ever' ready to fi �it a 8. President; • fl. $ Roosevelt. , ' The story of .last week's' develop- ments in the war abroad was ,punc-, tuated on this side of the, Atlantic' by, a series of sharp, Oinore action" • utterances which came from the lips" of 'the key men In the Roose velt . Cabinet, and from „the Presi- dent himself. • in a' 'speech dedicating as -a ,shrine the birthplace of ,Great War, Persident' :Woodrow Wilson; 'Mr.' Roosevelt clearly annunciated the .. American decision '-= "we are ever •ready to, fight. again, for 'the free= dom of. democracy :in the ,world." • Catiilg For. •'More Action". Last week as : the• United 'States ''stobd on ,the• brink before declar- Jug foriaai'-war on :the Axis; the United Press 'published a review of some of the significant ,'state- ment made -'Within th• .rev nus "• month by responsible U. S. Govern- •• meat officials and influential lead- •. ers. 'It showed how' "step-by-step" the United States had been ab- andoning its non -belligerent policy T. affrd- 1 arntg for-fntervention on the side .of Britain: April. 9' (Maritime. Commission Chairman Emory S. Land) ,— "In• •the_field• of shipping -aid -to -Britain, • there is a huge bonfire burning '•--',' the submarine . menace* . We 'might well ask „ourselves •in 'our all'-eut 'aid to, Britain . •if we could - not give greater help by:•aiding the British to `put out the fire''rather' than by, concentrating -meet of our MOM; . on feeding It with•fuel. April 24• (Secretary of State Cor- dell' Hull) : --• "It is high time that.. the remaining f r e e countries should arm to the, tulles extent and in the briefest time hu only pos. ',Bible, and ant for their\ se. - ser= • vatien . . Aid (to. Britain) 'mist reach its destination in the •short- .e9t time in maximum quantity. So. • ways const be found to do' tills. • "Make Promise Geed" April .24:, (Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox) -•- "We have declared tbat.tlie fight that England is mak, ingis'our tight&... Having gone ' thus,far we. cannot back dotyri , : Hitler, cannot allow our war sup- plies and food to reach England he will be defeated• if they do. We -cannot allow eur ,goods to be sunk' In the Atlantic -= we shalt 'be beat- en if they. are. We•must make :our promise good to give aid to BA:- ' tain. We must Bee the jell through." • April 35 (Presid'ent Boosevelt)••'•- "rClnited States, neutrality patrols will be sent as far into the waters 'of the seven seas as may be nee• • - essary ;for the .protection 'of the. Arderican. hemisphere." --•- pril 3 res . en sevelt)e- "Legal' authority exist' to send American warships' . into combat, .zones:: .. this does: not'necessar-• ily mean such action :will be tak- - 'en." Course Chosen April 29, (Secretary of'Cominerce Jesse ,Jones)' - "We have chosen our course `.' . to .give all possible aid to ' those countries which , are fighting to•, preserve :their inde- pendence ' and our., way : of life .. . more sacrifices are in, store for tis.', April. 30 (Presiden.t'. Roosevelt)- "We - must fight this threat (of ag- . from her. Black 'Sea front to her gression) wherever it.,appears ..." ,J• 'southern 'Coastline in. the eastern,, ' A Critical Situation. • May 2 (1'resiet oosevelt) -- "Arms production mug! be stepped ' up to meet •tile .ever-inereasing de-. ' wands . for munitions, planes and ships, caused_ by the- ciritical:situa- tion which' confronts otu' ration,: ' May 3 (Wendell'Wiilkie) --e"The state of.sinkings,.is so serious that .= • *e .should •priitect our cargoes .• of arms and foods to England." ,,May 4 - President Roosevelt's statement quoted' at the head of this column ' '• 1, -May -5 (President- Roosevelt}'. y.. "Co'mmand of the air by the democ- raciesmust and can be• achieved." (Increased • production • of heavy • bombers :had been ordered,) - • Ma -5 (House Na's'al Affairs Coop- mittee Chairnian Carl Vinson "I am for Convoy's now." ' May . 5 (Rep. E. E. • Cox, Tem,, Georgia) -- "Of Bourse •we are going to convoy and gave are;, going to convoy right away.". "Shall '• We Now Flinch?" • ' May 6 ' (Secretary of War Henry atory to: concurrentdrives toward e • Middle 0 b t rs-�vo�i a e ] • Suez and' tli Atlentic, and in' oil - rich Iraq, Britain's air base • for the whole 'M dle'East•, Where•Nati inspired revolt flared, appeared to•• be in dangerof spreading to en- velop neighboring oring Arab countries: In the lattercase- the possibilities' would. have to be taken into con, sideration, hat '�. vast , Arabian' -' force. Would be thrown against 'the British ,in: theNear East;• that'.the. ----ars poWe a gain e • ases they needed to develop:their drive • from; the, east against the Suez Carfa'L and', Egypt; • that' Britain would lose �: ssential oil •pipelines. which • feed her Mediterranean fleet.4, • Smok ng. Out ,Turkey , Turkey, Was in a worse spot than .ever .last week. Follow*ing the occu- ' nation: by :Germany: .of more . Greek'' Islands , in the Aegean, Associated Press' Kirke 'Simpson ivi'ote: "Tur- key is menaced by the possibility of 'air bombar.dnient , or invasion, Mediterranean : i,f she • resists mounting. Nazi pressure to 'abandon • heir • 1,3ritish alignment. Her eastern frontiers ails contacts with her' British allies are menaced 12i: Al* AngIo4i•aq conflict, arid she is 're• ported also hastily reinforcing her ..'defence eq. the_Turkish-Iran-boa"de-i— iii fear that; the war in 'Iraq- may • spread, in- that, direction: '(Study oft the map ,recommended)• - The Waking Sear,. 4n May Day, while signs Multi • piled •,•in of• creasing'• tension in ' Russo -German relations, the De- • fence Commissar of the :Soviet 'Un- ion S. K. Timoshenko issued '' a ...: narxiing that Russia; '!rail ;reorgani'z- ed her armed forces "in :the 'light of experience and modern Par-' fare"• and, was. ready for any. "sur- prises." He declared that the •17 Sr S. R. was ready to "offer an anni- hilating 'rebuff to 'any encitoach menta. by imperialists.;' That same ,' week Josef Stalin became Premier of the Soviet 'Union, a sign ,that ero • lane Pict BERE i8• ALL YOU HAVETO•DO,; to get photas.of the .foilotrioa acropiencs SIp,tfire Defiant . Harries= . Avacobra Fahey Battle Philo . Lockheed Radion . t Bristol Blenheim Vickers ... 'Blackburn. Skue-Dive . ber Falvey ,8woi�df eh ....Boeing Ying,Fortrew ... Sunderland Sortsnd 1,5, g13Fgc area •latest offici l p • is fell detail). Far. each•aer to yea .seat two Dor.bar. ,,rn Starch labels. is :.. ish soccify plane or rimes waste!, your rune. and • address: eoclvse necesaery labels Wad' • mail requests to •the, St.: Lawrence .Starch Co., Limited. Port' Credit, Ontario., Should Encourage 'Child's!xd•r-lile+i• Providing sufficient. space fox, a ehild to keep his toys' is one way to eneourage `orderliness. If you prefer. a chest, one :placed' un- dera .window. will do double duty' as window seat. Flank the chest t with shelves for his 'books. Have the coroners rounded. ,and . smooth _to --avioid bumitedi ; hes W ,-'Deca7-, cornonia transfers make appropri- ate decorations. ' - e ' Fur obtained from the skins cif, •" the 010=03 .rabbit can be treated? and dyed, oatl: it reseiiibles 'that . . of almost anyother animal. • Stimson)' •-- "Shall we now flinch ' Russia was; consolidating icer. vast' end permit our 'billions or dollars strength. . for the days that lay worth of munitions to be •sunk in ahead; • the Atlantic? If today the United • States. Navy' should make secure ' :the seas ftir'the' delivery of muni - ions to Britain, .it will .render as • great a service to our own conn-, try' and to the preservation of Am- erican. freedom as it has ever ren- dered in all its 'glorious history. Supplementing the efforts of the British. Navy, it can render secure all the oceans, north and south,u west and 'east, which surround our Continent. In that way, it don help to hold in cheek the onward rush of the tide of nazism until the ot'lier, • defence forces' of all the democ- racies are completed." • . * r Mediterranean Gila 'Besides the crisis In the Battle of the'Atlantic, new threats were developing ter Britain in the Medi- terranean-basin edi-terranean-basin -- %n North Africa, where the German army was re- ported. strongly. •reinforced' prep'ar- r Reports 'emanating from 'Vichy?' toldof a huge "about face'' of Rus - 'six's military'strength and a shift- ,i ing,of barge land, sea and air forces • southward toward the• Balkan and • Near Eastern frontiers Although* the reports, contained o hint of *any' kind'of'impendin 'g $ let incl- ;pry. action 'they' were described in Vichy as•, revealing a. general "jockeying forposition" thorough- out the Near East from the Blael; Sea to°the Perslan Gulf, The Sor- , let High Command also was , said to •have decided on an extensive. reinforcement of its fleets ,in the Black Sea and Caspian due, ;neeord- ing to some versions, to the pies• encs of Italian and' Germans naval forces, in that'area. 'These Russian : naval fore's, mostly ' transferred from the Baltic, were believed; to `include submarines and ,torpedo: boats: .e > ' BUDGET -HIGHLIGHT ,Personal income tax rates increased to' 15 per ceix nt apodn ' first $1,000 'taxable income from • present. rates aels' eight per cent. Excess profits tax -flat rate increased from' 12 Per cent,, ' to 22•..per cent making mininium'Corporation Tax 'now 40 g, r cent. 'National Defence 'Tax rates Increased from two to 'Hoo- per cent andfrom three to seven per cent effective July 1,. and exemptionsslightly increased- * „ Budget proposes new Succession `;.Duty Tax Act to be- come effective when legislation • given Keyal. Assent, . .atterned . aftt �icts Proviniiai. three tax of cents per , imperial gallonimposed on gasoline effective' : April 30, 1941..(No .previous • Federal gasoline tax:) • pE New 20 r .cent tax in iposed on m vuLg • picture enter;►' •tainment,and ',five .per cent tax placed on.race-track: wagers, effective immediately. s 'Tax: en:automobil'es valued .at' $900 or less 'increased front• '20 per cent to 25 per cent; :Other .group classes.tax• unchanged. • . • General sales taxlevel remains unchanged•, • .building materials 'removed front exempt •list.: *• • Sugar tax increased: from o'te cent to two cents a; pound, and on glucose by, half a cent to one. cent New tax of 10 per cent' on rail' and air travel tickets cast- ing more than •50 cents. .• • . * „ * •. Tax on malt increased fro,ey' 10''dezfa to' 12 cents and on domestic • malt syrup from 1.5' cetlts to 18 cents, -equivalent to. about five cents a gallon on beer. • Ordinary wines -tax inscreased faint 15 cents to 40 cents per gallon, sold on sparkling wines from $1.50, to $2 a gallon. C5,rbcirri c I'd'gas-taxzrcreeased front`five cents .to 2 cents per pound increasing `,soft drink"Costs by lessthan one cent a: bottle. 'Cosmetic and toilet prepar°oations rate increased 'front 10 per cennt to. •25 per cent.• Long . distance telephone earl tax. i crtmsed from six , per cent too, 10 per .cent with maxiinuni• of 50 cents from a pay station. .- •„ 4 k, Tax on playing ,cards increased_ from. 10: cents . to 15, cents. — ae :peck. . . • * • •Tax on pocket lighters increailed from 20 per tent to 25 • per cent' and on combination lighters and eases Irons 10 per cent • to 25 per cent. • " s * s •- P'aper, cigarette tubes, increased from" five cents to ten cents per 100. ,. *. •* New tariff 'concessions granted United 'Kingdom on yeti - rely of commodities in hiding. Moollens and footwear. ''Provincial ,_governments asked "to vacate personal .and corporationincome tax field for duration of wars with equi - valent compensation granted' by 'Federal Treasury. r • M M' New taxatidn 'expected to yield •$300,000,000 in full fiscal year. s s is Total revenue for o'urrent fiscal year estimated at •$1,- 3 50,000,000. " • 1 r • Total war ,and .ordinary, expenditures for current fiscal' year to be at least $1,168,000,000. s Deficit • forcurrent fiscal year estimated at $618,000,000. • Canada taking responsibility for deficit in .British foreign exchange 'account an purchases in Canada amounting possibly i to $900,000,000 in fisc*i year 1941.42:# ; British exchange deficit added to Canadian budget de- ficit Means Canada may have tete) budgetary deficit for year, 1941.42 -of 'approximately $1,500,000,000; ' Apart from money new taxation produces and pa'y'ments into superannuation, afirapity and -other funds held -by Govern- relent, and war savings, Goverhmept expects 'necessity bor. • rowing 'from people and institutions ,#ipproxiniatelyc $1,000,✓ 000,000 this fiscal year. 0 New constructions and entiippiitg• of industrial plant to. be licensed es es frem'today to., control investhtents.• • REG'LAR . FELLERS, --A ,Wise Guy' ' By GENE BY•RNES Jt. LENT BAGGY SCANLON • A, NICKEL. 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