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
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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. •
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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
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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
•
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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.
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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.
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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.• •
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