The Wingham Advance-Times, 1940-05-09, Page 3Thursday, May 9th, 1940 WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES PAGEETHREE
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with “mother” ships were in the
squadron, the forerunner of an even
larger Franco-British naval force ex
pected at Alexandria, The ships were
in full fighting trim,
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Athens —>• Arrival of a British-
French battle fleet in Alexandria and
reports of large-scale Italian naval,
air and army concentrations in the
Dodecanese Islands switched South
eastern Europe’s anxiety over possible
Spread of the war sharply to Greece,
Athens itself was calm, but alert.
Italy Cautious
Rome — ..Italy, as though anxious
to avoid war, displayed official cau
tion'amidst tension oyer the Mediter
ranean which extended from Athens
across the Atlantic to Washington.
The Italian tendency was to regard
as unnecessary the manoeuvrings of
Allied war fleets in the Mediterranean
now at Alexandria, as well as diplo
matic attempts to keep the war from
being spread by Italian action.
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Stockholm Finds Sabotage Ring
Stockholm — Discovery of a pow
erfully armed sabotage ring was dis
closed with the arrest of G. Rittmann,
merely identified as "a foreigner,”
whose home was said by police to
have been turned into a bomb-manu
facturing plant.
May Ask Italy Limit Imports
Paris — Authoritative quarters said
that Italy may soon be asked by the
Allies to follow the example of other
neutrals by limiting her imports of
goods which may later find their way
across the border to^Germany. ,
Officer Joins Air Force
Robert France, who has been Traf
fic Officer on this, section of the pro
vincial highway for the past two
years, has resigned his position, and
has joined up with the Canadian Air
Force,—Mildmay Gazette.
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sion were unfounded, but nevertheless
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Allies Withdraw from Southern
Norway
London-f-The Allies withdrew from
Namsos and left Southern Norway
and the fronts immediately north and
south of Trondheim in the hands of
the enemy. But in doing so they em-
bared with the withdrawing expedi
tionary force — at least in the south
— all,‘the Norwegian troops which
Norway’s high command decided
could be best employed elsewhere.
Norway’s King Haakon was reported
aboard a British warship bound for
his country’s northern area. Despite
the announcement of withdrawal, a
reliable military source declared em
phatically that Great Britain has “no
intention of abandoning Norway.”
From an English medical journal
comes the news that the use of Vita
mins A and D by intramuscular in
jection is a valuable remedy, in Influ
enza. An English physician says that
“from personal experience, in several
epidemics, as well as observation on
my own family and intelligent pa
tients, I,,feel convinced .that an injec
tion given early in the disease will us
ually abort it.” He recites the histor
ies of severe cases which were com
pletely well in three days. Most of his
work has been done with vitamins A
and D in combination, In severe cas
es he gives 2 cubic centimeters (about
31 grains) at once, repeated as re
quired. There are no contra-indica
tions and the injections may be used
with any other treatment indicated.
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■ London — It was disclosed that a
man was arrested at Euston railway
station and charged, with-possession
of an “offensive weapon” shortly be
fore the King and Queen arrived from
Lancashire. The return of the King
and Queen from a tour of arms fac
tories in Lancashire was otherwise un
eventful.
exandria,. within striking distance of
the Italian-owned Dodecanese Is
lands. The long line of gray warships
stretched from Alexandria harbor al
most to the horizon. Battleships,
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Got Only Limited Assurance
Rome — Count Galeazzd Ciano, It
alian foreign minister, has given the
United States ambassador only limit
ed assurance of the Rome’ Govern
ment’s peaceful intentions, it Was re
liably reported. As official Italians
expressed indifference at Allied pre
cautionary measures in the Mediter
ranean,r including dispatch of a battle
■fleet* to Egypt, William Phillips/ the
American envoy, was reported to have
been told by Count Ciano only 'that
Italy^* coptemplates no warlike moves
within the next 10 days.
Tension at the Vatican
Paris — Reports reaching
from competent sources in Rome dis
close that tension is mounting be
tween the Italian Government and the
Vatican over the Holy See’s refusal
to follow Italy’s lead in adopting a
pro-German war attitude. '
Paris
B.C. Gas Strike Ends
Victoria—British Columbia’s week
long gasoline drought ended with
Premier T. D. Fattulo announcing a
settlement had been reached between
the Provincial Fuel Board and the
province’s oil industry. Supplies start
ed'moving to service stations immed
iately, The fuel board had agreed to
reduce wholesale gasoline prices one
cent a gallon instead of three cents.
Conant Considers Vigilahte Plan
Toronto — Attorney-General Gor
don Conant announced at the con
clusion of a conference of Ontario
traffic officials that consideration will
be given to a proposal for appoint
ment of "vigilantes” among “response
ible motorists” who would report
reckless and discourteous driving in
cidents to provincial police.
A, F. of L. Would Back' Reich Revolt
New York —■ Bedrick Stanipher, re
fugee Czecho-Siovakiari editor, said he
had been promised "ittgral support and
money, too,0 from the American Fed
eration of Labor to back a revolution
against Hitler in Germany and the
countries Germany has taken over.
Stamphcr said he addressed the Penn
sylvania convention 6f the A.F.L. in
Pittsburg and received assurances of
support itt hti attempt to revive the
trade union movement throughout
Central Europe.
(Science Service News)
Soils may be divided, on the basis
of their reaction, into two groups, acid
and alkaline, states H. J. Atkinson,
Division of Chemistry, Science Serv
ice, Dominion Department of Agricul
ture. Alkaline soils are characterized
by the presence of appreciable quanti
ties of calcium (lime) and sodium
compounds. Acid soils," bn the other
hand, contain varying amounts of
hydrogen ions which have replaced
the calcium or sodium ions. The re
action of a soil is usually defined in
terms of its hydrogen concentration,
and is expressed by a scale of num
bers,’ running from 0 to. 14, which is
known as the “pH” scale. Soils with
a pH value of more than 7 are alka
line; those with a pH of less than 7
are acid. Soils with a pH value of
7.0 are known as neutral soils.
Those soils in which sodium com
pounds ..predominate are commonly
known as “alkali” soils. They occur
only intermittently and constitute a
very small proportion of Canadian
soils. Usually the presence of exces
sive amounts of salts and poor phys
ical conditions (due to the presence
of so much so.dium) make such soils
difficult to handle properly. Soils
which are slightly alk'aline due to the
! presence of lime compounds occur
: somewhat more frequently, are in bet
ter physical condition than those in
which sodium compounds 'predomin
ate, and are usually quite fertile. A
very large proportion of the soils in
Canada, however, are acid soils and
range in pH values from 3 to 7. Un
der climatic conditions where precipi
tation exceeds evaporation, the percol
ation of water downward through the
soil layers causes considerable leach
ing. In -this process the soil bases,
particularly lime, are removed from
the surface and their places taken by
hydrogen ions, thus forming acid
soils.
While many soils which are only
sljghtly acid cart be classified as good
soils, conditions of extreme acidity are
frequently harmful and should be cor
rected, for example, by addition of
lime. These harmful conditions may
be caused by the soil acids themselv
es, or by the presence of aluminum
whichJs rendered soluble by the acids,
or to the lack of calcium which.may
cause either a deficiency of this elem
ent for plant growth or poor physical
condition of the soil. In soil studies,
it is difficult to separate these factors.
In acid soils, conditions are unfavor
able to the growth and activities of
Soil bacteria which are needed in the
breakdown of organic matter and in
t.he release of nutrients for plant food,
The effect of the reaction of the soil
in plant growth varies with the crop.
Some crops Will grow well only with
in relatively narrow ranges of soil re-,
action, for example, alfalfa, which
grows well under neutral or slightly
alkaline conditions hat will not grow
on very acid soils. Other crops are
tolerant of large variations and wilt
grow well tinder ipiite a range of con
ditions. It is impossible to draw «p
any precise list and assign various
plants to definite pH ranges, since
other factors as the amounts of
Nine, otgabic niatter, moistute, etc,,
may also have a considerable effect
on the growth til 'the crop. I
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The presence of certain plants com
monly classed as weeds, frequently in
dicates acidity in the soil. The rea
son these weeds will grow in acid soil
may not be simply that they prefer
acid conditions, but because other
plants ’do not grow so well on acid
soils and thus the weeds have a better
chance to grow. In undisturbed grass
land, it is possible to tell quite close
ly the soil reaction by the kind of
plants that naturally grow best on it. j such conditions.
When the soil reaction is changed by j changed to make itlie soil less acid,
the addition of the proper chemicals, J scab may appear on the potatoes.
the growth of certain plants will be
greatly stimulafed, resulting in the
crowding out and almost complete
elimination of other species.
The occurrence of certain plant dis
eases is also associated with soil re
action. Many of these diseases occur
only on acid soils. Potato scab on the
other hand, does not occur on acid
soils below a certain pH value, and
potatoes can be safely grown under
If the reaction is
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Soil reaction may be changed by the
continuous use of certain fertilizers.
Thus, the ammonium sulphate will
tend to make the soil more acid and
calcium cyanamide will tend to make
it more alkaline. The common method
of correcting soil acidity, however, is
by the addition of ground limestone.
Soils may be made more acid by ap
plications of sulphur. It may be pref
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which will tolerate existing soil condi
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POSSIBLE ROUTES FOR NAZI INVASION OF SWEDEN
Following reports that Germany is what the next move of Chancellor Hit- event that Germany launches an at-
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