Zurich Herald, 1930-07-03, Page 4king's Portrait on New Two -Cent Stamp I
Does Not Flatter Color Anaemic
Otttwa.—Tile Ottawa Journal re- 'The picture of icing George would
cantly said on its news page: More easily pass for one of "Foxy;
"Severe criticisms ars being level- Pertly," the deposed King of Bulgaria,
];ed at the new two -cent postagestamp who lost his throne as a result of that
'Which hasjust been put into cireula- country's participation in the grat
Von by the post office department. war on the, side of the Central ower lP h has
s. That is the chief criticism w le
;The stamp is of different design from i'I1
Vie former issue and in some respects been made of the design.
is more distinctive, instead of scroll- "Other complaints against the new
work, such as headed the former is- stamp are the rather anaemic green
sue, • two small maple leaf designs! color of it.
have been introduced which give the "It is learned that a change was
~stamp .a distinctly Canadian signiflc made in the firm of contractors for the
canoe. issue of the new stauii>.
But the chief criticism is being di- "The issue of stamps of 'other de-
noted . against the representation of nominations will not be circulated for
Bing • George, which is the main tea- a time, according to one post office
tura of the design. official."
Blood Transfusion I Does Farming Pay?
nors Sought Just Ask Denmark
Pull That Cord!
Science Discovers Many Uses Co-operation Keeps Men Em -
For Blood ransfusion ployed—Highest Wages
The increase in the use of blood
transfusion has been so great of late Cope g.—
nha en Whilo the numbers of
that the Royal Victoria Hospital, unemployed are on the increase in
Montreal, is in need of a correspond-
ing increase in its permanent donor
list of people who are willing to com-
bine a service of the greatest humani-
tarian value with personal remunera-
tion.
• The reason for this donor list is
that human beings fall into four
groups for purposes of blood trans-
fusion; and it is dangerous to give
any person blood except from an in-
dividual of his own group. The tests
for the proper grouping of individuals
take time and the people on the
'donor list whose groups are known
can be called upon inmoments of ex-
treme emergency. Many students
have paid their way through college
!by selling their blood, but students
are transients and it is the aim of
the Royal Victoria Hospital to have
upon its donor list a group of mien
and women who are permanent resi-
dents and who could be counted upon
ii times of emergency.
There is no greater life-saving mea-
sure known to medical science to -day
!than the use of blood transfusion, it is
said, When first introduced it .was
. looked upon as a measure to be em -
Paid
Lonely Dwellers on St. Kilda Island
To Be Placed on Scottish. Mainland
Lonocln, --• The 13ritish Government
has deolded to accede to the unani-
mous petition fromthe fisherfolk of
the loud Island of St, Kilda, off the
northern Scottish coast, to move thein
from that desolate spot. T. Joluiston,
Undersecretary of State for Sootland,
replying to a question in the idolise
of Commons on June °17, said that he
had visited St. Kilda and that mea-
sures for carrying out the evacuation
and placing the inhabitants, who num-
bered about 05, on the mainlean, were
now receiving attentiou.
There was no scheme for the re-
settlement of the islanders, but every
endeavor would be .made to sell the
sheep on the island and the proceeds
would be applied to the cost of the
evacuation, The sheep referred to are
a peculiar goatlike breed, black,
hardy and almost wild.
The only means the people of St.
Kilda had of raising money to buy
stores was by spinning wool plucked
fromtheir sheep, whioli feed on the•
scanty grass of the towerilrg rocks.
By combing, ,spinning and weaving
the wool into cloth ,they could make
about $25 each annually,
In stormy weather the relief of lone-
ly islands off the coast of Scotland
was not only an expensive but a pre-,
carious undertaking, The unfortrinate
experience of the inhabitants of Mou-
se, in the Shetland Islands, was cited •
as an example` of this. The steamer
which 'carries the Shetland Mails was
wrecked and of the 130 Tail bags on
board only four reached the shore.
Three of these were reduced to pulp
by the buffeting of the: heavy seas.
The contents of the fourth bag—sur-
prisingly well in•e5erved—were deliv-
ered to their addresses only to be re-
ceived with the utmost disgust. 'With-
out exception they were all demand
notes from the income-tax collector.
ay <c:��
Detroit Judge Uses '
New Technique
Has the prisoner any disease or in
herited.disability? •
Has he job,
b are
sources.
Striking view as Manley J. Merrell jumped from plane over Parks Air- ' t in his te dedication of.aMarshal
tae of himself,
pate stedilyb decreasing tin Denmark, des-
pite the fact that.this country pays � port, East St. Louis, Mo. Parachute :lies just started to unravel as ripcord I own rehabilitation.?
to co-operate the;1}ich is the first to be unveiled in
the highest wages in Europe. , The is pulled. which to.the swho unveiled
the
number of unemployed men is now in German advance.
the vicinity of 30,000— several thous-, London University g Cas -
Like advance.
Foch, who+ went
and lower than at the sante time last 1 d d ith a through a similar ceremony at Cas-
sel, where his statue was erected, tbie
venerable Marshal was much moved
by the recollections inspired in re-
visiting the scenes of the most stir-
ring events of his life and by the
-words of President Douinergue, Ga-
briel Hanotaux of the French Acad-
emy, Francois Sicard, president of the
institute, and others, extolling his vir-
tues in war and in peace. Marshal
Joffre but lately recovered from a
long illness which prevented his at-
tendauce at the Foch funeral, al-
though he had himself carried up the
steps to pay his respects at the bier
of his colleague and generalissimo.
The statue stands in a park on the
main, avenue of the town and portrays
Marshal Joffre standing in the cos-
tume which he wore as •commander-
in-chief and in a simple attitude with
military papers in his hand, such as
the inhabitants often saw him at his
headquarters.
in his address M. Hanotaux re -
Yri ranee Pays H'.. nor
To , .arshal Joffre
u � Iiow old is he mentally? Paris—At Chantilly, where :he had"
M :�.,.....,. a ob or any financial re his headquarters during the Battle of
several countries, their numbers i
These are some of the questions ou
year and 30 per cent. lower than two
years ago at the same period.
Denmark is chiefly an agricultural
World Renowned
London University which, before
the war, thought itself large with
country, with a large export trade in just under 5000 students, now re
dairy products and meats. Although! ports that the number of those follow-
its' industries and manufactories are ing its courses has grown to 10,200,
still relatively unimportant they man-1being more than double the former
• total. Lord Beauchamp, presiding as
age to apply a large share of the do chancellor at its recent "Presenta-
mastic needs of the country, event, tion" Day celebrations here, said
though practically all raw materials' many of the post -graduate students
must be imported. came from overseas, and a project for
The thriving condition1 1 s under discussion.
tune—in ice e by the factI "We become year by year,"Lord
Largest Plane In World? which Judge Frank Murphy of the Re-
ParisGermany's largestan
plane, the G-38, perhaps •the monster
aeroplane of the world, landed here
recently and became the centre of at-
traction for admiring Frencihmen.
:Eighteen passengers were on the aero -
plane, which carry forty-five. It is
made entirely of metal, has 2,4001 When all this is done, the sentenc-
horsepower, a wing -spread of 1501 ing board meets with the prisoner for
feet, weighs 24 tons at. full load, and I conference. After _ the conference
can cruise 2,000 miles, or the dis- the prisoner is excused, and the three
tante between London and Cairo. members of the board decide on the
of at De i housing them' wa _ sentence.
d' t d that Den '`—� The sentencing board consists of
mark exports dairy products even so Beauchamp added, "not only the
far away as the United States—is•clue University for Loudon, but just as St. Lawrence Waterway , the judge, the head of the Probation
Senate artment and the chief of the
to the land policy of the Government thecapital of the Empire psychiatric staff.
Protectedby Dep
London is
corder's Court in Detroit informs him-
selfwhen a man charge w
felony is brought before him.
One week is allowed for the tests
and examinations and the securing of
information by the Probation Depart-
ment on the mental, physical, social,
and economic status of the "patient."
ff
and the high degree of co-operation so London 'University is becoming , Washington, D.C. The Senate This, J. A. Fellows tells us in The
among farmers. Between 1900 and ruore and more an imperial univer- amended the Rivers and Harbors bill
l Nation is the new technique Judge
1926 12,559 new farms were establish- sits„ recently to provide that federal opera -
of Murphy employs in handling all felony
ed with the financial assistance of the ;.-- tion the Erie and Oswego canals to
are owned by the farmers themselves. S
state. About 95 per cent. of all farms Mark is Recognized New York State shall not interfere I
grloyed only in replacing blood in a The many small farmers participate
eiatient near death from hemorrhage. in the advantages of large-scale farm -
It is. still employed for that purpose, ing through co-operative associations,
but it is also used to -day for patients which assist not only in the produc-
_--- .—striving to combat a severe infection
or suffering from a blood disease
. which they are unable to overcome
on account of - the impoverished state
of their blood.
Bees Captured
In City of London
London—"A swarm of bees in June
is worth a silver spoon," an old "saw"
says, but Ernest Melrose, who took
a swarm from an electric light stand-
ard on one of London's busiest thoro-
ughfares, Oxford Street, recently,
thinks it ought to be worth much
more after all trouble he had getting
it.
Mr. Melrose was ou the omnibus
when he saw a swarm which so many
Teeple were watching that traffic was
field ap. Being an expert beekeeper,
he asked a policeman's permission to
take the swarm, but the policeman
.warned him that he might be sum -
tion, distribution, and profitable sale
of farm products, but provide for the
common purchase of foodstuffs for live
stock and of fertilizers. The dairy co-
operatives include 90 per cent. of the
total dairy farms of the country.
The co-operatives also control for-
eign trade closely, while the Govern-
ment also gives financial aid to ex-
ports under the terms of a new ex-
chequer plan recently authorized.
monad for obstructing traffic, while
If he climbed the lamp post he might
also be summoned for damaging it.
So Mr. Melrose went to the inspec-
tor at the police station who telephon-
ed
elephon
ed the electric company which sent
a special platform on which Mr. Mel-
rose mounted. He then swept bees 1 discovery of
into a cardboard box. ) ground dating
The Daily Herald, which reports
the story, says that when Mr. Melrose
carne down again he found hundreds
of bees inside his coat and trousers
and up his sleeves. Swarming bees,
however, seldom sting, and only one
of them stung him. . The captured
su•at'ni has now been sent to a bee
farm in the country after being offer-
ed to the .Zoological Garden which,
however, declined the gift on the
ground of lack of suitable accommo-
dations.
grave s cases.
with development of the St. Lawrence
London --The International Motor
Union officially confirmed the speed waterway.
recently attained by the late Major
Sir Henry Segrave at Lake Winder- • When foresters in northern 'Utah called the confidence, energy, brave'
mere, just before a fatal accident Brlti to Survey Greenland ' discovered that bark beetles and other j and calm which Marshal •Joffre in-
'eost his life, as the world's ..limiter Foo Possible Landing Fields destructive insects were destroying 1 s •iced •in France's darkest hour, and
water record. London—The Royal Geographical thousands of fine trees in the na- gave him equal ran e's e for the dr, and
The speed confirmed was 85.7 naafi- Society will send a scientific expedi tional forest they combated the pests fidelity and discipline in his attitude
cal miles an hour, or 98.7 miles tion to East Greenland this s with that would
itY,
since his retirement
hour. under Dr H. G than
partcularii the
Forests Set Afire
To Kill Insects
Vandals Wantonly
Destroy Monarch
Los Angeles—A charred stump is
all that remains to -day of a magnifi-
cent Joshua tree, believed to have
been the largest of the strange desert
species in existence. Fire, presum-
ably set by vandals, destroyed the 80=
foot -high monarch, whose age had
been estimated at 1,000 years.
The tree stood in the National
Roosevelt Monutent Park near Lan-
caster, Cal., which embraces several
of these rare trees.
an ummer fire the only thing a He recalled
completely eradicate service he rendered
Shackleton s s Quest. The
Examination that o e an when he went to the United States
"It is better not+to waste time fret- 1 landing to
ting about things which cannot be destructive back b tl Pire crews to convince the Americans of the
changed."—Philip Snowden. equipped with constructed
diseased
Watkins, on board
steamer ues .
party will survey possible an ing sta-
tions for British air routes.
them.
showedm .r
50,000 trees were infested with the
beetle. ,
specially
hand pumps, sprayed the
trees with oil to a height of twenty-
five to forty feet and then set
treatment completely e -
ed the beetles and the trees were only
slightly damaged.
Polish Farmer Discovers
Prehistoric Burial Ground
Torun, Polaud—A peasant farmer
tilling his soil near Torun recently
found an ancient urn which led to the
a prehistoric burial
2,000 to 1,000 B.C.
French Woman Wins Honor
Paris.—A woman for the first time
has been given one of the most covet-
ed titles in French medicine, "Doctor
of Paris Hospitals."
The woman is Madame Therese Ber-
trand Fontaine, 33, mother of two
children, who was appointed to that
title recently by a jury of eminent
doctors after a long competitive ev-
au enation. She must wait several
year„ however, for a. vacancy as the
thief of house plsysicians of one of the
lame city hospitals.
Prince Tries Gliding
London ---1115 Prince of wales', an
excellent inlet Who 15 never permit
ted to fly ainne, took his first glider
lesson recently.a,t Firle, near', LeUres,
Sussex.
Robert Krontelcl, German, reported
to be, the world's. Most skillful glider
iliac.. ittstrunt:ed. tlits Prince, but it Was
undevsteed the ilrit.islt heir i1as not
yet taken: the craft into tile air.
` ng4tor•-- `, .MI lieW Opt is your° bliluY
brother, i' ear " r'1 '�`r�ll Sister -:--"146
Isn't tsltt . at ata lees; to year='s
150 -Mile Speed Attained
righteousness of the Allied cause.
Yard Announces New
ped them Finger Print System
On Trestle .Track on fire. London A conference o
This destroy-
ed
stroy
London.—Safe rail speeds of 150.
miles an hour were claimed recently
for a new form of passenger transport
in which cars holding 25 passengers
are suspended from steel trestles and
driven by airplane propellers.
A section of trestle -track is almost
completed at Milngavie, Scotland, near
Glasgow, and full-scale tests are to be
carried out at the end of July.
Known as the rail -plane system of
transport, in its general idea, and par-
ticularly in its node of propulsion, the
new system differs from all other
forms of rail or road transport. -Ac-;
cording to its inventor, -George Bennie,
a Scottish engineer, he will demon-
strate in July that a speed of 150 utiles
an hour can be reached with perfect
in Scotland
•cr ar-shaped
• The rail -plane car is g
with a propeller at each end. This
car is driven by air -screws driven by
electric :motors, in which case the
power is drawn from the overhead rail
or by' gasoline motors.
Mr,. Bennie claims that the steel
trestle -work front which the cars are
hung can be erected at about half the
cost of ordinary street -car tracking,
or• one:third the cost of a normal dou-
ble -track railway. He also claims that
the- trestle-wo1•k can be erected over
netts, 'railways or canals without in-
terfering with existing ground traffic.
• :. It' is understood that Great Britain's
I railroad experts are much interested
in•Mr. Bennie's claims and a large de-
legation of them. Will travel north to
1 Initial tests in July.
safety. witness the .
Paris Objects to "Old•'Spanish Custom"
Irish Casino Will
Rival Monte Carlo?
Ireland is to have a gamb-
lingf chiefs of
police from all parts of the British
Commonwealth of Nations was held
here June 16, and simultaneously
particulars have appeared of a new
system for classifying finger prints
which claims to revolutionize this im-
portant method of criminal identifi-
Dubini cation.
casino which will . rival Monte
This system has been evolved in
Carlo, it is said.
Backed by a group of EngiisScotland Yard, and is described in a
lefinan- .volume about to be published. It cheis, it is to be located at Bray, the en-
ables identity to be established with
such speed and certainty from single
finger prints found at scenes of crime
that it has rendered possible the pre-
paration. of reliable maps showing
the itinerary of individual house,.
breakers plotted out with no other
material than themarks left by them.
at different localities.
seaside resort about 12 nines from
here. It is to be pretentious, will
have a "paradise" garden, and amuse-
ments which are not found at the is-
land resort.
Present plans pall for, the expendi-
ture of more than $300,000 in prepara-
'tion, , grading and surveying of the
site.
A Trail fight staged sear Paris projected a near riot when local rosidents .objoeted.to the
i ttn:l're.;neas When efowds tfled to burn palisade..
port, Here
Gigantic Plant
Opened By U.S.S.R.
Rostov -on -Don, U.S.S.R. — Another
step toward Soviet Russia's achieve-
ment of her .industrial five-year plan
was taken recently when the ",Selma-
shstrol," a great .manufacturing plant,
was officially opened.
It is claimed the • factory is the
largest plant in the world deteted to
the manufacture of fart. implements.
The plant was completed under the
supervision of American engineers
and' along entirely American techni-
cal lines.
There are 35 buildings with an esti-
mate& output of 115,000,000 rublese
(about $57,50'0,000} worth Of imphe-,
menta a year.
Women to Receiveo
Business Training
Long Island University will add
Seiitember, a course designed especial
ly to•assist the young woman of col -1
lege education in getting her first job.,
"Too little•enphasis is placed on vo-
Catinnal'training of women," declares
Miss Mildred M. Johnson, head .of the
secretarial department, who is in
charge of the iiew course: ;`Too many
college women are finding theinselvee,'
tipon graduation, unable' to concrete'
with persons of less education but bf'i
more' techui91 skill:'
Cares Whiten Preirrier's Hair'
Melbourne, Australia--Catee, of ofrt
five have turned the 'heir of Prime
Minister Scullin snow white, . hien''
he took office Six mouths :ago. he hada;
coal black hair, Ms�uostltarassin
problem, he said, 1ttte;be4n ikat`O utt
employment w
le Seen mounted police attempting to stem