Zurich Herald, 1931-03-26, Page 2"A Lone Scant" • •\VIiat a we tltir i equally good standing as a meta ler
Of romance? is conjured up by those ' of the finest t"r•oop in Canada.
In •C'ttneila at the present , time
throe words! Down tlrrattgh the ages . th+'re is m large trnmber of boys whohast erne the echo of that doge a. to ;arc± tutting g11ont•are of thi, Lone
' _Da, which stirred the heart 01 that Scout opportunity, and itt the Pro -
Stone Age boy, making his first viucc+ of Ontario alone there aro flow
spear -of the Grecian Youth, train-; about 250 Tone Scout;, In this.
.ing for his first 'great race in the i province they have been organized
Arena --of the Boinan Boy, watching tis ucarly as is possible to corree.
his father's preparations for oue of pond to ltoeulat' Troops. and every
Caesar's expeditious—Of the Norse eoss•ttle a etetance is given to then
Boy, settiug ••birth on the fi.-t t•e,y- to euahle them to obtain the maxi -
age of ' adventure- of . the Page, main benefit from their Scout Pere
bueklidg oti, the armour of t' e kur ht gramme.
he served -of the youug C olonlet Pear Lon4, ScoutTroops aro in
for the first time ,etting toot on the existence in Ontario, cot tiug the
Soil of his new ilotnetand---tticl- uow whole province, each with it's owe
the LONE SCOUT! Seoritmeeter, who is in couet:?nt
And what IS ,a 'Lone Scout ? 1\'e touch with the "Lollies" under hie
all, know what a Boy Scout isl We change, and in many certee s a small
lrnow that BOY Scoots belong to the [croon of lgeet4 have toi toed C Paned.
'finest z oys' Organization itt the tine appointed one of their number as
world, thee they are bound together Patrol Leader, and they work to
as brothers itt one fraternity. frees- gether, end help each other along
pective et, class. tougue, creed or ttet and up the Scout Ladder of Profrei-
tionality,, We know that they meet envy,
together frequeutly in Troops under Of coarse everybody knows that
Scoutmasters, learn many useful The Boy Seems Association is non•
things have lots of Erni and endeavor military anti interdenominational, so
Cin for every reel -blooded
to help other people whenever post there is re I.
Bible. We know that in their Scout- hoy between the ages of 12 and
•ing they find the outlet for that de- years in it's ranks, and if you would
sire to DO! ' like to know more about the move
And many years ago, in bis tar ment. just drop a line tooy Sx heLts AG
seeing wisdom, the Chief Scout 0 all Scout fleearttnent, i'
the world ordained that, where it is
impossible for a boy to become a
member ot an organized Troop of
Scouts, because of the locality in
which he lives, or because of seine
physical handicap, that boy shall not
be ,.denied all the privileges, the
training and the fun of Scouting, but
that he shall be permitted to work
out the Scout progitamme through his
own initiative, as a Lone Scout,
What a golden opportunity is this
for the boys who live on farms, and
in small villages where there are not
sufficient boys to form a Troop, or
.�.,
where the nearest orgautze
Is many miles away! These boys
tau still become Scouts, and in
striation,. ete Bay Street, Toronto,'
2, telling there why you cannot loin
a regular Troop of Scout:;, and they ,
will rend You full partic•ulru•s or how
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Atlantic In Storm Mood
Heavy sous po i1
e.,moi.
lntt shores along New England coastline. Isere we see Revere Beach, Mass.
and has his tall aalten,etel,',dd
chapel at Windsor. Ile i til
of the Jockey Club, w hick el
the Royal Yacht Squaelrotl•
the distinction of , helag tlrta
elusive club in the world. ',�
of the few men living who crt
freedom of Edinburgh and diasgew•
Also, he is High Stemmed, of i g's
you. can become a Lone Scout. : Lynn. :•ts,
The Editor of this paper' ha; very
kindly placed this space at the dis-
posal
of the Lone Scouts. and week
Giant Biplane Tests
Prove uccessf ui
Try -out Shows Economy am; •
a Low Landing Saeed
Test flights of thee eu riw Handley
Page type 42 ,'airplane 'for Imperia'
,Airways ootiduote.d at Radiet airport,
Hertfordshire, 17tigland, are reported
to the Depai'tenent of Commerce as
successful, • The :biplane is built to
be fitted witheleaccoMmodations for
thirty-eight passengers in two large
cabins and with holds for Mail and
freight. According - to the tests, et
is said, these, planes, eight of wlrieb
have been ordered by Imperial Abe
ways for the operation. of European
lines and of trunk airways to India
and South Africa, will prove econr
omical" '131 operation, Tentative cal-
culations show cost of maintenance
at a few penib per mile for each pas -
stinger.
The plane measures 25 feet from
the ground to the highest point of
the upper plane. The leugth Brom
nose to tail is S61/a feet, while the
span of the upper plane is equal to
the aggregate span of five light air
planes,
The weight of the plane, fully
laden, is 28,500 pounds in the West
ern type, which has space for thirty
eight passengers and is intended fox
use on the European' routes, and 27;
250 pounds in the Eastern type,
• whichhas the passenger aecommo•
dations cut to make room for addi-
tional mail and baggage.
Performance varies with the differ-
ent weights of the two types and ac-
cording to the kind of power units
employed. With tour.-. air-cooled
radial Jupiter 490 -horsepower engines
the plane cruises at 95 miles an hour
and attains a top speed of 116 miles:
an hour, it is said. Rate of climb
at sea level is 677 feet a minute
and, the service ceiling is 12,450 feet.
The Duke is the comply ile 1 ict The replacement of these engine.
of Eton, the hussars airs pe`Y , the best 1 d' by four 555 -horsepower Jupiter en
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of
'^ s' on eine . from the throne. As a result, Ottawa.—Canada was Great Bri-
horseman among the T>.uib � s S= P tante f o
its find not only the most serious of the King's �'��� Takes
member sons but also is the only married one.
u with He :married Lady Elizabeth Bowes -
it
ac
tt LO n tt9• Lyon in 1923 and their two daughters,
inu^rtsQ�.•phe, little' Princesses Elizabeth and ritishpTrade
le ie. cite, :Margaret, are among the most popu
mine;tlze- lar of Britisl, royalties. The present -_
by week you will Ind here Intel ma-
tion, helpful hints and news of what
the other "Lonies" in Canada are dn-
ing, so we hope. that you will loots
for it regularly and that it tvill.heip
you. Next week information will be
published concerning the activities of
the already established Lone Scout
groups scattered all over Ontario.
"LONE E."
line of succession passes through the
Prince of- Wales and the Duke of York
and thence through the Duke of York's
daughters; the King's second son
stands therefore no considerable is -
Dominion Advances One
Place For 1930, Accord-
ing to Statement
Issued Recently
of the most popular dinueelgUe
-
the London season, and..:a "sp'
who has not only shot his owe:,
but has also eaten thenfi t w"
, Tanganyika in November,_; 1928, -hat
he watched his lion cart=ed and,rput 1822 and the more recent Italian and eeived from the British Board of
over the grill. He sampled tine OJ, its Norwegian royal weddings have all Trade. • The Irish Free State, Aus-
11oi>e, at first somewhat uneasily fallen to him, and at one time there tralia and France took the first three
eines equipped with superchargers
f he has carried out more royal duties tain's fourth best customer in 1930, is said to increase the cruising speed
by ten miles an hour, raising• the
maximum speed to 129,5 miles, and
the rate of climb at sea level tc
828 feet a minute.
The plane is~designecl•to fly level
at 6,000 feet on the power of any
three engines, The landing speed
of 50 miles per hour is advanced as
a safety factor of the Huge aircraft
it than any other of the brothers except--. having advanced one place from the
as ing the Prince of Wales himself. At previous year, it was announced re-
in tendance at. the Rumanian coronation cently by the department of trade and
in 1922, the Serbian royal wedding in commerce atter a report had been re-
but eventually, pronouncing;• it better Was 'talk of sending him to South places as Great Britain's best cus-
est veal lie bed ever tasted. Africa as Governor-General. - tomel•s. in 1929, order was Australia,
i He is also the beet° erieketei in
_ - He went through, the
—. quire ie. t lifetime anti Prince George': ; rrrtal family, altheugh the Dtlite'of land in the Collingwoad; like Prince State and Canada.
.Britain's Princes I qouire i a. li been largely ncrestricted George's
]ori. t� not tai behind_ him,: George, he was intended for
i than the b
theBattle of Jut- United States, Germany, the Irish Free
�1 to • • i a sailor Despite the fact that Canada pur-
the navy uucl its set. let the twa have It is hardly less typical of the Duke Prince. His navy career, however, chased less goods front Great Britain
re epi much fu common, They fy togetbcr,' of (dour, stet that he goes vitit the was cut short by a serious illness, and fn 1930 than in 1929, the volume bras
j they hunt together, they are seen at.,Prince of \\-ales to the annual ginner he event • from the navy into the air considerable enough to Permit her to
th they rave a f h 1 'union mu re e to earn his tvutgs as a pi i' ' trade
\\ Cies s Canadian i heel.-- tie 'T l fj, users whose c io> tote b
--- 1 sum- the old Corn lot He displace other countries in the
= ra to standing,. The 13aarcl of Trade report
-, .l.�uowd,�wy.':^n5„ °,:,,-• .�. .lthaugb;
I -lis rot ersIso ms.
Host of Formal Duties
to Keep . Them Well
Employed
house parties tope er, ley o t e ^armors . iorc
-� .better than -•,- � :b Ile Used t1`hunt t goo(l leg~g •
'sii3rr+ed"'tlrat rrx vvrr�, .,.
of Gloucester likes horses r sport Vmakes the !,Ieltoit Mowbray
airplanes, and the Duke of York, al- country the best hunting country, in
though he earned his wings before he
the world. The menu at their' dinners impressive bag of lion pelts and buf- in 1930 and 5,05 per cent, in 1929.
ifalo 'heads from ':Kenya in 1925. He Purchase of British goods by United
a good shot and be brong t home all "' erre tsY""'t:1'4` Britain's total exports
married, cues not care much fur fly-, is always a sounr!„fi; English mettixt—
;Loudon, -The" Visit of the Prince of ing now that he has a trite and MO roast. mutton, rerl *vlrrant yelly, my h- has no
"4 t America in company small daug•lrtet But the Prince of but the King is one of the half-dozen to 5,35 per cent, last year,
S1'rles "to .an 11 n both' ed potatoes and Pisleis events. ;the best amateur shots' in the country, r Included in the Board of Tracie tg
with his youngest brother, Preece \\ ales ased, -rinse George aredrew is always s v Yom ` txinner elotiles,
The Duke of Toric plays tennis left- port were figures for Soviet Russia,
C as good an eye as his father, States fell from 6,75 per cent. in 1929
George, calls attention to the fact pilots who can handle their own mfr- rough tweeds, peteloi
that there are four brothers in the . chines, who in fact learned flying fn leather leggitrgs, read!
royal family, comments Clair Price in the same Bine Moth bus. They are ' Prince of Wales, pules
15, whipcords, handed, swims well and playa better They showed that in 1929, Great Bri-
de ties, The t tain imported from Russia goods
miens to than average cricket.
But ' • best 1-notvn by reason of valued at approximately $171,000;000;
the N.Y, Tinges :Magazine, The hint; s both motorists who call talk engines be abroad, i always �F tireetId oak n re it,
housena orotic. which. represented 3.x2 per cent. of the
younger Salle, the Dolce of York, the and speeds and coachwork to theirl at nichair 'the head of the table. And his interest
in civics, country's total foreign purchases. The
Duke of Gloucester and I'riliee George, hearts' content. despite the 'No Smolti3i '.' v ices on ors' welfare and the relations between corresponding per centage in 1929 was
•
l l b t sus>'ect. which he
are in the somewhat anomalous pose.:Bath lanes, although tite Prince of the walls, the port i
tion of all younger sons of royalty, but , Wales i,. perhaps. the fonder of dant • by "Gentlemen, you
nevertheless they bring distinct and inx. Prince George is taller, move! Having entirely Mae
clearcut personalities' to th 3 various ;slender and not So nestle aly on the vou5nes, before au rtulietmcex
formal duties that devolve upon them, move, but lie is easily the best dancer of Gloucester is mew a very good
size declares. I iu the royal family when be wants to ' speaker. The toast et theeroy g family
The Duke of York, who is now 35, be. Incognito, he won a dance cum- at the Rc yal Academy s'anztkzal din.., �' n e l Police of France figures indicating the value ot the es -
is the only married Ulan am.lug them i petition at Cairnes a. year or two ago, 1 Hers sometimes falls to him, and so To 'Wear Tail Lights at Night port of Great Britain's produce and its nurse and weight any Where froze
I the most serious of them all. The prince George's .musical tastes are du ptesltiencie of agricultueal showe.1 earls,— Freucll mounted polite ,Ulla ' manufactured goods per head of papa- 15 per cent, less than ear'th's.
llotivect capitaland a o , 1 2.25, On the other hand, Russia's -per
t, : studied et Trinity, Cambridge, where centage of Great Britain's total ex
ass her- he lived with the Duke of Gloucester,
ports increased from 0.54 to 1.27 or
tse Duke .- from approximately $1S,70t),000 to $34,-
940,00t1.
The Board of Trade report gives
New Planet Celebrates
It's First Birthday
Flestaff, Ariz.—The new planet,
Pluto. had its first birthday on Marc1
13th. -
pn March 13, one year ago, cliscov-
er Gf""^P3te•c• rc ^�� aMr��vu•.me,k,a,t;
the Lowell Observatory here.
With this anniversary one of the
amazing stories of science comes tc
light. It is the record oe a crtte3
"break" which fate handed to Dr. Per-
cival Lowell, the astronomer who cal-
culated Plato's existence and foretold
its position en -the heavens.
Lovell,dieci 3u 1916, a prophet with
dreani unfulfilled. Yet even -then the
proof of Pluto's existence, photos
taken in Lowell's own observatory, lay
unrecognized daring the last year of
Iris life and fot' 14 years thereafter.
These duty photos were identified a
short time ago.
Pluto- is now established as the
ninth planet, its size about that •of the
earth, its year 25') earthly years long;
an
Duke of Gloucester, who is en, i the, 1) 11191) tittle more serious than him openings of charitable institutions in ,ride the highways at might, llncl in aatzon of the importing country. Upon
fullest, the molt athletic, and the most brother':. The Prince of Wales per- I the East send of London and attend- all probability cavalrymen, will in this basis, Canada was in sixth posi-
rt:eet'vetl—the only one of the four; forms on tate drum and ukelele in pie- antes at levees and bunt balls. 'Ili, i the future be equipped with reflect- tion, preceded by New Zealand, the
who looks as old as he is, remarks ! ferenee to any other insteument, but duties involve ]tim'in'g gfeat, number th to 1 worn on their basics it
d Denmark
ore > i Irish Free State, Australia, Norway
C 1 28 r prince George is a good pianist pro-' of dinners at which he clzsl>1Cys toy^1
7,Iiss Price. Prince George, who is
. . t l order to protect them from mato[- an
look: most like the King. Excepting r video he is itt a house party where he'
ty's own gift for appearing, `to be 'en• , ,
far his height his resemblance to hisIknows everybody well, file used to be tensely interested in Lite'eenversation;tscs,
I The dHcto • will be inserted in C
' P � ballet t and of dowagers, Generals •incl �t•t r glen � Dear Old Lady;
lather i; almost startling. et ' [[grad of the . u '.iau i, e , s • ere reflectors "Captain, would
} raw• arrow the back of the Sam
Prime George went to the battle-, could be found in a front -row stall Ile es a good claucer, he lt];c3 the inserted in atri- you please help me find my state-
•r,rotv11 belt or else insroom:" Captain: "Rave you for-
sliep Iron Duke to 1e21 ae a midship-night, after night whenever the Ras- movies, he smiles der r, ie•e_• angle piece of leather attached to
stars vi•itecl London. hunters, but neYeer antler a'ny c ream
man, meth the intention of becoming
the back of the overcoat collar. These
ar eaitor mince. He got, on well in the As his rectus in Teueidiagltam Paltite stances obliges tliefu*
The Dolce of i'or1:, tvhii hitt; 'not fig will catch the light from automobiles'
navy, taking his navigation. gunnery attest, he leas a good eye 'for talar andheadlights and enable the horsemen
and torpedo certificates •incl in quir in" is fond of pietureee both movie and tired much in the news :sincethe•birth
nr.
enough Preach to become an interpret water -color. H has a wide acquaint_ of t c eese > ,
ter in'the Atlantic fleet. His progree•s mice anion, theatre people in London,
was not clue to his royal status, for and he can make a fair speech" when
princes practically cerise to be princes he itas to, although at the age of 28
when they enter the navy. The navy he obviously does trot eujoy speech -
nicknamed him "P, GG." and apparent- making. No, only" is he Modest but
ly liked him, he has hardly yet emerged from the
Brit his trouble Was xettoickuess, and shyness which used to afflict all the
eventitaliy it proved to be due to a brothers.
coTatitetional weakness which still Ire is the ou.ly° one of the roue who
obliges hint to limit himself to the has ever been robbed. His car was
simplest and plainest ot fonds eaten stolen in the street one night. but was
sparingly. Seasickness is by no means returned uttclema, ed a few days later.
exclusively' a landlubber'$ ailment; It probabl - was stolen in ignorance of
Admirals as well as Generals suffer its owner's..• identity, for it is an un -
from it, and the King himself in this: written law in England that members
respect has never been a good sailer. of the royal fatally are exempt Irani
Prince George was on the China eta- robbery.
tion when he was compeiled by ntecli- The Prince of Wales saw much of
cal advice to give up the navy and South America on a previons visit.
come home. He was then posited to but until the. present, tour everything
the foreign Office to begin a new car.-' below Panama was new to "Prince
tier, but leis weakness ilas played George.
havoc with that also, The Duke of Gloucester, the Ding's
Iver. since Prince George returned. third sou, who is a cavalry officer in
front C.-hiba. the Prince of Wales has the Teetb, Hussars end is Making the
taken an especial interest in mut. The array his career, has reoently returned
two . brothers went to Spain in 1027, from Abyssinia, where he represented
and they are now in South America
together, Their compainiartttlrip,
proriept d by the natural tenderness of
an elder brother for a Younger- who
itas ltad a, stroke of bad luck, has pi ob-
ably been furthered by the fact that 1n the Stater events abroad in which
the t)ulte of Yorlc ha.s a family of his the Kluge,. sons customarily deputize
own .to. look after• end the Duke of for him. 11e ie a member of the Privy
Giottcestter has always Iw'- n teelfteno ('ouucil, whurlt enjoys nowadays an
iained, extremely eugnet but pr.lrely formal
The Prince of Wales has crowded a existence tie is a 1\uight of the Gar•, goner,.
:euK• greater variety of •eeperietice into This ter, the oldest and most illustrous oral yexsi\ arl
gL rtosthiS•n ni at; sueit air 1 dor of knighthood anywhere otisttligi .,
the Ring at the Emperor's coronation,
He also represented the King at the
wedding 61 Princess Astrid of Sweden
to Prince Leopold of Belgium, and has
therefore beegtm to asenuto his share
to be seen at diatance.
gotten what number i1 is, madam?"
D. O. L.: "Yes, but I'll know. it if I
see it again; there was a light -house
Inst outside the window,"
view sly >wti (•.c..
0,
s :see : ; art Ca..,
r:•
School Traffic Lights
Suggested at Ottawa
Ottawa. --A traffic light operated by
school teachers to. brill.. vehicles to e
halt while children, their classes fin -
Jetted, troop across streets in safety
is a suggestion laid before the Ottawa
civic traffic committee.
The electric traffic signal would bt
operated from within the school, by s
teacher. Classes out, the light would
flash a halting signal to vehicular
traffic until the homeward -bent child
ten had scurried across the busy titer
oughfttre.
British Army Officers' Pay
To Be Reduced 8 Per Cent,
Landon,—Reduction in pay for army
officers is announced by the Ministry
of War, effective July 1 and amounting
to S per cent. The reduction is to ire
in force for two years. Under the new
scale second lieutenants will receive
$2,46 daily, captains $5,25 and majors
$7.10,
.Similar reductions will be put into
force for those on half and retired pay
as well as militia and territorial offs•
vers,
Japanese School Children
Larger Than 30 Years Ago
Tokio,—Japanese school children of
to -day are taller and heavier ,:than the
youngsters of thirty" year', ago: ,:.r.er.
age ligates from the Tokio Municipal
i1c1uention Bureau show . that more
than an limit has been Mined in Height
and nearly six iratt icls in weight 11
both boys and mina twelye+ yoars crlcl,"
'7t2 Years Potter to Kirin
\Vestott-Sn,'r•.i arare. 'Plage andl \pia
•liana Scott, the royal potter, 'lute
jest retired , •" seventy-two year:
at his trade, ;.tt'ting at tate a/o 01
thirteen, he battle thousands of flow,
et. pots end -heels for the roy'al gar••,
dens of Queen victoria, Ring Edward
and Ring George.
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