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Zurich Herald, 1939-11-09, Page 3it NEWS PARADE ... For whatever reasons—religi- ous, political or comtnonSenSe--- the people cf Quebec voted' to turn Premier Maurice Duplessis out of office, the results of the re- cent provincial elections were un- deniably gratifying to Federal Liberal leaders. And whether or. not Duplessis' defeat on , October 25 could. be interpreted as a sweeping victory for Quebec par-' ticipationists, the position of the Dominion Government taken with respect to the war in Europe was immediately strengthened. That day saw Canada present a united front along with the other:' coun- tries, oun-tries, of the Empire. And from that moment on, we' were in the war in earnest. The vote in the United States Senate, 67-22, in Ensor of repeal- ing the arms embargo clause of the Neutrality. Act pointed to an early assent by Congress to Pre- sident Roosevelt's bill. The. adop- tion of the .revised Act, h lis, "cash-and-carry" clauses, will be of indirect but. vastly important' aid to the Allies; thence may bring= the United States a stela nearer to participation in the war.. —e— Of the situation on the West- ern Front,..John O'Donnell of the "New York Daily' News" wrote: "The war is 'a washout—figura- tively and actually." Heavy rains, alternating with sleet and snow, made the lines a mass of mud, and military operations on both sides were again almost at a standstill. —o— On the political front, biggest news of the .war's eighth week came when Be,aito Mussolini sen- sationally dismissed seven of his pro -German Cabinet Ministers, the secretary of the Fascist party anu the chief of staff of the Ital- i-.a army. Before the full effect of this 'shake-up on his former Axis -partner Hitler could be ap- praised, the world turned in , watchful waiting to the sessions of Russia's Supreme Soviet from which a declaration of the U.S. S.R.'s. foreign policy was to come forth, clarifying Germany's posi- tion, whether of strength, of of weakness in the war. Many puzzling questions were expected to be answered: how far Russo - German co-operation extended in the economic, diplomatic,. military fields; what Russia's new policy meant as regards the Baltic re - at blies, and .the war in general.; —e— In the Far East, all eyes were on India. Native leaders there (Nehru and Gandhi in particular) felt it unjust that India should be called upon to fight for de- mocracy in Europe while being denied independence themselves. Mahatma Gandhi's National Con- gress Party which controls eight provincial governments in British India threatened resignation of all its Cabinets. This, would force the Government to call tion lead- ers of the opposition to form new governments, while Gandhi fol- lowers, retaining a majority in the Legislatures, could vote down the new Cabinets one after anoth- er. A civil disobedience campaign, inaugurated again in India, would be as serious a threat to the Brit- ish Empire's existence as Adolf Hitler's war machine. How Daylight Saving Began. As A War Measure "Summer Time" Came Into Force In Britain In 1917 Here's The Latest Addition To The Canadian Navy r The latest addition to his majesty's Royal Canadian Navy, H.M.S. lKem- penfeldt, °:as been renamed Assiniboiue and passed to the control with of he e Canadian government. The flotilla leader is 32(i 'feet long. displacement of 1,390 tons and a speed of 354 knots. Women Becoming. Motor Mechanics A great many things have been blamed on war, but those who are opposed to daylight saving time be- lieve that is the greatest piece of confusion left in the wake of the last Great War. Daylight saving time was adopted in Britain during the last war, in thespring, sum= • mer and early autumn months, in .an effort to: save , fuel ordinarily used in heating or lighting. The encyclopaedia Britannica says tha t "in the second year of the Great War nearly every country in Eur- ope adopted the device .of putting the clock forward one .hour during the spring and summer and ant-. Mut menths. ' The motive was to gat the people to tied an hour Barr llel and out of bed an hour ,earlier, • to save fuel for lightiing' ancl• heat- The first -suggestion 'of a day- light'rsitving scheme was made .in ,' England In 1907 by William Wil lett. in 1908 ,a• bill was introduced t.;into the British House. of Com - ,mons but it was not adopted until 1910 when the British Goverunient, set up a ; committee to study ways and means to cavo fuel. The/United States adopted 'day- light saving time in 1918 but it was repealed in 1910 because of consid- erable opposition. The move was adopted in Canada in 1924 but was later left, with each municipality. Ontario Cities Have Large Classes In Technical Work Twice a week 34 Toronto girls forget their business careers, and climb into- overalls or smocks and delve into the mysteries of spark plugs and carburetors. • They are learning about cars from the inside out in a course of motor mechanics . so :they will be prepared if they are needed to drive ambulances or take men's places in mechanical jobs during the war. Cars From Inside Out For six months the girls—school teachers, stenographers, store clerks and all with jobs — will spend three hours or two nights a week at the northern vocational school. Ordinarily women are ex- cluded from the motor mechanics' class at the vocational school and applicants have been few in past years. But when feminine demands for instruction became numerous G, E. Mahn was put in charge of a class for women. The class was originally planned for 20 and now has 34 students. A similar class for women mech- anics has been organized in the Ottawa Technical School. Failed To Win Seat Paul Gouin, son of a former Pre- mier of Juebec province, and leader of the Action Liberale Na- tionale party went down to de- feat in the recent elections. His party failed to secure 'a single seat in the Legislative Assembly. Your Book Shelves Can Be Decorative Clo) NTA'RIO UTDOORS By VIC BAKER DUCK DATA! Now that shotgun shooters in Ontario and the rest of those anada fast are blazing away at flying ducks, a word or two on what has helped to increase the flocks these last few years would not be entirely out of place. The answer lies in two direc- tions: the establishment of refu- ges and the curtailment of shoot- ing through regulation. Howard Zahniser, of the United States. Bu- reau of Biological Survey, is' in- clined to place the enforcement of regulations above sanctuaries. This, from . one of the United States recognized waterfowl ex- perts, has real significance in view of the demand forwarded by some duck hunters that greater liber- ties be taken with regulations as there are again enough ducks to warrant increased •shooting.,. Books functioning as daily com- panions rather than as the furnish- ing of dignified libraries bring into use new and decorative pieces of furniture. Book shelves are ingen- iously fitted luto odd corners and incorporated into all kinds of fur- niture. They are found .over the heads, at the ends of couches, in alcoves by the side of a desk or hi the fireplace c ---r. •r. Book shelves seem to take up less room when built in, but mov- able furniture .containing books,. from the old-fashioned secretary desk to the col t.Qtpporary. combina- tion radio cabinet : and ,;bookcase, makes for variety. in the arrange- ment of furnishings. Spaces for a "few books. are provided in many small stands designed to be placed by the side of 'a becl'or easy' chair. Small wall shelves made in.a less ]iterate age to display brie -a -brae, are often adapted to hold a row of especially choice volumes. 1' Canadian .Hog Quality Better The duality of Canadian hogs, as indicated by grading results, has been steadily improving ever since the inauguration of the National Bacon Hog Poll y instituted by the Dominion Department of Agricul- ture' In 1922 and this improvement hal rapidly increased within the past few years through the greater stability given the Canadian hog industry by the establishment of the bacon quota with Great Brit- ain. This is shown by a compari- son of the years 1984 and 1938, .In •1934 there were 3,025,161 'loge all graded, of which 19.1 per •cent. of them were selects; in 1938 the number of hogs graded was 1,940,- 161, showing the percentage of sel- ects at the increased figure of 29.5. These figures refer to live , grad - lugs, and the smaller number of hogs shown for 1938 is due to the fact that 1,805,324 Bogs were grad- ed as carcasses in that year. An important factor in hog im- provement has been the carcass grading service, inaugurated in the year 1934 as .exemplified by the ac- celerated increase in desirable grades made during the past year, when this system of. grading reach- ed considerable proportions. One of the greatest difficulties in selecting suitable bacon for ex- port xport has been the large proportion of hogs marketed at undesirable weights, buteven this situation is improving under the increased pop- ularity of carcass grading. Ducks Produce Ducks In answer to the hunters' plea of increased flocks, Zahniser ad- mits more ducks wing north now than a few years ago, but points out that there are still fewer wa- terfowl than 10 years ago, and there were not many then. .Over 4,000,000 acres of waterfowl: re- fuges have been acquired by' the Survey during the last four ,years. This should be increased by- at least 7,500,000 acres, Zahniser avers, to'achieve the minimum re- quirement for waterfowl. Only ducks can produce; ducks, so the greatest credit must go to the reduced kill of recent years. If the presence cf live ducks on the refuges provided is to be in- sured, hunting must be kept with- in safe limits. Because the flocks are increasing does not meansthat the waterfowl question is sr,Iyed. If fort two seasons the guns '-all! more than the annual increase, we will be right back where we started! Say Oil Supply Is Ample Here All Canada's Requirements Can Be Met Inside The Country -- Turner Valley Deposits Some of World's Biggest ° All Canada's oil requirements could be supplied by her own oil fields, according to Col. Nelson Spencer, Vancouver business man and director of the Home Oil; Co. at Turner Valley, Alta. Col. Spen,. cer was recently interviewed:., in Montreal. "Distribution is the main prob- lem," he declared. "The Govern- ' meat is interested, especially since. the high exchange rates. with the United States came into force after the start of the war. Pipelines have been discussed, but the people :in. the West feel that a reduction in railway haulage rates would solve' the problem. Pipeline construction is a very expensive and long bust- neSs." Distribution Is Big Problem Prospects at the present time, Colonel Spencer continued, point- ed to the Tuner Valley being one of the biggest oil deposits in the world. The present wells were Pro- ducing a limited supply of 26,000 barrels of high grade oi1 a day, but that could easily be stepped up to 50,000.. With wells which are being dril-' led to the north, production would be greatly increased. These should be producing early next, year. MICKIE SAYS— ADVERTiSO4 ANT NO NOCUS POCuS MAGIC' IT'S JEST FtBSTCLASS SALESMAKISI-tlP`CELLt! 9" AI,L IER. CUSTOMERS NT' i4' SAME 'rue Quality. Of Wheat Inferior In 1939 VOICE of the PRESS "SUB" SOLUTION If rain didn't return water tak- en from oceans by evaporation, science reports, they would dry up in 3,000 years. Here, at lam, is the solution to the submarine problem.—Guelph Mercury. --o-- DEATH AND TAXES They're called death duties in Britain, succession duties in On- tario, and inheritance taxes in the States. But under any other name they'd smell just as badly' to the heirs.—Toronto Star, TRAINED YOUNG PEOPLE WANTED Again the trained mechanic is coming into his own. Canadian in- dustry needs him; and industry realizes the folly of not training more young men in the trades dur- ing the hard years.—Globe and Mail. Western Crop Not Up To Standard of Recent Years, Report States A report on the quality of West- ern Canada's 1939 wheat crop, is- sued at Winnipeg by the Board of Grain Commissioners, indicates the top three grades of prairie wheat, although of good milling and bak- ing quality, do not attain the high standards set in recent years. The• report said a large propor- tion of the crop weighs 62 to 65 pounds a bushel, and protein con- tent, index to milling quality, av- erages 14.2 per cent. The protein content is .4 per cent. above the final value recorded for last year's prairie yield. Flour yield and loaf volume in Nos. 1 and 2 Northern and No. 1 Hard wheat are 'a little lower this year. Anaiysists also report that the gluten in No. 1 'H'ard and No. 1 Northern, though considered very good, is less elastic and extensible than usual. Publisher Dies Joseph Moore, publisher of the Georgetown Herald for many years, died at his home m Georgetown, Ont., last week. He is survived by his wife. and one daughter, Mrs. R. ]Douglas; Toronto. REG'LAR .FELLERS—Well, Pleasant Dreams! �iviOM COULDN' Y;/AI•CE ME. UP THIS MORNIN. AT ALL.. SHE SAID 2 SLEEP LIKE A ezArei «,, f BE-ARKNoWCPAWL9\ tk IN AN OLE LOG l\) AN' SLEEP' i ALL. Wti'i a+. \ WITHOUTCPW� ,liA.' <t+ f '.rio OTHER ANIMAL iN THE WOILD CAN SLEEP T' A BEAR! 7 —0— PRESERVE THE ELK All honor to Canada for what she has done to preserve the Elk frOM extermination! Reckless slaughter nearly wiped them out as it did the buffalo. How many would be left in a few years if the average hunter were let loose to do his will?—Our Dumb Ani- mals. —0— SAVE THE BEES 'The position of Canadian apiar- ists, due to the sugar shortage, is one that demands the attention of governmental authorities. Scores of bee keepers throughout On- tario are worried as winter ap- proaches because they require large quantities.: of white cane su- gar to carry their bees through the winter and early spring. The bee keepers are likely to see many of their hives ruined, unless suffi- cient cane sugar is made avail- able before it is too late.—Kitch- ener Record. Abitibi Area Growing Fast Increose of 125,000 In POP* Iatiom. Expected 1sY 1941 Figuring Out The Dairy Bull's Value 'Many a valuable dairy bull has been butchered before any one . knew. his worth. Cases aro on re• cord where a bull's daughters hare developed into wonderful cows after their young sire has been consigned to the shambles. The point is: If we_ have a welhbred bull, and we think enough of him to use him in our herd, why not keep him long enough to determ- ine his value as a sire. We.,den,N, .stand much of a chance of gain by discarding him and taking on another untried sire. You cannot • tell for sure whether .a dairy bull is a great sire until he is about seven years old. Figure it out for yourself. LIFE'S LIKE THAT Abitibi district in I4'ortlawestetta Quebec wild show a population i41P' crease o! more than 125,000 wketl,' the decennial census is taken 1x16. 1941, A, 3. Pelletier, head of tom: Bureau of. Statistics census bravo estimates. Population of the dI* trict in the 1931 census was only 23,000, but there have been greAt• strides in mining since. Get Ready For Census Preparatory work for the Domin- ion census is going ahead in Otto of the war and it is expected that once again in 1941 the populatios. of Canada will be counted. New questions will be asked la the next census, To be dropped are the questions "Can you read" and "Can you write." In their place wilt be the record of the years' school - jug of each individual. There wilt be new gUestions to determine os- cupatlonal trends and one regard- ing receipt of relief. Mushroom Harvest The unusually high tempera- tures of the first 10 days o r OOe- tuber accompanied by heavy. have been a combination of coo- ditions that have produced a big crop of field mushrooms in Ontai,- rio. Many people, especially those living in the country districts, have been able to obtain this food. delicacy in quantity. Members of the Sarnia Indian Reserve band have been selling mushrooms front door-to-door. 44104 BEE HIVE By Fred Neher W1t-t -yUM.! 144 4/Pt AI "Our club would be a good influence on him . . . . after he paid his dues lie wouldn't have any Money left to run around with girls." SANNif CLAUS DOES THE SAME 'THING, ONEY HE. SLEEPS ALL By J. MILLAR WATT Ikkkk ;13'N"4 t rio0 - drs R.r. U. A. he= '.11 T!It>1II Neer' 4.