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Zurich Herald, 1939-11-23, Page 3NEWS The Big Push That Didn't Come oversha{lowed in dramatic interest all other European events in the tenth week of the war. Belliger- ent or neutral, each one armed to the teeth, the nations stood tense with apprehension waiting for a smashing German attack to• come from some quarter, nobody knew where. But 'day after day passed and no offensive began. It was still a "war of nerves." What was behind the delay? Reports continued to ',cur in of great concentrations of German troops in the Rhine-Morelie sec- tor, and along the Dutch border. Was a double push being planned by Germany coupling the invasion of Holland with a swift blow at the Maginot Line': Cr was FIitler in- deed the "cornered maniac" --which British First Lord of the Admiral- ty Winston Churchill labelled him —caught in a trap of his own mak- ing, seeking in vain for a way out? Again, was Hitler using a psycho- logical strategy never tried before, wheieby he would hold off his ex- pected offensive for weeks, months, perhaps years, leaving the Allies to stew in their own juice and forget all about Poland, Czecho- slovakia? How long could such a "war of nerves" be successfully waged? Bids For Peace During the week important bids for peace cause from Queen. Wil- helmina of Holland and King Leo- pold of Belgium, neutral sover- eigns whose territories were di- rectly menaced by German aggres- sive purposes. The heads of the warring powers listened politely to their pleas, but gave little indica- tion of willingness to consider the calling of a conference at this time to examine the bases for peace. President Roosevelt from his coiner warned that the world needed a "new and better peace" than that which followed the first Great War. The most sensational single event of the week was the sup- posed attempt on Adolf Hitler's life in the shrine of Nazidom at Munich. The mystery surrounding the explosion led to a number of interpretations . and questions: Was it the work of anti -Nazi Ger- man patriots? Was it the result of • internal intrigue among the • Nazis` themselvesone faction `try- ing to kill + off members •of the other? Was the explosion perpe- trated in order bo enlist the nag- ging sympathy of the masses for the Fuehrer? One theory the ex- plosion did substantiate: all was not well with the Nazi regime. Bulgaria Wooed The most courted nation of the week was Bulgaria, long regarded as a strategic "doorway" to south- ern Europe. Simultaneously wooing her were the Allies. Ger- many, Soviet Russia and Italy; Ger- man;: offered economic conces- sions; Italy signed a trade pact with her (striving to sten both Soviet and German expansion in the Balkans); satisfaction of Bul- garia's dreams of getting back Do- bruja- from Rumania was held out as the Soviet lure; while Britain took steps to improve Turkish -Bul- garian relationships. It remained to be seer which would be the successful suitor. West, East In Canada, preparations began for tho regular session of Parlia- ment in January. Financial ap- propriations were being planned with the object in view of devot- ing the large part of all expendi- tures to the prosecution of the war. The St. Lawrence Water- way scheme nevertheless was slat- ed for consideration by the House. While the interest of the west- ern world was centred on Europe's theatre of war, new plots were being hatched in the Far East, and coming events cast their shad- ' ows before. Japan threateningly predicted that during or after the European war a conflict to acquire :territories and resources in the South Seas would be fought in the Pacific, and the United States would be expelled from Asia. At 'the same time rumors flew that Britain would support a peace•in •;the east based on a division of China into spheres of influence, :,Japanese, .British, Chinese. In the village of Bullendorf, in Germany, a hen has adopted twelve baby mice, and was dis- ,covered sitting on her -nest, warm- ,ing them with her feathers. Un- natural adoptions such as this are ';not so rare as one might imagine. ,Recently a black -and -white cat' at' Rock Farm, Nettlestead, England, was found curled up in the farm 1'barn watching over her five kittens :and two nice. Yet, in the past, ;she had proved herself a ruthless :killer of rats. Stocks of creamery butter in Canada at the beginning of Oc- tober amounted to 517,41.8,639 lbs., -of which 56,813,839 lbs» were in :storage and 604,800 lbs, i n rail- way transit. Queen Elizabeth Issues Appeal To Empire's Women 1.440. Issuing an appeal to the women of the Empire to "keep the home front stable and strong," Queen Elizabeth is shown seated before the micro- phone in Buckingham Palace as she made a Remembrance Day broadcast, Buy Certified Seed Potatoes Now's The Time To Make Pur- chases If You Can Store All Of Thein Throughout The Winter It is not too early for Canadian potato growers who can store po- tatoes throughout the winter to consider the advisability of buying certified seed potatoes at once. Before They're Shipped Abroad Potato dealers and growers in many other countries appreciate the value of Canadian certified seed for they make no delay in buying up a large part of the Can- adian crop every year. Generally they take the seed as soon as it is ready to ship and stpre it in •Heir own count1ies,,,Prop. the 1938 cer,-. tined seed crop, for instance, well over 1,717,000 bushels were ship- ped to 17 different countries, while only just over 466,000 bushels were sold in Canada. That means only about one bushel in every twenty bushels planted in Canada was of qualified seed standard, and that is one very important reason why more Canadian growers are not producing bumper crops of those fine mealy potatoes which easily, grade No. 1 in size and quality. Produce Grade No. 1 Canadian potato growers should. make their reservatic-s now. Tho address of the nearest certified seed potato grower, if it isnot al- ready known, may be obtained MICKIE SAYS— WE CAU -'THS \VA14T ADS OuR"MIGHT! MIDGETS" DECuz `MER.E SMALL BUT `HEY GET RESULTS Au, -M' t3EldEF1'fS OF OU( BIG C1RC111-A1lO1'4 •Fedi A -FE\V NICKELS from the office of the local agricul- tural representative, or the near- est Dominion Experimental ^arm, or' from the Plant Protection Di- vision, Production Service, Domin- ion Department of Agriculture, Ot- tawa. Building contracts awarded throughout the Dominion in the first 10 months of the year total- led $165,010,000, compared' with $161,572,700 in the corresponding period of 1938, a gain of 2.1 per cent. The October total was $14,- 228,100 according to figures com- piled by McLean Building Reports Limited, Toronto. Totals for October by provinces were: Ontario $7,033,390, Quebec $3,257,000, British Columbia, $1,- 618,200, 1;618,200, New Brunswick $948,- 000, 948,000, Nova. Scotia $548,100, Sas katchewan $346,600, Manitoba $298,500, Alberta $154,100 and Prince Edward Island $23,700. VOICE of the PRESS NEW WAIL COMING We hate to remind you, but even if this war of nerves ends, there is that other war of nerves approaching, — Christmas Shop- ping.—Saturday Night. --- NEWS TiIAT'S NO NEWS Dr. Defoe says the Dionne girls know nothing of the war. If the little dears could read the censor- ed dispatches, it would be prac- tically the same. -Stratford Bea- con -Herald. —o— THERE'D BE A ROW' In Canada there are 1,380 teachers receiving less than $300 a year. if that many factory workers or salesgirls received as little what a public outcry would be raised!—Ottawa Journal. —e— BUILDING GOES AHEAD Despite the "war of nerves," the building permits issued in 58 Canadian cities during the first nine months of this year approach- ed $44,000,000, the highest figure since 1930. There are good times ahead and there is no reason why the building industry should not prosper with the rest.—Toronto Star. —0— GOOD ADVERTISING FOR CANADA A woman tourist, returning home from Canada to New York State, writes The Christian Sci- ence Monitor an advertisement for Canadian courtesy of very great value to this country's tourist industry. Fifty miles back she had left her purse, tickets and ear ownership cards; and only dis- covered it when she went to pur- chase some cherries at a roadside stand. She told the owner she could not take the cherries as she had left her money behind, some 50 miles back. He provided her with a dollar to buy enough gas, also the cherries. And he found his reward on the prompt return of the grateful woman. Here was a good deed which will shine forth in many places.—St. Cathar- ii>es Standard. Hot Tempers May 4404 BEE HIVE Mean Cool Hands Angor Is not all heat, for it also makes the fingers cold. Experiments in which not one exception of this cooling was found were reported' to the Ameri- can Institute of Pbysie'ds sympos- ium on temperature by Bela Mittle- menu and H. G. Wolff of the Coun- cil Medical Centre. Tension, Anxiety Accomplish It Tension, fear, anxiety and de- pression also lowered the temper- ature of the hands. Some persons showed large drops In temperature, others small, but those wlio "cooled" only a lit- tle with emotion never went to the opposite extreme. The finger tip cooling seemed to be fixed like per- sonality. The largest drop in temperature of fingers in rooms ranging from 55 to 65 was 20 degrees. In one case the emotions took the finger heat down to nearly four degrees under even this cool room. In a room just above freezing emotions cooled the fingers of one person by 36 degrees. Exports of Canadian fisheries iproducts totalled $14;860,600. int , 't1S'eInt seven "Months ,cif 1939, an' increase of almost $741,000 over the corresponding period of 1938. High Canadian Officials Attend Armistice Service in Ottawa Thousands of persons assembled on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Armis- ticefor the andprayo in thegreat war Day to honor the men who fell men who will soon take up the torch once again. Premier Mackenzie King, Lord Tweedsmuir are shown here during the two minutes' silence. Colleagues Pay Tribute To Former Canadian Minister Of Justice High government officials gathered to pay tribute to a former colleagu at the funeral of Hon. Hugh Guthrie, chairman of the Dominion Boar of Transport Conunissioners and former minister of justice, who died a the age of 73. Premier King and Rt. Hon. Justice Lyman Duff are shown leading the procession of distinguished personages "from St. Andrew`s Presbyterian church, Ottawa, following the funeral service. LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher "My mother wants to know the address of the store that sold ladies' hats for 89c in yesterday's homework." REG'LAR FELLERS—A Bargain U• 7Isb r=�7 By GENE BYRNES UN NAV �d �J ,.i":40 4)/Q IA ee nnn,.,n n n.n rnnrnn.,• 4R© ADS 4 r LITTLE 1304 IGR 12' To To „iGs 114sict~