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Zurich Herald, 1940-05-16, Page 2PERKY WHITE STRAW FOR SPRING Rita Johnson selects a minute bonnet in which straw brim rests jauntily over the eye. The trimming is of .bright green grosgrain. NTARIO UP U D001 S BY VIC BAKER Lake Simcoe To Be Angler's Paradise Lake Simeoe is destined to be the greatest lake in Ontario from an angling staudpoint, That's the plan of the department of game and fisheries, D. J. Tayior, deputy min- ister stated. Five million white fish fry are being released there and bass, lake trout, rainbow trout, her- ring, pickerel and perhaps nzusk- inonge will be added later. "The fact the lake is so close to Toronto and already produces good fishing is encouraging us to re- stock heavily," he said. "Lake trout trolling has been particularly good in recent years and this year we expect it to be better than ever." At the same time, he said, efforts would be redoubled to prevent il- legal netting and county authorities have been asked to co-operate ag- ainst poaching. THE WAR -WEE K. --Commentary on Current Events New Zero Hour Approaches For Europe's Small Neutrals Since the outbreak of armed conflict between Germany and the Allies, September 1, 1989, three distinct wars have been fought in Europe — in Poland, Finland, and in Norway — and Germany has won two of them. Last week, the sign's were un- mistakable that a fourth was about to begin, with Germany launching attacks against Britain on two or three fronts, possibly aided in the Mediterranean Sea by Italian armed action. Every country in Europe had a No. 1 case of the jitters. GREAT BRITAIN. Assailed by public opinion, the press, Opposi- tion leaders, critics within Con- servative ranks for having "miss- ed the bus" in the Norwegian campaign, Prince Minister Cham- berlain's administration was de- pending last week en he-man. inston Churchill to pull its chestnuts out of the fire. The question was, would the British House of Commons, press, public, be satisfied with .'promises hence- forth -to wage the war against Germany in more ,vigorous fash- ion, or would they demand a + hange of governments "so that the same thing may not happen again next week in any one of a half-dozen other countries of Europe." (Hugh Dalton, Labor M.P.). David Low, Britain's great car- toonist, pictured Prime Minister Chamberlain and his colleagues digging themselves in for a last ,Mand behind the barricaded doors of the cabinet room at 10 Down- ing St. Mr. Chamberlain, armed with an umbrella, Sir John Simon and Sir Samuel Hoare, with ink - pots for anununition, were seen crouching at the end of the cab- inet table jamnred against the door. Scattered on the floor were papers marked "eight years of dithering." The caption says: "One position that isn't going to be evacuated!" NORWAY. With Central and Southern Norway abandoned to the Germans, it remained to the Alies, aided by the Norwegians, to capture the port of Narvik from a garrison of 4,000 Germ- ans, and seize the railway leading from Narvik to the vital Swedish iron mines at Kiruna. Prime Min- ister Chamberlain declared that the government was keeping in mind the fact that British forces at Narvik were open to grave risks until Allied aerial suprem- acy in the area could be estab- lished. SWEDEN. The effect on Swed- en of the Allied reverse in Nor- way was acknowledged in London to be greater than on any other European neutral. Encircled, the "middle nation" fated starvation through strangulation of trade 'with the Allies, unless she came directly within the German -Soviet trade orbit. HOLLAND. Aside from the Balkan countries, the Netherlands last week were possibly in a worst spot than any other ]European nation. "Increasing uncertainties of the international situation" eaused all army, navy and air force leaves to be cancelled in the Netherlands, cities to be black- ed out, traffic to be halted on rivers and canals, and communi- cations with the outside world to be Cut off overnight. Two enemy Slow Burning CIGARETTE PAPERS DOUBLE BOOK columns were reported advancing upon Holland from Bremen and Duesseldorf, with objectives ap- parently in the south and in the north. If attacking it would ap- pear the German High Command had a "scissors" movement in view --• to spread out sidewise to occupy intervening territory after reaching their first objectives. Object in invading Holland: to seize submarine and air bases for attacks on England; to endeavor to outflank the Maginot Line through Belgium. It was the sixth war scare in the Netherlands since September, and by far the most potent, but it was believed in many quarters that the German moves in this direction night again be just a feint to draw at- tention away from action in the Balkans. ITALY. Still on the fence last week was Il Duce Mussolini, en- joying his position while he could. Influences restraining him from participation in the war on the side of Germany (if such were his ,intention)i. Pressure United States; the presence an the Mediterranean of the largest Al- lied fleet on record; the attitude of the Pope; the manifest desire of the Italian people for peace; the bad state of his country's fin- ances — not really able to afford a war; the pro -Ally feeling of the Italian royal family. No. 1 Rumor of the week: that Hitler and Mussoliniwould short- ly meet again and confer in Inns- bruck, or perhaps in Munich. THE BALKANS. A German - Italian coup in the Balkans was feared by all the small neutrals of southeastern Europe last week. It was indeed the threat of Ger- many that such a blow might fall. Should ".Allied tropes violate any of the Balkan countries' fron- tiers," the Reich declared it would send an ultimatum to that country demanding it choose im- mediately one or the other bellig- erent camp. Meantime Britain re- doubled her efforts to line up Yugoslovia, Rumania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey into a "defens- ive" alliance. Extension of the war to southeastern Europe seem- ed imminent, since any • excuse could be the cause for action. (Turkish troops were lining the Greek and BuIga:xan frontiers and Nazi formations were noted along the Yugoslav and Hungar- ian frontiers. German tank ship- ments into eastern Slovakia were also reported. The Italians were busy near the Yugoslav border and the Dodecanese Islands. Rus- sian reinforcements appeared near the border of Ruthenia. Ru- mors were current that the Allies were about to land troops at Sal- onika in Greece). CANADA; With the Parliament about to open at Ottawa, politic- al observers its the Dominion were :Eskimo Fashion Show Attractive No Evening Gowns, But ?len- ty of Smart Arctic Hoods, Caps, Mittens and Coats Vivid pageantry of the North was staged, unaware, during the resent annual spring Fur Rendezvous in Anchorage, Alaska, says the Christ- ian Science Monitor. Day and night snowy streets were thronged with Alaskans in furs Women .in seal- skin coats covering modish crea- tions rubbed elbows with Eskimo girls in squirrel parkas, reindeer mukluks and wolfskin, mitts dang- ling at the ends of brig!ht.wool neck harnesses.. CHARMING ESKIMO MODEL There the question of "what Miss Eskimo will wear this spring" was definitely answered. Fur buy- ers from New York, Seattle, St. Louis, looked as if they had Stele ped. out of a smart advertisement, stood side by side in the crowd with a salty trader from the Arctic in mukluks (fur boots) that cost $15; fur pants at $50, and a parka worth anywhere from $100 to $500. One large -eyed, round-faced Esk- imo beauty modeled. a short parka packet made of otter, trimmed with wolverine. Proudly she displayed the satin lining, and the zippers for the front opening and for the poc- kets where she kept cosmetics that had been brought by slow mails from the "Outside." Gracefully elle demonstrated how the Hood tight- ened around the face, and shyly she told that it was just the thing foe ski-ing or sports wear. She wore lynx mittens. . G`aIening s n REPLACEMENT It is a good plan, old gardeners state, to use started annual flow- ers for planting aulong tulips and other Spring flowering bulbs that will be past their best in a few more weeks. Something is needed to hide dying foliage. Then again, quick growing annuals will always be useful for filling in any blind spots in the perennial beds where Winter has been unusually severe. FIRST VEGETABLES First of the garden peas, leaf let- tuce, radish and spinach will be among the earliest vegetables that are sown. These may be planted as soon as the ground is fit to work. All of the seeds should be sown at least three times at intervals of ten days so that there will be succes- sion of vegetables. The second sow- ing will be carrots, beets, onions, potatoes, etc., which can stand 3: a Zi—then beans, cora. and tomato, cabbage and cauliflow- er plants, etc., which are tender. SHORT CUTS To get started in a hurry one is advised to purchase a certain quan- tity of started plants of both flow- ers and vegetables. It is important to get the varieties wanted, and on this account it is an excellent idea to consult a good Canadian seed catalogue before placing the order. The gardener can look over the var- ious varieties in the catalogue and should make sure that the particu- lar ones wanted are in the boxes of plants bought. After setting out these new plants, the ground about should be soaked with water and kept soaked for a week or so. It is good plan to add some commercial fertilizer dis- solved inwater and in the ease of small things to protect from sun for a day or two. The Book Shelf.. CONFESSIONS OF AN IMMIGRANT'S DAUGHTER By Laura G. Salverson With her new book, Confessions of an Immigrant's Daughter, Laura Goodman Salverson has for the second time in her career won the • looking for early reorganization in the Mackenzie King Cabinet, with Hon. Pierre Casgrain, form- er Speaker, a distinct possibility in any shake-up . it was ex pected also thta Norman Rogers, Minister of Defence, would be giv- en complete control of the three defence services — army, navy and air force in the capacity of chairman of the war super- visory council. r Eg!! ROI O11 / , ,fir ro Ar,ME woos' f I rf,//%�0)1 Among grains, wheat stands high in nourishment value. Aredded Wheat is 100% whole wheat in its most delicious, most digestible form. This famous cereal with milk and fruit, contains these eight essential food elements: Three Vitamins' (A, Ba and C), Proteins, iron, Calcium, Phosphorus and Carbohydrates. Here's vital nourishment to meet wartime demands on your vitality, in one simple breakfast that's mighty good to taste. Order two or three packages of Shredded Wheat from your grocer—it's equally nutritious for lunch or as a bedtime snack. THE CANADIAN SHREDDED WHEAT COMPANY, LTD., Niagara Paths, Canada "WOK ' i 0R_1IWS, c: tiaapLIAilt'. powst UR,FDOD, ., srRtat Governor -General's award for the best Canadian book, in the Gen- eral Literature class. "Confessions" is the chronicle of a child of Vikings. It is the story, seen through the eyes of a growing girl, of how her mother and father, members of old Ice- landic families, married and emi- grated to Canada, met the new conditions here, and brought up a .family of North Americans, im- bued with Icelandic ideas of cul- ture, but indistinguishable and proud citizens of Canada. "Confessions of an immigrant's Daughter" ... by Laura Goodman Salverson ... Toronto: Ryerson Press ..- $2,50. A FARM PER ISSUE Te print the New York Times for a single week -end edition means that the pulp wood has been strip- ped off 225 Canadian acres. -- Pet- erborough Examiner. WHAT, NO RADIO? The last war was easier to en- dure because we didn't have to lis- ten to all the would-be experts com- menting upon the significance of rumors that hadn't been verified. --- Chatham News. THE NEXT CENSUS The census is expected to show something else: that the Canadian people are growing older. A gener- ation ago, Canada was known as the young man's country. It is not so much that, now, because the years have piled on the shoulders of the young people of the early days of the century, and new young people, from abroad and the native- born, are'not coming in such num- bers as formerly. So the average age of the population will be great- er. The school statistics have been showing the trend for some years. -- Vancouver Daily Province. DON'T HANDICAP THE POOR Thewar should not be a means of maintaining the status quo in which the well-to-do have so much and others have so little. There are standards of living which should linprove whether the country is at war or at peace. The financial sac- rifiee of war should be borne by those who are able to boar it, and to the greatest degree by those who are best equipped to hear it, All war taxation should be framed with that in view. Those who are struggling upwards from the financial depths should not be handicapped by war burdenswhich others are better able to shoulder. — Toronto Star. Task of Citizen To Keep Freedom War Responsibility to Pre- serve Liberty at Home Strengthen Democracy, Urges Principal of Queen's Univer- sity Individual responsibility is ne- cessary for the preservation of free- dom, Dr. R. C. Wallace, principal and vice-chancellor of Queen's 'Uni- versity, Kingston, Ont., told a re- cent meeting of the Ottawa Wo- men's Club. "I£ the forces against us are vic- torious, the growth of personality, which is the important thing in life, will not be allowed," he said. If all individuals did their best to strengthen the system existing to- day, they would be helping to en- sure its continuation, Dr. Wallace declared. He urged persons with minority views to be courageous enough to express them. The fact that there is no unem- ployment in dictator countries is due to military enlistments, he said. 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