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Zurich Herald, 1934-01-25, Page 6� Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and The World at Large CANADA Prepare Yourself Down at Wheatley the other day a pian fended off an attempted holdup with a newspaper he carrying in his hand. Now is the time to subscribe. You never know when a newspaper will couie in handy.—Goderich Signal. The Bible When mankind ceases to believe in the fighting power of simple words, and the beauty of rhythmic, timing sentences that go straight to the heart and the head, it will perhaps take peed of the myriad critics of the Bible. To countless millions, seeking the Bible, turning to it for help, for wis- dom, for its beauty of words and phrase; turning to it because it breathes a message of divine inspira- tion, badly -published or not, it is Heavenly poetry. These millions find no fault with it. The modern publish- ing house might produce a de luxe edition of some modernist's work, with illustrations by Dore. It is not likely to produce such music, such fundamental truth, such economy of expression with barren simplicity, as in the sentence: "The Lord is me Shepherd."—Vancouver Sun. ntetligence Quota A speaker tells a local service club that only five per cent. of the total population of the world are thinkers; the majority, he says, are mere imi- tators. However, the situation isn't as bad. as it might seem, for probably about 95 per cent. class themselves as belonging to the five. They're satis- fied, anyhow, and personal satisfac- tion, as we know, is the kind that counts,—Border Cities Star. A Tip Knees for automobiles have been in- vented and that they may be seen to best advantage the cars will probably be exhibited with tartan and sporran. —Port Arthur News -Chronicle. Understandable Tb.ere is an old-world charm about the rejoicing of millions of Japanese over the birth of a son to the Em- peror Hirohito and Empress Nagako. Even in this day of tottering dynas- ties and populistic ferment we of the British Empire can understand the Japanese rejoicing, for we have our own deep loyalty to the House of Windsor, In the case of the House of the Mikados, however, there was an especial urgency in the prayers for a male offspring, since under Japanese law a woman may not ascend the throne. In British history, on the con- trary, some of our most illustrious sovereigns, such as Elizabeth and Vic- toria, have been reigning queens: Montreal: Star Unusual Winters After three weeks of sub -zero weath- er Albertans are beginning to question if the province's famous "open win= ters" ever did have existence, except in the minds of some of the old- timers, Certainly it is a reflection on the local weather prophets who were confident that the Winter of 193344 was to be unusually mild.—Calgary Herald. . First Toronto Motorist A notable figure in the life of On- tario passes from the scene in the death of Dr. P, E. Doolittle, He was the first man in Toronto to own and operate a motor car and bis great in- terest in this form of transportation and its development, which continued until his death, made his name well- known throughout the province and, indeed, all over the Dominion. ---Tor- onto Telegram. Letters in Mourning The year 1933 should bear a black mark in the English literary calendar. So far as can be judged at the mo- ment, it has brought to light no work of outstanding merit, but it has re- moved from the scene several who had established themselves in the field of letters and an unusual number of those of lesser fame.—Vancouver Pro- vince. Looks Like It In Paris a man was arrested near the Courts of Justice clad only in his underwear. Lawyer won his suit?— Brantford Expositor. Doctor Is "Mr." The death of Mr, I. H. Cameron re- moves a very remarkable surgeon from the ranks of the great operators of the Dominion. He always insisted on being called Mr. Cameron, not Dr. He was a surgeon, he said, not a medi- cal man, and chose •to maintain the ancient tradition.—Hamilton Herald, THE EMPIRE High Praise for a Prince And certainly, in close -fitting dark overcoat, with a pink carnation—pre- sented to him by the little son of R. G. Clissold, chairman of the Edgbas- ton Occupational Centre—and his fair hair sleek in the winter sunshine, the Prince looked as handsome and healthy as any film star.—Birming- ham, England, Gazette. Sunken Treasure in Great Lakes If dwellers along the Great Lakes were to read the government reports of disasters on these inland seas, says a writer in the New York Times, they would learn of treasure to the value of $15,000,000 sunk in them since the middle of the nineteenth century. The treasure is not in the form of doub- loons, but some of it is of a nature to yield'profit if recovered. The treasure is of various kinds. In Lake Erie be- tween Cleveland and the Detoit River lies the steamer Clarion with a cargo of locomotives. In. the middle of the same lake lies a vessel with 300 bar- rels of whiskey, while another like cargo is at the bottom. of Lake Michi- gan sear Manitou Island. Between Dunkirk, Ohio, and Erie rests a boat with $50,000 worth of pig zinc which divers have failed to get. There are many cargoes, lost on the Great Lakes, to retrieve which no serious attempt has been made. There are possibili- ties of real profit if ocean diving equipment were brought in for this purpose.—Kingston Whig -Standard. Selling a Pair.of Socks • Here is a charming—and true— story of Lady Strathmore, the Duchess of York's mother. At her bazaar in London the other day there were dozens of pairs of socks and in the midst of selling some of them she looked ui, at her customer 'rather anxiously. "You're a big man— wonder if these will be long enough in the foot for you," she said. "I know from my own boys that they are so uncomfortable if they are short. "I'll tell you what to do. Take them with you and try them on, and if they are not long enough I'll keit new toes for you."—Overseas Daily Mail. Noted Figure Passes The late Chief John George Watson, for 25 years head of Hunts- ville police, ex -member Irish con- stabulary at Belfast and friend of the late Lord Kitchener, whose funeral took p' -ace in Huntsville on January llth. monstration of gas warfare, but' we must be prepared to defend ourselves, whatever be the consequence of attack from the air.—The Weekly Scotsman. The English Birth -Rate More marriages, fewer births! In the third quarter of this year the number of persons married was great- er by 15,903 than the corresponding quarter of 1932 and greater by 35,408 than the number in the June quarter, but the births were 8,101 fewer than in the 1932 quarter and the birthrate dropped to 14.6 per thousand. France, Getrmany and Italy are now intent on raising their birth-rate. They realize that a nation's greatest asset is its citizens, Britain cannot afford a fall- ing birth-rate now. — The Sunday Chronicle. The "Royal Scot" Now, if not before this time, the "Royal Scot" is the best known train in the world. To hundreds of thous- ands of "Century of Progress" visitors she is the incarnation of English rail- roading—even of England herself. And in every way she has done her country proud. Whoever conceived •the idea of sending the "Royal Scot" to Ameri- ca—and merica—and whoever evolved the Celan for her visit—knew his showmanshipth9. flying tour made by the train before she took her place at the "Century of Progress" was just sufficient to stimu- late an enormous amount of public in- terest.—R. M. Van Sant, in Modern Transport. Risked Her Own Neck A superintendent of police at Ox- ford spoke with commendable, even if unconscious, candor to a cyclist summoned during the' past week for disobeying a traffic signal. As the lay press missed the whole point of his remark, we cannot let it Pass without pointing the homily. The cyclist was a young lady who innocently imagined, when she found the red light against her, that she could become a "pedestrian" on the spot and walk forward, ahead of the motor traffic. She went to the un- paralleled length of wheeling her cycle between two motor cars, which we imagine must be a very galling thing for a motorist to experience. In the police court she said she thought that if she walked she came under the "pedestrian category." The much - shocked superintendent retorted: "And risk your neck!" To which the depraved young lady replied: "Well, it is my own." She was fined a pound. The temptation is to leave the facts without. further comment — as the superintendent presumably did. But those who still walk should bear in mind his professional opinion that to become a pedestrian on the spur of the moment is to risk your neck. We propose to leave it to the pedestrians on the one hand and the speedsters on the other to argue the point wheth- er a "modern pedestrian's" neck is still his own!—G. K.'s Weekly, The Poor Rich Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks, who is shortly to become Miss Mary Pickford again, has given out a moving inter- view in New York all about God and life and Mary Pickford. Among other immortal sentiments uttered therein Is the opinion that the hest things in life are free and that wealth cannot buy anything worth while. No doubt this is true, but it is a curious fact that hardly anyone finds it out until after he has made a lot of money. And ;while wealth is recognized in every child's copy book and in every inter- view with the rich as a curse and a burden, yet hardly anyone ever at- tempts to escape it after acquiring it. —Victoria Times. Well Earned Lord Wiliingdon has been given four months' leave of absence from India, He has earnedit by his combination of firmness, sympathy, . tact and frr- sight in dealing with India's political problems. The fact that he asks for a long vacation is proof that he fears no turmoil in the near future.—Lon- don Advertiser. Plenty'of Material When Doris Warner; 'daughter of the president of Warner thos., screen gprodecers, was married lit New York a squid film was made of the proceed- ings and presented to her. 11 this isort etching eeteiids to movie actress- es many o,e them will soon have enough records to afford their friends a complete ' night's entertainment.--- B3rantford Expositor, Lindbergh's "Services" Worth $250,000 Stock tiTi7ashington.—An official of Trans- continental Air Transport, Inc., re- cently told United States Senate in- vestigators 25,000 hares of the com- pany stock were given to Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. D. M, Sheaffer, chairmau of the air company's executive committee, told of a corfiplicated system used for what he said was "income tax pur- poses" in transferring the stock to the noted pilot. He said the stock, valued at -250,- 000, was given to Lindbergh iu re- turn for "services." Gas and Destruction We have been told that airplanes, with poison gases could wipe out the population of a city in a night, but Lord Mottistone (formerly better kn°own as General J. E. B. Seely) de dares it "a complete and fantastic de- lusiorr to suggest that London 'weld be paralyzed by one single bloat,fronr the air." Poison gases,' to be effective, must bo light enopgh not to spread themselves on the ground and heavy enough to resist dissipation in the at- mosphere.- There is' perhaps as much tendency to overrate the danger from gas as there was to exaggerate. the terrors of Big Bertha, which was able to project shells into Paris from 30 'miles a ,way, but for every shell that was sired less than one person was killed. No one desires, to have a de. Melbourne to Oust Ugly Signs sand Noise IVlelbourrte, VIc. -- Fresli campaigns against city noises, ugly poster adver- tisements and pillar verandahs are be- ing planned by the city council for the coming municipal year, After tram noises, .which the coun- cil cannot stop, the chief causes of noise are regarded as being squeaking car brakes, radio loudspeakers, and "spruikers" outside • theatres and shops. The practice of having uni- formed "spruikers" Outside shops, en- nouucieg bargains in stentorian voices, has grown in recent years. All such noises; the council feels, could be subdued by stricter .enforcement of the council's anti -noise by-laws. Ugly boardings which do not com- ply with the council's regulation will be pulled down. Owners of buildings with pillar verandahs will be urged to demolish them, or to replace them with verandahs of the cantilever type, within the next five years. The coun- cil's vied is that pillar verandahs, be- sides interfering with traffic, mar the appearance of the city streets. Many have been demolished in recent.years. Princess Alice Opens London Bazaar A big London event recently was a church bazaar in aid of Anglo -Cath- olic home and foreign mis.siones, held for two days in the Royal Horticul= tural Hall at Westminister. Out of the 50 special stalls, 10 represent Africa, south of the equator, and St. Helena. The bazaar was opened by Princess Alice, Countess .of Athlone, in recognition of her special South African connection. - The Princess, who was attended by Miss Heron -Maxwell, said she was Miss Heron -Maxwell, said she was happy to support the work of Eng. lish church missions at home and abroad. "I think those engaged in church work at home," she said, "of- ten fail to realize what the life of the workers abroad is like. My knowledge is limited to my South African experiences, but during my seven years' residence in South Af- rica, I had ample opportunity to see' the work done there by missionaries, and I learnt to appreciate the moral, social and physical help they give to the natives. The work is so extreme- ly worth while, but none of it can be carried on without financial support." 14,200 Italian Settlers Flock to Reclaimed Lands Littoria, Italy.—Trainloads of peas- ants arrive here every month and thousands of these hardy farmhands start lift afresh in this city, which was once the centre of the now re- elaimed Pontine marshes. Helre at least there is no depression. These rugged folkcome from the most varied points of the peninsular and their one wish . is to till the soil.. The vast expanses of the re- claimed Pontine marshes today make. ?their life dream •come true. Veteran farmers stand at attention and mechanically click their heels to- gether before uttering a monosyllable. A good many lately have been com- ing from the Friuli region. Property is so subdivided and scarce there and so thickly populated that lots destined for farm -sharing often meas- ure less than a hectare. Hence they become wanderers in search of work, almost gypsy -farmers. The Pontine•ex- pertment is curing the disease. Men are falling in love again with their soil, their plow and oxen. Spends 50 Millions In Purchasing Gold Washington.—The United States reconstruction finance corporation has made known it had purchased more than $50,000,000 of foreign gold in the administration's effort to boast com- modity prices, ('hi..ago Scene of Mill,: Battle Iarm plets dumping milk from truck near Chicago city limits, proportions practically any Milt milk stripe has reached such p ro pp getting into city is for irospitale• irnd ornergoncy milk for children. Chosen Ariehitect Vincent Harris has been chosen from a long list of British archi- tects to design the new govern- ment buildings in Whitehall. Famous Woman" Spy Happily Married Marthe Cnockaert, wife of Capt. McKenna, Ex— British Soldier Yesterday I heard the truth about one of the Great War's- greatest love romance, writes a woman correspond- ent of a London daily newspaper. It was the love story of a famous spy, who is now in Britain, told by her husband, Captain McKenna, ex -soldier. "Out of the desolation of mud, rain, graves and crosses came the great- est happiness which we two had ever known," he said. The other person of the "we" is Marthe Cnockaert, though I am breaking a promise in describing her in this manner, "Captain McKenna is the husband of Madame McKenna, please, and I am the wife of a great soldier. The rest we are trying to forget." That is Madame McKenna's emphatic wish: She is a wife now. Her husband is her hero. And like all good Belgian women, she left all . the ,talking to him. Cemetery Meeting "We met on a bleak November morning just a week or so after the war. A friend and I were visiting the cemetery at Westro.sebeke, look- ing for graves of some of my friends who were buried there," lie said. "We plodded over the field, and saw a woman standing a- little waY in front of us', looking over the'field of crosses . . . That was 'Marthe, "My friend spoke to her. He ask- ed her if she knew the place. Is spoke to her first. It was her home town, and she was coningback to it to find nothing but the ruin of all her memories. like Marthe dnunediately, and it was some time later that I learned of her work. I felt even happier when I realized her bravery . . But very . humble. For she had done great work." Wonderfully Happy Marthe had listened to us till then, but she here interrupted. "He did, too. He was a great sol- dier. The whole war he fought. Very near to me . . . And they gave him' the Military Cross and bar and the French Croix de Guerra!' "But Mar, . And to avoidthe . an.y" argument I in- tervened. "You both served Your country" They are• charming -people. Won- derfully happy and very simple in their living... "I was a spy,". said Marthe. "I can- not regret it; I would be a spy again." "And I am a spy's 1iu•sbaind, and as Marthe is the spy I cannot regret that for one moment either," said Captain McKepna. I left them together, one of the happiest married couples I have ever ni et. Hospitable Calgary Welcomes Visitors Showers Them With Gifts and the "Glad Hand" Calgary, — Westotht • hospitality means isometting in Calgary,' not just a handshake and "welcome to our city, A "welcome wagon" awaits the new- comer and his family. It is covered" but not drawn, like the ;pioneer ones, by plodding oxen, or fiery steeds. -It {has an wpoteet e{ti►inute lumber and at the wheel sits a genial driver. hostess, The "welcome wagon" ie loaded with . gifts from local mer- chants for the newcomers and letters of welcome. First there is a letter from Mayor. Andy Davison inviting them to "come up arid see nye sometime," And then an invitation to dine free at a oozy downtown ;tea room, followed by a complimentary ticket to a movie and. a free taxi ride home. But that is not all. The "welcome lady" greets the new Calgary house wite with two baskets laden witl foodstuffs—a quart of milk; a loaf of bread; butter; a tin of meat; severe paokagee of biscuits; a bag of flour and a host of other household sup plies. - There is also a bouquet of roses; ! complimentary library card and tin manesf-the-house is not forgotten He may have his hat cleaned ane blocked free and his car washed ani oiled,,. also without charge. And then for good measure there it a nice, shiny yardstick, but yen don't need one to gauge western hos pitality in Calgary. : ----- Millions in Check But Borrows Taxi Fare }W.ashingtol1: A $4a,30a,000 icliecil in his pocket and not enough money to pay a taxicab bill was the predica- ment in which Mr. Lloyd Landau found himself. Mr. Landau is a solicitor ler the Public Works Administration. The taxicab bill was 40 cents and he was in Chicago. After displaying the federal cheat' to tiie doubtful driver and a coned. erable debate as to his identity, the driver allowed him to enter the Union League Club to borrow 50 cents from the desk clerk. The check was drawn in cornea tion with a government transfer of funds in Chicago. Is Hit by Coffin New Nationality Law Helps Women in Britain London.—By the British Nationality and Status et Aliens Act, whiob recently received the royal assent the lot of British women who marry foreigners is somewhat mitigated The aot, which was originally intro duced into Parliament as the Na tionality of Married Women • bill, en ables a British woman who marries an alien to -retain her own nationality unless she acquires his. in the case of a husband wiio re linquishes his British natiopalitl after marriage, the wife may retail her British nationality. On the oth er hand, an alien woman, marrying a British subject, will only become' British atelier own request, while a British woman married to a eitizeu of an enemy country will have the right to return to British nationality. Budapest Has Milk Row Budapest.—Five thousand liters of milk were poured out in the streets of Budapest a few days ago as a demonstration of Hungarian milk sell- ers against a decree of the govern- ment. The Ministry of Agriculture recent- ly issued a dedree !forbidding the direct supply of milk to the consum- ers in the capital and forcing the pro- ducers to deliver their goods to the Budapest Dairymen's Association. A number of "milk mothers" (as the milk sellers going from house to house are called in Hungary) refused to obey this summons and either de- livered no milk at all to the capital or tried to force their way through the police cordons at the octroifron- tier. Duringthe encounters a cumber of the angry women opened their cans and poured out the milk. Soviet Buys Canadian Wheat for Siberians. Saskatoon, ---The Soviet Government has bought 16,000 bushels of Western Canada wheat for distribution in dis- tricts of Siberia needing early wheat, according to information received bY Neil- Stewart of Dunblane, Sask., pre - Mourner is Killed sident of the Saskatchewan Register- 14letz France.—Victim of a falling' ed Seed Growers Association. The coffin a French aviator pilot gergt. l grain, now stored in a Moose Jaw ele- s a Y e He was plains uphill in a hearse New Yorlr. With the corpse of an old man. The hearse hit a tree, the rear door flew open amend the coffin fell out, landing on, the flyer. Grav' din i dead t Boula ,near itiI tr i vator, will go for February delivery, at Sydney Steel Plant Gets .Large Order Sydney, N.S,- Sir Newton t'ioere;: president of the Dominion Steel pinnal Coal Corporation, has annotmced 'the corporation had closed a contract for an order of 6,000 tons of steel rods, to be rolled at the Sydney dant. He did not disclose the n•.lir.e .o;f .the :firm purchasing the rads. . Airman at Edmonton Gets Rude Surprise Edmonton.—Haat. actually forced Captain Walter Gilbert, Canadian Airways pilot, to land here a few min- utes after he took oft from the city ,;airport on a projected flight ,bo 11ic. Murray. With a ground temperature of 4t degrees, Captain Gilbert glided into the air and bumped int an air cur• rent of GO degrees at 1,000 feet. With his machine regulated for frigid win- ter flying, the motor started to over- heat and led! iti''idri'i,ir iha' irrri,r,+l.