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Orono Weekly Times, 3 Mar 1938, p. 6

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â€"qâ€"-THE NEWS INTERPRETED A Commentary On the More Important Events of the Week. By ELIZABETH EEDY IT -18 WRITTEN : He means what he says, does Herr Adolf Hitler. The Fuehrer told the world several years ago, when he wrote “Mein Kampf” (My Struggle), the story of his life and his ambitions for Germany, just what he planned to do, with Europe once he got going. His February coup in Austria, to all intents and purposes annexing that state, needn’t have startled usâ€"it was all written in the book. And if we want to know what Hitler’s next move will be, the book tells us that too. His tremendous February 20 th speech in Berlin, outlining the Nazi foreign policy, checks with everything that he has previously said. Hitler is nicely on his way. Noth- ing can now stop his proposed drive against Czechoslovakia, the Balkans and the Ukraine, except strong press- uré exerted from outside by the dem- ocratic countries acting in concert. A gloomy outlook indeed, because the last thing in the world that can be said of the democracies is that they are united in purpose. THE SHOW GOES ON: During the Fran'co-Pruasian war the people of Paris continued to flock to the thea- tres of that great metropolis for amusement. The entertainment busi- ness boomed as men and women did their utmost to forget, in their leis- ure hours, the battle front and the horrors of conflict. All down through history it has been the same. The show has gone on though the enemy be hammering at the gates. Today in Madrid, theatres are pack- ed every night. Citizens of Spain’s capital, living where death may come down from the clouds at any moment, find solace in the movies. RESEARCH BODY: Dr. Frederick Banting, discoverer of the insulin treatment of diabetes and chief of the Banting Institute at Toronto, has been named to head a committee which will undertake the job of correlating all medical research in Canada and of making it available to those con- cerned. The committee, acting under the auspices of the National Research Council of Canada, will see to it that “cures" for cancer and other dread diseases undergo thorough investiga- tion. LENTEN SPIRIT: Doing without cigarettes for Lent? Candy? Gum? The Windsor Daily Star went the rounds of the clergymen, both Cath- olic and Protestant in that city, found all to be agreed that denying oneself pleasures during Lent means only a partial observance of the Lenten spirit. Toronto ministers expressed very similar views. Said one: “There is a definite place for the Lenten season in which we should seek a deeper con- secration of Qi lives." Again: “Self- denial is worthless unless practised as a disciplinary measure ” INDIA WARNS: As well as a dom- estic crisis at home, Great Britain is facing trouble in the Mediterranean, Egypt, Palestine, the Far East. And now a civil disobedience campaign threatens in Indian. Subhas Chandra Bose, radical Na- tionalist, opened : the 51st session of the Indian Congress Party last week, took over from Gandhi the fight for Indian independence. “Our goal,” de- 6[ared Mr. Bose, “is an independent India and, In my view, the goal can be attained only through a federal re- public wherein the provinces and states will be willing partners." Attacking the Indian federation he continued: “We have to fight the fed- eration by all legitimate, peaceful means, but in the last resort, we may have to turn to mass civil disobed- ience." THE “CLIVEDEN” SET: Did you know that in the past couple of years, or even months, there has grown up in England a set of pro-German aris- tocrats who exert a tremendous in- fluence on British policies? Headed by Lady Nancy Astor, the clique, which includes important government officials, has been meeting for week- end conferences at the gorgeous As- tor estate, ‘‘Cliveden,” on the banks of the river Thames above Windsor. Plans are formulated at these week- end parties, so far-reaching in their consequences that the set has come to be known as “Britain’s Second Foreign Office.” The London “Times,” owned by the Astors, and several oth- er powerful newspapers in Great Britain, are mouthpieces of the “Clive- den” set. Lord Halifax, who immediately on Capt, Anthony Eden’s resignation from the Foreign Secretaryship was mentioned as his successor, is one of the set’s leading lights. He admires Hitler, wants friendship with Ger- many, and favors extending financial credits to the Reich. P News In Brief | Call For British Election LONDON.-â€"British labor united this week and threw the full force of its most powerful bodies behind a de- mand for an immediate general elec- tion on the Issue of British collabora- tion with Italy and Germany. While Premier Neville Chamberlain was assuring the House of Commons that Britain was re-opening negotia- tions with Fascist Italy purely in the interests of general European peace and not under force of threats or coer- cion, the heads of the three most pow- erful bodies met at Transport House in London and issued a manifesto. The manifesto reaffirmed uncom- promising opposition to any agreement with Germany and Italy on the basis indicated by Mr. Chamberlain, and challenged the Government to submit the issues to an immediate general election. Ready to Defend Herself PRAHA.â€".Czechoslovakia is ready to defend herself against sudden at- tack without waiting for outside help, the chief of the General Staff said this week. The Republic’s whole defense plan, General Ludwig Jan Krejci explained, is based on realization that wars now begin without declarations and move with swiftness, due to airplanes and motorized troops. Louis Remains Champion NEW YORK (Madison Square Gar- dens) â€" Heavyweight. Champion Joe Louis, fighting with the ferocity of a maddened lion, knocked out wild- swinging Nathan Mann in the third round of their scheduled 15-round title fight before more than 19,000 thunder- ing fans, It was the first time, in the cham- Lakes Stocked By Aeroplane Government Fish Expert Address- es Anglers’ Association Experiments of dropping fish 100 to 1,000 feet from an airplane to re- stock likes in the Laurentian moun- tains, have been made by Gustave Prévost, director of fish culture in the Laurenlides area, Quebec. He told 600 members of the Ang- lers’ Association of Quebec all about it last week at a meeting in Montreal. 10,000 Fingerlings at a Time With the improved methods now obtained 10,000 to 15,000 fingerlings could be transported in one trip of the plane and in one day 100,000 fish could be transferred to different lakes and dropped inâ€"a task, that would take about a month by truck and would cost much more. There are 10,000 lakes within a rad- ius of 200 miles of the fish culture station at St. Faustin, Quebec, and last autumn 300 of them had been stocked with 460,000 speckled trout fingerlings 3 to 5 inches long. «r»»’ LISTEN. . , „ 'CANADA-1938# » IMPERIAL TOBACCO'S ' INSPIRING PROGRAM EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT On a National Coast to Coast Network %%us Çkfade Commentary on the I n , D-â€"J.I Highlights of the Week’s New. . . » bV â„¢ter Kandal From Height of 400 Feet Mr. Prévost said experiments were first carried out on Lake Ouimet when fine cotton nets were submerged on a wooden frame 100 feet long, and the fingerlings were dropped from a hydro- plane travelling at a speed of 140 feet a second, from a height of 400 feet. Skilful piloting enabled “direct hits” to be scored after one or two attempts and the fish were then taken from the nets by observers, and 95 per cent, of them were alive and uninjured. Sub- sequently, 4-inch fish from the Pro- vincial Government fish culture sta- tion at Morrison, in St. Waustin par- ish, were taken to Lac Ouimet and flown to a virgin lake, a fin of each fish having been cut to identify it. The following year many of the fish were caught and were 9 to 10 inches long. Further experiments showed that fish up to three pounds in weight could be dropped from a height of 1,000 feet and remain uninjured. pion's career that he ever cut loose with such a murderous barrage of blasting. The amazing ftiry of his fists battered into virtual unconsciousness the bull-shouldered, dark-haired Ital- ian who had dared to match punches with him. Japanese Menace In B.C. OTTAWA.â€"Canadian fishermen can- not ply the waters of the mouth of the Fraser River without risking their lives at the hands of hostile Japan- ese, Thomas Reid (Liberal, New West- minster) charged in the House of Commons this week. In a new and sensational expose of the Japanese problem in British Col- umbia, the West Coast Liberal charg- ed that Canadians had been assaulted by Japanese, that their motor boats had been wrecked, and their fishing nets cut. Airmail Contracts Let OTTAWA.â€"The Postoffice Depart- ment has awarded contracts to Cana- dian Airways and to Wings Limited to fly air mail on a series of routes in Northern Ontario and Manitoba, Can- adian Airways obtained contracts on six runs and Wings on four. Previ- ously the routes had all been flown by Canadian Airways under tempor- ary contracts. To Control Germans Abroad BERLIN.â€"Adolf Hitler is pressing ahead with a world-wide propaganda campaign to build “little homelands" among the 25,000,000 Germans or per- sons of German descent living in North America, South America, Af- rica and Asia, He seeks to bind them to Germany by cultural and economic ties. The Fuehrer’s eyes may be on Aus- tria and Czechoslovakia for the mo- ment, but Nazi officialdom never for a moment forgets the “long view” and never abates its efforts to create sym- pathy on other continents for the Swastika, A special department in the Foreign Office began this work and now, with Hitler’s announcement of a “protec- torate” over Germans living in other European nations, the campaign has been intensified. It seeks to control the lives and thoughts of Germans abroad. CANADA Impertinent Question A California lady who shot her hus- band is unable to give a reason for her act. It never occurred to her that somebody might ask.â€"Brandon Sun. Lenders Are Losers A Montreal man will have to pay ten thousand dollars because of an accident caused by another man who had borrowed his car. This lending business, whether of books, garden tools, advice or autos, has never been a paying game.â€"Brantford Expositor. Divided, We Fall There is more than a grain of truth in the observation by the Detroit Free Press than “after a short 20 years, the allied powers that defeated Ger- many find themselves on the defensive because they did not stand together in peace as they did in war.”â€"Strat- ford Beacon-Herald. Foot-Note According to a Cleveland shoe deal- er, women’s feet during the past ten years have increased by two and a half sizes. It remains to be seen if the ladies are growing larger pedal ex- tremities or if their new demand for freedom includes insistence on more room for the feet.â€"Toronto Telegram. Prison System Needs Reform Sir Samuel Hoare, Britain’s Home Secretary, has a Bill in preparation which he hopes and expects will revo- lutionize prison life in that country. Its main objectives are said to be: To help to keep the young out of prison; to protect the persistent offender from himself; to develop reformative influ- ences in prison life. It will be inter- esting, not only in Britain but in Can- ada as well, to see just what Sir Sam- uel has in mind and to watch the pro- gress of his Bill. For the penal system of Canada, all will agree, is sorely in need of reform. At present the system here seems to be making new crimin- als instead of reforming the old. â€" Cornwall Standard-Freeholder. Glorifying The Athlete Just bow serious the glorification of modern athletes has become in its ultimate effects is still a speculation. But it is the goal, unfortunately, of too many of the younger people who enjoy sport but are likely to become discouraged at the lack of outstanding ability. The widest possible participa- tion for the greatest number possible would be a more laudable aim. The professional athlete makes his own choice of a career, and no one could quarrel with it. But if the trend con- tinues of bolstering the influence and importance of the spectator as against the participant, it will not be too healthy a one for sport generally. â€" Hamilton Spectator. THE EMPIRE We’re “Irrational And Supine” All the peaceful forces of the world have acted as if they were utterly im- potent to stop one nation, not a very strong one at that. Our own case is typical. We instruct the British mili- tary commander at Tientsin, with 700 men behind him, to reject the Jap- anese demand to enter the British Concession there. We accept the cer- tain risk that it “means war” if Japan tries. We make it plain, that we will defend Hong Kong, a position we do not refuse to adopt although that equally may “mean war”. Yet we will not co-operate with a number of oth- er powerful countries in imposing economic sanctions against Japan, though we know Japan would have to call the war off if they were imposed. We will not exchange guarantees of mutual military assistance with other nations, though the risk of Japan de- ciding to attack half the world is manifestly less than the risk that she will attack a single nation. Other na- tions are equally irrational and sup- ine.â€"London Daily Herald, Goose Down Makes Air Flow Visible Goose down is helping make air- plane engines safer and more efficient Scientists of the U. S. National Ad- visory Committee for Aeronautics are using the goose down to make visible the flow of air and other gases insider the cylinder of a fast-running airplane engine. High-speed motion picture ca- meras record these currents of gases in split thousandths of a second. One camera, believed to be the fast- est ever made, takes 40,000 photo- graphs a second. The other, which makes ten pictures at once at the rate of 2,000 sets a second, exposes each for only one-millionth of a second. Look Through Engine Windows Slower speeds â€" 2,500 “frames” a second â€" are used to photograph the gas distribution as shown by the down of the goose. The higher speeds are used to photograph the lightning-fast explosions of gas inside the cylinder as they drive the engine. All the pic- tures are made through special steel- hard glass windows fitted into the sides and tops of the cylinders. When developed and studied by re- search engineers, these motion pic- tures show changes which can be also made in the fuel and in cylinder de- sign. Dr. George W. Lewis, director of re- search for the committee, said: “The result of this research will, we believe make trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic flying much more practical because it will bring about greater rangé for air- craft on the same gasoline.” THE WONDERLAND OF OZ Once outside the passage it was just a short time before our friends reach- ed the place where they had left Oz- ma’s golden chariot. The Lion and the Tiger were quickly harnessed to it and soon the party was on its way the Queen of Ev riding with Ozma, the rest of the Royal family marching be- hind. “I would be quite content,” said Scarecrow to Tiktok, as they trudged along, “if only the Tin Woodman were with us.” “He was a fine fel-low,” re- plied Tiktok, “although his mat-ter-i-al was not ve-ry du-ra-ble.” “No,” agreed the Scarecrow, “But if anything was wrong he was easily soldered." You may be sure that the Royal fa- mily of Ev were delighted at seeing their beloved country again, arid when the towers of the Palace canid' into sight, they could not help cheering. Little Ewing, riding with Dorothy, was so excited that he took a éi rions tin whistle from his pc.eket and blew a Shrill blast. 1932, Roiily SteCo. “ What’s that 7” - .asked Bilina,. flut- tering her wings in fright. “That’s my .whistle," *',] the prince, holding .. it out in his nand. it was in the shape of a little tin pig painted green. The whistle was in the tail of the pig. “Where did you get it?" asked the rien. ‘ Why, 1 picked it up in thé pal- ace of tiie -Gnome King," was the ans-

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