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gs A PRE pl = a Ee } formed at a CW.w EDITORIAL COMMENT FROM HERE. THERE AND EVERYWHERE, NOW THEY'RE ALL COMING: The little: Anglican church at Herb Lake, 80 miles northeast of The Pas, Manitoba, was crowded last Sunday as evening services began. Sunday be- fore, you could have counted the con- gregation on the fingers of two hands. Reason: the hour of service was set back sixty minutes in order to permit the people of the district to listen to Charlie McCarthy at seven o'clock and come to church at eight. Said Rev. Percy, the clergyman: "Our people just weren't coming to church... Now, Charlie McCarthy is a blockhead, but he does give whole- sonie entertainment, and that kind of entertainment is too sadly lacking in many a settlemgent of this kind -- he was worthy considering." A LONG SESSION: Reconvening af- ter the Easter recess, the House of Commons at Ottawa is facing a huge amount of work which means a long, long session. Some of the things to come up: the Budget, Canada-U. S, trade agreement, Transport Bill, re- ports of Commissions including the National Employment Commission, re- port on the penetentiary probe. These with others are all matters of mom- ent, REASON FOR HASTE: Now that Italy has concluded her conversations with Britain and the new pact has been signed, Mussolini is turning very quickly to France in the hope of set- tling Franco-Italian differences before Hitler comes to male his visit in Italy on May 3rd. He isn't even asking that France first restore fvl" diplomatic re- lations between the two countries (by sending an Ambassad' + to Rome). Because when Hitler comes to Rome next month ready to lord it over Mus- solini and force him to fall in with his wishes, the Duce will have two trump cards in his hand--the agreements with Britain and France. Nice work there. . THEY DON'T AGREE: Grant Dex- ter, correspondent in Great Britain for the Globe and Mail and the Winni- pez Free Press, declares that the two large political groups in England are questioning Prime Minister Chamber- lain's foreig.i policy, in particular, the new agreement with Italy, The centre wing Conservative sentiment, as typi- fied by the Yorkshire Post, he says, views the settlement coldly, pointing out that while the pact may be good on the surface, it is doubtful if it can penetrate the depths. The Post sug- gests that the terms of the pact are too broad and too vague, leaving so many loopholes that little can be hop- ed for from the agréement, This school of opinion, in"other words, just doesn't trust Mussolini. Then in quarters where faith is still placed in the value of the Lea- gue and of collective security, Mr. Dexter says the cry is that the agree- ment is built ou a betrayal of Ethio- pia and the collapse of all principle save that of expediency. DANGEROUS GROUND: None of the Quintuplets could have minded very much when their favorite doctor, Allan Roy Dafoe, last week declared that Yvonne is the brightest of the five. Intellectual competition among females never is very fierce, but when comes to the question of who's the best-looking -- oh, boy! We're afraid Doc Dafoe has started something by saying that he thinks Annctte's the prettiest! REALISTIC FRIENDSHIP: That Canada and the United States should enter into a treaty for mutual defense -- an agreement that one nation would go to the aid of the other in case of emergency -- is urged editor- ially by a prominent American news. paper, the New York News. "We know that we're already friends," the' ar- ticle declares; "what is-needed is that our friendship should take on a more realistic from." Coming down to the particular, it advocates that the United States agree to use some of'its fighting ships for Canadian defense by sea, while Canada should see to it that the St. Lawrence is adequately equipped with naval basis. Such an agreement would prove in- valuable to us in Canada, should the British navy be engaged in defending Great Britain or DBritain's Mediterran- can or South African sea routes, and not be able to come to our aid in case of attack. STALEMATE. Japan, drawn further and further into Chinese territory, and spending terrific sums in an attempt to consolidate her gains, is coming to admit that the campaign in China has reached a stalemate. Reverses that past couple of weeks in Southern Shantung Province, Southwestern Kiangsu have been unprecedented for the Japanese, The real facts of the shattering defeats they have suffered are just now beginning to leak out. The turning-point of the war appears to be at hand, while at home the mili- tarists who threw Japau into the war are facing bitter criticism and denun- ciation. Grave undest is making {itself felt throughout the country. Reforestation Group Formed Concervation Aim--Ontario As- sociation Seeks to Curb Destruction The Ontario Conservation and Re- forestation Association, a province- wide organization designed to promote reforestation and conservation, was tives from several reforestation zones in various_parts of Ontario held in York Courty last week. Reeve James Rennie, of Markham, was named president of the new asso- ciation, Other officers: Vice-president, WW. H. Casselman, Chesterville; secre- tary, W. H. Porter, London; Gardhouse, Weston. Will Survey Reforestation Zones Among resolutions adopted was one recommending that the provincial gov- ernment be approached to obtain leg- islation preventing the destruction of tree growth and asking that the cut- ting of small trees be controlled, The government will be requested to make a survey of all reforestation zones in the province, At present the province is divided into five zones. Wallace Gallinger, mover of the reso- lution, stated that information desired meeting of representa- treasurer, from these surveys was the percent- age of municipally-owned land, the percentage of submarginal land suit- able for reforestation, and the extent and condition of waterheads. This new organization will co-op- erate with the game and fisheries de- partment and horticultural and other societies interested in soil conserva- tion. Centre of London Boasts A Farm A farm of 25 acres, charmingly situated among old trees beneath which Cromwell's men are said to have sheltered, and watered by a stream along which Queen Elizabeth sailed in her State barge, is for sale. It all sounds beautifully rural-- but actually the farm is right in Lon- don, England, less than five miles from Charing Cross. No farm is closer to the centre of the.city. Con- tinental trains pass its boundaries within a few minutes of leaving Vic- toria. In the summer hay-making can be scen in progress almost before passengers have had time to settle down in their places. The farm is on the Belair estate, in Dulwich, widch was owned by the late Sir Evan Spicer, Uncle of King of Egypt Visits Laboratory EO Hussein Sab 1 the laboratory. - Pasha, right, uncle of the King of E visits the "House Magis" at Schnectady, N.Y., accompanied by Dr. wh Coolidge, director a ---- -- Removal of Fears Aid to Treatment Medical Patients ats Should Be Ad- justed to Life -- Worries and Fears Said To Cause Digestive Trouble Removal of causes of fear and 4vor- ry is an important factor in the treat- ment of many diseases, Dr. Martin E. Rehfuss, Professor of Clinical Medi: cine at Jefferson Médical College, as- serted at the Philadelphia County Me- dical Clinfe. "Plan deliberately," he said, "to help your patients adjust themselves 'to life. If you could only write a few large cheques and correct marital dis- turbances, you would find the sick sto- machs of your nervous patients amaz- ingly quick in taking up their work. People Are Worrying "With the stock market out of sight, politics a question mark, and future security a matter of doubt, people are worrying. And I know from 30,000 fluoroscopic examinations that diges- tive disturbances of the most diverse nature can occur from nervous condi- tions. "Find out if your patient likes his wife, likes his work, and if he spends more than he earns. Campaign delib- erately to adjust him to his environ- ment." The possibility of error in hasty diagnosis was pointed out by Dr. Geo. E. Pfahler of Graduate Hospital, when he flashed one clinical X-ray photo- graph on the screen. "There's no one in this room," he declared, who would not diagnose cancer from this picture. But it isn't that at all. It's a mass of peanut butter sandwich that the pat. fent ate contrary to instructions." 0-0-0000 The BOOK SHELF By ELIZABETH EEDY <> > "INTERMISSION IN EUROPE" BY VERNON BARTLETT "Intermission in Europe" tells you first hand of exciting events of the German Revolution; of war in the Po- lish Corridor; of the nerve-shattering night when the votes were counted in the Saar Plebiscite; how Mussolini snubbed Hitler publicly during the historic meeting in Venice; of the March on Rome; of Haile Selassie in Geneva; of Dollfuss' assassination and funeral; - of experiences in war-torn Spain; of tense, smoke-filled rooms be- hind the scenes at Genoa, Stresa and Geneva. : Mr. Bartlett has been present at a great many history-making scenes, and remembers them well. From personal knowledge Vernon Bartlett, can, in a sentence, provide the key to the personalities of Hitler, Goering, Goebbels, Attaturk, Schus- chnigg, MussoHmi, Eden, Litvinoff, Dr. Salazer and others, "Intermission In Europe" -- by Ver- non Bartlett. Oxford University Press, Toronto, $2.75. "KING GEORGE VI" BY HECTOR BOLITHO No hard feelings will be engendered by Hector Bolitho's account of the life of the present occupant of Bucking- ham Palace. "England does not ask for a scholarly king or a witty king, or one who lives in glamour," the nar- rative affirms. "We are a domesticat- ed-people, and when we pass Bucking- ham Palace we are happy, and we feel safe when we know that within there is a married couple joined together in unanimity and peace." Mr. Bolitho's dignified chapters co- ver the childhood and education of King George VI, his war experiences, his marriage and his coronation. The conclusion: satisfies the twentieth-century concep- tion of monarchy." : "King George VI" by Hector Bolitho -- 257 pp -- J. B. Lippincott Company, Toronto, $2.00, ' "He is king because he- Canada's Gold Output Ahead February Production Shows Gain Over Last Year The production of gold in Canada during February amounted to 340,- .838 ne ounces compared with 361,- 086 in the previous month and 310,- 074 in February, 1937. London prices averaged $35.06 per ounce du- ring the latest month, in Canadian funds, the value of the output being $11,497,780. In the previous month prices averaged $34.90, the total being $12,601,901. Production py Ontario operators in February totalled 210,448 ounces, of which 93,249 came from the Por- cupine camp, 73,704 from the Kirk- land Lake area and 43,495 from oth- er sources, In January the Porcu- pine camp produced 99,948 ounces, Kirkland Lake area 82,866 and other sources 40,003. Quebec produced 70,879 ounces against 76,865 in the previous month. Jewellery and scrap receipts at the Royal Canadian Mint in February contained 1,286 cunces of gold; the gold 'content in February, 1937, was 1,711 ounces. May Subsidize Iron Industry New Zealand Would Go Into Business of Steel Merchants A bill providing for the establish- ment of an iron and steel industry as a state monopoly in New Zealand, has been introduced fn the House of Representatives, at Wellington, It is proposed to finance the indus- try by authorizin, the reserve bank to invest .a sum not exceeding $20,000, 000. The control of the industry would be in the hands of three com- missioners vnder the 'direction of the minister of industries, D. G. Sullivan: To Train Own Men Mr. Sullivan expected the initial full production would be reached in two years and this would amount to about 85,000 tons of finished gteel an- nually. This would still necessitate importing about 75,000 a year from England and Australia. The proposals are based on a report by the firm of Brassert and Company, of London, consultants, who would be asked to supervise the technical oper- ations until New Zealand had trained its own men, : The proposals presumably refer principally to the development of iron ore deposits at Onekaka and Nelson. Survey Is Planned Of Iron Discovery Ontario Mines Department to In- vestigate the Potentialities of Finds In Northern Ontario. TORONTO. -- Thorough survey of the potentialitites of the reported new hematite (iron ore) discoveries ten miles northwest of Fort William will be made by the Department of Mines Hon. Paul Leduc announced last week. "The new finds are being developed by private capital, and in some quar- ters are viewed as a continuation of the famous Mesabl range of iron which in past years contributed so much to the development of Duluth and other United States cities on Lake Superlor. The Goverrrment's survey will peor ably be made by a member of the geologists' branch, It will pretty well determine the extent of {ron ore boun- ty ald which the Province will con- tribute, if asked, to the development. The Mines Department has been watching the situation closely, par- ticularly in view of reports that the ore can be produced for marketing without beneficiation. British Scientists Aim Than Those at Present--Look to 500 Miles Per Hour--Exports Grapple With New Problems Created In Aviation, Statements made in the House of Commons by Colonel Muirhead, Under- secretary of State for Afr give promise of even greater air speeds than those at present, Indeed, it seems })ossible that these wirspeeds ' will shortly cross the ratio at which only a few years ago scientists believed the hu. man frame would collapse under the strain, British scientists, Col. Muirhead de- clared, were looking forward to speeds of 600 miles per hour and more within a comparatively-ghort time, The Minister revealed one of the methods which will assist in obtain. ing such speeds, explaining that the alr immediately adjacent to the alr- plane wing surface oscillates violently instead of flowing smoothly over it, constituting a turbulent boundary layer retarding the aircraft's speed. Experiments are now under way to correct this fmpediment by artificially For Greater Air Speeds drawing this turbulent layer away, thus: smoothing out the flow of afr over the wing surfaces. New Problems At and above the 500-mile-per-hour speed, a new range of problems has to be faced, more particularly the compressibility of alr, and new experl- .ments with the wind tunnel are neces- sary to furnish vital data on these. Ona of the latest heavy bombers now in service, an Armstrong-Whit- worth "Whitley" monoplane, named the Whitley 1V, is showing distinct improvement over .its predecessors, the Whitley I, II, and III, the latter having a speed of 212 m.p.h,, while the Whitley 1V is a great deal better than the III, While full details are not yet avall- able the performance of the latest type can be estimated through the In- forr -'lon that the Whitley I weighed approximately 22,000 pounds and had a range of 1,600 miles with a heavy bombing load. Y A--C THE WORLD AT LARGE CANADA THE EMPIRE - * | CANADA Peak of Crime Wave It is sald that rural crime {son the increase at the present time, We thought skulduggery reached its peak in the country each year about the time the harvest apples ripen.--Peter- borough Examiner," The Other Extreme Ontario's automobile markers are to be yellow and black for 1939. Now listen to those fellows who have been criticizing the 1938 markers say the new ones look like smallpox placards. --St. Thomas Times-Journal. Going After Tourists :Although it lies a bit off the beaten path, Prince Edward Island is begin- ning to share in the proceeds ftom the tourist trafic and when the Pro- vincial Legislature met recently, it wag declared ih the Speech from. the Throne that the tourist business of "The Island" had shown a 'rapid de- velopment,--Brockville Recorder and Times, Living Without Working Can anyone doubt-the point that it would 'be better to spend even more money and get something in return rather than spend what is being spent today without anything being done except to proclaim to the world that thousands of people are living on dir- 'ect relief and must' take their living without working? The millions of dol- lars that have been spent to keep peo- ple in idleness will remain one of the tragedies of the non-production period in Western Canada. It is not too late to make a start.--Regina Leader-Post. Canada In England A straggling English settlement, nestling along a winding Hampshire lane, has but 200-odd inhabitants, but ~they are proud of being called Cana- dians, About 78 miles from London, the village has houses, church, public "house, one store and! a blacksmith ~ghop all cluttered along a single street. The village 'got its name in a strange way.. More than 50 years ago when thousands were migrating to Canada, there was a minor back-to- theland movement in Hampshire, About 20 families settled in this area. Huts were bullt by the pioneers and the land broken for cultivation, 'When the question of naming the settlement was debated, "someone pointed out that those there were set- tlers just as much as the people who _had migrated to the Dominion. "Can- ada was tls) name chosen. --Municipal Review of Canada, = THE EMPIRE Fair Share of the Load The vastness of the burden of Em- pire defence which Britain has thus assumed must arouse questionings whether Australia, in proportion to her wealth and population, is doing enough to provide for her own pro- tection, We 'are rebuilding the de- fences which were allowed to fall in- to disrepair during the depression, but our effort is small compared with the tremendous effort which Britain is putting forth--an effort which she cannot, unaided, maintain indefinitely. Other considerations" apart, the claim which Australia and the other Domin. jons make to consultation on foreign policy implies that they must be ready to take a fair share of the load which is now. falling so heavily in the Motherland,--Sydney Herald. China Can Win Ever since the outbreak of the Sino- Japanese war--the Japanese -have at least now attained the distinction '(sic) of being the initiators of the: «undeclared war" era--the Daily Press has held that, powerful military and® naval Power though she be, Japan, in embarking on a campaign of conquest in China, had set out on what is cer- tain to culminate in national suicide. 'hat view has been expressed on many occasions, not as a piece of propagan- da, but because such has always been and still is our firm conviction, based on several irrefutable factors, . _ Japan evidently considers the. "China Incident" sufficiently grave to warrant the mobilization .of the nation's entire resources, although she has repeatedly denied that the measure will be used during present hostilities. The Mob- {lization Bill, in the existing circum- stances, will probably prove the pro- verbial last straw which breaks the camel's back, and it may be confident- ly expected that--provided the Chin- ese maintain their resistance -- the Japanese masses will, before a year from this date, have openly rebelled against the madness of their military rulers.--Hong Kong Press. Game Of Baseball Played On Moon In Imaginary Game--Hitter Has To Circle Bases Six Times To Get Home Run; Put Fly 1,500 Feet High. : The Hayden Planetarium of the American Museum of -Natural-His- tory, New York, this year beat the gun on opening the 1938 baseball season by "broadcasting" an imagin- ary ball game on the moon. The setting was realistic, 2,000 feet of painted close-ups 'of the moon's surface which the planetari- um is showing, The announcer was Professor William H. Barton, Jr. who is a baseball fan as well as as- tronomer. Field Mile Long "That's the field," he said, point- ing to a shadowy area behind a moon crater. ¢'It is a mile long and half a mile wide. "It is in the shade because in the sun the temperature is the boiling point of. water. "The first batter smacks a long fly, Up and up goes the ball, 500--1,000 --1,600 feet, A fielder catches it a quarter of a mile away. "The next batter smacks a homer He makes first base in three strides. He goes 30 feet with each step--12 steps to circle the bases. "But he goes around again. On the moon the rule is six times around the bases needed for home run. Just 72 strides. 30:Foot Leaps The moon is so small its gravity is one-sixth that of earth. A 160- pound man there weighs 25, But with a ball player's muscles he can run in 80-foot leaps. A player like Ty Cobb would be expected to steal second in two jumps--45 feet each. Players would need oxygen res- pirators. But. there is speculation whether creatures living on the moon for a million' yeurs might condition themselves to do without respirators. Recently astronomers have suggested that some color changes may be ve- getation, and that maybe there is just a little rarefied atmosphere, The rate of disintegration of the element uranium, into helium and furnished science with one of the most accurate historical clocks for measuring the age of the earth, Above is the first of Austrin's assassinated Chancellor Middes, Switzerland, Their Mother is i Se Ap Dollfuss Children in Exile in Switzerland feture to be made of Rudi and Eva Dollfuss, children We the ow up in exile in Castle also at fe castle, le Push a 000 sq Sov Glock GLASGOW.--Canada will: pla; conspicuous role in the United dom's greatest exhibition since Wem bley, 1924-26, which opens its Em- pire display May 8, backed by a guar- antee fund of $8,760,000, The Canadian pavilion covers 245 e feet. ' It is built of Cana~- dian lumber on a framework of ish steel. Flanking the entran two eight-foot figures of Cang youth. Surmounting the pavilion is a 100-foot tower. Illuminated Map =~ A feature of Canada's display will be the largest illuminated map 2 the Empire. By pressing on b tons visitors will be able to light up such features of Canadian life and developments as mines, outposts of the Royal Canadian 'Mounted Police, airports and cities. Thirty-five panels in black and white, forming-a balcony round interior of the building, will illustr&te Canadian buildings of public and his- toric interest and a dozen dioramas will tell the story of Canadian indus- tries, sport and education. The Ca- nadian railways and manufacturers throughout the Dominion will: also th Germany Issues Jewish Reader contribute to the exposition. y 8 13 "First Book" Starts Where Anti. Semitic Premier Stopped--In- structs In Jewish Question. Julius Streicher, Germany's leading anti-Semite, this week issued his "first reader," which he said in his newspa- per, Der Stuermer, was intended to in- struct Germans in the Jewish question by pictures and stories iii to under- stand, The book, picking up where Strel cher's anti-Semitic "primer" left off, contains seventeen stories with such titles as_ "What Happened to Inge at the Jewish Doctor's" and "How a Jew Treats His Female Servants." Outlining the book's purpose, Dar Stuermer said: "If the German people are to remain protected in the future from the dan. gers into which the Jew has tumbled it in the past; every German must he = impregnated thoroughly with 'knowl. edge about the Jew." "Bad 'People" Are the Jews The stories in the Streicher reader contain observations such as: "There are good people and bad people. The bad people are the Jews." This occurs in the opening Shapie's- where a mother 18 teaching her how to distinguish between edible mushrooms and poisonous. She gravely explains to the boy how "justas one poisonous mushroom. can kill a whole family, 80 can ohe Jew "ruin a whole ci'y--even a whole na- tion." 4-Year-Old Hums 3,000 Musical Airs Detroit Boy Who Is Mental Mar- vel Has Enevelopedic Know- edge A mental marvel at four, George Lo- vett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lov- ett of Detroit, can hum the airs of 3, 000 musical compositions, including the themes and overtures arias and marches. His knowledge of geography is com. prehensive. George can tell the popla- tion of the world's largest cities, name state capitals, the boundaries of any state, and waters surrounding any na- tion in the world, At any time, he can tell the exact hour in any of a dozen citles scattered around thé globe. With knowledge a sports editor might envy, he names basehall sta their teams and batting averages Wo glibly. In an off-hand manner, he recite the Declaration of Independ- ence, the preamble to the Constitus tion of the U.8., name planets and tell their distance from the earth, and tell what nation raises the most wheat. His father, a musician, says he "be- gan months ago, picking up things he heard us say. We have never allow ed him to become commercialized." George has a sister and a brother, both older, who betray none of thelr brother's abnormal mental traits, " <.. Cancer Toll Cancer dois in Canada are w ing a steady increase and the malady is now taking a toll of 1,000 deaths per month, Dr. J, 8. McEachern, Cal gary, chairman of the Canadian Med} cal Assoclation's Committee of Cane cer Control, told a city health exposie tion in Vancouver last week, _ British Columbia, Dr. McEachern sald," had the highest death toll of any province in Canada. Dr. F. R. Menne, professor of Path. ology at the University of ona ¥ , told the meeting that although t disease had been known and recog- nized since 1500 B.C. its cause and - cure were still virtually unknown, * .