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x yo Study of 3 V's Replaces 3 R's Victuals, Vitamins and Vitality Are All-Important In Today's + Education, Study of the three V's--victuals, vitaming and vitality--is as import. ant as instruction in the three R's of grandfather's time, according to scientists at Ottawa's laboratory of hygiene, where experts are prosecuting an inquiry into factors in nutrition, to raise Canada's health standard. Responding to the international movement of the League of Nations at Geneva, the Hon. C. G. Power, minister of pensions and national health, has established a Canadian council on nutrition, to delve into the! comparatively new field of medical research, concerning food values and their bearing on natian- al health, Surveys of Nutrition Headed by the deputy minister of pensions and national health, a council composed of economists, re- presentatives of social service, and other bodies engaged in welfare work Is undertaking an analytical examination of foods and the con- stituents of supplies: available to the housewife in Canada. _Surveys underway in several pro- vinces, mainly at universities, are assisted by the Canadian council, through the Department of Pen- sions and National Health, and the best brains in the field of medical research are being employed to co- ordinate the work and obtain sci. entific data which may go far to raising the nutritional value of the foods Canadians eat. Diet and Disease It is only 200 years since the dis- covery was made that scurvy-- long a scourge of mariners--could be prevented or cured by inclusion of green vegetables and small quan- tities of fruit juices in the diet. It is a little more than 50 years since a Japanese naval doctor found a cure, through diet, for the disease .beri-beri, a plague in the Orlent since before the Christian era. Animals That 'Travel Fastest Among Them Are the Grey- hound and the Horse-- Jer- boa Can Run at 35 Miles an Hour Among the swiftest animals are the greyhound and the horse. The modern greyhound is able to ex- ceed a speed of forty miles per hour, 1 The greyhound is slightly faster than the racehorse over short dist- ances. A match was arranged be- tween two race horses and a grey- hound over a distance of four miles and one of the horses just managed to win by a short head. The stag gazelle and ostrich, can tax the powers of both horse and grey- hound. for short distances. More wonderful, perhaps, is the panic speed of that champion long- jumper, the perboa, which has been timed in South Africa, when hotly pursued, to cover the ground at a speed of 35 miles per hour. And amongst the cat tribe, the cheetah, the caracal, and the serval have for countless centuries been trained by natives to break speed records. In- deed, over very short distances, the cheetah is the .fastest animal on four legs, and is able to cover a hundred yards in five seconds. ~ All the fastest animals are very lightly built, and are of graceful form. A neat and compact sym- metry of structure is essential, since speed depends chiefly upon offering the least resistance to the air. If a full-sized hippo could be magically endowed with the light- ness of an antelope, it would still lose the race by reason of its shape. Horse Traders "In Convention ALMOND, N.Y. -- Old fashioned tobacco-chewing horse traders descended on this village by the score this week for the annual "world's horsetraders" convention. Early arrivals peered into the mouths of each other's horses and with faint sneers "allowed" that .thely '"warn't interested in any hoss old enough to vote." Few of the amateur "David Har- ums" got up to trading until the fourth and last day of the conven- tion. They _spend the first three days. "belittlin" the horses they wish to own and bragging about their own fleet steeds. Traders came from all over the east with horses ranging in age from two to 30 years old. About 6500 horses were auctioned off dur- ing the convention, convention Pre- sident George Kame sald. "Everything goes," at the con- vention," he continued, except "the auto swapping" such as took place two' years ago. "Car swapping just ain't ethical," Kame declared. "It takes away the prestige of horse trading and I'm b.rring it." Parade By Elizabeth Eedy HOLLOW VICTORIES--The Jap- anese armies appear to have con- quered approximately a third of China (the provinces of Shansl, Hopel, Shantung and Suiyuan) and. are getting ready to take even lar- ger bites of Chinese territory, But what is actually happening in the bitten-off areas? Are the Jap- anese entirely the victors? Cap- tain E. F. Carlson of the United States Marine Corps who has trav. elled with Chinese spldiers 2,000 miles through 'conquered terri- tory," supplies the.answer., Esti- mating that at least 600,000 Chi- nese soldiers operate in the occu. pied areas, he declares the Japs control only garrisoned towns, rail- way lines and main highways, Cap- tain Carlson tells how Chinese bands cross Japanese lines with ease, rald Japanese bases to get supplies, Chinese guerrillas have set up well-functioning administra- tions, he says, which do everything from harrying the Japanese to keeping schools open. Able-bodied men are being constantly trained for the guerilla armies, whose mor- ale is high. Under such circumstances ft would seem that the Chinese are not capable of being defeated. ANOTHER DEPRPESSION? --The recession which struck the United States in the fall of 1537 soon had Its effect on Canadian business, produced here what amounted al- most to a major depression. Slight upswings, however, were felt in the late spring of this year and during the summer. Hopes rose. Now the sad prediction comes from England (made by Sir Willi am Beveridge, prominent lawyer, economist and head of the London School of Economics) that another depression will soon be smother- ing business in the United King- dom. Says Sir William: "The his- tory of the first stages of the last depression (1929) is being repeat- ed today. In figures for 94 indus- tries a comparison between the on- set of the last depression and the beginning of the present slump shows a striking measure of agree- ment, subject to minor differences arising from armament expendi- ture and other special causes." Can our bumper wheat crop save Canada from following in the Old Country's wake? But .cheer up--predictions don't always come true! TWO ASSURANCES-- Canadians were thrilled, the rest of the world sat up and took notice last week when President Roosevelt, in his historic address at Queen's Univer- sity, Kingston, gave to Canada the assurance that "the people of the United States will not stand idly by if domination of Canadian soil fs threatened" by any foreign power. "We are good neighhors and good friends . . 2 By way of reciprocating the Pre- sldent's Good Neighbor policy, Prime Minister proclaimed Canada's acceptance of responsibility for her own protec- tion. Canada intends, he declared, . to "keep on going forward" in pre- parations for her national defense, and will see to it that enemy forces never cross this country by land, sea or air to attack the United States. Something concrete, there. THE WEEK'S QUESTION -- What part of Canada gets longer and shorter successively, as the years go on? ' Answer--Point Pelee--Lake Erie is continually building up and tear- ing down this southernmost tip of Canada as the water level rises and falls, Mackenzie King Canada's Navy Grows Larger Four Destroyers And As Many Mine Sweepers Being Added Launching at Quebec in August of HM.C.8. Gaspe saw the third of Canada's four mine-sweepers, built to replace the ancient trawl ers which had served in that ca- pacity since the war, take the wa- ter. The fourth, H.M.C.S, Nootka, will be launched at North Vancou- ver later this month, The Fundy and the Comox have been sent down the ways and all | four will likely be in commission before the end of the year. Soon In Commission About the last week in August the Royal Canadian Navy was strengthened further when the two destroyers, Restigouche and Otta- wa, arrived from England. They will be stationed at Esquimalt. The new destroyers are of the "C"" class and were on the Royal Navy establishment as H.M.S. Cru- sader and H.M.S. Comet. The Comet which has been serving on the Mediterranean anti-piracy pa- trol, was returned to Chatham, England, three months ago, for re- fitting. At that base she joined the Crusader. Both were taken over by the Canadian Naval Depart- ment in June, Dictators Play Waiting Game Professor of Social Research Says They're Biding Their Time--Attitude.Is That Brit- ain Holds Losing Cards The Fascist dictatorships--Italy and Germany--are playing a wait- ing game, believing the British Empire holds losing cards, accord- ing to Dr. Hans Simons, New York professor of social research, who spoke to the . political and business leaders gathered for the Canadian Institute of Economics "and politics at Geneva Park, Lake Couchiching. Hitler and Mussolini have mis- interpreted the transformation of the British Empire into the Brit- ish Commonwealth of Nations, Dr. Simons asserted. ' Convinced as' they are that a strong political organization cannot be based on a system of free co-operation and association, the dictators see signs of decay and weakness in the British attitude. Want British Possessions This view has led Hitler to withhold his demands for the re- turn of Germany's war-lost colon- ies, Dr. Simons believed. Hitler is willing to wait while Mussolini builds up his Mediterranean forti- fications near Britain's strong- holds. When the time is ripe, he said, the Fascist powers believe they will be well prepared to an- nex former British possessions with a maximum of efliciency and a minimum of effort. During his recent tour of Eur- ope his only positive observations was an alignment of defensive forces against Germany, said Dr. Simons." "France is concerned primarily with maintaining the sta- tus quo while England wants peace at almost any price," 'he added. He found a "prevalent fatalism, lack of productive thinking and implications on the part of Euro- pean citizens and statesmen alike." Western Polio Cases Increase 113 in Prairie Provinces -- Sit- uation Serious in Alberta Infantile paralysis has a greater hold in Alberta this year than at the same time in 1937. Spread of N\. EPS PA Ay Be tNCE re! "Henry bought this car just to use from here, home." poliomyelitis has been slightly more severe in British Columbia but the disease has not reached the same proportions in Saskatche- wan and Manitoba as in mid-Aug- ust last year. Unofficial and approximate fig- ures indicate a total of 113 cases with nine deaths in the four West- ern Provinces this year compared with approximately 135 cases and five deaths last year. Use Iron Lungs The Alberta situation, however, is more serious. - Since July 28, 39 cases have been reported and there have been seven deaths. Last year there were 15 cases and two deaths in Alberta up to August 19, al- though a serious outbreak in Sep- tember and October increased the number of cases to 169, Three iron lungs are in use In Alberta and a telegraphic order for a fourth was sent to Toronto last week, Many on Prairies Never Held Jobs McGill Investigator Finds Ser- ious Situation in Canadian we aw West Twenty thousand young men and women in the Prairie Provinces have never been employed at steady work, Albert S. Duncan, a member of the Social Research De- partment of McGill University, Montreal, found during a two-year survey of the West's unemploy- ment situation, The West's greatest problem, he found, was the nged of permanent jobs for 100,000 employable but un- employed wage earners. Most Are Young People Forty thousand of them are un- employed but employable wage earners who are at present receiv- ing relief, he said in an interview. Another 40,000 are unemployed but employable persons not receiving relief. They live by part time earnings, savings and other means. The remaining 20,000 unemployed are young men and women. Mr. Duncan, en route east after spending a holiday In Banff, said that the total of 100,000 does not include 45,000 farmers who have been on relief in the Prairie Pro- vinces. Mr. Duncan urged a long-range planning program for the care of the jobless, the Dominion Govern- ment to assume responsibility for relief and introduce a system of unemployment insurance. in the SAM SNEAD In a thrilling exhibition of sub- par golf the battle for the Cana- dian Open Golf Championship came to a close at Mississauga course last week with Sam Snead, super-slugger of White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., victor over Harry Cooper, of Chicago, defending titleholder. Climaxing what was undoubted- ly the greatest open tournament ever staged by the Royal Cana- dian Golf Association, Snead and Cooper went twenty-seven holes before a winner and new champion was declared. Originally sched- uled as an eighteen-hole playoff, it had to be lengthened nine more because the two starry shotmalkers finished the first eighteen holes tied with scores of 67, five under par. On the extra nine holes, Snead snared four birdies for a score of 34, two below par, defeat- ing Cooper by a five-stroke mar- gin, Snead, a 26-year-old profes- sional, said to be the longest-bit- ting golfer on this continent, re- ceived the $1,000 first-prize cheque and the Seagram gold cup. The crowd, too, got their mon- ey's worth watching the brilliant playoff. r Italy will spend $1,300,000 to encourage cotton growing in Lithi- opia, VOICE OF THE PRESS CANADA WOMEN AND HATS Women without hats were bar- red from a Quebec court. Women who don't take them off should be barred from theatres.--St. Thomas Times-Journal. WAR NOT YET OVER For taousands of Canadians the war is not yet over. A Stratford ex-service-man has just diea from injuries 1eceived in France twen- tv years ago.--Peterborough Ex. aminer. NICE TIME FOR A RIDE It is nice to go riding in the evenings, if it is not too hot, or too dusty, or the road is not torn up or not too crowded, or you have no fiat tires or motor trou- ble.--Brandon Sun. THE ANSWER An eastern newspaper asks why it is that with a 300,000,000 bushel wheat crop in the west there is no call for eastern farm help. The answer lies in the tractor and coms bine.-- Calgary Herald. FIND WORK FOR OUR OWN Fitting our own people into the available employment of all kinds --helping them to fit in must be a part of the policy of preventing unemployment. It comes before the encouragement of immigra- tion. But after it is done, it should be possible to welcome a considerable number of people of the right type from the preferred countries, including as many as will come from Great Britain, -- Winnipeg Free Press. MARRIED TOO NOISILY It was an old-fashioned custom for wedding parties to rush up and down streets in cabs with tin cans and old shoes flying. But present- day traffic conditions have made that sort of thing ridiculous as well as highly dangerous. The spectacle of four or five cars rac- ing through traffic at 40 to 50 miles an hour, as we have seen it a few times lately, is one that calls for police intervention. -- St. Marys Journal-Argus. OUR BEAUTIFUL GIRLS An Englishman in town or busi- ness recently was impressed with the profusion of beautiful girls in Toronto . . . so many more and more beautiful than the girls in England. He did hint that the beauties in Toronto were a bit uniform, adapting the same hair- dress and make-up, but neverthe- less attractive. All this has been said before, but here is something new. The hectic. lives of Canadian men, engrossed in business, made it necessary, he thought, for the women to congentrate on their ap- pearance in order to "get" their man. This didn't hold in the leis- urely lives of the English, -- To- ronto Star. The EMPIRE THEY HAVE THEM IN INDIA It is painfully clear that no amount of advice and propaganda will influence traffic hogs in Bom- bay. The only way to bring them to their senses is to impress on them the knowledge that every time they err they are liable to be severely punished; at present they have no such fear. The mat- ter, in view of the number of ac- cidents in the city, is one which intimately affects the safety and lives of the citizens, and deserves the attention of the Bombay Gov- ernment.--Times of India, Bom- bay. When Aunt Em. and Uncle Henry were all dressed, Dorothy took them through the beautiful rooms of the palace. showed them her own pretty rooms, Then they went into the back yard and after walking along a winding path for some distance through the beautiful garden, they came to an attractive little house where a Yellow Hen sat on the front porch sunning herself. She also "Good morning, Dorothy," call- ed Billina, from her perch on the railing around the front porch. I was expecting you to call on me for I heard you had come back and brought your uncle and aunt with you." "We are here for good and all this time, Billina," cried Dorothy, happy to see the hen once more. "And Uncle Hen- ry and Aunt Em belong in Oz as much now as I do." THE WONDERLAND OF OZ § "Then they are very lucky peo- ple," declared Billina. "But come, dear, I must show you all my Dor- othys. Nine are living and have grown up to be very respectable hens, but one took cold and died of the pip and the turned out to be horrid roosters instead of hens, so change their names to They all have gold lockets with your picture inside," other two I had to Daniel, Dorothy wanted to stay and play with the little chickens for a while, but Uncle Aunt Em had not seen the palace grounds and were eager to get better acquainted with the marvel- ous land in which they were to live. So they left for a walk. Dor- othy set her foot on the steps of the hen's cottage and immediately became small enough to enter the little door, Henry and Road Tu Pacific From Peace River Residents of That Far Northern District Have Started Own Highway Expected to be the Shortest Route to Vancouver It looked like the only way to get a road to the Pacific Coast, so residents of the Peace River dis. trict took up their picks and shov- els--and started to build their own highway across the Rocky Moun- tains, They call it the Monkman Pass Highway, Backing it are 150-odd branches of the Monkman Pass Highway Association in British Co- lumbia and Alberta. Members hope they can drive the first truck across the summit by early au- tumn, Then there will be plenty of work smoothing off the rough spots and making a permanent roadbed before general traffic can travel the route with ease. Through Monkman Pass Alex. Monkman, Wembley, Alta., farmer and formerly a fur trader, discovered the pass in 1922. The ground rises on the east to an al- titude of 3,600 feet--just about the same height above sea level as Cal- gary--and drops off easily on the Pacific side. On both sides of the pass mountains rise 8,000 and 9,000 feet, The roadbuilders--mostly volun- teers, but with a few men paid $1 a day and board--have the backing of railway surveyors in their selec- tion of a route. In 1929 the Cana- dian Pacific and Canadian National Railways made a joint survey when they considered building a railroad into the wheat-producing Peace River district to provide an outlet to the coast, The highway follows almost ex- actly the lines of that survey. Last year a civil engineer retraced it and mapped out the highway trail, Australia Called Fishing Paradise The Industry Has Never Been Exploited in Home Waters There--Teeming Wealth of Finny Prey Zane Grey, famous novelist and big game fisherman, once said: "Australia is not only an ideal fish- ing centre--it is the home of fish." But the fishing industry has never been exploited in Australian waters, so the Fisheries Investiga- tion Branch of the Scientific and Industrial Research Council is go- ing to do something about fit. It is commissioning a research ship to chart fishing grounds. Huge Catches of Pilchards It is known that from May to September there is one stretch of water 30 miles long off New South Wales which is literally teeming with pilchards, These fish are also common in other parts and in one bay they have been found up to 11 ins. long. Samples of water taken near Syd- ney show that huge catches of pil- chards can he expected. If this pil- chard industry is developed Aus- tralian may become a serious rival to the great sardine fisheries of California. Other surface swimming fish which are abundant in Australian waters include herring, sprats, ans chovies and mackerel, Monster Leaves Child's Tracks Footprints in the Sands of Ec- uador Strike Panic Into The Hearts of Indians While the Nogapotsane, with its goat-like head and python's body, fs terrifying the natives of Bechu- analand, another fearsome crea- ture, the Tin-Tin, {s striking panic into the hearts of the Indians of Ecuador. Liko the Nogzapotsane, the Tin- Tin is no mythical mnster. It looks like a cross between a don- key and a giant lizard--and the most uncanny thing about this dra- gon-like monster is that it leaves footprints in the sand exactly like those of a child of about 15. That ft really does exist is vouched for by an Englishman in Lcuador who recently followed the creature's spoor through desolate sand-dunes until he lost them in the pampas. A week later he actu- ally saw the Tin-Tin. It was grey with black stripes, and had a long tail and a small head. Seeing it was being watch. ed, It reared up on its hind legs, grunting weirdly, made off for the woods at a great speed. The "child's"" footprints where it had been standing were tdentical with the footprints that natives in the district have come to regard with terror, Our language is changing, says a London expert who declares he has found that in the last twenty years 170,000 words were added while 50,000 "passed out", gL ww AN FREELY ese NEE wa 3 ns Wy SRST SSR i Te OS SC = ae rs rar TAT