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B(^ Voice of the Press Ginada. The Empire and The World at Lar({e 0^ CANADA. Label for Carelatt Driver. How would It do to compel a driver fliwd for carelosg drlvliiK to attach a red tag to Iho door of liU car for SO days, with a stiff fine, or cancel- lation of permit for Its removal?â€" Bnult Star. Double Reform. It hag been found hy actUHl experi- ence that moving a .slum iK>i>ulatlon Into a recon.structlon area does not thango tho slum dweller's habits. In Holland experiments have been made, which Britain will probuiily follow. Tliero, certulu area.s were destroyed and the slum dwellers were kept seg- regated and not simply allowed to go elsewhere to form other slums. In- »tead they were put through a period of training so that when they were placed in tlfe reconstruction areas Ihey were prepared for tihe changed environment.â€" Halifax Chronicle. THE EMPIRE. The Steam Whistle. Another railway centenary U at- luined this year â€" tho whistlo on the tngine. When the steam engine first ran on tracks In England the engineer Rounded a warning by means of a horn. But tho sound did not pene- Irato very far, and the railway people went to the man who invented the >team engine, George Stephen.sonâ€" und asked him to produce something more effective. So about six years tUoT tho invention of tho engine, Ste- phenson Invented tho whistle that Would blow by steam from the boiler. â€" .St. Thomas Times-Journal. Hasty Marriages. Tho Presbyterian Church in United States has made a new church law whereby couples intending to get mar- ried must notify their minister at least three days before the ceremony. It la a good sensible rule that will pre- vent any hasty marriages. The main trouble with marriage today is that It is too easy. â€" Lindsay Post. The King's Shirts. The Prince of Wales warmly ap- peals to the people of the Empire to buy British. His royal father is »ven a stronger advocate of homo produce. Tho King will grow his own shirts on his homo farm. A field of flax planted two years ago at San- flringham by King George is now papable of yielding the thread. The fibre that is the fruit of this plant Is now being .shipped to the north of Ireland to be spun Into linen cloth which, after being cut, hasted, sewn jind provided with buttonholea and buttons, will be sent back to the mon- irch for use as tho royal shirt, pro- fluced within the Empire In its en- lirety. It's a fashion worth following. >â€" Brandon Suu. Odd Accidents. The Gait Kupurter tells of a peculiar iccident. A motor car focussed by its Kindshield the rays of the sun on the tiro of another motor parked near, liid set It on fire. The Montreal Star reports the death of a man who grew roses and loved them but was pricked by a thorn. He took the usual pre- Dautlons, being aware of danger in luch cases, but the poison affected him, and he died complaining of vio- lent pains In his heart. What the un- expected can do is always a subject for argument. Al.so, for vigilance.- Hamilton Herald. N'o Escape From Newt. It Is one of the penalties of civili- zation that It becomes Increasingly dlSicult to escape from news. There was a time when during an oceau voyage one could escape from the wheel of things, forget that people were doing lots and lots of things which were of no real Interest, in fact take a complete holiday from the newspapers. Now alas! the passenger In a liner finds a newspaper on his breakfast table and tho world Is al- ways with him. We had always im- agined that one of the compensations of prison life was its detachment from outside events. It seems that wo were mistaken. At present the prisoners are called together and tho news is read to them by the governor or the chaplain. Now a further ex- peritnent is to be tried. Kach week prisoners are, In certain prisons, to be supplied with a typewritten sum- mary of world news which they can read in their cells. â€" London Saturday Night. Rhodes Scholars, If tho Oxford Rhodes Scholars bring to this and other countries a certain atmosphere, a certain tone, a certain outlook upon lifo, a, certain mature reflectiveness and strength of charac- ter, they will go far to satisfy the Rhodes ideal, and they will give a lead, whether they know it or not. Is it not a little significant that one of them, who had had an excellent record both at school and college be- fore going over, said after a year at Oxford that he had learned for the first time in his life to think for him- self? Nothing is more needed today in every sphere of life. It is prob- ably desirable that former Rhodes Scholars should come more out into the open and bring their cultural ad- vantages more evidently to bear on the thought and life of the community. â€" Cape Argus, South Africa. Plane Smashed â€" Pilot Only Scratched Charles Rochevillo of Huntington Beach, Calif., was testing a Tern amphibian in which he intended to photograph the upper Mackenzie river district. Suddenly the aeroplane went Into a long »llde, ( rashed to earth. Charles crawled out of tlie wreckage, only slightly injured. Have Animals Souls? In regard to the discussion under this head, one writer says of the birds, "Their little hearts are full of emotion and passion. Their soul-stir- ring notes express intense feeling," while Shakespeare summed up the mat- ter shortly, when he said, "The lark at heaven's gate sings." The ingenuity of birds in nost- l)Uilding makes It impossible to deny them a measure of reason, and many liavo given their lives for their young w^hen they could have escaped. Birds often befriend little orphaned nest- lings. It is amazing to read of tho agony of grief of an animal that lias lost its male. It Is said of the night- ingale that It its mate is captured it cannot live, but dies of grief. A tame jackdaw greatly enjoyed being dragged along the floor sitting in a cap. â€" Scottish Newspaper. Newsprint Upturn. Newsprint makers are hoping that If general business improvement con- tinues it will be reflected in larger Bales for them and the growth of out- put In tho last couple of months ap- pears to poini that way. An upturn In production was noted hi Aiiril and In May there is under- llood to have been a further Increase, »ith prospects that .June's produclloii >riii show still a further advance. Tho industry, Is, of course, over- •xpanded and it will bo a long while fet before the demand approaches the mill capacity, but as tho business pick-up in Canada and tho United Slates Is reflected in more advertiing Ihe demand for newsprint paper will Increase, with a corresponding beno- It to the industry and to those dis- tricts dependent on lis success.â€" Sault .Ste. Marie Star. Want No Revolution. Sherwood Anderson, novelist, has put in most of this year wandering irriiind America, talking to city people, country piiople, nuMi in breadlines, hitchhikers and everybody else he could get hold of. trying to lind out if tb.TH Is any sign of a revolution in the United Slates, lie reports now. In itip Anierlian Spt-ctator, that there Is not. Out of his various observations Mr. Anderson has evolved a rather profound truth about the American pc'ople. They are not thinking politi- cally In the way that the peoples of RuiDpo are thinking polili.aliy be- cause they are still imbued with the "l;>i! I abin to White House" idea. They â- till like to think of the United States •H I he land of unlimited opportunity, •ud herefors they are unwilling to cuuntenance r«>slriction of that oppor- Unlfy. â€" {'alKsry Alberlan. Road and Railway. It Is to our mind of the first inv portance that tho ostablishment of control and co-ordination sliould pre- cede the formulation of a general road policy; how is it possible to lay down a scleiililic road program until tho transportation requirements have been determined? Owing to circumstances which could not he foreseen, our road system is unbalanced. The great trunk roads woro first built. When the railways followed, they inevitably largely imitated the alignment of the roads. In the result pearly one-half of the total mileage of railways in Hritish India has a metalled road parallel and within ten miles of It. At the samo time, largo producing centres and ten of thousands of con- siilerabU; villages have no road con- necilona in the true sense at all. The aim of any road policy, therefore, must bo to concentrate on roads which will meet existing deficiencies, I)erniilting tho linking up with rail- ways by tneans of through hills of lading and other measures â€"Times of India. Western Farmers Battle For Crops Fields of Growing Grain Vanish as 'Hoppers At- tack â€" Birds, Poison Defence Winnipeg, June 24. â€" Barely escap- ing being burnt in last week's bak- ing heat before welcome rains ar- rived, ranging from light .showers in other districts to heavy down- pours in others. Western Canada's growing crops were menaced by an- other foe. Farmers, encouraged temporarily by refreshing moisture, watched their fields being almost vLsibly destroyed as a plague of grasshoppers, said to be the worst in years, swept over two of the prairie provinces, wreaKiug havoc among the six-inch shoots. An intensive fight against the hop- pers was being waged in Southern Saskatchewan, with the supply of munitions completely exhausted, while Manitoba, aided by birds, was meeting success in its battle. Al- berta as yet has not been greatly af- fected. A hurry call tor additional sup- plies of poison bait was sent out from Resina, where H. S. Vigor, crops commissioner, stated all avail- able supplies are exhausted. More tlian 3,000 tons of bran, 515 tons of oats and 4S carloads of sawdust, with other ingredients, have beou sent out from there to meet the situa- tion. Manitoba fanner.s wer<' much more hopeful as they continued their battle. The situation in this pro- vince was said to he considerably improved, though still serious in southwestern districts. Deloraino. in the wester-i part of the province, reported a large number of seagulls were proving the most effective check against the ravages of the hoppers. Prospects of further general pre cipitatlon, however, promised to les ' sen the menace. Calgary received I a heavy downpour, while Swan River, in Northwest Manitoba, was houefll- ed by a miniature cloudburst. Near- ly two inches of rain fell at Kara- sack, Eask. Another Champion Honored (The Toronto Globe.) Toronto has become the resting- place for another chanipion.ship. This time it is a foot runner that has brought fame to Canada. Dave Ko- nionen, a citizen or Toronto, journeyed to Washington, entered the race from R'ount Vernon to the Capital, and the best runners on the continent fell back one after another before his de- termined contention. Dave Komonen started for Wash- i.gton in much the same fashion as George Young when he set out for the fanwus Gatalina awim. There was no public enthusiasm when they departed; no bands played; no cheer- ing crowds saw them off and washed them well. Both travelled light. George Young returned as victor in a gruelling swim through strange waters that lasted far into the night. Dave Komonen brings home the laurel wreath of triumph achieved in the grimmest athletic endurance test to which body and mind can be sub- jcH;ted. The City Council has honored Dave Komonen, and that is well. In this Jicme of champions one more always is welcome. Dave is a small man. It was not powerful physique that car- ried him to victory. Just dogged de- termination and, of course, fleetness I ' foot. In such a grind mind must r.ssume command over the bod/; irid evidently Dave Komonen's brain and his feet were functioning in perfect co-ordination. Such a contest takes a lot out of a man, but admirers of this plucky runner will hope that he has enough stamina left to carry liim to further victories. His fellow-citi- zens are proud of him and his mar- vellous achievement. THE UNITED STATES. Long Life of Colleges. One reason for not taking too giooniy a view of what hard times will do to our colleges is that institu- tions of liiglier learning are very hard to kill. Colleges and universities are among our oldest surviving social in- stitu-tions. A university will often outlive a nation or a dynasty or an economic system. Oxford University Is older than English Parliamentary tjovernmcnt. The University of Paris Is older than the modern l''rench na- tion and half a dozen times as old as the French Revolution. The Uni- versity of Heidelberg is nearly ten times as old as the united Germany created by Bismarck. The University of Salamanca Is 300 times as old as tho Spanish Republic. At home we have nearly a dozen colleges older than the United States that was born In 1789: Harvard. William and Mary, Vale, Princeton, Washlnglon and Lee, Columbia. Rutgers, Snltm, Transyl- vania-New York Times. A London man woke up (o find a poisoniius South American tmaiitula on his bare arm. He killed it before U stung him. The spidor had arrived 111 some impiirted frtlU. Famous Racing Motorist Sir Henry Birkin, Dies London. â€" Despite a ilesperatc bat- tle by doctors, Captain Sir Henry Bir- kin, a famous racing motorist, died in a London nursing home from the effects of bl(K)d poisoning resulting from burns received at the Tripoli Grand Prix in May. Sir Henry had Ikkmi critically ill for three weeks, and throe blood trans- fusions were tried. He had been one of Great Britain's leading riveds since 1!)27. He was 36 years old. Sir Henry Birkin was born July 2G, 1896. He succeeded his father to the baronetcy in 1931. It was created in IDOf). He served in the war from 1914 to 1918. «- Fewer Operations Are Seen in the Future Chicagoâ€" I're<liction that the sur- geon of the future would "operate" with mathematical equations instead 01 knives was made by Dr. George Crile, of the Cleveland clinic bearing his name, in an address before the American Association for the advance- ment of Science. Looking forward, we can glinipL.c a century of fewer operations," ho said. "Biochemistry and biophysics v/iU supplant the .scalpel, and prcr.cnt day medical theories will give way to iWlhcmatical equations." Lindbergh Estate to be Used For Children's Work Hopewell, N.J. â€" The Lindbergh es- tate in the lonely Southland Moun- tains, with its gabled white farm house from which Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., was stolen by kidnap- pers, is to become a centre for child- ren's welfare work. Whether Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh are donating tho property, an act which would suggest the projected centre, is to be a memorial to their murdered son. or whether u purchase price is to be paid could not be learned. Such details as were made known, iiowever, indicate the Lindberghs have an interest in the plan, to the extent, at least, of becoming trustees in the corporation which will direct the af- fairs of the property, henceforth to bo known as "High Field." In papers of incorporation, filed in Jersey City with Gustav Bach, clerk of Hudson county, it was stated the l)nrpose of the corporation is "to pro- vide tor tho welfare of children, in- cluding their education, training, hos- pitalization, or other allied purposes, without discrimination in regard to race or creed." Besides Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh and Colonel Breckinridge, Abraham Flexner, the educationist, and Owen R. Lovojoy are named trustees. Will Observe Fortune By Punching Noses Pittsburg. â€" Awaiting an inheri- tance of about $000,1)00 after being jobless three years, George C. Jones says he's going to "punch everybo<ly I don't like on the nose" after he gets the money. Jones has been notified that hi.s giaiulfather died in Wales, leaving him $375,000, a royalty of ?10,0OO yearly on coal lords and "otlior sj- ciritic?." He lia.s been receiving aid (ty.i\ ;'ie welfare fund for nearly n vcwr. Railways Parley Planned at Ottawa Intervention Made in Pro- posed Additioneil Reduc- tion â€" Date Not Stated Ottawa, June 26.â€" Hon. W. A. Gor- don, Minister of Labor, has arranged for a conference this Week between representatives of railway labor and the Canadian railway managements on proposed wage reductions. This was stated briefly Friday night fol- lowing a conference between the Min- ister and the chiefs of the running t.-ades. In arranging for the confer- ence Mr. Gordon was able to meet the request of union chiefs. No indi- cation was given as to the exact date of the conference. Will Grasshoppers Become Plagues In the Dominion Canadian Climatic Conditions Differ from Far East â€" Hop- pers Need Two Genera- tions to Develop Migratory Wings Manitoba has figured In the news or the day recently when vast hordes ol grasshoppers Invaded the countrysld* and lakes. Consequently the import- ant question of the possibility of Can* dian grasshoppers imitating these ot the Old World and evolving Into thi migratory species. Is raised. The late Norman Crlddle, writini In the "Canadian Entomologist" r» views this point very thoroughly and It Is his contention that "Although many Canadian grasshoppers have been observed in the swarming phas* growing longer wings and developini slender, race-horse bodies capable ol long flight, it would appear that tht migratory species of the Old World ra quires at least two generations to d» velop under certain climatic condi- tions, which apparently are absent 18 Canada and that In Canada the trans position from the solitary to the ml gratory phase seems to stop at th« transition stage." At the same time, Mr. Crlddle ra cords "Thus, In 1932 tho two-stripe< grasshopper, for the first time in oui experience (30 years), assumed all thi aspects of the migratory locust and t flew long distances and In such num hers that the larger lakes were pol luted with drowned Insects. Indeed the shores ot Lake Winnipeg presented a mass ot decaying grasshoppers. se» eral inches deep. Nevertheless, Mr. Crlddle state* that "it Is difficult to compare tht grasshopper outbreaks In Manitobi with those In the Old World as it U obvious that the conditions are entlra ly different, and that the Dominioi will not have to combat conditions d the Far East, where the present-da) locust hordes desolate the countryside /'â-  <tt: MEN OPPOSE REDUCTION. Montreal. â€" Some 100,000 members, comprising the combined railroad un- ions, will ask the Dominion Govern- ment to intervce in the present wage disputes, it was learned Friday. With the final notices served on the naintenance of way men, whose membership includes all types of sec- tion workers to the number of about 35,000, every type of rail worker is included under the new proposed cut of 10 per cent. The new 10 per cent, salary reduction is the second within a year and a half, and will bring the total reduction to 20 per cent, when it goes into effect the middle of July. With running trades union chiefs reported in conference with the Min- ister of Labor at Ottawa, union lead- ers in Montreal said that they would not allow the cut to be effected, but v.ill seek Government intervention along the same lines as those in force in the United States. 3 Trailers Hauled By One Plane Airmen's Dream of Aerial Train Takes Step To- â- ward Realization Los Angeles. â€" Three motorless air- planes were hauled about the sky here by a fourth plane, acting as "locomotive." This is understood here to be first instance In aerial history in the Uni- ted States in which as many as three trailers have been towed simul- taneously by one motored craft. The demonstration was regarded as a step toward realization of the dreams of airmen â€" that of operating aerial express trains with only the leading ship powered and the rest towed so they can be cut loose from the train at any landing field along a transport route. Canadian Navy to Patrol Pelagic Sealing Groundi Ottawa. â€" Canada's navy has return ed to its dual base. The destroyer! Skenna and Vancouver have harbored at Esquimau, B.C., and the Saguenaj and Champlaln at Halifax. H.M.C.S. Vancouver la being groom ed for the Pelagic seal patrol up th« coast of Vancouver Island, through Hecate Straits, by Queen Charlotte la- lands, and so to sub-Arctic seas. The Pelagic seal patrol is Canada'i fulfilment of her treaty obligation with the United States for the protection ol tho famous fur seals ot the Pribiloff la- lands. In June and July the seals go north to the breeding grounds of the islands, but to prevent the depredations ot il- licit sealers, Americap and Canadian naval vessels protect them on the jour- ney. The Pribiloff Isles used t\?-^be J.ha scene of wanton slaughter of the ah^~ mals, but two benevolent governments have stepped in. The islands ara United States territory and as the kill- ing of the seals has been made a gov- ernment monopoly, and strictly regu- lated. For her part in protecting tht seals in Canadian waters and off tha Canadian coast, Canada gets 15 pel cent, ot the pelts. The other destroyers ot the Cana- dian navy will spend the summer on manoeuvres and training in Canadiai waters. i • l-i 1 . b Chemists Standardize Canadian Rdium Supply Ottawa. â€" Chemists at the National Research Laboratories have standard- ized Cai.adian produced radium. In a few days it will be sold to doctors, clinics and hospitals throughout the country, bringing renewed health to cancer victims. The radium came from the extrac- tion plant at Port Hope, Ont., stop- ping place on its long trip from tho H gged shores of Great Bear Lake in tho Far North to Icad-wallod hospital vaalts. The radium needles were com- pared hero to a standard of known intensity and their individual strengfth catalogued. The Canadian standard pf "4.21 milligrams has been approved by tho International Radium Institute at Vicnnp. British Party to Measure Polar Ice Deptl London. â€" .\n Arctic expedition op ganized by Oxford and Cambridg* Universities, is scheduled to depart shortly to determine the depths o( polar ice, it was announced here. Changes in the world's climat* greatly depend on the polar ice, th« scientists said. The expedition will precede only bj ' a few days the departure ot the Lltt coin Ellsworth expedition to the An- tarctic. Oliver Hardy, Film Star, Files Suit for Divorct Ix)s .\ngeles. â€" Suit for divoro from Mrs. Myrtle Lee Hardy wai file<l in superior court today by Olivei Hardy, member of the film team ol j Laurel and Hardy, who charge<I hit I wife with mental cruelty. In asking the divorce Hardy charg ed that many times Mrs. Hardy wouk leave home for a long period of tim( and when he found her "she was ii an exhausted and bedraggled condi tion due to intoxicating liquors." <. French Producers Ask Ban on Foreign Filmi Paris. â€" A ban on all foreign mo- tion pictures for one year, beginning July 5, was demai;ded in a resolutiod drafted by French film producers, it was learned here. The demand is to be presented tt the ministry of commerce immediate- i ly. The French reducers oppose for- eign competition which they fear maj I force them out of businests. ! Mrs. Caroline Merrlotl. London'! oldest woman, a&ed 107. Is down willl hronch'iis. She was bom at Tooting and worked In a la.nidiy until she was 85. Vp to ias! year she cooked her own meal: t