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* < NEWS PARADE... REAL PEOPLE: We Cunadians have (or so long been accustomed to tbinking ot cbe Royal Family as tlgurebead^j, or pawaa ia tbe game of tbe Empire, ibat it cornea wilb a abocli of surprise to many of us lo realize tbat tbe KiDg and Queen are real live pepple â€" humau and warm; to know at firsc band tbat tbe King is a fine man, tbe Queen a beautiful woman. SiuCe tbe mom- ent tbey stepped off tbe ship at Quebec we bave been feeling tbat here is tbe genuine article. Instead of a stereotyped tour run off on a dry schedule, their Majesties' visit in tbe Dominion is being marl^ed by unexpected contacts with ordin- ary folk, handsbakes, exchanges of friendly words between these two human beings (who happen to be royalty) and their fellows. FOOTHOLD IN SPAIN: The sus- picion Is growing that, although they didn't make as much noise about it as the Italians, tbe Nazis' participation in a war on Spanish soil has netted them a nice haul. Spanish Morocco and the Basque country with their iron ore, have become splieres ot German com- mercial interest, exploited by tbe German businessmen who quickly followed German soldiers into Spain. Gestapo agents, builders and contractors from the Reich have long been on the scene. Furthermore, in a future war, the Germans may be able to use the guns they bave placed on the Spanish territory near tbe British- held Gibraltar; the five submarine bases tbey have helped to build; the modern airports reputedly con- structed near the French border. 59 Men Were Trapped Aboard This Submarine 240 Feet Below Sur face of the Atlantic PROPHET OF DOOM: We nomin- ate Webb Miller, the noted foreign correspondent, who is accompany- ing the King and Queen on their tour across Canada, as this week's No. 1 prophet-ot-doom. Says Miller (who has covered tbe World War, the Ethiopian War, the Spanish War, Munich, etc.): "A major war is coming in Europe, barring a mir- acle. When or where it will come I or no one else knows. When It does come they will slip into it in spite of themselves. Tbe nations seem to be in tbe position of a per- son on a high place, afflicted with vertigo, who throws himself over in spite ot himself, although desir- ing to live." (In London, England, they're stocking up on black win- dow blinds for use in air raids, oil lanterns and tinned foods). Yes, Mr. Miller, but a miracle might happen. If Britain, France and Russia could really get togeth- er, oh what a day for peace tbat would be! THE WEEK' QUESTION; How successfully is tbe Domiuiou-Pro- Tinclal youth-training program now working out in tbe matter of estab- lishing unemployed Canadian youth in Jobs? Answer: Federal Labour Minister Rogers has announced that 40^2 per cent, of the youths completing the government train- ing courses designed to lead to em- ployment bave been able to secure jobs. Salesmen, Less Talking Please! As A Ru|e You're Much Too Wordy â€" Six Impcrtant Rules To Follow As a rule, salesmen talk too niuch, John Wesley Coates, lectur- er on business psychology and per- sonality development, declared last week at Windsor Vocational School, opening a course on the science ot selling. Personality is the greatest single factor in successful salesiuansbip. tbe speaker said, defining person- ality as "the ability tcT interest and influence other people." The speaker listed as six things every salesnjan, salesmanager, ex- ecutive, and. in fact, everyone, should know, as follows: tl) Don't try to do all tbe talking; (2) Never interrupt; (3) Never contradict; (4) During the first part of your interview, ask questions; (5) Find out the prospect's chief objection; ind (G> Sell him exclusively on that point. Tbe four steps In completing a sale were listed b}' Mr. Coates as follows: (1) Attracting favorable attention; {.2\ Creating interest: (3> Arousing desire; ami 141 Clos- ing the sale, or "action." the name Oil the dotted line. Vegetable Fuel .X car that produces its own fuel by "grazing on vegetables •nd dijresting chips of wood'' has been developed by a 25-year-old Japanese inventor, now in Shang- hai . Television of plays on Sunday in Kngland has been protested on the grounds it is unfair to thea- tres, which cannot Rive stage per- foviii.'»nces on that Hay. Here is an above-water view of one of the United States Navy's newest and largest submarines, U.S.S. Squalus, which sank last week off Portsmouth, N.H., and rested 240 feet below the surface of the Atlantic with 59 men aboard. Wait Unta Other People Have Gone To Correct Your Child's Man* ners â€" Children Resent Being Spoken To Sharply In the Presence of Strangers Jane's mother corrected her one day before some relatives. An- other time she told Jane not to Interrupt when Mrs. Evans, a call- er, was speaking. Mrs. Jones gave Jane a good going-over, eventually, about tell- ing some family affair that was confidential. Jane was worried tbe minute the word had passed her lips and she was at the point when any reference to It doubled her shams. She was trying to do things right, but the constant correcting she was getting at the wrong mo- ments was making her very uu- happy. She said to her mother, "Mum- my, you'd get better results it you waited till we were alone to cor- rect me." "Why, darling, maybe you are right. I never thought about it." We cannot always wait until the next day, that is sure, when chil- dren need instant correcting and even punishment. But it is true, also, that a postponed suggestion, made when the child is less nerv- ous, often gets better- results. Doctor Wipes Out Account Halifax Physician Cancels All Bills Owing Him (Total $21,000) As He Retires In Poor Health Patients of Dr. K. B. Mahabir had their bills wiped off the Halifax (N. S.) physician's books last week. Dr. JIahabir announced that, co- incident with his withdrawal from practice because ot ill-health, he had cancelled the accounts ot 342 patients totalling $21,00». These were collectable accounts: pre- viously, he had written off those he regarded as "bad" debts. Dr. Mahabir said. "I felt it was something of a strain on many people who were really trying to pay," tbe physician declared. Dr. Mahabir said he did not care to comment on reports published here a month ago to the effect that he had been left a £50,000 legacy in the will of a man whom he was said to have saved from drown- ing in Cairo, Egypt, 20 years ago. "1 should like it it tbat rumor died a natural death," be observed. Says Canada Impregnable Igor I. Sikorsky, famed llu.ssian aeronautical engineer, who addres- sed Affiliated Engineering and Al- lied Societies in Ontario recently, informed his audience, composed chiefly of engineers drawn from almost every braneli of the pro- fession and from all parts of On- tario, that Canada is practically impregnable to attacks by air. o NTARIO UTDOORS By VIC BAKER FISH AIRS The external oxygen supply de- termines the ability ot fish to live in certain waters, which accounts for the reason why eaoh species ot fresh water fish tends to occupy only a particular region of tbe lakes and rivers and why their haunts vary with the season. "We find that the ability of the fish to utilize oxygen iu the water is influenced by the amount of car- bon dioxide in the water," three scientists from the Edward Martin Biological Laboratory of Swarth- more, f ennsylvania, told a recent meeting in Toronto of tbe Federa- tion of American Societies for Ex- perimental Biology. The three biologists, Laurence Irving, Edgar C. Black and V. Saf- ford, reported tbat "each species ot fish has its own characteristic tol- erance and the species may be ar- ranged in regular order beginning with the trout as tbe most sensi- tive, following with the sucker, perch, sunfish, chain pickerel, bass, shiner, carp, eel and cattish. This suggests that tbe external oxygen supply determines tbe ability of the fish to live in certain water." Canada Trains R. A. F. Pilots Mackenzie Tells House 15 Are Given Courses Each Year Fifteen pilots are paitially train- ed each year in Canada for the Koyal Air Force, Defense Minister Mackenzie said in a statement last week at Ottawa amplifying his recent anouncement of an ag- reement with the United King- dom (Government for the full training in Canada of 50 pilots a year. Are Taking On Britishers The first course under the par- tial training plan was held from January to October, 1938. The graduating officers received their pilot's flying badge and proceed- ed to England to continue advanc- ed training and to take their place in flying squadrons. The second course began last January and will end this autumn. In addition, many Canadians were medically examined and se- lected by the Royal Canadian Air Force for short service commis- sions in the Royal Air Force in 1937 and 1938, the latter year seeing 118 go overseas. Tlie 50 British pilots to be train- ed y"i>rly will receive the inter- mediate stage of their training at Camp Borden, Ont., and the ad- vanced stage at Trenton, Ont. 68 Minute Pipe By making his pipe last for 1 hour 8 minutes 35 seconds, M. Leon Bastyn won this year's smoking competition at Menin, a village on the frontier between Belgium and France. Each com- petitor received about seven-hun- dredths of an ounce of tobacco and a match. Osimiridium, produced solely from the refining of gold, brought $170,000 to mining companies of the Transvaal of South Africa last year. Peru has adopted tbe principle ot obligatory social insurance. Rumania's Oil Wells Valuable Produce About 7,000,000 Tons Per Year â€" Mixed People In- habit Country Including Gyp- Slavs, Germans, Ru- sies. manians A great deal is being heard Just now about the Rumanian oil wells. It is interesting to know something about the country and tbe product. Rumania, which was formed as an independent country from two Turkish provinces in 1861, became a kingdom 20 years later. Its people are very mixed, including Gipsies, Slavs and Germans, but the major- ity are Rumanians. Tbe oil wells, which are exceed- ingly valuable, produce about 7,- 000,000 tons of oil a year. Ancient seas it is thought, ebbed and flowed across the lands where oil is found, leaving at each move- ment deposits oi animal and vege- table matter, with a great deal of mud. This organic matter, being sealed up for ages, decomposed slowly, till at last it became the petroleum oil which is now so much sought after, and from which gasoline and other valuable products are obtain- ed. Men Folk Serve Tea At Church Just possibly it was a woman's idea â€" but it was the men who put it over. When McDougall United Church, Edmonton, decided to hold a tea, it turned into something to write about. Only the preparation of the food fell to the women. The pouring, serving and receiving was conducted by the men. Their wives sat around and grinned and grinned and grinned. Responding to the call for "pourers" for the tea â€" fivst of its kind ever held in the .Alberta ca- pital and staged by the church's Men's Association â€" were Mayor John Fry, 250-pound Chief of Po- lice A. G. Shute, three Alberta cabinet ministers, the city com- missioner and several aldermen and a flock of business men, cler- gymen and other professional men. Working in 30-minute "shifts" at the serving table, they disposed of 500 gallons of tea, 3,000 sand- wiches and 2,000 piece; of cake in four hours. "They did a lovely job." com- church. Britain's income from shipping services last year was $575,000,000. WATCH You can depend on the special sales the merch- ants of our town aimouncc in the columns of this paper. They mean mon- ey saving to our readers. It always pays to patron- ize the merchants who ad- vertise. They are not afraid of their merchan- dise or their prices. The Specials ONE WAY AXIS Mussolini axis Hitler but Hitler tells Mussolini. â€" Brandon San. HMMMM ! More people could sing "O Can- ada," it is claimed, if the pitch were lowered to the range ot the human voice. Yes, and if they also knew the words. â€" Windsor Star. CAN'T TAKE IT la a Northern Ontario town r* cently, a teacher was haled befort the trustees on a charge of making marks on a boy's legs with a points er. Things are changing in the lick in' business at school. A few decades ago when the tea Cher crooked his finger to the oE fending youngster, it meant i march double quick to tbe front ts face tbe wallop. And how iht school teachers of former dayi could hit: â€" Guelph Mercury. After travelling 1,600.000 milai in its 53 years of service, the first cable street car of Melbourne, .A.^^ stralia, is to be placed in Mel- bourne Museum. X MARKS THE SPOT In the Canadian paviUon at the world's fair is a huge map of Can- ada made of burnished copper. One can just see one of those visitors pointing with his cane and saying: "And just about here is where I hooked that big muskellunge." â€" Toronto Star. BOYS ON TRAFFIC DUTY Although there have been some 90 traffic acidents of one kind or another in the Sault since the first, ot the year, there has not so far been one at the schools and the police are Inclined to give a large share ot the credit for this to the school boy patrols which have been organized at three ot the public schools where there is heavy traf- fic. â€" Sault Ste. Marie Star. WAIT TILL FLY TIME Girl from Toronto, now on a farm near Kincardine, writes home to say that she is learning to milk a cow, and reports "the cow I'm learning on is trying to be patient and helpful." It's to be hoped that the yoimg lady gets on to the hang of the thing before fly time arrives or she may have to revise her opin- ion of the cow's attitude. â€" Peter- borough Examiner. A first edition of Oliver Gold- smith's "Vicar of Wakefield" wai sold at auction for $1,700 in Lon- don. aick : : . and H't op«nI Cficfc :: . one/ k's clofd! Hive Offts Drip-Cut SYRUP JUG At Big Saving A sfnootb alumiauM band, soaps orer tha opening and cats o4 the synip â€" tliere is â- â€¢ drip. It is a grand ioc CO serve srrup £roa. To set yours at a but saving send 70c UM four )-lb. Bee Hit* Syrup labels vor ti>a eauivalent ia lbs. aikd *0c) for ihe 1 2-oz. sin that retails at over f I. For tbe 40 -oz. sm send ten 5-lb. Be« Hiim Syrup labels and $ I (oc the etiuivalent in lbs. and $1 . The 40-az. sire sells retail at $i. Mail requests to ma maouticturer â€" ch« addtessisoaevefyUbcL ^eeJiwe^^un LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher "Ma wants to borrow a cup of sugar and I'd like to borrow a nickel." POPâ€" Hustling to Get Nowhere DJ?lvg us ROUND TMC By J. MILLAR WATT AND STEP OM IT.' VC'CE IN A