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f 4 t 1 ^"^^-:-f :1 ^ «.• NEWS PARADE ... ROYAL AIR FORCE: On the anni- versary of Louis Blertofs history- making flight across the English Channel thirty years ago, Britain Bent 240 of her most modern bomb- ing planes roaring over France last week. It was the biggest war-test night ever made in history and waa an impressive demonstration of the progress in aviation since HIeriot made the crossing three decades ago. Although the flight was merely a demonstration, the Axis powers will have no doubt now re- garding Britain's power in the air and it is almost significant to learn that Uitler on tlie day of this demonstration was suffering from uervous shock. NEW FARMING UNIT: In Dear- born, Michigan, Henry Ford exhib- ited before 400 newspapermen and agricultural experts recently a new mechanized farniiag unit which he predicted would revolutionize agri- culture and "make draft animals economically obsolete." Said he: "it will displace the horse on the farm just as the automobile displac- ed him on the road." Mr. Ford's borse-displacer consists of a small lightweight tractor with detachable Implements embodying new tricks of coupling and operation develop- ed by an Irish engineer named Har- ry Ferguson . The Ford-Ferguson tractor unit has many revolution- ary virtues and costs about $585. BRITAIN'S CANNY MOVE: When Britain decided to extend credits totalling $300,000,000 to her poten- tial allies for the purchase of mun- itions and other war materials she made a canny move. More potent than threats ot force is the threat of economic resistance to fascist plans of conquest. While relative military strength has been debat- able â€" England and France are un- beatable in the field of finance â€" and Hitler knows it. Thus th more Important result ot the Britisli de- cision is its moral effect â€" tor Brit- ish credits are more convincing evi- dence of future intenflODs than British promises. 150TH BASTILLE DAY: July 14th marked the 150th anniversary ot the fall of the Bastille. The cele- bration took the form of a tremen- dous military pageant this year and not since recent war scares has France seen such a gay, self-confi- dent and joyous Bastille Day, prompting observers to note that in the war of nerves the Republic has won a great victory. To most ot us Bastille Day h:s much more significance than just m National holiday. To Fi-enchmen and to the rest ot the world it is a memorial to the "principles of 1776 and 1789", to ideas common to Western democracy. When wo think ot the storming ot the Bast- ille we realize that it was an act ot defiance against vested authority, a dramatic and concrete assertion that men can and will overthrow a lOTernment with which they are dlssatistied. The family Bible of the late Czar Nicholas II of Imperial Rus- aua has been found in a second- lutnd bookstore in London. The Bible, bound in satin- amooth leather with solid gold clasps, has been returned to the British and Foreign Bible Society, which gave it to the Czar for his Coronation in May, 1896. To prevent the formation of a black sulphur line between the yolk and white, the egg should be sheHed while still hot and plunged immediately into cold water. Detroit Red Wings' Star Is Golf Champ. LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher Tctc Kelly, ot Charlottetov.-n, star with the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League, success- fully defended his golfing crown during the New Brunswick-Prince Edward Island championships on the Algonquin Country Club links at St Andrews-by-the-Sea, N.B. Kelly had a gross of 309 and net ef 281 for 72 holes to lead the field of Maritime golf experts. Swimming at Katy's Cove and par- lies at the Algonquin Hotel added to the fun of the tournament at the famous redort. Tmks. Pit M»>)»)m>«f}ui>,.»>i»M ; "1 tOMCd a coin to tee who should have the large cage, and the parrot lost." NTARIO UTDOORS By VIC BAKER SKEET AND TRAP SHOOTING The ten zone winners in the Do- minion Marlismenn 1939 national skeet and trap shooting champion- ships, who emerged victorious over some 100 of the country's ;eading clay-pigeon marksmen competing on 30 skeet teams and 24 trap squads, were announced recently from the headquarters of the Dom- inion Marksmen headquarters in Montreal. The first renewal ot the Domin- ion Marksmen national shooting championships, this year's shooting tournameut will give some 3,000 skeet marksmen throughout Can- ada their second championship team since the sport was introduc- ed to this country at St. Stephen, N.B., in 1929. For trap shooters the competition marks only the second time that a national trap title has been at stake since Jack Trotter, old-time Winnipeg marksman, in- vented the clay-pigeon more than 60 years ago. Donalnion Skeet Championship Defending the Canadian Skeet Championship in the Dominion fin- als held at the end of July is the York Skeet Club team from Toron- to. This team posted the highest score among the skeet zone final- ists. The Toronto team scored 236 out ot a possible 250 points to suc- cessfully defend Its Central Zone title against six other entries re- presenting Hamilton, Copper Clilf, London, Levack and Toronto. The other skeet zone winners were: St. John Skeet Club, Montreal Skeet Club, Medicine Hat Gun Club and Trail, B.C., Trap and Skeet Club. Dominion Trap Shooting Championships In the trap shooting champion- ships, the defending national title- holders from the Saskatoon Gun Club successfully defended their Mid-Western Zone title after a very thrilling shoot-ott against a crack five-man squad from the Medicine Hat Gun Club. The two teams tied in the regular zone shoot with a score of 243 out of a possible 250. In the shoot-ott the Saskatoon men outshot their rivals by a single point atfer posting a score ot 242 out of 250. The Medicine Hat team fell to second place among the other three entries from Cal- gary, Edmonton and Saskatoon who represented the 25 registered gun clubs in the Mid-W^estern Zone. The other four trap zone win- ners were: Dartmouth, N.S., Rod and Gun Chib, Grand Trunk River- side Gun Club ot Montreal, Sun- ningdale Gun Club ot London, Ont. and the Vancouver Gun Club. Don't Get Sun In Your Eyes Protect Them With Dark Glas- ses or a Crop of Wrinkles Will Result It's a common enough impulse to fling protection to the winds, or whatever winds blew before the sunshine came along, but that doesn't do away with the common- sense fact that your eyes need it, your head needs it, and most cer- tainly your beauty needs it. First, let's be sensible about your eyes, and mix the sense with fun. Gone are the days when dark glasses were either a sign of de- fective sight or an attempt at dis- guise. Today, on a sunny day, they are as Indispensable as lipstick, and even more useful. An atterncon'a Bunbath, without glasses, can un- do all the good that a year's care ever did. An hour's squinting Into the sun can produce a finer crop of wrinkles than a decade of time. Books And You BY ELIZABETH EEDY !â- â- Â»â€¢<•• Many go through life as rivers go to the sea, taking the easiest course. Man must love and be beloved. We must jubdue self or ser- vice. SUMMER READING When the mercury rises and our brows bead with the heat of sum- mer we turn to the more amusing in the realms ot literature. For summer reading w^e find that the shorter stories and human anec- dotes ot some of the popular e6S.ay- Ists are delightful. Among the favorites we have se- lected three to recommend. One is that little masterpiece from the pen ot Cornelia Otis Skinner, "Ex- cuse It Please," in which the auth- or carries you along through a ser- ies ot her amusing experiences, such as meeting old school friends and not having one thing in com- mon with them, and learning tc ride a horse. One ot the best collections which has not received the attention It deserves is Harold Nicholson's "Small Talk." Many are familiar with the Hon. Harold Nicholson, M.P., in "Punch" magazine but they should be more familiar with these witty essays. "Small Talk" is a tonic! The third to come to luiud at this season is one that is listed among the new books. Dorothy Parker, fa- vorite ot many has released a new collection ot her short stories entit- led, "Here Lies." Mrs. Parker In all her works shows perfectly, certain situations common to the lives of millions of human beings ot all classes, races and nationalities. Her wit is at times barbed and again she writes with com- passion but at all times she is pen- etrating. We guarantee that one or all three ot these will prove entertain- ing and will leave the reader chuck- ling and refreshed. FOR HOME AIJD COUNTRY We never lo-e a;j opportunity to say a good word about Women's In- atliutps for of all the organizations rendering public and unselfish ser- vice In a community, we place these at the top. Their activities are sensible, aud practical, mostly of a humanitarian character car- ried on without fuss or :;how to re- lieve and give comfort and happi- ness to those l^'ss fortunate than themselves. â€" Eowmanville States- man. THINGS WE LEARN From John Gunther's "Inside Asia," you learn that the Japanese Prime Minister's salary is |2,592 a year; a belch following a meal in Nippon is a compliment; an aver- age of 29,000 persons are picked off the streets ot Shanghai each year, dead ot starvation, yet in the same city one i 'y dine at restaurant where a dinner costs 1600, that Am- erican cigarettes sell at a lower price in India than in the United States. â€" New York Post. WHAT HITLER HAS DONE TO GERMANY We hear much of what Hitler has "done for Germany. ' We hear less of what be has done to Germany ... to German human beings. What he has done to German hu man beings is disclosed in part by â-  n analysis which the New York Times has made of German vital Gtaiistics. Thus: Since Hitler came to power in 1933 cases of diphtheria and scarlet fever have virtually doubled; of spinal meningitis actually trejled. Food poisoning cases increased from 1,565 in l'J33 to 3,764 in 1937. Death rales be'tween the ages of one and five went up 12.5 per cent, for girls and 20 per cent, for boys between 1932 and 19;tC. â€" Ottawa Journal. Times being what they ar*, Monte Carlo'b casino now givM itf patrons bargain-basement gambling. For two hours on cer^ tain days, the zero on the roulett* wheels is su.spended, thus giving the cuiitomers a better break against the house. /7^^^ BEE HIV HARK JUNE BRIDES Average June bride, according to statistics, requires |28 for her trousseau. Which wouldn't be so bad if she didn't refuse to wear the same clothes a month or so later. â€" Shtrbrooke Record. "A VERY WICKED MAN" A daughter ot Charles Dickens is quoted as saying that the famous author was "a very wicked man" and that his family led the very Dickens of a life with him. â€" The Stratford Beacon Herald. A teachable spirit is beautiul whether in a child or one of ma- ture years. PHILO mMl0J\nS AGAIN THE LAST CiEAT MYSTERY STOiY WRITTEN BY S. S. VAN DINE . . . it will be published in BOOK form . . . it will be made into a MOVING PICTURE Here is the last crime solution of PHILO VANCE, one of the greatest detec- tives that ever lived in the pages of fiction ... the last great story of that foremost writer of mysteries, S. S. VAN DINE. The Star Weekly has secured the rights to be first in all the world to publish this story â€" a thrilling mystery that involves two murders and the theft of a priceless collection of emeralds. "WINTER MURDER CASE," by S. S. VAN DINE, will appear serially in The Star Weekly starting August 5. If you like mystery, written by a master storyteller, don't miss a single instalment of this fascinating book to be run exclusively in The Star Weekly. STARTING AUGUST 5 "ISSUE REG'LAR FELLERSâ€" The Expert By GENE BYRNES