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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’sâ€"victuals, vitamins and vitalityâ€"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 nation- al health. Surveys of Nutrition Headed by the deputy minister of pensions and national health, a council composed -of economist's, 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 scurvyâ€" long a scourge of marinersâ€"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 curé, through diet, for the disease beri-beri, a plague . in the Orient since before the Christian era. Animals That Travel Fastest Among Them Are the Grey- hound and the Horseâ€"â-  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. 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 cquld be (magically endowed with the light- ness of an antelope, it would still lose the race by reason of ffs shape. Finds $50,0i>v o.-tstip In $300 Collection LOS ANGELES, Cal. â€" The dream of every philatelist has come true for Warren R. DeBo.is of Los Angeles. Three months ago, Du Bois bought a collection from an estate for $300. Included was a one-cent blue issue, which he catalogued and marked for sale at $3. It went Unsold,. A few days ago, he examined it more closely. It bore a Baltimore, Md., first-day cancellation of Aug- ust 17, 1861. Jubilant, DuBois checked with experts. Now he has his answer: The stamp is worth $50,000. I News Parade By Elizabeth Eedy 1 HOLLOW VICTORIESâ€"The Jap- anese armies appear to have con- quered approximately a third of China (the provinces of Shansi, Hopei, 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 soldiers 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, raid 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 it would seem that the Chinese are not capable of being defeated. ANOTHER DEPRPESSION ? â€"The recession which struck the United States in the fall of 1937 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 S.chool 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 tho 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 upâ€"predictions don’t always come true! TWO ASSURANCES-â€" 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, Kiqgston, gave to Canada the assurance that “the people of the United States will not stand idly by if domination of Canadian soil is threatened” by any foreign power. “We are good neighbors and good friends . . . ” By way of reciprocating the Pre- sident’s Good Neighbor policy, Prime Minister Mackenzie King proclaimed Canada’s acçeptance 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 LIFE’S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher “Henry bought this car just to use from here, home.” 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 shotmakers 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, à 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. Horse Traders Ibi Convention ALMOND, N.Y. â€" 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 they “warn’t interested in any boss 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 500 horses were auctioned off dur- ing the convention, convention Pre- sident George Ksme said. “Everything goes,” at the con- vention," he continued, except “the auto swapping" such as took place two years ago. 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. never cross this country by land, sea or air to attack the United States. Something concrete, there. THE WEEK'S QUESTION â€" What part of Canada gets longer and shorter successively, as the years go on? Answerâ€"Point Peleeâ€"Lake Erie is continually building up and fear- ing down this southernmost tip of Canada as the water level rises and falls. j VOICE OF| I THE PRESS j 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.â€"St. Thomas Times-Journal. WAR NOT YET OVER For thousands of Canadians the war is not yet over. A Stratford ex-service-man has just dieu from injuries received in France twen- ty years ago.â€"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.â€"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 com- bine.â€"Calgary Herald. FIND WORK FOR OUR OWN Fitting our own people into the available employment of all kinds â€"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, •â€" 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 GO miles an hour, as we have seen it a few times lately, is one that calls for police intervention. â€" St. Marys Journal-Argus. OUR. BEAUTIFUL CARLS 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 concentrate on their ap- pearance in order to “get” their man. This didn’t hold in the leis- urely lives of the English. â€" 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 Canada’s Navy Grows Larger Four Destroyers And As Many Mine Sweepers Being Added Launching at Quebec in August ot B.M.C.S. Gaspe saw the third of Canada’s four mine-sweepers,u 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 bo launched at North Vancou- ver later this month. The Fundy and the Comox havo 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 Esquimau, The new destroyers are of the *‘G” 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. Many on Prairies Never Held Jobs McGill Investigator Finds Ser- ious Situation in Canadian .West Twenty thousand young mon 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 need 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 unemployel are young men and women. Mr. Duncan, en route east after spending a holiday in Banff, sait that the total of 100,000 does no 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 ot the jobless, the Dominion Govern- ment to assume responsibility for relief and introduce a system of unemployment Insurance. 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.â€"Times of India, Bom- bay. THE WONDERLAND' OF OZ When Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were all dressed, Dorothy took them through the beautiful rooms of the palace. She also 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. “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.” “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 tens, but one took cold and died of the pip and the other two turned out to be horrid roosters instead of hens, so I had to change their names to Daniel They all have gold lockets with your picture inside.” Dorothy wanted to stay and play with the little chickens for a while, but Uncle Henry and. Aunt Em had not seen the palace grounds and were eager to got better acquainted with the marvel ous land in which they were k 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.