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• * THE COLBORNE EXPRBSfc, COLBORNE, ONT., APRIL 28, 1938 NOW THEY'RE ALL COMING: The little Anglican church at Herb Lake, 80 miles northeast of The Pas, Manitoba, was crowded last Sunday as evening services began. Sunday before, you could have counted the congregation on the fingers of two hands. Reason: the hour of service was set back sixty minutes in order to permit the people of the district to listen to Charlie McCarthy at seven o'clock and come to church at eight. Said Rev. Percy, the clergyman: "Our people just weren't coming to church. Now, Charlie McCarthy is a blockhead, but he does give wholesome entertainment, and that kind of entertainment is too sadly lacking in many a settlement of this kind -- he was worthy considering." A LONG SESSION: Reconvening after the Easter recess, the House of Commons at Ottawa is facing a huge amount of work which means a long, long session. Some of the things to come up: the Budget, Canada-U. S. trade agreement, Transport Bill, reports of Commissions including the National Employment Commission, report on the penetentiary probe. These with others are all matters of mom- REASON FOR HASTE: Now that Italy has concluded her conversations with Britain and the new pact has been signed, Mussolini is turning very quickly to France in the hope of settling Franco-Italian differences before Hitler comes to make his visit in Italy on May 3rd. He isn't even asking that France first restore ful" diplomatic relations between the two countries (by sending an Ambassad':- to Rome). Because when Hitler comes to Rome next month ready to lord it over Mussolini and force him to fall in with his wishes, the Duce will have two trump cards in his hand--the agreements with Britain and France. Nice work THEY DON'T AGREE: Grant Dexter, correspondent in Great Britain for the Globe and Mail and the Winnipeg Free Press, declares that the two large political groups in England are questioning Prime Minister Chamberlain's foreign policy, in particular, the new agreement with Italy. The centre wing Conservative sentiment, as typified by the Yorkshire Post, he says, views the settlement coldly, pointing out that while the pact may be good on the surface, it is doubtful if it can penetrate the depths. The Post suggests that the terms of the pact are too broad and too vague, leaving so many loopholes that little can be hop- ed for from the agreement. This school of opinion, in other words, just doesn't trust Mussolini. Then in quarters where faith is still placed in the value of the League and of collective security, Mr. Dexter says the cry is that the agreement is built oil a betrayal of Ethiopia and the collapse of all principle save that of expediency. DANGEROUS GROUND: None of the Quintuplets could have minded very much when their favorite doctor, Allan Roy Dafoe, last week declared that Yvonne is the brightest of the five. Intellectual competition among females never is very fierce, but when comes to the question of who's the best-looking -- oh, boy! We're afraid Doc Dafoe has started something by saying that hie thinks Annette's the prettiest! REALISTIC FRIENDSHIP: That Canada and the United States should enter into a treaty for mutual defense -- an agreement that one nation would go to the aid of the other in case of emergency -- is urged editorially by a prominent American newspaper, the New York News. "We know that we're already friends," the article declares; "what is needed is that our friendship should take on a more realistic from." Coming down to the particular, it advocates that the United States agree to use some of its fighting ships for Canadian defense by sea, while Canada should see to it that the St. Lawrence is adequately equipped with naval basis. Such an agreement would prove invaluable to us in Canada, should the British navy be engaged in defending Great Britain or Britain's Mediterranean or South African sea routes, and not be able to come to our aid in case of attack. STALEMATE. Japan, drawn further and further into Chinese territory, and spending terrific sums in an attempt to consolidate her gains, is coming to admit that the campaign in China has reached a stalemate. Reverses that past couple of weeks in Southern Shantung Province, Southwestern Kiangsu have been unprecedented for the Japanese. The real facts of the shattering defeats they have suffered are just now beginning to leak out. The turninS.point of the-war appears to be at hand, while at home the militarists who threw Japan into the war are facing bitter criticism and denunciation. Grave undest is making itself felt throughout the country. Reforestation Group Formed Conservation Aim--Ontario Association Seeks to Curb Destruction The Ontario Conservation and Reforestation Association, a province-wide organization designed to promote reforestation and conservation, was formed at a meeting of representatives from several reforestation zones in various parts of Ontario held in York County last week. Reeve James Rennie, of Markham, was named president of the new association. Other officers: Vice-president, W. H. Casselman, Chesterville; secretary, W. H. Porter, London; treasurer, W. W. Gardhouse, Weston. Will Survey Reforestation Zones Among resolutions adopted was one recommending that the provincial government be approached to obtain legislation preventing the destruction of tree growth and asking that the cutting of small trees be controlled. The government vvill be requested to make a survey of all reforestation zones in the province. At present the province is divided into five zones. Wallace Gallinger, mover of the resolution, stated that information desired from these surveys was the percentage of municipally-owned land, the percentage of submarginal land suitable for reforestation, and the extent and condition of waterheads. This new organization will co-operate with the game and fisheries department and horticultural and other societies interested in soil conserva- Centre of London Boasts A Farm A farm of 25 acres, charmingly situated among old trees beneath which Cromwell's men are said to have sheltered, and watered by a stream along which Queen Elizabeth sailed in her State barge, is for sale. It all sounds beautifully rural-- but actually the farm is right in London, England, less than five miles from Charing Cross. No farm is closer to the centre of the city. Continental trains pass its boundaries within a few minutes of leaving Victoria. In the summer hay-making can be seen in progress almost before passengers have had time to settle down in their places. The farm is on the Belair estate, in Dulwich, which was owned by the late Sir Evan Spicer. Uncle of King of Egypt Visits Laboratory 1 Sabry Pasha, right, uncle of the King of Egypt, visits the "House | Magis" at Schnectady, N.Y., accompanied by Dr. W. D. Coolidge, director T the laboratory. Removal of Fears Aid to Treatment Medical Patients Should Be Adjusted to Life -- Worries and Fears Said To Cause Digestive Trouble Removal of causes of fear and worry is an important factor in the treatment of many diseases, Dr. Martin K. Rehfuss, Professor of Clinical Medicine at Jefferson Medical College, asserted at the Philadelphia Count?'Medical Clinic. "Plan deliberately," he said, "to help your patients adjust themselvf-s to life. If you could only write a few large cheques and correct marital disturbances, you would find the sick stomachs of your nervors patients amazingly quick in taking up their work. People Are Worrying "With the stock market out of sight, politics a question mark, and future security a matter of doubt, people are worrying. And I know from 30,000 fluoroscopic examinations that figes-tive disturbances of the most diverse-nature can occur from nervous-conditions. "Find out if your patient likes his wife, likes his work, and if be spends more than he earns. Campaign deliberately to adjust him to his environment." The possibility of error in hasty diagnosis was pointed out by Dr. Geo. E. Pfahler of Graduate Hospital, when he flashed one clinical X-ray photograph on the screen. "There's no one in this room," he declared, who would not diagnose cancer from this picture. But it isn't that at all. It's a mass of peanut butter sandwich that the patient are contrary to instructions." The BOOK SHELF By ELIZABETH EEDY "INTERMISSION IN EUROPE" BY VERNON BARTLETT "Intermission in Europe" tells you first hand of exciting events of the German Revolution; of war in the Polish Corridor; of the nerve-shattering night when the votes were counted in the Saar Plebiscite; how Mussoliui snubbed Hitler publicly during the historic meeting in Venice; of the March on Rome; of Haile Selassie in Geneva; of Dollfuss' assassination and funeral; of experiences in war-torn Spain; of tense, smoke-filled toi" hind the scenes at Genoa, Straj Geneva. Mr. Bartlett has been prl great many history-making and remembers them well. From personal knowledge Vernon Bartlett, can, in a sentence, provide the key to the personalities of Hitler, Goering, Goebbels, Attaturk, Schus-chnigg, Mussolini, Eden, Litvinoff, Dr. Salazer and others. "Intermission In Europe" -- by Vernon Bartlett. Oxford University Press, Toronto, $2.75. "KING GEORGE VI" BY HECTOR BOLITHO No hard feelings will be engendered by Hector Bolitho's account of the life of the present occupant of Buckingham Palace. 'England does not ask for a scholarly king or a witty king, or one who lives in glamour," the narrative affirms. "We are a domesticated people, and when we pass Buckingham Palace we are happy, and we feel safe when we know that within there is a married couple joined together in unanimity and peace." Mr. Bolitho's dignified chapters cover the childhood and education of King George VI, his war experiences, his marriage and his coronation. The conclusion: "He is king because he satisfies the twentieth-century conception of monarchy." "King George VI" by Hector Bolitho -- 257 pp -- J. B. Lippincott Company, Toronto, $2.00. Canada's Gold Output Ahead February Production Shows Gain Over Last Year The production of gold in Canada during February amounted to 340,-838 ne ounces compared with 361,-086 in the previous month and 310,-074 in February, 1937. London prices averaged $35.06 per ounce during the latest month, in Canadian funds, the value of the output being $11,497,780. In the previous month prices averaged 534.90, the total being $12,601,901. Production dj- Ontario operators in February totalled 210,448 ounces, of which 93,249 came from the Porcupine camp, 73,704 from the Kirk-land Lake area and 43,495 from other sources. In January the Porcupine camp produced 99,948 ounces, Kirkland Lake area 82,866 and other sources 40,053. Quebec produced 70,879 ounces against 76,865 in the previous month. Jewellery and scrap receipts at the Royal Canadian Mint in February contained 1,286 ounces of gold; the gold content in February, 1937, was 1,711 ounces. May Subsidize Iron Industry New Zealand Would Go Into Business of Steel Merchants A bill providing for the establishment of an iron and steel industry as a state monopoly in New Zealand, has been introduced in the House of Representatives, at Wellington. It is proposed to finance the industry by authorizin. the reserve bank to invest a sum not exceeding $20,000,-000. The control of the industry would be in the hands of three commissioners under the direction of the minister of industries, D. G. Sullivan. To Train Own Men Mr. SuHivan expected the initial full production would be reached in two years and this would amount to about 85,000 tons of finished steel annually. This would still necessitate importing about 75,000 a year from England and Australia. The proposals are based on a report by the firm of Brassert and Company, of London, consultants, who would be asked to supervise the technical operations until New Zealand had trained The proposals presumably refer principally to the development of iron ore deposits at Onekaka and Nelson. Survey Is Planned Of Iron Discovery Ontario Mines Department to Investigate the Potentialities of Finds In Northern Ontario. TORONTO. -- Thorough survey of the potentialitites of the reported new hematite (iron ore) discoveries ten miles northwest of Fort William will be made by the Department of Mines Hon. Paul Leduc announced last week. The new finds are being developed by private capital, and in some quarters are viewed as a continuation of the famous Mesabi range of iron which in past years contributed so much to the development of Duluth and other United States cities on Lake Superior. The Government's survey will probably be made by a member of the geologists' branch. It will pretty well determine the extent of iron ore bounty aid which the Province will contribute, if asked, to the development. The Mines Department has been watching the situation closely, particularly in view of reports that the ore can be produced for marketing without beneficiation. British Scientists Aim For Greater Air Speeds --Lool Than Those at Present-500 Miles Per Hour--] Grapple With New Probj Created In Aviation. Statements made in the Houi Commons by Colonel Muirhead, UJ secretary of State for Air give pr of even greater air speeds than at present. Indeed, it seems c that these ..ir-speeds will s cross the ratio at which only years ago scientists believed tl man frame would collapse undi strain. British scientists, Col. Muirhe: clai-ed, were looking forward to s of 500 miles per hour and more i a comparatively short time. The Minister revealed one c methods which will assist in o ing such speeds, explaining tha air immediately adjacent to th plane wing surface oscillates -instead of flowing smoothly constituting a turbulent b layer retarding the aircraft': Experiments are now under correct this impediment by ar VOICE CANADA THE EMPIRE THE WORLD AT LARGE of the PRESS CANADA Peak of Crime Wave It is said that rural crime is on the increase at the present time. We thought skulduggery reached its peak in the country each year about the time the harvest apples ripen.--Peterborough Examiner. The Other Extreme Ontario's automobile markers are to be yellow and black for 1939. Now listen to those fellows who have been criticizing the 1938 markers say the new ones look like smallpox placards. --St. Thomas Times-Journal. Going After Tourists Although it lies a bit off the beaten path, Prince Edward Island is beginning to share in the proceeds from the tourist traffic and when the Provincial Legislature met recently, it was declared in the Speech from the Throne that the tourist business of "The Island" had shown a rapid development.--Brockville Recorder and Times. Living Without Working Can anyone doubt the point that it would be better to spend even more money and get something in return rather than spend what is being spent today without anything being done except to proclaim to the world that thousands of people are living on direct relief and must take their living without working? The millions of dollars that have been spent to keep people in idleness will remain one of the tragedies of the non-production period in Western Canada. It is not too late to make a start-- Regina Leader-Post. Canada In England A straggling English settlement, nestling along a winding Hampshire lane, has but 200-odd inhabitants, but they are proud of being called Canadians. About 78 miles from London, the village has houses, church, public house, one store and a blacksmith shop all cluttered along a single The Village got its name in a strange way. More than 5>i years ago when thousands were migrating to Canada, there was a minor back-to-the-land movement in Hampshire. About 20 families settled in this area. Huts were built by the pioneers and the land broken for cultivation. When the question of naming the settlement was debated, someone pointed out that those there were settlers just as much as the people who had migrated to the Dominion. "Canada" was :Na name chosen-- Mmicipal Review o! Canada. THE EMPIRE Fair Share of the Load The rastness of the burden of Empire defence which Britain has thus assumed mist arouse questionings whether Australia, in proportion to her wealth and population, is doing enougl provide for her own protection. We are rebuilding the defences which were allowed to fall into disrepair during the depression, but our effort is small compared with the tremendous effort which Britain is put'in,' forth--an effort which she cannol, :in ded, maintain indefinitely. Other considerations apart, the claim which Australia and the other Dominions make i.o consultation on foreign policy in [ lies that they must be ready to take a, fair share of the load which is now [ailing so heavily in the Motherland.--Sydney Herald. China Can Win Ever since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese war--the Japanese have at least nov attained the distinction (sic) of being the initiators of the 'undeclared war" era--the Daily Press has held that, powerful military and naval Power though she be, Japan, in embarking on a campaign of conquest in China, had set out on what is certain to culminate in national suicide, 'hat view has been expressed on many occasions, not as a piece of propaganda, but because such has always been and still is our firm conviction, based on several irrefutable factors..... Japan evidently considers the "China Incident" sufficiently grave to warrant the mobilization of the nation's entire resources, although she has repeatedly denied that the measure will be used during present hostilities. The Mobilization Bill, in the existing circumstances, will probably prove the proverbial last straw which breaks the camel's back, and it may be confidently expected that--provided tHe Chinese maintain their resistance -- the Japanese masses will, before a year from this date, have openly rebelled against the madness of their military rulers.--Hong Kong Press. Game Of Baseball Played On Moon In Imaginary Game--Hitter Has To Circle Bases Six Times To Get Home Run; Put Fly 1,500 Feet High. The Hayden Planetarium of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, this year beat the gun on opening the 1938 baseball season by "broadcasting" an imaginary ball game on the moon. The setting was realistic, 2,000 feet of painted close-ups of the moon's surface which the planetarium is showing. The announcer was Professor William H. Barton, Jr., who is a baseball fan as well as astronomer. Field Mile Long "That's the field,"' he said, pointing to a shadowy area behind a moon crater. <'It is a mile long and half a mile wide. "It is in the shade because in the sun the temperature is the boiling point of water. "The first batter smacks a long fly. Up and up goes the ball, 500--1,000 _1,500 feet. A fielder catches it a quarter of a mile away. "The next batter smacks a homer He makes first base in three strides. He goes 30 feet with each stei>--12 steps to circle the bases. "But he goes around again. On the moon the rule is six times around the bases needed for home run. Just 72 strides. 30-Foot Leaps The moon is so small its gravity is one-sixth that of earth. A 150-pound man there weighs 25. But with a ball player's muscles he can run in 30-foot leaps. A player like Ty Cobb would be expected to steal second in two jumps--45 feet each. Players would need oxygen respirators. But there is speculation whether creatures living on the moon for a million years might condition themselves to do without respirators, Recently astronomers have suggested that some color changes may be vegetation, and that maybe there is just a little rarefied atmosphere. The rate of disintegration of the element uranium, into helium and lead, furnished science with one ol the most accurate historical clocka for measuring the age of the earth. Dollfuf-s Children in Exile in Switzerland