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Engagement Rings Prized by Royalty Queen Victoria Buried Wearing Three Favorite Rings London--The marriage of Princess Marina has sent delvers back into history for comparisons. One such has taken up the subject of the engagement rings of royalty brides who are just as much attached to these marks of betrothal as are other girls. Queen Alexandra had a large collection of magnificent jewels, among them some of the most valuabli pearl necklaces and other ornaments in the world. But the jewel prized above all was a gold ring set with a beryl, an emerald, a : a topaz, jacinth, and another erald. The initial letters of the stones spelt out "Bertie" the name for her husband. Queen Victoria received i Prince Albert on her betrothal a ring set with the finest emeralds, never left her finger, any more than her wedding-ring, nor did a rather meagre-looking ring set with a s diamond, which her Constor-to-be had given her while she was still a child. The great Queen was buried still wearing these three rings. Emeralds appear in the engagement ring of the Princess Royal (Mary) as well as in that of her great grandmother. She received a huge solitaire emerald, very valu- A queen who loved diamond rings was Anne of Denmark, the consort of James I. She had literally scores of these ornaments. An attendant about the court, called Margaret Hartsyde, evidently thought that one would not be missed out of so many, so she stole one and sold it to a jeweller. The theft was discovered; Margaret was tried and condemned to be banished to the Orkneys. Queen Henrietta Maria had several rings made with her cipher in gold underneath a crystal cut like a diamond. These she gave to friends who lent her money to help the King's cause against the Parliament. They were known as "the Queen's pledges"--it being understood that when they were given back the money would be repaid. Held In Dope Raid Trans-Canada Race Planned For Pot of Gold--Flier Finishing- Second to Receive Silver Vancouver--An international ; air race across Canada with a pot of gold at the rainbow's end for the winner is proposed by William Tem-pleton, manager of the Vancouver airport. With a view to drawing attention to the future of aviation in Canada and stimulating interest in a trans-Canada air mail service, Templeton proposed the air derby across the Dominion with the prize a pot brim-mined with the precious yellow metal mined from the gold fields of British Columbia. A pot of silver would await the airman finishing second. The fliers would start from Halifax on the Atlantic seaboard and follow the route already mapped out for a trans-Canada air mail service. Over the populous industrial and farm districts of eastern Canada and the rolling wheat fields of the prairies, the airmen would wing their way to the foothills of the rockies.. Then they would fly over the towering snow-capped peaks and yawning chasms with their treacherous downdrafts below, to Vancouver, Canada's gateway to the Pacific and terminus of the race. Qualified fliers of proven ability would be eligible to compete in the race, thus making it an international classic and possibly attracting some of the greatest names in aviation on the continent. Aero clubs and aviation men throughout Canada have been canvassed on the proposal, Templeton said, and have enthusiastically a-greed it would provide a great impetus to aviation in Canada. Definite action on the project is expected next spring, the Vancouver airport official concluded. The size of the pot of gold and pot of silver would be matters for discussion. London Power Peak Is Record Users of Hydro Shatter Prev< ious Marks For Loads London, Ont.--London's users o4 Hydro have shattered all time re-' cords for peak loads in power. So far, this month, the peak has reached the high mark of 32,000 horsepower, surpassing by 500 h.p. the' previous record figure set in December, 1933. General Manager E. V. Buchanan of the local P. U. C. said that the record usage of power indicated that increased use of appliances in the thousands of London homes had ! than made up losses suffered through the depression effect on industry, which previous to the depres-was responsible for a heavy use of power. p ^.u r ln f®deral net sPread out for narcotic peddlers and addicts, these eleven women are pictured after arrest in St. Paul, Minn, fourth from left rear is Dolores Smart, defense witness at trial of Evelyn Frechetti, Dillinger sweetheart charged with harboring him. were yet available. Growers and marketing men agreed the loss would run into millions of dollars. Congressman W. J. Sears graphed President Roosevelt urging federal funds be placed at the disposal of growers so replanting can be done. Unless such aid is forthcoming, the congressman said, many truck farmers will be forced on the relief rolls. Sears estimated "a half millior dollars or more will be required tc furnisih relief to those who absolutely must have relief." He suggested that applications for relief be handled through county . agricultural agents. Temperatures slid down cold to 16 at Gainesville, 20 at Ocala, 22 at Jacksonville, Orlando, Bartow and Titusville, 24 at Sarasota, and 30.4 in downtown Miami. Even Key West, 90 miles from Havana, Cub, was uncomfortable with a 44 minimum. Eestimates of the damage to citrus fruit on tra-js varied and many growers said at least 30 days would be required to determine the full extent of the loss from freezing. They said the damage would be great if the fruit thawed slowly. Continued cold weather was consider-l a good circumstance. The federal Agricultural Statistics ureau at Orlando announced that tangerines were heavily damaged over the entire state, but that the loss for oranges was comparatively light as a total. The grapefruit damage was small and there was almost no tree damage, the bureau said. Cold Damages Citrus Fruits Loss In Florida -- Tender Vegetable Crops Also Suffer Jacksonville, Fla.--Florida's coldest December weather on record virtually wiped out the state's tender vegetable crops and greatly damaged citrus, preliminary surveys showed last week. The ruin was widespread through thousands of acres of beans, tomatoes, eggplant, squash, peppers and similar truck garden produce, but no monetary estimates of the damage Places Canada Near The Top Banking Expert Claims She's Second Only To Briiain-- Should Be Happy. London, Ont.--"Canada's progress today is not surpassed by that of any other country with the exception of Great Britain," asserted Case R. Howard, president chairman of the banking committee of the Canadian-American Trade Board, of New York,, at a recent meeting of the London Men's and Women's Conservative Associations. A STRANGE PARADOX Mr. Howard pointed a strange paradox. While the Dominion was forging ahead in a remarkable ' there was much grumbling. On the other hand, with wage-working ditions in the United States the worst since the Civil War, that country recently gave President Roosevelt the most overwhelming vote of confidence ever given ! president of that nation. It i difficult to understand he said. Exports as a whole had shown increase of 50 per cent; exports to Empire countries had jumped 53 per cent; imports generally had gained 36 per cent while from Empire nations the increase had been 53 per cent; industrial production hid creased 67 per cent; manufacturing production 75 per cent; mineral production 184 per cent, far above mal. All this he thought was proof positive of the able leadership Canada has had. STRESSES CENTRAL BANK Touching briefly on the new Central Bank, he declared it was the most important legislation since Confederation. He claimed that heretofore in Canada there had been lack of control of the powerful credit of the nation. This would be possible under the Bank of Canada. Canada, he reasoned, would have been in a much better position if the same expansion of credit had been available as was possible in Great Britain. It would have accelerated the movement to better times. Under the present system of banking in Canada, outstanding as it is, there has been lack of co-ordination. This will be corrected under the Central Bank. During the formation period of the Bank of Canada, Mr. Howard pointed out, its operations would be largely confined to Canada's monetary and credit problems. It would not bring financial Utopia all at once but it would become I important as time went on. Mr. Howard, who is a native of Exeter, was for 15 years manager of the foreign business department of the Canadian Bank of Commerce in New York, and has had a wide experience in international banking. He pointed out in opening that having been absent from Canada for some 15 years he had no political affiliations. Stored Wheat Is Increased Over Last Year--254,610,-120 Bushels Held In . Canada Ottawa--A heavy decrease ii weekly export clearances of wheat is shown in the figures released by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. During the week ending December 7, the export clearances amounted to 1,997,915 bushels as compared with 3,240,532 bushels for the previous week, a decrease of 1,328,873 bushels. Canadian wheat in store for the week ending December 7, 1934, shows a slight increase of 130,792 bushels compared with the previous week I an increase of 11,160,585 bushels when compared with the same week in 1933. The visible supply was reported as 254,610,120 bushels compared with a revised figure of 254,479,328 for the previous week and 243,449,535 bushels for the responding week in 1933. United States wheat in Canada was shown as 1,048,912 bushels compared -with 2,248,845 bushels last year. In transit wheat on the lakes a-mounted to 1,715,506 bushels compared with 4,002,385 bushels for the previous week. Navigation being closed no reports of wheat in transit were reported for 1933. Wheat marketings in the Prairie Provinces for the week ending November bO, 1934, amounted to 3,725,-633 bushels, a decrease of 480,302 bushels from the previous week when 4,205,935 bushels were marketed. following a long-held theory that man's approach to government and politics was not discerningly different from man's, had told Roosevelt to "let Hoover do that." Hoover did--"he slopped all over," Mr. Moley smilingly added. Dr. Moley believed that what knowledge he had of feminine psychology came f-om teaching women political science. He had done this with some success because he gave women students just the same lectures as men. The only fault he had found with the women students was that, lacking confidenc, they failed to speak up in class and made dutiful notes instead of listening" and absorbing the teacher's idea. There had been no more meetings of the Roosevelt brain trust after the election 0f 1932, said Dr. Moley. "People don't like groops hanging a-round the throne," he explained. "Around the throne is a slippery (Knight) Celatka, heroines of the Morro Castle disaster, for saving the life of seven year old Benite Rueder, of Brooklyn, N.Y., a passenger. An enlarged reproduction of the medal will be > fitted to the tomb of Ethel, her father, William E. Knight said. She died Dec. 3, three weeks after marrying William Celatka, of Northampton. The death certificate noted her 15 hours in the Atlantic as contributing cause. Farmer's Wife Gives Birth To Twins Three Days, Six Hours Apart Medicine Hat, Alta.--It was nol the stork's fault that Mrs. J. Pokor-nik, wife of a Tiley farmer living 40 miles west of here, nearly broke all records by giving birth to twins three days and six hours apart. Dr. Charles E. Anderson, who attended at the birth of the second child which died 36 hours after it was born, says "there is no doubt the second baby was ready for deli-^Jtf"-y„at the time the first child was born and if a doctor had been called he would have detected it instantly." The first child was a boy, the second a girl. Mrs. Pokornik, already mother of twins born five years ago, and the twin boy born first, are doing i ly, Dr. Anderson reports. Women's Approach To Politics Similar To That Of Man Toronto--While Herbert Hoover "sloppped all over," President Roosevelt never addressed a word directly to the women of the United States in the last presidential campaign, according to Raymond Moley, foremost member of the famous Democratic brain trust. Others in the Roosevelt entourage urged the smiling nominee to "say something to the women," Dr. Moly disclosed to the University of Toron-Women's Club. But Dr. Moley, Another Prize For Campbell Black London--Campbell Black, co-winner with C. W. R. Scott of the Eng-land-to-Austrailia air derby, has collected another prize -- Florence Desmond's answer to his proposal of marriage. The couple anounced their engagement in the actress' dressing room between her appearance in C. B. Cochran's revue "Streamline." The wedding probably will be in April. Heroines Of Morro Castle Disaster Awarded Medals English Doctors Join Trades Union Congress London -- The English doctor henceforth will carry a card of associate membership in the English Trades Union Congress. ie Medical Practitioners' Union with a membership of nearly 5,000 general practitioners and consultants, has affiliated with the T.U.C., the workers' parliament. One reason given is that many members of the medical union are engaged in public health and municipal services. In the event of a general strike such as that the country successfully fouiht in 1926, however, it is believed the doctors would not be asked to join in the walkout. The National Union of County Of-fiecers' application for affiliation in the T.U.C. has also been accepted. Errand of Mercy Aviator Flies Two Indian Children 500 Miles to Hospital. Edmonton -- Another errand of mercy has been written into the cords of the northland, according to a wireless message re-received by the Edmonton Journal. Flying southward, Pilot Walter Gilbert of Canadian Airways, Ltd., delayed departure from Cameron Bay in the Great Bear Lake area, to fly two Indian children 500 miles ith to Fort Smith, N.W.T., for medical treatment. The wireless despatches said the cries of the children and their mother almost drowned out the roar of •plane engine when Gilbert started on his flight. The two children were placed in hospital at Fort Smith. Gilbert was ready to take off when ! was informed the Indian family is hurrying 30 miles into Cameron Bay from Hottah Lake. He flew along the route and sighted the family five miles south of Cameron Bay. He returned to Cameron Bay, Worcester, Mass--The Massachu- He returned to Cameron Bay, await-setts Humane Society has awarded ed their arrival and then after two medals to Gladys Knight and, post- hours delay took the two children humously to her sister, Mrs. Ethel I. | and their mother to Fort Smith. Plan To Aid Youths Not In Industry Kashington--Miss Katherine Len-root, newly appointed chief of the U. S. Children's Bureau, and Dr. Mary' H. S. Hays, of New York, director of the vocational service for juniors, announced plans to aid the 3,000,000 youths who are out of school and not yet in industry. The two women appeared at Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt's weekly press conference, where they described the plight of the young men and women to whom higher education offers no attractions, and who cannot find jobs because of the depression. Some form of extension of civilian conservation camps, might be the solution of this problem, Dr. Hays said, or possibly some new arrangement "between industry and school so that young people could devote their time to non-academic occupations while nominally under educational auspices. The several experts of the governmental bureaus who have contact with young people have already held a conference on this problem, Miss Lenroot said, and others will be held during the three months in which Dr. Hays is to be in Washington. Their objectives will be to evulate the problems which various comman-ities have already worked out to aid unemployed youths, and to spread this information to other parts of the United States in which it is needed. "The depression has done an awful thing to youth," Miss Lenroot id, "it has taken their courage and power of initiative. We must remember that youth never comes a-gain, and that these boys and girls are going to be permanently injured this year or next. not only a problem of the destitute. Children from comparatively well-to-do families, as well as those on relief, are suffering this psychological injury." Probe Morgan War Loans Having turned the full glare of investigation headlights into profits made by munitions and other branches of industry during world war, investigate rs will now turn the big guns on war loans made by the House of Morgan. Above, Col. C. T. Harris (center), army ordnance expert, Lieut. E. M. Branny (right) and Alger Hiss view war expenditures chart. Broke Von Stronheim, Once Movie Midas Points To Shabby Clothes In Court Las Angeles--Once on of the screen's leading directors and actors, Eric von Stroheim informed the city prosecutor last week he was practically "broke." His story was in answer to the complaint of his first wife that he had not provided for their 18-year-old son. "Once I made $5,000 a week" Stroheim said. "That was in the days after I made "The Merry Widow.' " He referred to the silent picture of the early 20's. "But now, all that is changed. 1 have $11.31 in the bank and cheques out against that. I have only one overcoat and one suit of clothes, and the clothes are shiny. See?" Albert L. Hershman, deputy prosecutor, asked if Stroheim could contribute $5 a week for the boy and he said he would try. Finds Married Men Live Long Scientist Also Says More Bachelors In Jails, Poor Houses Cambridge, Mass--It's the married man--not the bachelor--who lives longest. Not only lives longest, but is less likely to do his living in the pool Professor Edwin S. Burdell of the department of economics and social science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is author of those observations-- those and a few more. For instance, Professor Burdell tells us fewer married men commit crimes and fewer go insane. The death rate, he says, is much lower among married men than unmarried and the insurance risk is less for the married than the single. Dr. Burdell was commenting on statistics complied by the U.S. Bureau of Census on the alarming number of suicides among single men.