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Voice of CANADA Politeness ~ "Politeness is like the air in a tire: it costs nothing, but makes things run much more smoothly. --Ottawa Jour- nal, ' . An Anchor on the Heart In the 85th race of their series, on the Thames River, Cambridge made a new record by taking its tenth straight victory over Oxford, its ancient rival, which had not recorded a win since 1923. This classic battle of the Blues--the oldest of all British intervarsityclash- es--has been described as an anchor in the heart of the British people, and the wide appeal which this 20-minute event makes has always been con- sidered remarkable. The historic race draws hundreds of thousands of onlookers to the scene of th® contest every year, demonstrat- ing not only the Briton's interest in clean, manly sport, but his inherent love for boats and the water.--Sudbury Star, Britain Points the Way Britain has improved her position to a gratifying degree since the fall of 1931 when higher taxes and drastic reductions in expenditures had to be adopted by the National government to set John Bull's house in order to maintain credit abroad. Now there is a much rosier picture. According to statements made by Neville Chamber- lain, chancellor of the exchequer, John Bull's ¢éredit is so fully restored that the government is almost embarrassed by the amount of foreign money 2 brought to London by people who feel it to be a safer place than whence it came. Another bright spot "is that Great Britain, back to the position of third exporting country, has regained the first posi- tion.--Kitchener Daily Record, Dreams of 1928-29 An economist says that we were all living in a dream during 1928-29. Ah, yes, the good old daze.--Toronto Sat- urday Night. ; Air-Mindedness One of the amazing things about air trayel--still really only in its infancy ~--is not that there are the occasional crashes with fatal results, but that they have not been very much more frequent. Aerial travel on this con- tinent, particularly in the United States, is taken just as much for granted as it is in Europe, which for several years has maintained an ex- tensive network of lines, Airmen and aircraft manufacturers have indeed established a fine reputation, Bad ac- cidents are few and far between.--Vie- toria Times. The Drama in Canada ; If the Dominion Drama Festival or- 3 ganized under the auspices of His Ex- cellency the Earl of Bessborough rouses interest as keen and as wide- spread in the other provinces ag it has in British Columbia, there will be no doubt of its success. Toward the end of April the winning teams from.all the provinces will meet at Ottawa. From the three western provinces will £0 a Shaw play and a Barrie play. The British Columbia team will present the Eden scene from Bernard Shaw's "Back to Methuselah," while Barrie's "Twelve Pound Look" will be present- ed by teams from Medicine Hat and Baskatoon, the winners, respectively in Alberta and Saskatchewan.--Van- couver Province. Spanish Women Given Vote Next month the women of Spain will Yote in the municipal elections throughout the Peninsula for the first time in history, This is a decided yie- fory for the feminist movement, and 1s not unlikely to have its repercus- 'sions elsewhere on the Continent.-- Montreal Star. Good Sense Elliott Roosevelt har shown himself to be a young man of good sense and considerable delicacy of feeling--to say nothing of proper self-respect--by cutting loose from Washington and New York and heading for the far 'west to establish himself on a cattle ranch. The President's son had been an advertising man in New York, But he found it almost impossible to solicit usiness which did not have some con- ection with Washington. He was of- fored a host of new jobs, but in al imost every case his would-be employer iagly assumed 'that he would serve a close-to-the-throne lobbyist at the erican Capital. So he decided to west, to the ranges, where the fact that his father is President will make ) difference to anyone, -- Quebec Telegraph, the Press Canada, The Empire and The World at Large after having slipped] er The Permanent Pligrims There was a time when the Prime Minister of Great Britain and the For- eign Secretary went abroad that the earth echoed with the reverberations of their tread. To-day they move be- tween London and Geneva like season ticket-holders on the Underground.-- London Daily Express. India's Nationhood If India is to enjoy the benefits of full and equal membership in the Com- nmonwealth of Nations, the outside world must have visible proof of politi- cal stability and competence in the in- fant Indian naton which is to be born, not only out of an unprecedented ad- venture in constitution-making, but from the loosening of its present inti- mate association with the greatest Power in the world. The proof can be helped by the display of a real sense of values intelligible to other coun- tries. It #8 not helped by the unequal interest taken by non-official members of the Central Legislature in their own as distinct from the allen Govern. ment's proposals, and still less by other conspicuous displays of the mo- ment.--Calcutta Statesman, The Silver Lining ("Have you ever thought that al- though every type of luxury and labor saving device is available in our homes, our houses lack the comfort of those of Victorian days?'--Sir Mark Webster Jenkinson.) There is some- thing to be said for a draughty palace against a warm hutch, something to be said for the comradeship of large families, something to be said for very psquare meals--sirloins and ginger pud- dings--for grand pianos, for four-post- for thick carpets, and for plenty of fnead-room and elbow-room. And ¥liere is much to be said for the spirit which went with them, the feeling of security and comfortable future. Our age is one of flats and small houses, of most of the 'comfortable discom- forts described by Sir Mark Jenkin- son, and we live in a most Georgian discomfort of mind. But when the last thunder has rumbled, the last shower finished, and we come into a cool, clear world again, we will build houses for ourselves of a comfort and convenience of which Sir Mark's Vic: torians never dreamt. -- Leeds York- shire Post. Home Making "Healthy domesticity," said Sir George Newman, addressing the Na- tional Union of Townswomen's Guilds, "is one of the essentials of a healthy nation." This is a truism, but to utter it calls for courage. The word is un- popular. It smacks too much of an age and conditions from which the modern woman is glad to Have es- caped. A reputation for "domesticity" is not an object of ambition in high schools, secondary schools, or element- ary schools. It rouses a spirit of an- tagonism in the emancipated and sets them bridling. Sir George Newman, therefore, was greatly daring when hg pleaded for "making homes instead of shutting them down and living in res- taurants,"--London Daily Telegraph, THE UNITED STATES The Standard of Life Supposing that Mr, Average Citizen drives an average car, his costs are Just over 6% cents a mile. And be- cause he owns his own car and to get the most out of his investment must use it considerably, he succeeds in tra- velling upwards of 7,000 miles every year. Railway travel for the genera- tion just preceding the "motor age" cost three cents a mile, and was a luxury for the average individual to be indulged only at long intervals. How striking is the contrast that even in these confused, perplexed, so-called depression times, millions of eur peo- ple travel an average of 7,000 miles annually at a cost of more than six cents a mile.--Detroit News, A New Deal For the Workers No matter how fair employers wish to be, there are always some who will take advantage of times such as these to lower unnecessarily the standards of labor, thereby subjecting them to un- fair competition, Many women particu- larly are not unionized, and even unions have temporarity lowered their standards in order to keep their peo- ple at work. If you face starvation, it is better to accept almost anything than to feel that you and your child ren are going to be evicted from the last and the cheapest rooms which you may have been able to find, and that there will be no food. Cut after cut has been accepted by workers in their wages, they have shared their work by accepting fewer days a week in or- der that others might be kept on a few days also, until many of them have fallen far below what I would consider the normal and proper standard for healthful living. "If the future of our generation is to grow up into b 'and good 'citizens, it 1s absolute! cessary to protect the Jagrkers sow und. at ati | : An Ser country is tobe safe and the next! i When Kate Smith turned up at the studio in New York for the first time since her operation' for assisted at the wheel chair, Britain Offers Lead In Air Disarmament Air Estimates Show Reduc- tion of £340,000 -- To Limit Size of Military Aircraft London.--The Marquess of London- derry, Secretary for Air, in a memo- randum accompanying the Air Bsti- mates, emphasises the whole-hearted desire of the Government to promote Disarmament, and to bring about a reduction in the world's air forcés on an equitable basis. An actual reduction of nearly £340,000 is shown in the Air Esti mates, Lord Londonderry states that the practical and immediate proposals put forward for a general reduction In the size™of the leading air forces to the British level, and thereafter, for an all-round further reduction by one-third, and for a limitation in the size of military aircraft would, if ac- cepted, produce substantial economies in expenditures on air armaments, and, more important still, would avert the danger of their competitive deyelopment. "The modest Home Defence pro- gram," the Secretary for Air adds, "Is held in suspense for another year, a decision which is a further earnest of the wholehearted desire 'of his Majesty's Government to promote Disarmament and to bring about a reduction' in the world's air forces on an equitable basis. "In the meantime the Royal Air Force remains at a figure of strength substantially less than that of other great mations, despite the rapidly growing importance of air power to blood poisoning, Jack Dempsey the British Empire, with its far-flung responsibilities." It appears that Lord Londonderry is hoping that a call for parity in air armaments will be made in the intervals between the production of new proposals for the abolition of military aircraft and the interna- tional control of civil aviation. At the present moment there is a very real risk that the -weak posi- tion of the British air force relative to the air forces of other countries shall be forgotten in the anxiety to produce a& method of further dis- armament, It comes fifth in order of size. : ----s Mechanical Shovel Scoops ; 11 Tons at One Dip London. -- A giant mechanical shovel that will remove eleven tons of earth at one dip is being constructed for use on the irom-ore beds which are now under development in orth- -amptonshire. In crder to penetrate the fifty feet of earth, clay and limestone which covers the iron ore it was found recessary to produce something of im- mense size and power, and the mech- anism, which is to be operated by electricity, will weigh about 500 tons; the revolving superstiucture account- ing for 400 tons. ail ---- - British Offer Rail Cruses London.--The Great Western Rall way hag arranged to run an extend- ed program of railway "cruises" dur- ing the summer, These land cruises are a combination of first class rafl- way travel and a de luxe motorcoach, with meals and accommodation at first class hotels, at cheap rates. The railway operates over one of the most attractive sections of England. Interior of Il-Fated Akron | lumber as well as against the admis: EE "| pect of the stimulus to the Canadian lumber trade promised in the Ampending tion of Great Brtain's embargo on trade with Soviet Russia, It will ve passed recalled that at the Imperial Con- | ference last summer Canada led the way in demand that an effective pre- ference should be given to Canadian sion of the Soviet product. ° What was finally adopted was not a ban 'on British imports from Russia, al- though certain rights to impose it were taken. Immediately after- 380 Public Schools x Closed in Georgia Atlanta, Ga.--With no funds to carry on, 380 public schools through- out the State have been locked up, Mr. M. D. Collins, state school sup- erintendent, has announced. He added that there are probably 100 more schools that have closed be- fore the end of their terms, on which no official report has yet been re- ceived. "It appears that common school education is doomed," Mr. Collins asserted, "not only in Georgia, but everywhere, unless adequate revenue to maintain the schools is provided. As 1 see it, common school educa tion is primarily the State's function, but the fact is that the schools now are supported largely by revenue raised in the local subdivisions." Added to the deficiency fo reve. nue for schools is the uncertainty as to what the income will be, Mr. Col lins asserted, and sald that the State was $3,122,317 behind in unpaid school appropriations, some of which has been past due since 1928, Georgia spent_a little more than $7,000,000 on its department of education in 1932, and $780,000 of this was appro. priated during former years. wie ilpirstmeee Wheat Price in France: Hits Its Lowest Level Paris.--Wheat prices in France touched the lowest level in years on April 6, being quoted at 92 francs a quintal, or slightly under $1 a bushel. The price represented a drop of 20 cents in the last month. In an effort temporarily to ap- pease irate farmers, the Government presented a demand to the Chamber of Deputies for a special fund of 20, 000,000 francs (about $800,000) to be distributed as bonuses and to encour- age the use of inferior wheat as cat- tle-feed. oe amanda Denmark Title Confirmed to Eastern Greenland The Hague.--The permanent Court of International Justice last week confirmed Denmark's title to Eustern Greenland, over which the Copen- hagen Government has been in con- troversy with Norway. The decision disallowed Norway's claim to "Eric the Red" land, a strip about 350 miles long on the Green- land coast between 71.838 north and 76.40. A Norwegian expedition land- ed on this territory in 1931, and the Norwegians contended Denmark never had confirmed ownership by colonization. . ee fine Set Police Efficiency Mark Sydney. --Detectives in New South Wales claim a world's record for ef- ficiency, Last year 15,854 crimes were reported and of these 11,35, or 69. per cent, were solved. Also 89 per cent. of stolen property was re- covered, -- 7 i something similar to a small sun and was Sitached 5 he nstrument board of r ved ABS oF tho proniat pov private advices that the of the oni lation of the trade treaty between the two countries. The Dominion Government consequ- ently has every reason to hope that Canadian lumber will immediately replace the huge quantities. bought from the Soviet. Traffic Safety In United States Shows Gain Massachusetts Is Victor in National Contest Showing : Progress Chicago--The safety movement has at last caught up with traffic hazards caused by the advent of the automo- bile, thanks to the 1932 national traf- fic safety contest, results of which have just been announced by the Na- tional Safety Council here. These re- sults show that during 1932 there occurred the first reduction in traf- fic fatalities since the coming of the automobile, as well as a substantial drop in non-fatal mishaps. They also show that the neighbor- ing eT of Evanston, Ill, and Pitts- burgh, Penna., made the. greatest progress in' all phases of traffic safety curing 1932 and hence were entitled to share the honor of first place in the contest while Massachu- setts took first place among the states. Minnesota and New Jersey tied for second place. Seven different points were taken into consideration in deciding the win- ners. Actual declines in mishaps, safety education, traffic engineering, law enforcement, all countec. , For the country as a whole, it is reported that traffic fatalities were reduced from 33,740 in 1931 to ap- proximately 29,500 n 1982, while non- fatal mishaps dropped from 1,000,000 in 1930 to approximately 50,000 in 1932. Last year's contest was the first of its kind ever held, and the safety c.uncil believes that undoubtedly thia ¢:r test had an important part in the noticeable improvement in traffic safety. early 460 municipalities were entered in_the contest, which is being repeated this year. British Officers . Brave Desert Heat Use Motor Cars on 6,000- Mile Journey -- Special © Conipass Used Cairo, Egypt--Three-quarters of a century after Henry M. Stanley, pio- neer explorer, worked his way through darkest Africa in a year, a cavalcdie of British Army officers, in automo- biles, explored 6,000 miles of un- known desert land in Northern Af- rica, making the trip in two months, The exploring party, known as the Bagnold Expedition, headed by Major R. A. Bagnold, and Dr. K. 8. Sanford of Oxford University, was sent on an archeological trip to find traces of ancient man. ¢ Four cars were used in the start from here. Equipped wth special tires -and apparatus, the cars encountered the hardest types of driving. The route led through the Owelnat and Ennedi hills, Queinal, Tekro, Nahroum, Sel- ima, Wadi Halfa, Dakhal, Bahia and the Fayoum Oases. Climatic conditions were unfavor- ale for the automobiles," as great extremes in temperature were encoun- tered Throughout the trip. In the Sudan it was as hot as a blast furnace, and in the Sahara bit. | terly cold winds were encountered. In' addition to those territorial climate' changes, there were the marked dif- ferences in Temperature in day and Special Compass. * It was often necessary to pull the cars by ropes through the soft sand. | night, | Going through the sand was by no means easy, and the engines of the cars were taxed to their utmost in the long, hard grind. across 'the des ert land. Major Bagnold invented a pecial compass for the trip. The to the United States to study American film meth: - All problems relating h opment of a national Him ho 'will come within the new. 'council's | purview, it is announced Imposition of tariffs on foreign films 'and appa ratus, legal protection for' the 'native industry, regulation of the commer. cial aspect, and the fixing of a mint . mum ratfo of native to_ foreign Ame will be. studied. Special attention will be given te obtaining a favorable position for Spanish films in the South American market where the community of lan guage will, it is hoped, give Spain an advantage. Special import duty concessions are expected to be sought by Spain in this respect. The Council will also elaborate plans for opening up of the "kinema" to new branches of human activity. The making of films for tourist pro paganda, educational purposes, filma dealing with farming and industry for use in trade schools and application of the film to map-making and sur veying are some points in the Sous cil's agenda. The Government will be roprosing. ed on the council through the Min istry of Agriculture and Commerce. ree presen Uses Queen's Bedroom To Paint Huge- Canvases 3 London.--Finding his own studie ~ at Ditchling, Sussex, too s Frank Brangwyn, R.A., who hag b commissioned to paint four large mural canvases for Radip City, 'New a York, has had to find a larger studio. sa Mr, Brangwyn has arranged wit} 3 the authorities for the use of a room in .the Royal Pavilion at Brighton, 3 unique building erected by the Prince Regent, afterward George IV, which later became the home of" WIlliah, oy IV and Queen Victoria for varying periods, The room Mr. Brangwyn will use is called the Queen's Bedroom, Queen Victoria having slept there during one of her visits to Brighton. The » room has a glass roof and is nearly twenty feet high. eh men British Financial Report Shows Interesting Figures London~--The financial year of the of British Government, ending March 81, shows a deficit of £32,279,000. Wr By The Treasury report showed a total revenue of £744,791,000, and expendi. tures, excluding the United States debt payment last December, of £748, 114,000, leavigg a deficit of £3,328, 000. This figure includes a provision of £17,500,000 for the sinking ful.d. The payment to the United States was £28,966,000, making the total deficit £32,279,000. There were no credits on war debts to balance the payment to the United States. The income tax pioduced £251,000, 000, as compared with the budgel estimate of £260,000,000. The surtax : yielded £60,700,000,-as compared with oR the budget estimate of £66,000,000, Ro Customs and excise yielded £288,000, Ee | 000, which was £2,000,000 short of the estimates, : ' 0 : Homes for Workmen Planned in Montreal Montreal --Cheap homes for 1008 workmen's families, and revenue for the city of Montreal from: 1000, tax i sale seized lots, is suggested by Alderman H. Brien, by the loan of A $600,000 by the civic authorities, The city owns 3500 vacant lots worth $500,000, all bought in on tax sales He suggests that 1000 of these should be selected for the construc tion of 1000 homes of similar pat 'tern, whose building material cost would average $500 each, The city would recoup itself by ob- taining taxes ranging from $75 te a 1.$100 a year, from property now pro- ducing no. revenue, and in addition would be repaid, both prineipal and interest, on the original expenditure. x