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Sn bh an Fh Ch ob So hf Bn ee News Pdiodical Health Tests Are Pre- . dicted by Doctor ~ TORONTO---That the time will come in Canada when every adult " will be subjected to a comprehensive medical 'health. examination periodie- was the view expressed Friday § by Dr. R. J. Brouke. -In the mean- #: rguments in favor of volun- tary? examinations 'were advanced by . * thegiwctor before the Council of Tor- 'onto*Branch, Health League of Can- ada, meeting at the Central Y.M.C.A. "RB 4 Cow Adopts Tactics of C.1.O. '| TUGASKE, Sask.--The most un- : usual sitdowner in Canada is a cow, : W. J. Moore, farmer. in this district, 90 miles from Regina, said the other day. He took a fresh cow to this vil- i lage and it refuséd to give milk, i Jater it wouldn't eat and eventually sat down on the job,- When returned to the farm the cow put away a good meal. Relief Grant Reduced H¥ORONTO--The Federal grant-in- ~ aid to the Province of Ontario for di- "rect relief has been reduced from $803,250 monthly to $600,000, Premier Mitchell Hepburn announced Friday. The reduction will be. effective from May 1 to July 1. Relief recipients in the Province will not suffer because of the reduc- 28" tion, however. The Provincial Gov- ernment will continue existing finan. cial arrangements with the_munici- palities. } Demand Counsel Wear Dignified : _ Pants 3 VANCOUVER--Lawyers here will keep up judicial dignity, They will dispense with grey flannel trousers and tan shoes when appearing before Vancouver courts, an announcement said. Peel Farmers Hopeful ..BRAMPTON--=Farmers of Peel are more hopeful of abundant crops with the dry, warm weather of the past two days. Fall wheat crops and "grass crops look promising, they say, . and if spring seeding can be ac- complished within the next week, there is a possibility of catching up with the already. late season. W. A. : Russell, corn-borer inspector for the" county, has issued warnings that all corn stubble must be plowed under fp or burned by May 20. os . Ponder Flood Curb LONDON, Ont.-- With acres of the London branch of the Engineer- ing Institute of Canada will, at its -- 8 nert meeting, go into a consideration of flood control of district streams, - Such a program was arranged some weeks before the . disaster broke. Major S. W. Archibald was billed to present a paper on "Flood Control of Western Ontario Streams." 9, Finance and Industry . A paper mill will be erected in oY Hamilton by Gerald T. Shipman, Co., Ltd., of London, Ont., at cost of $500,- 000, it is revealed in a survey of finance and industry for the week, * Other bright spots include: : 'Montreal--Gaspesia Sulphite Com#" 77 pany are preparing to re-open the Chandler pulp mill within three months. The L] Chatham, N.B.--A $100,000 plant for the bagging of cement will be », built here by Canada Cement Com- pany... ro orang Port Arthur--Boyles Bros. Drilling (Eastern)' Ltd. will construct a $20, 000 machine shop and will manufac- ture diamond drills for the mining in. dustry. ip oS } 4 Three Rivers--Wage increases af- ecting about 2,800 employees are announced by two. paper companies, Consolidated Paper Corporation and Canadian International Paper Com- t, "Ho. pany. , Hamilton-- Beginning this week "Canadian Westinghouse Company will inaugurate a 44-hour week with wages unchanged from the 48-hour . week, Montreal --Canadian Copper Refin- ers Ltd. have increased wages by- five cents an hour for 350 employees. ' Port Arthur--About 300 men are "employed by Lake Sulphite 'Pulp $s Company on construction of plant and spur line near Nipigon and 41,600 will. be employed in the com- pany's enterprise. by mid-summer, '° Complete Last Link World Air ©' Service FX ONGKONG,---A~ 80-year dream N oupd-the-world - air service be- 3 Teality with the arrival of the ngkong Clipper from Mania on the first regular flight between the two cities, - The Clipper, bridging the last 700-mile gap in the North America- Asia setvice, placed the final link in an airplane chain whereby it is possible to encircle the world 'n less ' thar a month, using scheduled ¢om- mercial planes, He The craft brought 2,600 pounds; of cargo, including 100,000 letters "and newspapers. Summary of the x western Ontario laid low by floods, } rrr reee LE de oo Pact Is Signed TORONTO After two extended. sessions Louis Fine, chief conciliation officer of the Ontario Department of Labor, announced that an agreement had been reached between McKinnon Industries, St. Catharines, and the company's employees, This agree- ment is substantially along the gen. eral lines of the Oshawa and Windsor } General Motors', agreements, with special provisions as to wages and hours for the St. Catharines plant. Mr. Fine sat in at two sessions during which the terms of the agree ment were reached, It now awaits approval of a general meeting. The company - was represented at the hearing by Harry Carmichael and W. A. Wecker, general manager of the plant. The employees were repre- sented by J. L. Cohen and . negotiat- ing committee. Hamilton Firm Given $150,000 Kingston Job KINGSTON -- Contract for the erection of the new Craine biochem- istry building at Queen's University, to cost about $160,000, has been awarded to the Frid Construction Company of Hamiltcn, The new building is made possible by the be- quest of the late Dr, Craine of Smiths Falls, one of the first women medical graduates of, Queen's, who willed more than $300,000 to the uni versity. - ; Dairy Fined 16 Times MONTREAL. -- Sixteenth convic: tion in a year was registered this week against Laiterie Perfection for gelling milk below the price set by the Dalry Commission Act. The dairy was fined $200 for selling three uarts and two pints of milk for forty cents, two cents below the set price. Married Half Century BRAMPTON, -- This week marked the golden wedding anniversary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs, James Stephens, who, since their marriage at Newcastle, England, have been residents of Brampton. Both were born near Liskeard in Cornwall, and "both are 79. : As a young man working near Newcastle, Mr. Stephens became dis- satisfied with the wages he was .e- ceiving, and decided to leave the Old Country for Canada. Mary Ann Hus- band joined him. They were married and left within several Brampton, where the groom's elder brother had already found himself a home, . ro i - Symptoms in Pupils Reveal Mental Cases SMITHS FALLS.--Addressing an audience of more than 200 here, Dr. F. A. Jones, principal of the Ottawa Normal school, declared that much of the mental illness existing -today might be averted, through the recog- nition by teachers of symptoms in the pupils in their classes. Dr. Jonea- mentioned the seclusive pupil as-an example. In these cases steps should be taken by parents and teachers to investigate conditions. > Otherwise, he said, the child might eventually become a suicide. 'The speuker said boys and girls of- today were fully as wholesome and as intelligent _as their parents," He spoke of education as "big business", poirting out that 140 million dollars wus spent annually in Canada in teaching the young. : Quirks of the Flood Anticipating the collapse of the Thames Street bridge in Ingersoll, a South Side baker 'made extra deliv- eries to the North Side Tuesday on night, In the middle of the night the bridge was swept away and his com- days for oa petitors were cut off from their cus. tomers in the morning, In flood -ravaged Tillsonburg, where dama was estimated at $100,000 and waters surged through the business streets, Robert Hamble- ton, & theatre manager, took out a $25,000 building permit. He planned to erect new stores and apartment houses, ! Forty-eight thousand eggs in a "chick hatchery were spoiled at Dunn- ville when high watér interrupted the .Hydro power. The eggs were in elec- tric 'incubators. rE After the tresile' was erected G60 carloads of einders were dumped in to make a 12-foot fill. > _ Over this trestle the Chicago-Mon- freal train, due in Toronto at 3.45 am. passed in safety and the main line traffic resumed, 160-Foot Trestle .Built in 18 Hours 2 TORONTO. --. The C.N.R, main line between London and Toronto {is open again after having been blocked by a washout and train wreck at Beachville which ook the lives of the train's engineer and fireman. Working at top speed to clear the line, rallway construction crews ac- complished the surprising feat of building a trestle 100 feet long in 18 hours. [It replaces the washed out section at Beachville. SPORT TODAY By: KEN EDWARDS le / Well, it looks like old "Diz" Dean has closed his front door for a while to sing his. sarcas. tic theme song-- "A hit 1s -as good as a mile". - What, No hits!" Dean has pitch ed 19 innings In a row into the teeth of Cincin. nati and Chicago heavy hitting machines and now we catch them chanting "Gone with the wind". Not a -u in 19 innings and 10 Cubs struck out -- niz woik Dla. Records show that Syracuse has one of the largest gelds in the Inter- national league. It is 335 feet from' 'the 'home plate to right fence, 335 to left, and 465 to centre. Did you know that in 1887 George Stovey, pitcher, won 35. games for Newark? ~ Incidentally in 1923 "Lefty" Grove struck out 330 batters for Baltimore. "Coming back to earth and canvas "we mention a strong man in the "knotty" game called *"wrasslin". Clift "Swede" Olson is pretty new 'to these ports hoth Jack Corcoran al- ways makes 'em feel so at home here that they don's want to leave. Olson {3s mighty speedy and packs many a thrill.-He says his real hob- bies are golf and driving a car -- alone. If he i8 in Californi:. and is match- ed to fight in New York or any point south of the Yukon, he'll start out in his car. and-arrive in his car -- such is Clifford "Swede" Olson. Just "to boost your spirits -- we hear that Dean Detton, . world's champ. will be here in a few weeks, FRE We'll be with ya: 3 3 ture entitled "News on Parade." % highlights OF 'the 'Week's news. week, th 4 will go here, there, and" a It will consist of comment on the % It will not be just another news re- % view but a snappy comment ry on the outstanding happenings of the 8 X | ents, the goings and comings that make current history. % The commentator will ratige around the world for his material. He ' yi whort, but Canada and Ontario will 3% % have the preference. "Néws on Parade" will be interesting, informa- KA tive, entertaining, a column that you will look for each week and read 's( % with thorough enjoyment," Watch for it! RE ASAE Soh Peasant Mayor Will Officiate Looks Forward To Windsor Simpson Ceremony MONTS, France, -- The peasant Mayor of Montes, Jean Mercier, who always lectures newlyweds on the importance of big families, Sunday said he had been asked to officiate at the wedding of the Duke of Wind. sor aond Mrs. Wallis Simpson. Edward, who {is expected here Tuesday afternoon to join Mrs. Sinrp- son at the Chateau de Cande, will save the "last word" in the wedding, arrangements, but Mayor = Mercier already has been approached regurd- ing the ceremony. "] have been planning to retire from politics for some time, so this "will be.the climax of my career," said the Mayor. Pherae) The Mayor refused to discuss the wedding "speech" which he will do: liver after Edward and Mrs. Simpson have given their answers to the ten- minute French civil ceremony. But he fs known throughout Northern France for his eloquent and lengthy marriage garmons. | The Chateau de Cande bustled with activity tonight when Mrs. Simpson's host, Charles. Bedaux, returned from Paris to join in preparations for Ed. ward's arrival. . : French Secret Police have made arrangements for the Duke of Wind: sor to_travel inconspicuously across France from his retreat at St. Wolf- gank, Austria. He %will board the Orient Empress in Austria, but, some- where between the French froutier and Paris, he will detrain and proceed to Moilys by automobile. -expected that he would tay travelling th th Tour alne region ty wty of Orleans. A stafi of garceners has .put the chateau's golf course in tip-top shap> and Edward is expected to play with Herman L. Rogers, Mrs, Simpson's champion at, Monts and her host at Cannes on thé French Riviera. Mash Used To ~ Mend Boilers Retired Male Employees Rem- inisce on Duties Of Gld Engineers WINNIPEG, -- Memories of days when railroading was young and the duties of an engineer ranged from the trimming of wicks of coal oil head: lights to patching blown boilers with bran mash, were revived here when 200 retired employees met as gues's at the Annual Canadian Pacific As- sociation dinner. Veteran "Bll" Edwards, old-time engineer, fondly recalled the celebra- tion that marked. the arrival of the "Countess of Dufferin," Winnipeg's first engine, when she steamed into the growing town -- by boat. The "Countess" was shipped by stern. wheeler from Fargo, North Dakota, as tracks from the east had not yet been lald into Winnipeg. Shipment of troops to suppress the Riol rebellion in Saskatchewan saw the arrival of the first "through" train from Montreal, In 1885, but even then the militia wera forced to -march over a 100-mile stretch still uncompleted somewhere east of Win. "nipeg. - TTT TANTO HATO THOTT TO TOTO TO TATOO Jo TATA TO TO TOTO TOTO TOT > rik ib NOhY TR lei iit Wi DY -2 # + STARTING NEXT WEEK 5 PARADE % Yo! : : [52 A Commencing next week you will find on this page a hne new fea- ihre 'o v, |X] : < 1X] LODO ADRIAIAAXIRIXNX IX HX RIX RIINXNNXINOCHINIHNNNIIINXIXN Wek WANG TRL A Lie GE UES RR SL --_-- Yukon Protests B. C. Annexation No Confidence in Province Says Council -- Sentiment of Territory ~ Described as Overwhelmingly Opposed . To Changg DAWSON, Y.T,--Declaring it had ¥no confidence" in the financial ability of British Columbia to take-over ad- m:n'stration of the Yukon Territory, the YuKon Council Friday passed a resolution protesting the proposed an- nexation of this northern territory by the coass province. oA memorial expressing this opposi- tion will be sent the Governal-Gen- eral-in-Council, - Breaking a silence maintained since Monday, when Premier Patullo of British Columbia announced an agreement had been reached with the Federal Government whereby the Yu- kon would be merged with British Columbia, the council of three elected menmbers passed the resolution "firmly and emphatically" protesting the proposal. The council urged that the people of the Yukon be given a chance through plebiscite to vote on the mat- ter. The annexation would be a "vio- lation of their democratic rights as Canadian citizens unless their ap- proval was first obtained, the council said. ' - The council expressed the opinion that British Columbia MHws were in many ways fundamental'y unsuited to the needs of the Yukon, and that thelr introduction would mean an "unsettling of capital." "Sentiment in the territory is over- whelmingly opposed to the change," the council declared, Tree May Be Focal Point in Garden Cf Suitable Size and Form, It Sets Scale For ' Planting In choosing a focal point of {nter- ect in the garden -- which may be a piece of statuary or some other such structural unit -- a single tree, arch- ing its boughs over it, will suffice as a complement of green that will lend warmth to the static ornament. And so a simple, pleasing composition is evolved. } . There is hardly another single unit of living interest that will do as much for a layout as a single tree that Is well placed. It must he of suitable variety, size and forms, for it gives and fixes a "scale" for the entire planting. It frames views, It casts a shadow," varying with the movement of the sun; and lastly, ita silhouette against the sky adds a quality of en- chantment. The unit next in importance may well be the plane, or floor; and for this a fine green carpet of grass sure- ly gives much courifort to the eye and a fine blending colour for adjacent units, The grass and the treo are In themselves not a garden. They are to be surrounded with an enclosure, either a wall of structural material or a hedge of living green. Privacy Is thus _provided. Within this canctum the designer paints a picture or se. veral pictures, according to his fancy. Furnace Is Safe * - ° From Lighting "MONTREAL, -- The furnace is the place to go to be safe from lightning, according to K. B. McEachron," re- gearch engineer, addressing the El- ectrical Club here. Completely sur: rounded by metal, a human would be safe from a stroke uf lightning and, as a rule, the only spot in the home where he, or she, could be so encased would be inside the furnace, he ex- plained. "This may sound tatetious," he said, "but it was the conclusion that was reached by a conferetce of elec trical engineers." Now that automo- bile bodies were made of steel they too afforded safety, though, he warn- ed, it would be unwise"to get out to change a tire. Tho popular motion that rubbor-gsoled shoes acted as a safeguard was unfounded for 'if the- lightning has enough power what does a quarter of an inch of rubber amount to," Mr. McEachron pointed out. ___When a thunderstorm bursts the things to avoid are sitting on radia tors or on the edge of & bed, ho said, the point being that the human body i \ ON CEREMONIES. .. =. =. ---------- The detachment of ROMP, which will be present at the Coronation of King George Vi Brunet (front centre), They stayed at the Hussar Armory until they embarked on the % _* TO TAKE PART IN CORONATI Ee e-;:a YE TVG 3k arrived in Montreal in charge of Sub-Inspector Duchess of York for Englan must not be so placed as to intercept the charge [n its course to conductors of electricity. Made 60,000 Motorcycles For British. During War BRISTOL, Eng. -- William Doug- las, founder of the Douglas Motor- cycle Company, one of the largest in Great Britain, died recently at the age of 78 years. He supplied the British - army with 60,000. motor- cycles during the world war, PRX XXX XXXXXIOOOOOOBOOOOX] X] We 5 . 0! : » 5] 5 o! 5] %! "We 5m 5 we = J) X) I] 0! 0. . 5 153 0; 5 Td) "ne C) Kl [(] 5 &S 5] a KY 15 ©. - X ROK, a BOOOOBOEE ODIO ODO AF, Poultry and Eggs Buying prices: Toronto--Dealers are quoting pro- ducers for ungraded eggs, delivered cases returned: La Eggs-- Grade A large ...... 18 to 00 Grade A medium ........ 17 to 00 Grade B ............ 15 to 16 Grade C ................. 14 to 15 Dealers are quoted on graded eggs, cases free: Grade A large __.... 21 to 00 Grade A medium .... 20 to 00 Pullets ......c......... 18 to 00 Grade B 17 to 00 Grade C 17 to 00 POULTRY "Prices paid to country shippers: - Dressed. Sel. A. Sel. B. Young Turkeys-- 8 Ibs. and over ........market price Young Geese-- . 8 to 12 lbs, oo... market price Dressed, Milk Sel. A. Sel. B. Fed A. Spring Broilers-- 1 to LX Ibs ..17 15 20 1% to 2 Ibs. ....20 18 22 2 to 2% Ibs. -......21 19 23 2% to 3 lbs. ....22 20 24 Young Chickens-- 6 lbs. and over ....18 16 20 4 to 5 lbs. ....... 16 14 18 2% to 4 lbs. ........ 14 12 16 Dressed. Sel. A, Sel B. Fatted Hons -- Over 6 lbs. ............. 15 13 4 to 5 lbs. ........ . 12 8% to 4 ibs. 11 8 to 3% Ibs. ....ccvennnnennn 11 10 Old Roosters-- Over 6 Ibs, cee... 212010 (Red and black feath- ered birds 2¢ per 1b, less than above prices) Other Fowl-- g Young ducks, white, 4 to 6 Ibs, ieee, 18 16 Over b Ibs, cocoon. 20 17 (Colored ducklings, 3c less.) Guinea fow!, per pair ....76 00 Domestic rabbits, per 1b. 12 00 Note. Heads and wing tips must be off geese and ducks. C grade poultry 3c per pound less than B grade. GRAIN QUOTATIONS Following are Saturday's quota- tions on local grain transactions for car lots, prices on basis cif. bay ports: "Manitoba wheat--No, 1 Northern, $1.39%; No. 2 Northern, $1.365%; No. 8 Northern, $1.82%; No." 4 Northern, $1.205% ; No. 6 Northern, $1.23%'; No. 6 wheat, $1.18% ; spe- cial No, 6, $1.08%4; feed wheat, 98 %¢c Western oats--No. 2 C.W., 62%ec; No. 3, C.W., 61%c; extra No. 1 feed oats, 61%c; No. 1 feed, 60%ec; mixed feed cats, 52c. Manitoba barley--No. 3 C.W,, 78%; No. 6 C.W., 76%¢; No, 1 feed screenings $35 per ton, ' Argentine corn, $1.01, ° Ontario g:ain, approximate prices track shipping point--<Wheat, $1.25 to $1.80; oats, 63c to G66¢; barley, 62¢ to 66c, corn, 90c to Obec; rye, 96¢c to 97¢; malting barley, 85¢ to 90¢; milling oats, 62¢ to bde. C--N Scaddi Back At Moose River Scene of Rescue ~~ Secs Hollow That Markes Caved-In Mine Moose RIVER, N.S, -- A little more than a year after his rescue out of the depths of Moose River gold mine at the end of an imprisonment of 10 days, Alfred Scadding was back . here again last Week to see what fia. left of the mine. y Residents turnéd out en masse to greet the plucky survivor of Nova "Scotia's gold-mining drama on his re- turn_here. and outside the fact evéry- one argued ahout who would enter- tain him, everything went. great, He supped with J. C. Grady, attend- ing a dance at the home of mine fore- man, George Fahie, slepl at the home of Clyde Higgins, the mail driver, and viewed a calrn erected to the bravery of his rescuers near. the hollow that marks the land that settled into the mine during the cave-in. Scadding was unable to walk for months after his rescue and all his toes had to be amputated. Now he ia able to hobble around, but suffers a lot of pain when walking any dis- tance, . For the most part the villago is un- changed from what it was before the cave-in trapped Scadding, Dr. D. BE. Robertson and Herman Magill and beld millions of people throughout the world In suspense until the res- "cue of Scadding and Dr. Robertson. Maglll died before he could ba res- cued. The mine itself, however, was ub- andoned, and flooded. Grass partially erased the sharp edges of the 10-foot cavity In the earth's surface where f(t had given away on Easter Sunday night last year, All, Scadding felt at home. Clo plana to settle in Nova Scotia In tho near future. 'I've seer Nova Scotia from tio surface and from the air," he sald, "And I've seen it from below. I still ada." ---- "-- Baldwin Says - Retirement In The Near Future WORCESTER, ENGLAND, -- Tho Prime Minister Baldwin, predicting his own Imminent retirement, warn- ed Great Britain today to safeguard itself against "the virus of cither tho Communism or Fascism." "I don't think this country is in any danger of having e mass consclous- ness," he told the Conseyvative con- stituents here, "but don't let 'us think .in our happy-go-lucky way that such a thing canne "There is notlilng more Important | than to keep ourselves' immune from the virus of either Communism or I"ascism." He declared "hundreds of milliona of people," -aro governed In Russia, Germany and Italy "by Ideas alien to ideas we hold {a this country." "They are the ideas," he said, "of Communism and differing forms of Fascism -- ideas that can do nothing to help our country fn solving our own constituional problems," Baldwin said ho felt he was no lon- ger as strong as he once was and he hoped to retire befoce he became an impediment to his government. ww Where Canadian Money Is Taboo Toronto Man Embarrassed At Senate Restaurant gays Canadians look upon their cur- rency as ranking with any in value and rightly so;~but 500 miles south of Toronto, ft is rogarded as a curlosity at the best, and at tho worst as phon- ey writer while in Washington, D.C, a fow weeks ago. Having : friends to call upon in the Senate Office Build- ing he stepped into- the public res- taurant for a frugal snack. When tho- paying time came he Tound nothing but Canadian bills In his pocket and tendered a Nova Scotia Bank spot. The young lady who took {it cast suspicious 'eyes and went off to con- sult the cashier. There was a Whis- pered huddle, with many an askance glance in the writer's direction. Back she camo with the ultimatum that the bill was no good on Capitol Hill, It was mildly suggested that it wag really better, money than the domes- tic brand, what with New penditures and 'such what-nots and so off she trotted again this time to a higher-up. Tho result was the same, By that time the scribe was at the cashier's counter, trying to impress upon the haughty lady that this was gmall-town stuf. Sho remained, iow. ever, loftily and firmly adamant, Finally there was nqthing to do but give up a silver cartwheel pock- et-piece in payment for the sandwich and leave those parts, now eyed sus- piclously by the entire roomful. And it was by no means certain that the tenderer of suspicious money was not seen off the premises by one of the' dignity of the Senate, And that in the Capital of the Unit. od States! think It's the finest province in Cu come to Great Dritain.. TORONTQ, -- The _Globa and Mail _ "That fact was impressed upon the deal éx- high-hat doorkeepers who uphold the EU a aT ETN er Re ea ae ER amp? SE AIT TL MY Pe RN IE A a NYS -> aT ne Pegs) Tre oA NE: " y . &; Ne x RA CA git WGI 7 " On PL Ey yo ht a rl Der at ' LEAR rt Ao