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1 FE a Ce ORS Sia > -- | « News i n Brief » Teachers' Salaries Increased TORONTO, -- Salary increases for 'public and high school teachers in * York township were glven final ap- ".. proval by the board of education. The new salaries are retroactive to the first of the year. All public school teachers earning betwoen $900 and $1,500 were granted i a flat increase of $30, High school teachers employed prévious to 1936 were voted straight" 8 per cent in- creases; those hired during 1935 will receive $100 extra this year, and iI employed this last year they will re- ceive $50 increases. Collegiate caretakers' salaries, cut three years ago, wore restored to for- mer levels and James Clelland, sup- erintendent of maintenance, was also granted an increase of $100, Teachers of auxiliary classes also received in- creases of $1650, but the board made no salary adjustments for principals, . vice-principals and teachers on the "probation lists. NEWMARKET, -- Cold rainy wea- ther has held up seeding In York county to an unusually late date, ac- cording to W. M. Cockburn, agricul- tural' representative, who declared that warm sunny weather was the . pressing need right now. "It looks like the latest season for . some years, but winter wheat has come through unusually well, killing only amounting to about five per cent," sald Mr. Cockburn, With the livestock market in poor shape and little or no grain to sell, farmers are concentrating on the future, he de- _clared. .First Air Stewardess Appointed in Canada NEW YORK, -- Midrgaret Radcliffe aged 25, and pretty, is "highly pleas- ed with her now assignment" as Can- ada's first air stewardess even thorght she must live in New York Anstead of Montreal. Miss Radcliffe, native of Chamain- us, B.C, starts work shortly on Amer- fcan Airlines Montreal-New York run. S'ewnrdesses must not welgh more than 120. pounds, must be no taller than five feet, and must be graduate nurses. Miss Radcliffe fits the speci- fications. She is a graduate of Royal Victeria Hospital, Montreal, Province To Make New School z Tests TORONTO. -- Possibility that_the provincial department of health may cmbark on a large tuberculosis testing Flan throughout Ontario schools was econ Ly Reeve B. J. Wheeler, of Scar- eS] boro township, When the township was marking arrangements to go ahoad «with their newly inaugurated examinations, they ware advised by letter that the provincial department weu'd take care of the work. Reeve Wheeler sald when he intro- luced the scheme that he hoped that ther municipalities. would follow. An ~ Wrropriation of $300 passed council to pay costs of doctors, nurses and X- fara. A'thouzh the letter from provincial authorities did not say a province- co wid plan was contemplated, they in- formed Scarboro township council that they would assume the cost of the éxamivations and would have 'theni done by doctors they appoint. Fal Hes Rare Fowl w+ PR'CGETOWN. N.S.." = Postmast- er V.. A. Lloyd has received a curious adgition to his 'poultry stock in a gift of two hatchings of eggs of Araucania fowl. The araucania are natives of Chi'c, seldom seen in Canada. The 'birds weigh from six to seven pounds 'when ful grown and are good layers. _ Deer Ditch Car NIW CLASGOW, N.S, -- You can © nat get toush with these Nova Seotia deer. Nor Bishop tried to avoid 'one with his ear, ran into. another and slithered off into the ditch, The deers wilted Cisdainfully away. but it took Bishon and a friend more than "an hours pot the car on the road again. Urges Heures Be Numbered ~ COLLINGWOOD, -- The newly-or- ganized Collingwood ~ Progress ~ Club ..continucs its rapid growth, More than 100 local, 'business men attended a "banquet in the parish hall here, + On a suggestion raised by George 'Bryan, chairman of the membership "committee, the club decided to spon- gor:a drive to have all - Collingwood Jouges numbered, "Strange as it may seem, Colling: . Wood ia the only town. of its size to "Dé without house numbers. I feel that the numbering of houses is only a ne- céssary 'step in the advancement of a community," said Mr, Bryan. -UHe' pointed out that several street 'names. would have to be changed to "suit the system, but in the 'end the E plan would work out greatly to the benefit of tourists, merchants, mail and express delivery, and to citizens Benerally, re : he ~ ""Park For Trailers TORONTO, -- Declaring that Tor- puto merchants were losing a large pmount of "business through lack of Boddmmodations for trallers, used by oforlsts, Alderman Quinn suggested the parks committed that sections harbor front, property bo set aside led. for parking. The committee took no action. 2 X PY . "Motorists with trailers pass right through here, and hotels and merch- ants are losing a lot of business," Ald, Quinn said. "Other towns are provid- ing accommodations." Scheme To Hatch Millions of : Ducks "MOOSE JAW -- Duck hunters will never be without thelr full bag it re- cently announced plans of "Ducks Un. limited," an organization that proposes to spend $3,000,000 on duck conserva« tion and hatching, do not go astray, A system of artificial incubator. hatching in Delta, Man.,, on Lake Manitoba, has met with much success that W. G., Ross one of the organiza: tion's four directors, announced that "there is no reason why each of the prairie provinces cannot hatch $1,040. 030 ducks a year." Installation of three large {incuba- tors, each with a capacity of 1,000,000 in the three Pralcie Provinces, has been proposed. Tle incubators would be filled with the first setting of the" eggs "stolen" from the nests. The ducks would be allowed to hatch her: second famy, thus doubling the size of the brood. Drug Stores To Pay For Sideline : Sales VANCOUVER, -- The drug store that 'sells everything except lawn mowers" long heen a problem for the civic authorities to handle in connec- tion with early closing is to be curb- ed by the city Council, Acting on representations of the Retail Merchants' Association, coun. cil has decide that in granting busi. ness licenses, drug stores will be re- quired to obtain, in addition to the necessary permit to sell drugs, "side- line" licenses if they are to sell other articles that are sold by stores not in the drug business, These 'secondary lines of business will cost $10 ~ year. Promise On A Shingle Perfectly Good at Bank ANNISTON ALA., -- Those who hand out advice against letting some- body give you a wooden nickel aren't 80 smart after all, They probably would have accepted the cheque that Jeff McCord sawmill operator took from a customer last week. It was written on a wooden shingle. McCord was attempting to collect a 'bill. The bfllpayer. -was short of the regular cheques, so he picked up a small shingle and wrotc on it. McCord endorsed the cheque and pald his electric bill with it. The power company presented {t to the bank, and if was cashed and cancel Ontario Increases Employees' Pay TORONTO, Salary increases ranging from five to ten per cent will be ordered. for the majority of the 6,000 employees of the Ontario Civil Service, Premier Hepburn announc- ed this. week. Increases were approv- ed for .several departments at the Cabinet meeting, Other departments will be surveyed and increases decid- eq upon-will be retroactive to May 1. Revision concern particularly emplo- ees in the lower salary brackets, the Premier said. Fly Flags Properly Says Scout ficer TORONTO, -- "I don't belleve any boy scout groups in Toronto have undertaken to advise citizens who are flying coronation Union Jacks upside down that they are unwittingly indi- cating that help is needed,' Norman H. Saunders secretary of the Toronto Boy Scout association remarked re- cently when informed. that scout ja- trols in Halifax wero responding to the signals of distress, ' "Most people take the trouble to see that the broad white stripe is uppermost," he. said, Grain Acreage Is Less OTTAWA, -- Of 'the 702,000 acres of fall wheat sown in Ontario last au- tumn, 66,000 acres or 8 per cent are estimated to have been winter-killed leaving 646,000 acreg for harvest in 1937, as compared with a harvested area of 509,300 acres in 1936, This is one of the features of the first crop report of the present. sea- son issued by the Dominlon Bureaii of Statistics, / di More important perhaps, from the point of view of * Canada's economic position is the Bureau's forecast: about conditions n° Western Canada, where many thousands of farmers in the drought area aro, in a serious plight owing to successive crop fafl- ures, ) A decrease of nalf a million acres fn the .rea sown to grain in Catiadn in 1937 is to be expected if the inten- tions of farmers are carried out,. the report states. The intended area of spring wheat, upon which the fortune of Western Canada argely depend, is 24,367,800 acres, compared with 24, 779,700 acres sown in 1936, and more than two million acres less than in the peak, yoar of 1932, The principal decrease' will occur in Saskatchewan. European Peace Pact Launched In London Hitler's Envoys Sound Britain and France en 25-Year Pledge --Has . Mutual Basis -- Coronation Sets Stage for Active : Effort to Assure LONDON. -- Reichsfuehrer Adolph Hitler "was reported fn diplomatic quarters Sundhy night to be drawing up & Western European Peace Pact, containing a 25-year pledge of mutual defense for Great Britain, France, Belgium and Germany, The treaty in which the four West- ern European nations would contract not to attack each other and band to- gether in a. common policy. -. of .se- curity, was said to have grown out of convergations in London during the last fow days between Lieut.-Gen- eral Werner von 'Blamberg, German Minister of War, and Foreign Secre- tary Anthony Eden and other British . leaders. The Coronation of King George VI has provided the background for a "little international conference" London at which the main topic has been the problam of general Europ- ean' appeasement. Mr. Eden during the. Coronation festivities, has talked with representatives of more than fifty countries, including besides French Foreign Minister Delbos and von Blomberg, Maxim Litvinoff of Russia; Premier Milan of Hodza of Czechoslovakia and Foreign Minister Guido Schmldt of Austria. Mr. Eden devoted most of the time to Delbos and von Blomberg. Outcome of London Talks . Diplomatic correspondents of The People and the Sunday Chronicle pre- 'dicted Hitler's peace proposal as re- sult of the London conversations of von Blomberg, who 1s Chief of the German General Staff and remained after the Coronation ceremonies, to discuss the state of European affairs with the King, Prime Minister Bald- win, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, and. Chancellor of the Exchequer Ne- ville Chamberlain, who soon will suc- ceed Mr. Baldwin as Premier. 'Hitler is about to propose to Brit- ain and France the conclusion of a Western European Peace Pact," The People said. "France, Great Britain, Belgium and Germany would be the contracting powers and each would undertake not to attack each other and also to defend each other in event of attack during the next twen- ty-five years, Ee General von Blomberg made it clear' to British statesmen that' Ger- 'many does not want to attack France, ! Britain or Belgium and: does not want 'to alter either the French or Belgian boundaries. 4 gre "While ins'sting on her right to colonies, von Blomberg said, Germany does not want at present to press the demand for return of 'those handed over to Britain." ; " Hitler-Mussolini Talk Deferred The proposed peace pact, it was ex- plained, was responsible for a sudden 'decision by Hitler to postpone his pro- posed meeting with Premier Musso- lini of Italy to- discuss closer Italo- German relations. . The People said that Hitler was willing to negotiate the proposed pact "either directly or through the League of Nations." Hitler's overture, it was reported, was backed by a soft-spoken threat to proceed with a direct "under- standing" with Mussolini in event his- in . "hydrogen. Peace ; 2 peace plan Is rejected, : If the plan is accepted, however, he will agree not to aid Italy in any way .| hostile 'to French and British inter-- The People's Diplomatic correspondent, is. ests in the Mediterranean. Germany, ° according to 'prepared to discontinue her fortifica- tion of the Rhineland and restrict her, military forces near the French fron- tier if Franco is prepared to make similar concessions on a basis to be determined by the League of Nations, Ss Cost of Helium Vs. Hydrogen The Germans designed thelr ships for hydrogen and devoted themselves to safeguardipg its use." Then came the holocaust 'of the R-101 in 1930. Dr. Eckener that it proved the nccegsity for using only 'helivm in commercial ships, the New York Herald writes, . At the same time, diseovery of .fresh helium sources and -reduction in its cost of production made conservation 'less necessary; President Hoover signified his readiness to release heliim to the Germans, and it was reported that their new ship--she was to: become the Hindenburg--would be redesign- ed for helium. - : But the R-101 disaster faded from mind. 'The plan was changed, to pro- vide for a combination of helium cells surrounding hydrogen ballonets to be used for trimming the ship. Time went on. The hydrogen-filled Graf Zeppelin performed perfectly. The cost of helium production came down from around $34 a thousand cubic feet to around $8; but at that figure it was still far above the price of hydrogen. - The use of helium, more- over. costly through reduction of pay load, while a helium ship must be both designed and navigated differ- ently from a hydrogen ship and the Germans were unfam'liar with the practice. They felt that helium in- volved navigational difficulties in part offsetting thé hydrogen danger; and much experience, some of it very costly in life, had taught them a great - deal about - the safe' use of Dr. Eckener has denied that the United States ever refused himztho- use of 'helium; but as the Hindenburg neared pletion less was head about her and she arrived here on her maiden voyage a year ago, Dr. Eckener de- clared that he was "not interested" in helium until the -trans-Atlantic service was on a permanent basis. "The result is the terrible hydrogen. fire .on Lakehurst field; Certainly it must end, so far as the laws of this country are -concerned, the carriage of passengers in the vast potential torch, ready to be set off by any kind of minor mishap, which a hydrogen- filled ship is seen still to be. Whether - or not it will end the rigid airship is another matter. The helium sup- ply-is now ample. 2 A Champion On His Way Up And Over The Top His pole howed and champion pole vaulter of guisoring niversity 'of Oregon, starts on: way up (lft George Varoff, world at Warhington-Oregon meet in Seattle, At right, he's over bar at 13 feet, 6 inches, | to a sacred service. was quoted as saying "hold to the old forms have Foresee New elium cells; <4 NEWS PARA ~~ Commentary on the HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEKS NEWS --- » By Peter Randal 1 CORONATION COMMENTARY | Before you read this paragraph, the "ink will have dried on thousands of other similar paragraphs in every country and. every language. in the: world, Never, within the history 'of recorded time, has a pageant such as the crowning of George and Elizabeth been marked with such significance. Standing as his fathers did before him within the walls of the nation's shrine; a young man pledged his life as a priest might concentrate himself His witnesses were not only the brilliant assembly of the world's great within Westmin- ster Abbey, not only his subjects in the far corners of the world, but all peoples, With pomp and circumstance, George VI became one of the few sar: vivors of the kingly ideal. Yet, true significance was not in survival but in the new interpretation of :a king's consecration as the Hving sym. bol of the nation's unity. Here is no. autocrat of old. Here is a priest-king - . dedicated beyond his own hopes and desires to the preservation of demo: cracy. ; 'Power v:ithout honour means fear "and not freedom. That is why, in the other lands, where a house painter or a retired army sergeant hold sway, there is no: democracy, These lands have deserted the ancient" form of kingship without substituting some- thing better in its place. We who do learned from our forefathers that freedom. comes, not from the letter but from the spirit. Deep within these ancient rites, we have implanted a new con. ception of our destiny as a nation, "God Save the King," is more than a wish for the man, it is our prayer for the preservation and advancement of an ideal in government, ~ 'J dent Roosevelt and Secretary of State the yi So * Fa 4 Economic Co-operation ~~ Canada's great moment is to tome |. after the Coronation at the forthcom. ing Imperial Conference. Prime Min. ister Mackenzie King will propose a three way economic treaty between anada, the United States and Great ritain, Should the proposed agree ment 'be favourably received, there! is; a possibility that it will be extended to include all Empire countries, thus cementing In = common economic -bonds, the interests of the entire En- glish speaking world. The plan is sald to have originated with Presi. Cordell Hull, While {ts implications are' economic, students of world af- fairs feel that it may be the real key to continued world peace. Death of a Nation's Pride While one nation rejoices at the crowning of a néw sovereign, another mourns a great disaster, Pamphlets and 'posters, still on display in trave agency ~ windows -carry the magic wards, "Cross the Atlantic by Air" At Lakehurst, N.J., a blackened tjvisted mass of girders marks the reck of Germany's pride. The Hin- denburg, queen of the Atlantic sea way has gone to join so many of her forbears in the Valhalla of {ll fated 'ships. - Thirty five people lost their lives, among them one of the great- est authorities "on lighter . than air craft, Captain Ernest Lehmann, Others lle in hospitals, still unaware of the terrible fate that may have come to their families, In spite of dis- aster, German faith remains true co the great zepplins. Ceneral Goering has announced that construction will be rushed on four great ships and _this tine, with the co-operation of the Amorfcdn Goverime:ut, they will be filled with non inflammable helium. . Wheat Glut Imperial Economic Group Points To Possible Effect of Good ' Harvests Ares LONDON -- A review of grain crops. issued this week by the Im- perial Economic Committee noted the: decline that has occurred in World wheat stocks, but foresaw. a possi- bility that a series of good harvests might recreate the glut that had existed in recent years. ER Ba Pointing out that the six leading importing countries of Europe, ex- cepting. the United 'Kingdom, reduced their net imports of wheat and flour between 1980 and 1936°by more than half, the review said that, tinless European countries were prepared +o ° reverse permanently their restrictive policies on imports, or unless acreage in exporting countries' were reduced; then it seemed likely a series of good harvests might renew the recent dif- ficult situation. I _ To Help Students Psychologist Says Powers of Con- centration Were Greatly Increased . CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA., -- Hyp- notism has been found capable, Dr. D. M. Allan says, of improving the aver- age. grades of students from two to 16 points. . oi Bh The Hampden-Sydney College psy- chologist told the Virginia Academy of Science he had stimulated a large croup of college students to better mental efforts by suggestions spoken while they were in the hypnotic state. A number: of failing, er near failing individuals climbed from the ¢D" grade to the one above, he sald. And- others moved up from "B" to "A" and two students jumped the entire scale from failure to the, honour group, an increasé of 16 points in their average grades. . This was dcne, he sald, by talking the student into a hypnotic state and then stating with emphasis. "As the result of this trance your powers of concentration will be much increased. Your mind will work bat- ter and you will not be nervous dur- ing examinations. You will have a great ambition to be successful in your studies and to {improve your class records." . Sit' ki mis Alberta Crop Prospects EDMONTON, Alta.--Recent rains - throughout: Central and Northern Al- berta have made soil and moisture conditions excellent for farming in that area, the weekly crop: report of 'the Northern. Alherta Railway says. Seeding is nearing: completion in some districts. . : . Mr. F.;G. Boardman, Mr, F. J, Hal- lett and Mrs, Hallett spent Saturday visiting friends and relatives in Huntsville, Over 5 lbs. ................ 15 13 "4 to 6 lbs, ee... 14 12 3% to 4 lbs. .......... a 212 11 3 to 3% Ibs, ........ 11 10 Old ,Roosters-- ng Over 5 lbs, ....... 12 10 BOTA TATA TOON TO TOTOTOTA TOTO Te TOTTI OX] 9 a Bs i oo - Li - Kd bag $a KS 2 RS ' Re > bt LS 1] Kel QL X % [ROO OOLOOSRERIICOOOOOOS : POULTRY Prices paid t8°¢duntty shippers: © Drossed. Milk Sel. 'A. 'Sel. B. Fed A. Spring Broilers-- 1 to 1% Ibs, _. i6 14 18 1% to 2 lbs: .... 18 16 20 - 2'to 214 lbs, ... 19 17 21 2% to 3 lbs. ....- 20 18 22 Dressod. - j Sel. A. Sel. B. Fatted Hens-- : (Red and black feath- ered" birds 2c per 1b, less. than above prices.- ~ Other Fowl-- --Guinea Fow per pair. 75 00 Dom. rabbits, per Ib. 12. 00 Note: C grade poultry 8c¢ below B grades. Cra LY v POULTRY AND EGGS Buying prices: Dealers are quoting producers for - ungraded eggs, delivered, cases re- turned: Eggs-- Grade A large ....... 17 to 18 Grade A medium .... 15 to 16 Grade B ............... 14 to 15 Grade C.................. - 14 to -00 Dealers are quoted on graded eggs cases free: Grade A large ........ 20 to 201% Grade A medium .... "18 to 19 x Pullets 17 to 00 "Grade B . 16 to 00 Grade C 16 to 00 - HAY AND STRAW No. 2 timothy, $10 to $t1 per ton: No. 3 timothy, $8 to $9; oat' and wheat straw, $7 to $8. Above prices f.0.b. Toronto: " : Vitamins Aid Insane People Louisiara Specialist Gives Results Of His Experiments PITTSBURGH --Vitamins give some relief to the milder forms of insanity.. This was shown in a report to the American Psychiatric Association here by Dr. Erwin Wexberg of Loui- siana State University. He treated 25 persons who had hal- lucinations and "psychoses" by feed- ing them diets rich in vitamins, Theis mental' condition improved, All fof them were known to be suffering from malnutrition. Some of them had pellagra.and beri-beri, In work previously reported by other physicians, vitamin B has 'been shown as a definite cure for the types of insanity. due to chronic alcoholism, 'The alcoholics' habits of eating pre vented them from getting sufficient vitamins, 4 2 Keep Dept. Busy i Sul 'Present . ' = © e-- $ / ot ~~ OTTAWA.--Labor disputes across " Canada are so numerous it keeps of- .ficials of the Labor Department busy keeping track of them. At present gress, and complete figures for la month show it to have beén one culties on record, except for the: 'period of the Winnipeg general strike in 1919. ) In April there were 38 strikes and lockouts involving 18,097 workers anda time loss of 148,677 man-days. ~The 'previous 'high month, apart from the 1919 situation, which is re- garded as abnormal, was May, 1920, "when there were more strikes than in April of this year, but when the number of workers involved and the time loss were less. "In May, 19290, there were 73 strikes, almost twice as many as last month. The number of workers in- volved, however, was ofily 12,005 and the time loss only 145,168 man-days. Most of the present disputes are in manufacturing establishments, and do not come directly under the juris- diction: of the Labor Department, as the Federal Industrial Disputes In- vestigation Act applies only to public utilities and mines. = ; Conciliation officers of the Depart- ment. however. have had a "rs ili, and have carried on negotiations in a number of cases with the consent of both the employers and striking workers. The recent strike at a shoe factory in Perth was settled through the mediation of a Federal officer. Expects Good "Crop in West Minister of Agriculture Is Hopeful After Trip to' Prairie Provinces OTTAWA.--Hon. J. G. Gardiner, Minister of Agriculture, returned to Ottawa after an absence of three weeks in Western Canada, during which time plans for rehabilitation of the drought area were advanced at a meeting in Regina. - -- - ~~ Conditions in Western Canada are favorable for a good crop, Mr. Gar- diner said. At least 75 per cent. of the crop has been seeded under fa- ~vorable 'moisture conditions; more fa-, vorable than in most recent years. A... considerable belt in Southern Sas- 'katchewan; however, has had little or no spring rain and is badly in need of moisture. : : At the Regina conference, Pro-- vincial "Governments, municipalities, mortgage and land companies and railway companies: were répresented. A start was made toward a plan for re-locating farmers in the areas hit by drought on lands where they will have 'a better chance of maintaining themselves under all conditions. " Restrict Area For Ontario Hunters Game. Department Hoes To End : Trespassing on Farms TORONTO... -- Creation of restrict- ed and closely regulaté¢ shooting areas throughout the settled sections of Ontario where hunters may shoot ~game- birds by spacial permit, is an- nounced by J. D. Taylor, deputy min- ister of the Department of Game and Fisheries. : The plan is intended to" end tres- passing which invariably marks' open season for pheasants and _partridge. Grovps of farmers are being encour. aged to designate their combined pro- perties as restricted areag in which hunters will be charged an extra fee in addition to the;ustal gun license. In some casés township councils are 'planning that whole townships shall be set asid~ as preserves. The latter - (dw. plan is preferred by the department and already Trafalgar and Markham townships have agreed to the scheme. : "Considerable trouble'is encounter- ed by farmers in Ontario, particularly those residing near the larger centres of population, due to unscrupulous hunters traversing their lands at many periods of the year] showing little or no regard for private rights, and in many instances are not too an- xious to observe the game laws of the province," Mr. Taylor sald, The procedure to he followed un- der the new plan either in the 'case of the lands of an organized group of farmers, or a township area, wou be to set aside these areas as game preserves upon which the shooting season would be only on the days to be designated by the Department of Game and Fisheries, and the shooting privileges thus provided to be avail able enly to those who purchass the necegsafy permit therefore either thé townuhip authorities or representatives of the farmer groups whose lands are) so' set aside. in Progress at . no fewer than 20 strikes are in BY of © the heaviest months for labor diffi- from Ls Ld 4: a Ld R A % > * 3 - A = Rj i. 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