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2 ro ay 2 a a Compulsory Camp Training Begins Oct. 9 Government Plans to Call Out Two Quotas of 30,000. Each Before Christmas. Compulsory camp training of 30° days under the general mobiliza tion bill will start Oct. 9, Défenco Minister J. L. Ralston has an- nounced. "Our department is ready to give notice to the national war services department to call out two quotas of 30,000 men each for training bo fore Christmas," Col. Ralston stat- ed last week. "There will be a lull fn camp training over the Christ mas holidays, with the third quota to go Into camp training in Jan- uary." Of University Students, Too It was also announced by the national war service department that all physically fit male students at Canadian universities who are 18 or over will receive compulsory military training during the com- ing academic year. "Under the new compulsory sys- tem of training, it has been deci- ded by the universities that an opportunity will be given those students showing marked ability to take the officers' training course. Those already enrolled in the C.O.T.C. will continue with it. Hungry Bears Are Destructive In Algoma Where They Weigh 400 to 600 Pounds, They Do a Lot of Damage Securing Their Food Tho Algoma bear won't attack human beings unless they inter- fero with its cubs, In the view of Hans Hormavirta, who as a pulp- wood and timber jobber has had a wido experience of the bush of this district, says tho Sault Daily Star. But he is convinced, for all that, that the bear is just about the most destructive, if aisd about the most playful mfimal that the Algoma forest holds, "= It is in search of food that the bears do most of their destruction. Mr. Hormavirta told of low they had broken into a meat storage house, 12 x 8 feet with double walls. On other occasions when they could not break through the walls they had torn off the roof to make an entry. 3 THEY RUIN FARM STOCK Canned foods or other foods are all the same to them. They even spom to cat the cans. In other more settled sections of Algoma, the bears, animals of 400 to 600 pounds In welght which re- quire a substantial diet, do a good deal of damage to farm stock kill- ing calves and pigs, They are also a threat to game in the bush, cut- ting down moose calves, farmers report. bd Poor Vision, Poor Student Visual Defects Account For Low Scores In Intelligence Tests on Children One of the teachers In an Ameri- can grado school heard that the psychology department In a nearby university was giving paper and pencil tests to children to deter- mine their 1.Q. rating, writes Dr. Logan Clendening. She had her en- tire class examined and found she bad what she considered an unus- ually large group of low ratings. In talking this over with another teacher It was suggested that this same group be examined by a mem- ber of the staff of the National So- clety for the Prevention of Blind- ness. Nearly half the group had visual defects sufficient to inter foro with their seeing critically and acourately. A DEFINITE HANDICAP This is a rather high finding, but, taking large groups. of children with low intelligence ratings, it is found that about 10 per cent, have visual defects which aocount for their low scores in Intelligence tests, - \ Supervision of school examina: tions for visual efficiency should be made much more exact:and compre. hensive than it now fs, In some school systems the entire program for oye health is based on whether a child is able to read a 29-20 chart. Not much attention is paid to what - kind of a chart it 1s, whether one drawn to the scale of Smellen mea- surements or not, nor whether the tests are made according to con- trolled and consistent standards of lighting. This, of courge, Is not Sdequate if any large amount of good is to be done to directing im- provement in vision in our, schools. LB \ Questions asked In the British House of Commons cost, on an average, five dollars each to ane wer. " This photo just received via tr. British and Canadian troops enca Hitler's bloodless invasion of Denn ansatlantic clipper and p mped on a road near Re mark, assed by the British censors shows a grou of ykjavik, Iceland, which the British Ag occupied after Ses eessses scorers cer tsetse | How Can I? i BY ANNE ASHLEY ! Q. How can I remove the odor of 'onions from the breath? A. Chew a whole coffee bean or sprig of parsley which has been dipped in vinegar. If a lump of sugar saturated with vinegar is eaten, it will also remove onicn odor from the breath. Q. How can I rid the house of ants? A. A mixture of half borax and half sugar will poison every ant that finds it. Sprinkle it on shelves and around all haunts. Q. How can I remove spots and stains from silk without injuring the color? A, Take five "parts of water ang six parts of alum, well pound- ed. Boil a short time, and then pour into a vessel to cool. Prev- ious to using, the mixture must be made warm. Then wash the stained parts and allow to dry. A. Sprinkle a little salt on the gills. If this turns them yellow, they are poisonous; if it turns them black, they are safe to cat. Q. How can I sharpen a dull razor blade? : A. Insert the blade into a glass filled with water and rub against the side of the glass. If Peonies Don't Bloom, Move 'Em Sometimes Shallower Plant. ing Helps Peonies that have failed to bloom may be benefitted by a shift to an- other location, or by shallower planting--not deeper than two or three inches. The present is a good time to move them, Last call for sowing pansy seed it early spring bloom is desired; sol- id colors, such as Swiss Blue, Black King. Snow Queen and the All America winner, Coronation Gold, are much more effective In borders than the usual mixtures. . PRUNING SEASON There's plenty of work In the garden now for the pruning shears; many shrubs can be thinned out, to give more room for vigorous new growth; the same applies to cane and bush fruits, such as raspberries and currants; weedy tops of per- ennials that have completed their growth should be removed. "GETS NEW POST Commander W. B, Creer R.C.N,, officer commanding HM.C.8. Fraser from the first doy of the war until ft was sunk uring rescue operations off Bor. deaux, France, been appoint- ed senior naval officer at aspe and commanding officer of all auxiliary vessels based there. AY Choosing A Site To Build Home? Many Factors Bear On "The Choice of Lot for Residence With real estate becoming rec- ognized as ono of the foremost investment media unaffected by market fluctuations due to varia. tlons In war conditions, home- ownership is quoted today by arch- itectural authorities as "not only Insurance against re; tal increases but an Investment for the future with the knowledge that funds pail into the home will not depreciate with the years but should increase materially, Important factors to be borne in mind when investing in real estate are quoted as follows: 1. Secure a dependable opinion on the location and value of house or land. Theo services of a depend: able real estafe agent should be secured In respect to trends and land values. 2. Steps should be taken to ob- tain an absolutely clear title'to any parcel of land or improved property It Is essential that one should re- quire the owner of a property to establish his_title to it before it Is _ purchased. 3. Make sure that tho air is free and clean in the locality in which the proposed land or home lies. It is manifestly more plgasant to have a house located in a community re- latively free from smoke and dust. 4. Purchase enough land. It is generally considered that a front age of 50 feet is not too much, Nar- row lots limit space, distort the architecture and limit privacy, The wider the lot the more desirable it will be to others with consequent greater resale value. Midlands: British Industrial Core As well As Being The Geo- -graphic Heart of England-- So Offer Valuable Target For Enemy Bombers The Midlands; which German bombers have added to their aerial blitzkrieg program, may be defin- od as the dozen central countles of England, says a bulletin from the National Geographlc Socioty: "Little Idea of their importance is conveyed by saying that they ex- tend from Staffordshire east to Huntingdonshire, from Derbyshire . south to Bucks. For the Midlands are bounded on the north by Robin Hood's Sherwood Forest, on the southwest by Stratford-on-Avon and the other native haunts of William Shakespeare; on the south by an- clent Oxford on the Thames, on the east by Cambridge and the pleturesque Fen Country. . "Tho geographic heart of Eng- land, the plains of the Midlands lle cast of the Severn, north of the Thames, south of the Trent and west of the heights of East Ang- lla. The approximately 4,000,000 inhabitants of these plains form about a tenth of England's popula: tion, v3 "Dominating the Western Mid. lands, Birmingham has grown on its varied metal Industries to bo- come England's second largest city, in the midst of a whole constella- tion of manufacturing suburbs, "Btatfordshire is one of the most important counties in England for its Industrial productivity. Its north. ern section js notable for the clus. tér of towns known as the Pot: terfes, possibly the most concen: trated and busiest ceramics centre in the world, "South Staffordshire is the site of the Black Country, darkened with the smoke of a thousand spe- olalized metal industries, Lelcester- shire, now known for {ts industrial ofty of Lelcester, England's 'stock. ing capital' &till presorves the moated castle of Kenilworth from the days of Queen Elizabeth, core | HEALTH TOPICS Laaaas st SX IE SRE Rl DI ERIS Prevention Of Whooping Cough From studies de at the Con- naught Labo ri and School of Hygiene, Toronto one gains the view that whooping cough may be prevented by the timely use of a fresh strain vaccine pro! duced for this purpose, writes Dr' John W. S. McCullough of tha Health League of Canada. The study referred to was carried on six years among groups of con- trol and vaccinated children. Up to the present time 288 control and 1,007 vaccinated children have been followed. Of the for- mer, 52 and of the latter 97, were in contact wth cases of whooping cough. The number of cases in the first group were 43 and in the latter group 10, so that the respective percentages were 82 and 10. - Protective Vaccine Of the 97 contacts in the vac- cinated. group. there were 23 di- rect exposures to brothers and sisters with whooping cough. In the 23 instances the nature of the contact was intimate and continu-_ ous (often kissing, drinking from the same cup or sleeping in the same bed). None of the 23 de- veloped the disease from their brothers and sisters. This is very strong evidence of the protective value of the vaccine since one would not expect all of the 23 children continuously exposed to whoping cough to escape the dis- ease, It will be noted that there were 82 cases of whooping cough in the control group and but ten in the vaccinated children. This is another strong suggestion that the vaccine protects. = Another fact, already referred to, is that while: 62 control child- ren ¢oming in contact with whoop- ing cough, 43 contracted the dis- ease giving a morbidity of 82 per cent, but 10 of 97 vaccinated children were infected, giving a morbidity of but 10 per cent. in this group. - The foregoing, added to one's own experience is the use of whooping cough vaccine, indi- cales that this preventive remedy should be used in all cases where there is a threat of this disease. Exports of Canadian wheat flour during the first' seven months of 1940 totalled 4,065, 870 barrels valued at $16,173,933 compared with 2,626,676 barrels worth - $7,849,129 in the corres- ponding period of 1939, "Wool" made from milk is being produced in an American factory, The inventors élaim it is cheaper and harder, wears longer, and dyes better than the real thing. Chanteeler \& Siow Bur oN TE ) CIGARE 9 3 wii [98 BORIC (+) 38 to 52 years old. Women who are restless, moody, NERVOUS--who fear hot flashes, to take spells--to tal Lydia E. 's Vegetable Com pound. Pinkhan's is famotis for tes, Get a bottle today from your druggist! WORTH TRYING! I Raadh os Ee a SE EE EN What Science! Is Doing a EER ERS T= SMALLER IRON LUNG A ngy "iron lung," weighing but 40 poulds compared with over 600 pounds for the old "boller-type" res- pirator, 1s being used fn Tacoma, Wash., during the current 'slege of infantile paralysis, 'Paralysis specialists hall the pee- wee respirator, invented by Dr, F. H. Tehhaar of Los Angeles as a "godsend," particularly for cases where tho more unwleldy and larg- er lung presents transportation problems and hence loss of life. SILVER AS GERMICIDE Dr. Alexander Goetz of California Institute of Technology predicts that silver eventually may replace chlorine and other germicides in purifying the world's drinking wat- er. "The metal leaves the water sparkling and with a taste of fresh- ness," sald the physicist in describ- ing experiments made by him and his sclientist-wife, "Neither is there any disagreeable' odor." WEIGHS FORCE OF FEATHER The University of Washington has a new afrplane scales which weighs with the speed of light. It was invented to weigh the forces which strike an alrplano in flight, It can record anything from the slap of a feather to a ton and a quarter yank. This scales records accurately a pull which lasts only one-hundredth of a second. The name of these momentary stresses on the parts of a plane is "force transients." Modern "Etiquette BY ROBERTA LEE 1. What is the best time for a man to ask his employer for an increase 'in salary? 2. If a girl is introduced to a man twice, at some social affair, what should she do? i 3. Who Is responsible if a guest drinks too much? 4. When the glass of iced tea is served on a small coaster, what should one do with the spoon after stirring the tea? 6. Is it proper to have. an ash tray for each guest, in the living room? : 6. Is it all right to begin a let- ter with an apology for not hav- ing written earlier? Answers 1. Perhaps the best time would be when he is marrying or ex- pecting to become a father. How- ever, many employers resent this at any time, and it is well to weigh the matter carefully before asking it. 2. Merely smile and say that she has already met "Mr. Williams." 3. This is the host's responsibility, It -is his duty to maneuver in some way to prevent it. 4. If there is a table cloth, the only place to leave the spoon is in the glass. On a bare table one may place the spoon on the table, the same as when at a soda foun- tain, 6. Yes. Guests should not be forced to share trays. 6. This is often done, but it is not good form. . sin THAT'S EASY Ls -BIG BEN! wah BIG BEN The PERFECT Chewing Tobacco . HAVE . YOU HEARD? Bill the sailor had broken with his girl. After ignoring several letters)' requesting the return of her photograph, he received one threatening to complain to the captain. Deciding to silence her for all time, he borrowed all the pictures of girls available on. the ship, sending them to her in a large bundle, with the following note: "Pick yours out. I'de forgotten what you look like," Wher Ji . "How did you learn to walk a tight rope. Just. pick it up yourself?" . "No, it has to be taut." i : At a reception, Oliver Wendell Holmes discovered a little girl looking hungrily at the cakes and sandwiches on the tea table, "Are you hungry, little girl?" asked Dr. Holmes. "Yes, sir," the child replied. "Then why don't you take _some food?" > "Because I havent a fork." "Fingers were made before forks," Holmes observed, smil- ingly. . 7 "Not mine," the little girl re- plied. ------ "l hear your boy friend wants to settle down and own a house." "Well, he's got a good start. I gave him the gate today." ------ + Police judge--What is your ex- cuse for speeding through the town at 60 miles an hour? Defendant--Well, your honor, I had just heard the women of my wife's church were having a - rummage sale, and I was rushing home to save my other pair of pants, Police judge--Acquitted. Next case. © --0-- " Client: Do you guarantee this hair.restorer? Hairdresser: Better than that, sir, We give a comb with every bottle, SiGe : The strong man at the fair had just finished squeezing the juice out of a lemon. - Holding it up before the crowd he shouted: "I'll give $5 to any- on: who can squeeze another drop of juice out of this lemon!" Up stepped a little mgn. He gripped the lemon and, to the surprise of the crowd, squeezed several more drops from it. an income tax collector!" Long-term Honesty The cashier of an old-estab- lished grocery firm at Auckland, New Zealand, got the surprise of to his desk and paid a debt of $5.00 contracted with the firm 48 years ago. 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