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---- Ee w TE Poor Manners May 1 Lose Youth's Job Bad Speech and Snobbery Are Other Stumbling Blocks Poor manners, poor speech and job snobbery are stumbling blocks in the paths of boys and girls fresh out of high sehool-- aceérding to a preliminary sur- vey of 1,000 former high school students conducted by the U.S, National Association of Second- ary School Principals, The survey is being continued on a large scale, involving 84,000 former students and more than 100 high schools. Dr. Edward Landy, director of the survey and himself a high school principal | at Abingdon, Mass., says: "The preliminary survey shows that we should try to dignify al 'types of work, not merely 'white collar' jobs, And it shows, 1 think, that we should offer more diversified vocational train ing." VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE VERY HELPFUL Interviews with employers of the 1,000 revealed that poor manners ahd incorrect speech are prevalent among high-schoolers. Einployers also advised that the three R's be taught more thor- oughly, One man said, "For me, please teach them to spell." Other conclusions: Communities with two distinct types of high school -- one col- lege prepdratory, one vocational ~--do the best job for students. Vocational courses, which pro-, vide actual work experience are most successful, For instance, instead of merely studying bank- ing, students might manage their own licenced bank, Health Masks for Britons These improvised yashmasks have been introduced by the Brit- ish ministry of health for aon: pants of air-raid «shelters to pré- vent spread--of disease _and--epi- demics. The mask is made of ninon. The triangular area cov- ering the nose and mouth of the ° yashmask 'is "proofed" with . a. coating of cellulose lacquer. The mask is folded over an elastic cord which holds it in place. Prospectors Are Growing Fewer Ontario's Minister of Mines Worries That The "Situation "Imperils the Future 'of Min. ing In the Province Canada's mining -industry, with a 1940 production value in Ontario alone, of more than $260,000,000, is in jeopardy be- cause of a suddef slump in pros- pecting. So Hon. Robert Laur- jer, minister of mines, recently told a Toronto audience. "Ontario records show that in 1987, claims totalled 15,296, he said. The number fell to 9,047 in 1988 and to- 6,772 in 1989. TOO MUCH LAND TIED UP "Scarcity of unfrozen capital remains. the primary cause of prospecting doldrums," Mr, Laur. ier 'explained, "I am confident iit is possible ' to 'alleviate the situa- tion by a co-ordination of federal - and provincial. effort to that end." : 5 One suggested methcd of as- sisting prdspectors would' be fa- vored trea\ment by the trdnspor- tation systtms of Canada, the w under considera- which will .no the majority of\ prospectors," he ered-to throw open for staking patented mining claims én which the a has long been overdie, Nea ; 000 acres of favorable prospect- ing growths have been tied up, in .{. Resources. ..} Saving Ontario's Natural they are beneficial in that they the farmers' grain, There are sev- - scarce. call of the great horned owl. Its along woodland roads at night. ~ Persumably, these were mistakes on the part of the ows! for I doubt if even the fiercest of them nine-year-old Armenian boy who has his eyes wide open,-his ears to every excuse for laughter. He mimics his 'entire 'assortment of uncles--the sad uncle, the reck- to be given advice -- much to the exasperation of his roaring old grandfather. since Mark Twain . , headed: "The Presbyterian Choir . mer ' of the Beautiful ary that the fertility: of Ontario's - some cases, for 80 years." G. C. TONER, Ontario Federation of Anglers. " (NO, 32) { ONTARIO OWLS Like the hawks the owls have been given a bad name that they do not deserve. With one ex- ception, the great horned owl, feed upon the mice that chew up eral species in Ontario but as they are nocturnal, being most active at night, tirey are seldom . noted except by the naturalist, A few migrate, one or two are yeaer round residents while a couple more appear here as win- ter visitors from the north, The Horned Owl The great horned owl should be put in a class by himself for my experience has been that he is definitely destructive to poul- try and game in settle§ farming communities, Yet this creature has his good points and uses. In the wilder -districts rabbits may beconie very numercus so that young trees may be destroyed over large areas. Normally this tree killing would do no great harm but where reforestation is under way the rabbits must be controlled and a few horned owls are the easiest way of doing this. As I have emphasized -time and again in these articles nature can usually take care of such a prob- lem and we see this here in the control of rabbits by the horned owl, yt The Snowy Owl If you happen to live - near some of our wide lake marshes you are familiar with the snowy owl that visits such places in winter, These owls seem to come dow. from the Arctic when there is a scarcity of food in that re- gion. We know that Arctic ani- mals, such as the lemming mi on which this owl normally teed | have cycles of abundance an scarcity. One year they will be abundant and the next very Lack of mice in the lean years is the probable reason for the occasional appearance of snowy owls in southern Ontario. I do not know whether or not the snowy cowl has a call note but I think that it has. Cer- tainly, anyone who has been in the wods at night has heard the notes "Hop, hoo-hoo," are shiv- ery to the uninitiated but I ra- ther like to hear them. There are stories of this owl attacking people while they were walking could imagine that he could swal- low a man. The Book Shelf. "MY NAME IS ARAM" By William Saroyan This book of delightful stories by the topnotch American writer and Pulitzer-prizewinner, William Saroyan, gives us a series of pic- tures of life as it apgears to a alert, his sense of humor alive less uncle, and the uncle who had. The reading 'public' is saying, after digesting - this book: "Not Some. of the chapters are Singers"; "The Circus"; "The Pomegranate Trees"; "The Sum- White Horse"; "My Cousin Dirkan, the Orator", ' "My Name Is Aram" , , . by | William Saroyan , » . Toronto: George J. McLeod Publishers . . . $3.00. / Spay Ontario Farms Being Depleted Prof. Henry G. Bell of the On- tario Agricultural College at Guelph, 'Ont,, said In an' address at Toronto the 'middle of Febru-- soil is being depleted at the rate of almost $186 a farm at pre- gent replacement costs, / _ He told the annual meeting of the Toronto Crop Improvement Association, that a survey of soll depletioh statements for one year revealgd a: losé in pure nutrients for eyery farm in Ontarlo of 1,57€/ pounds + despite efforts to soil with manure, es and fertilizers, "We are ppbeeeding in reverse," he aid, "There 1s no room in the West- ern Hemisphere for any notions: about racial superiority." : ~~Henry A. Wallace, ) A Ski Honeymoon in the Hills Near Quebec City Enjoying a ski honeymoon at thé Chateau Frontenac, and Mrs, Seymour Robins of New York City, are shown here on the snow covered hills of the Lac Beauport winter playground, just nine miles from Quebec City. 24. noted fashion illustrator. agencies, They were married in Quebec on January Mrs. Robins was formerly Miss Jean Baird, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sutherland Baird, and was born in Halifax, N.S. Mr. Robins originally hailed from Hamilton. Ont., and is an art director for Harper's Bazaar and a number of Quebec, Mr. She is a --C.P.R. Photo, THE WAR.-WEE K--Commentary on Current Events HITLER IS THREATENING AN UNDERSEA OFFENSIVE "Spring is coming, the season In which we will be able to challenge the opponent .. . . One thing Is certain. Wherever British ships cruise we shall set against them our submarines until_the hour of decision."-- Adolf Hitler. , "In a cause of the kind for which we are fighting there can be no question of compromise or parley." --Win- ston Churchill, . \ The head men oi the tree bel ligerent nations last week let their own people and the world know what thelr plans were for the im- medlate future. Speaking in reply to an offer from Japanese Foreign Minister Matsitoka to mediate the war in Europe, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Gritain declar- ed that there' could be no com. promise or parley--both sides would have to fight on to the end. A Long War The disillusioned, disheartened people of Italy heard thelr Duce Mussolini frankly confess that Fas- cist arms -had met with serlous reverses in Africa, that the entire Tenth Army had been smashed, Coupled with theso admissions came a promise of a new Italian offensive against the Greeks and threats of what his legions would do to the foes of Italy, The war would be a long one, ho predicted. Addressing the entire German nation, Reichafuehrer Adolf Hitler renewed his oft-repeated pledge of closest co-operation with Italy and roared defiance at Great Britain, He warned of a great naval offens- ive to come in March and Apri, with submarines unleashed in gi- gantie force agalnst 'British ship- ping. Upon U-boats rather than up- on air power, the Nazis were evi dently relying, then, to match Bri. tish sea power in the final strug-. gle. Nazis Relying On Submarines . ating with .ajrcraft and occaslonal "there, should Britain decide to de Hitler referred to "new type" subs to be thrown Into the counter. siego of Britaln--undoubtedly pock- et U-boats. A neutral naval source recently estimated that the Germ- ans might have as many as 600 undersea craft, all told, available in the spring. (Half of «that force, som 300 .U-boats, might he kept constantly on sea vigil about the British Isles as the weather {m- proved). - ~ Change In Strategy Kirke L. Simpson, Associated Pressman writing from Washing- ton, expressed this opinion: "If it is submarines, intimately co-oper- Nazi surface raiders, upon which Berlin is chiefly relying for victory, it would tend to explain much in German military stratégy. It cquld mean that what Germany actually Is secking to accomplish in the Balkans is preservation of the sta- tus quo. That would mean just on- ough Nazi help for Italy and the Mediterranean to keep her in the war--and to keep a substantial part of British' sea power in that thea. tre of operations, It would mean, also, just enough pressure on Bal kan neutvals (Turkey, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia) to render them in. active so far as helping Greece was concerned. The same reason- Ing might be applied tp Japanese activities fn the Pacific--they have certainly contributed to a "disper- slon of British sea power." That Hitler's hand in the Bal kans right Instead be forced was the belief last week held by many _ experts who saw amplo evidence of a new war front opening up spatch to Greece heavy-yelnforce | ments from Africa; and should Turkey decide to fight. LJ . LJ Substitute For Invasion The long-awaited ' German in. ° vaslon of Great Britain proper had not come oft. Nor, as we predicted in this column last week, would it be likely to, it Hitler thought he could find some easier way to win the war. His Munich speech tended to heighten expectation that a prolonged campaign of attrition against Britain's lifeline fn the Au _ lantic-- (choking oft supplies from the United States), paralleled by a stepped-up alr attack on the Bri Isles could be expecied as a sub stitute, British authorities continued to talk of a long war, realizing that Hitler will fall orly when ft is fully established that he cannot maintain superiority in the heavens, nor ever gain control of the seas, More Destroyers, Somehow In the coming crizis, American equipment to combat the submarine menace, ard more destroyers from the U, 8. werg viewed as absolutely essenifal, Responsible men in Washington were of the opinion that with the final enactment of tho Lease-Lend Bill accomplished, the United States would now com- merce furnishing "almost anything wahgye" to ald Britain, Additional despfoyers would be transferred ht away, It was bhelleved, and flowing a series of quick "ald ts" over a period of the next three months, the United States would likely be In the war, ' . . * Pacific War? 50-50 Informed speculation in the U., S. placed the chances of war with Japan close to 50-50. It seemed clear that the American Navy would strike it Japan attacked Singapore or the East Indies, It was not fully known whether or not Japan regarded the U. S, posl- tion in* the crisis as hluff--some hot-head "incident" might preclpl- tate armed conflict in tho Pacific. In face of the dark situation in tho Far East, "efforts were renewed last week by United States and Russian officials to adjust difficult trade . and political problems be- tween the two countries and to strive for improvement of relations generally, Soviet Preparedness Presenting the Russian budget to the Supreme Soviet, Finance Com- missar Zvereff reaffirmed that the policy of the U. S. S. RR, was ornio of neutrality in the present war. Nevertheless preparations were made to spend this year 25 per cent more on arms than last year, Tho Chairman of the Soviet Board of Defenso Industry declared in Mos- cow that the Soviet Union must adopt measures (0 equip its nation- al economy with advanced tech- nique to keep the country in a due state of preparedness, "We must spare no means," he said, "for the production of planes, tanks, arma- ments, warships and ammunition." For the year 1941 a gross increase was planned in - Soviet Industrial production of 17 to 18 per eent over 1940, . 0 . Canada In the -Dominion, the death" of Sir Frederick Banting, foremost Canadian scientist, mourned by everyone, overshadowed all other news of importance . , , Leighton McCarthy, K.C., prominent "Toronto barrister and friend of President Roosevelt was named the new Can- adiap Minister to Washington, Mr. Lapointe Calis A Halt Backstage intrigue at Ottawa was hit in a sensatlonal specch In the House of Commons last week by Jean Francois Pouliot, colorful Lib. eral M. P. for Temiscouata. Refer. ring to the campaign for a National Government belng conducted by varfous Canadian newspapers and politicians, Mr. Pouliot declared that "scoundrels and. racketoers" were trying to seize control of Can- ada's wealth by this expedient. . Colonel J. L. Ralston, Canada's Fin- ance Mhifster, whose namo was mentioned derogatorily by M. Pou- lot, stoutly defended himself in a speech which was cheered by both sides of tho House, Amid roars of applause from Liberal benches, Min- ister of Justice Ernest Lapointe | declared his province--Quebec--un- animously opposed any suggestion that a National Government be or- ganized to meet the present em- ergency, "The mero mention of such a proposal," he sald, "rouses such memories that it Is really a 3 FREE Over 125 N.H.L. HOCKEY PICTURES MAPLE LEAFS « CANADIENS RANGERS BRUINS AMERICANS BLACK HAWKS ¢ RED WINGS™ | You can own tho finest collection of great hockey players pictures ever of- fered -- Pictures of all the players in all the N.ILL, teams. Allmbeasure 8x7" --all are mounted--and all are suitable for framing and they're free! For cach picture ed send one Bee Hive Byrup label or two Durham or Ivory Btarch labels along with our pame and address. pecifly N.H.L, players wanted. Bend requesta to tbe address on every label. P8158 BEE HIVE SYRUP crime to refer to it. I beseech the promoters of this scheme to let » well enotgh alone. I fmplore them not to undermino public confidence In thelr freely elected rulers." It was learned last week that as soon as negotiations with Ontario and Quebec were completed, nego- tiations with the United States 'con- cerning tho St, Lawrence seaway plan would go full steam ahead. Canadian National Railways Revenues The gross revenues of the all- inclusive Canadian National Rail- ways System for the week ending Feb, 21, 1941, were $4,944,875 as compared with ........ 4,142,741 for the corresponding peroid of 1940, an in- ' aease of o.oo... 802,134 or 19.4% Canada Grows Finest Ginseng in World Ginseng is a medicinal herb. For centuries it was known and used by the Chinese, highly valued for its tonic benefits, It-is a native Canadian plant being first dis- covered here in 1784, Since that time Canada has annually sup- sources. Great claims are made for the tonic effects of Ginseng Teo. The Dominion is looked to as the main source high "Qualify roots as it be comes more evident each year that the Southern-grown product fails miserably by comparison. This crop has made thousands of dollars for many growers; crops from a half acre have sold as high as $8,000. A well cared-for planting averages a ton of roots per acre. © A small outlay will start you in this interesting and paying business. Ginseng? may be planted under suitable condi- "tions in a bush or orchard or in beds prepared in the open, Do- minion Seed House, Georgetown, supplies the necessary cultural and planting directions with every order, free of charge, , More Americans Trekking Here In" 1940 Immigration From U. 8. Into Dominion Increas. ed 26.3 Per Cent The tren of American citizens into Canada from United States increased 26.3 per cent in 1940 over the previous year, the Im- migration Department reports, Branch figures showed those entering Canada numbered 7,314 against 5,649 in 1939, MANY, RETURNING CANADIANS The number of returning Cana- dians also increased_ in 1910, those coming home from the United States numbering 4,990 compared with 4,610 in 1939. Immigration officials said these figures on the movement from the United ~ States were incom- plete and pointed out that United States citizens coming to Canada to join the Army, Navy, or Air Force might obtain admission on & non-immigration basis, Children from: the United Kingdom, in Canada now as war - guests, are not included in the list of immigrants, and actual immigration from England, Ire- land, Scotland, and Wales show- ed a drop of 14.8 per cent against 1939, Last year's total was 3,- 021 against 3,644 in 1939, Total 1940 immigration was 11,324 against 16,990 in 1939. Not Worth $1 In Seattle, calculating that "the fine probably would be higher than the value of the plied Ginseng to China "until car," a man surrendered his 1921 Canada is.now viewed as one of sedan rather than pay his fine the most important world for overparking. The fine: 21. LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher H=17 \ \ qui "They're not so dumb , . . Did you ever' heir of anybody borrowing © money from a dog or selling him a good oil stock?" iB _cabine successfully combat it. Winston Churchill was again in the as firet lord of the admiralty, when the second 'world war broke out. Once again his problem was the U-boat menace and how he, as first lord could lain, An ardent foe of appeasement, Churchill. whose political career apeared 'ended when he backed the cause of King Edward VIII against Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin in 1036, be. came prinie minister with the fall of Chambers . a When France fell, "Churchill, knowing the hideous implications of that event, spoke to all Englishmen via the radio and asked that-they steel themselves for the great ordeal which was to come a few weeks later, fi Leader of Embattled Britain angl the English people, led b, ways fightin ston Churehill, magnificence of JngloSaxon courage, THE END, That ordeal -- of roaring destruc- tion" and flaming death -- has come the ale always aggressive Win. are again proving the ---- of . F S i 5 5 ¥ i 4 eae