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Bertitt.--omnaa aviation in - proachin; a minimum in accidents per mile ttomg. in t9M can.- in which Pilots or managers were injured arer. used one tow each 255.600 miles. This year tho rate I. only one for each 1.050.000 an”. WAYNESBORO, Ga.--Georos W. MobIey. a business man of Warms- bow. now believe-that “great oaks from little acorn: grow," " words to that effect. A few years ago he was enjoying a particularly fine apple. Me threw the seeds in to back yard and in due course was rewarded by having six apple trees spring up. Be nursed them along to maturity. and now all of them are bearing fruit. German Aviation arrival in Ottawa to take up his'duties' as federal agrostologist. Mr. Kirk, who is an authority on grasses. and has recently developed a drought-re! listing grass tor western Canada, will appointed to the post near the end of: the last session on the recommenda-: tion of Robert Weir. Minister ot Auk culture. I Mr. Kirk's duty will be to advise' the Ministry ot Agriculture on the: suitability ot various grasses tor cor- tain soils throughout the Dominion.i He will also advise the Ministry on methods by which grasses at protein growing, but not ttttUriah-r, i Mortal]: areas mar be developed or adapted so u to grow well in their environment. I Montreal.-Protossor L arrived In Ottawa to take Saskatoon Expert Assumes F ederal Post Tho Bureau at Fisheries In seeking to solve the problem, and R. A. Noah“, aquatic biologist ot thy bureau. had been cruising along the coast catching tish In nets. tagging them and return- ing them to the sea. b Secret Winter Resort F or Ocean Fish Sought Form“ [iv-IV, anorie keep" witness- ed the attack an" rune to th? ”sous. But all Hume wh , have to do with "new areu't m fortunate. For instance. there was a keeper at one provincial zoo who wu klllod. some years Mo, by an elderly tiger who suddenly got tired ot seeing him About. There have been almllar trundle» before. but this one la like. ly to be remembered tor a long time, btrt'ause ot the tribute the dead man's colleagues sent to the funeral. . It was a' "halted Bgure ot a tiger In arunrlilies and ettrrsanthetnuma.r- Answvrs. tow P'4traptr recently tacked by a “areas. Cal a! Ill Londan.--Manr lettors are being re- ceiVed daily by British newspaper: from untried men. protesting that the new income tax proposals favor the single man. Married men with children appear to be worse hit than bachelors from)!” standpoint ot increased taxes. The “walled injustices to tatntly men be. com more apparent salaries over the 53,000 mark. The following table ot the increase in tax parabl rarrler 'he new rates popular language in China. which nili Another scholar. sixty-rive years old, literate persons can read, instead ethos been working almost 3 you on the difficult classical language, which Gihbon's “Decline and Fall of the Ro. even scholap havo trouble in Jnaater:'imatt Empire." This scholar. Wu ing. _ 1Pe.rteP!'tt: is thd “do: ot several The work is directed by Dr. Hu Shih. textbooks in English now used in Chin. phiiosopher. who has settled here per-'ese schools. msnently, and money is being provid-i The China Foundation established a ed by the China Foundation. wttichltratttrlatiou committee in 1930, putting distributes the remitted portion of the”): Ho Shih in charge. and providing American Boxer indemnity. This; tor tittee nother members to direct the Foundation has a hand in most suc-‘work. The task was divided into Cessstul cultural projects in China to-vthtee sections: Science, history and day Three translators have i,eeahiii/rittlii. New British Income Tax Favors Bachelors cue who read my link wee-i will. best in Occidental manure. history and science. Unlike inaction ot a generation Mo, 339’ are using in. populat language in China. which all literate persons can read. instead ot the d't.ttieult classical language. which even scholuys have trouble in pallet; lug. _ F Peitria-orne ot the most coupe- tent “bolus In China are at work here translating Western clulca into the Chinese human. so that all'Chin- Chinese To Have hr " The Tiger Tribute war at ttie I lens. Nanch, search pt an migrati tttl 1103 H5 J.00 s believe they so warmth, following m to tropical cli- xL- Vue Zoologi- “Wr. had a mt when he was at. v I luv» "t"YTrer" . ", Translated Into thin Tongue thr Apple and arm 9tt their des- the tish ttti. oer, warmer “eve they go E. Risk has m married bachelors: 1 Men with , chidren ncrease ot tax) $108.12 Ital) . I Like eh 408.12 trict a?) 166.12 [wet s" " 173.25 wines C:'. 180.00 Beau) Mai: 174.25 ihay? the t land 1929, f Dr. C. W. Kimmim in the Empire l Renew (London): The cinema is de- Mined to occupy an ever-increasing iposition of importance in the educa- 1, tion of the child, and the present type , of textbook will eventually give place Ito one more closely associated with I cinematographic requirements. Pro- , vided always that great care be taketi to see re that pure diction be em- iployed a the making of educational , films, it should have a beneficial effect , in raising the stan.iard of good speech I among our children. Nautilus To Be Sunk SOUTHAMPTON. Eneland.--Sir Hubert Wilkins' sailed- recently tar New York. He said the submarine Nautilus in which he cruised 'under the polar ice would be towed to sea cut of the port af Bergen and sunk after the seicntiiie apparatus Hood by the expedition is removed. The former carried Dr. Jizi Baum, professor of Prague University and Natural History Museum, accord- panied by Herr Soit, a noted Czecho- slovakian sculptor. Dr. Baum who is studying natural history in, East Africa, has discovered a rare species of "water mouse," which he describes as a huge spider that has adopted aquatic life. Motorcars Cross NAIROBI, E. Atriea.---Through Africa by motorcar, once an achieve- ment of note is now becoming quite commonplace. Within two days two motorears, one from Alexandria and the other from Durban, have arrived at Nairobi. Meanwhile scientists are trying to evolve a method to protect the grub from the tiarisitie growth whieh a.- ready' has done go much damage to the useful Insect that prickly pear is starting to g min districts The Queensland Goernment is al- leady preparing to throw open tor re-séttiement 11,000,000 acres of {and which the Cactohlastis has cleared frirm prickly pear. '. . . Threatened by F ungus BRrRBANE.--ScientisG are rally- ing to the rescue of the Cactoblastis grub, which, originally imparted into Australia to destroy prickly pear, is in turn being attacked by a kind of fungus. The farm is planned as a model for similar institutions which state governments will be called upon to sponsor. Proceeds will be invested in the establishment ot more farms and it is hoped that within a few years many ot them will he in operation. Australian Grub is The land will be donated by the Government and a managing board will be appointed by the congress. The Department ot Public, Education will assign feminine experts in poultry and other classes ot farming to in- struct the workers: ' Mexico City. - A ruilhctiv») farm where women would h? barred from the premises mar be es:abllshed near this city by the national congress of women workers Ind peasants. The organization adopted a resolution ap- proving the project. Farms F or Women to make any champagne. The one comfort is that there is still plenty of wine left from former ye’ars in the cellars of Rheims to supply the world without feat. of a serious shortage Like champagne, the burgundy dis- trict tr' 'J 3uifered badly from the cold wet , l: = The only really good wine; s' year will be Bordeaux and Ben'ri “an, and even they will not haw tho qualle ot such years as; 1928 and 1929. All one can ’say about them is that they will be better than) them is that th last year. When the Summer began it was thought there would be t splendid crop. .Then the rain came and the sun did not come and the cochylis flies came and more rain came, and now the decision has come not to try to make any champagne. The one PARm.-Bad weather and ooehylis flies have-made it certain that' there will be no overproduction. of cham- pagne this year. Indeed, they have done such a complete job that there seems likely to he no 1931 champagne at all. ' Flies and Cold, Wet . -rt -Wyther Spoil Grapes The China Foundation established a translation committee in 1930, putting Dr. Hu Shih in charge, and providing tor (lites nether members to direct the work. The task was divided into three sections: Science. history and literature. working for almost a year on the complete works ot Shakespeare; which hare never been translated into Chin- ese. They are first turning Shake- speiire'n English Info ChimstsiCiirose, but may later use a sort ot Chinese blank verse to suggest Shakespeare's medium. polar ice would be towed to sea of the port of Bergen and gunk r the seientide apparatus and by expedition is removed. Educational F ilms ain ground agairvin eer, Planned In Mresieo Africa Regularly Pretoria hat what is believed to be the tiniest baby in the world. She was so small at birth that they did not weigh her in case the act of weighing might injure her. At four- teen days she weighed 3 lbs}. She is kept wrapped up in cotton-wool and gets her nourishment through the in- jection of a saline and through the absorption of olive oil, applied to the skin. Human hand will be used only in the takeoif and landing of the new 18-pa.qsensrer airplane. When in the air the position and speed will be regulated by small gyroscopes and controlled by a set of electric buttons. A switch places the robot in chemo and relieves it of dutr--The Chr‘s- tian Science Mm-"or . Baltimore Md,--rrustallation of ‘& _obot pilot on a passenger airplane is now nearing completion at the plant of the B-J Aircraft Corporation here, and will soon be placed into service between New York, Baltimore and Washington. This is the first installation to be made in a t-ommercial passenger air- plane, it was announsed. The device has been tested by the inventor and by the United States Army on ex- perimental flights. Robot Pilot Installed In Passenger Plane Norris Kellam, "human cork" ot Memphis, frpun the water after 'to2titiite, hon-stop swim .11cinphis. His time was " hours and Ali minut wltilti fiotttng on " but." - " "u -A . 7wo 'workmen were buried ben'eath debris and seriously injured when this apartment hquse collapsed ‘during repair work recently. World's Tiniest Aparl_:im:nty Home Callahan ‘lniqring Fs,', In Water 95 Hours 45 Minutes I . A cafe in Lawrence, seat of Kan- sas University, is accepting wheat at 145 cents a bushel for board of [ students. - B0LOGNA.-The leaning tower of Asinelli has been reopened to the pub- lie following construction of new stairs to the top. The twelfth century struc- ture is 320 feet. high and four feet out of perpendicular. AtH9rury College, Springfield, Dr. William Thomas Nadal, the president is accepting pumpkins, cabbages or home canned pickles and preserves in lieu of coin of the realm for tuition money. _ Pumpkl'ns and Pickles Pay College Tuition KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Barter con- tint-s to be a good word in the voca- bulatof the college student. The Navy expects to learn valuable lessons on the effect of ice and snow on the planes, the flight deck, and. the arresting gear that ‘holds landing planes to tlfelr floatlng airport. Wasshituxton.--Tiu, aircraft carrier Langley, with its squadrons ot planes, will winter in northern waters on an "arctie patrol."' Operations ot men and equipment will be put to teat under extreme temperatures for the first time. 'Arctic Patrol' Ordered For Aircraft Carrier Memphis. Tenn., being h barging Tower Is Repaired swim from palm. Ill., to minutes. He took meals, TORONTO Farm Education Mexico Citr.-iausmeitication ot agri- vulturai education in Mexico has been promised by Ignacio Lopes Bancninri. 'oder-Secretary ot Education. More "wricuiturai schools are to be eatab. iistted in writing sections of the re- public and those now functioning no 'o receiv' added (militia. The lin- istry ot Agriculture has, decided to es- tablist a school ot tropic“ manure, emu _ in Vera Cruz of 0m. 1 Mexico to Aid The grapevine, which is called the 'hrpoaaU," has been embellished with a marble tablet, placed on it by the present proprietor, Antoine Umbria. chini, on which the above facts are recounted. memoirs the Emperor mentioned this grapevine, which was then owned by his family, and said that his rise in the world would not have been pos- sible without it. It was from the pro. duets of this vine that his family drew the resources that ennhlnd mm drew the resources that enabled theth to send the young Bonaparte to study in Paris. Parist-Napoleonu grapevine on the Bastia Highway in Corsica has Just been listed by the French Gov- ernment " a historical object. In his Napoleon's Grapevine Saved Before the end of the year Mermoz will make the round trip by air he- tween Dakar and Natal, and shortly thereafter the ships will be withdraw in favor of the seaplanes. Their speed of 200 kilometers en hour contrasts favorably with the maximum 110 kil- meter cruising speed of the dirigibles. The zeppelins, nowevcr. will be able to make the ftighta pay a profit by carrying passengers and freight. The French planes will carry only mail. I These ships are monoplanes, Ber- nard seaplanes fitted with pontoons, powered by a. 650-horsepower Hispnno motor. They have a wingsprcad of twettty-four meters, with the tremen- dous wing surface of seventy-four square meters. TV: plane weighs three tons, but can carry six and one-half tons of mail, One belongs to Aeropostale and in being put .through its final tests by the chief pilot, Mermoz, while the other is the property of the French Air Ministry. At present Aeropostale takes seven days to carry lit mail from Toulouse airport in France to Rio de Janeiro, but Montevideo and Buenos Ayres. but when planes replace the dispareh boat on the long step across the Atlantic it will be poaible to 'deliver mail in those capitals three or four days after it is posted here. Two seaplanes capable of carrying the quantity of air mail that is now being transported have been com- pleted. French Air Mail Plans To Start New Service in '32 PARrs.-In competition with the Zeppelin air mail which German back- ers announce will operate weekly be- tween Europe and South America next year the French air-mail line, Aeropostale. has announced that I Nan for completely air-carried mail will be ready by the end of 1981 and that early in 1932 planes will replace the French navy dispatch boats be.. tween Dakar, on the west coast of Africa, and Natal. Brazil. I This reads as follow '. "Ontario Lone Scouts," and is to be worn on the right shoulder by all Lone Scouts in this province. These can be obtained from Lone Scout Headquarters for Se each. Fire Prevention Week Lone-Scouts hm urged to put aside Africa-Brazil New Plane Route There was a splendid turnout ot Scouts, and the Lonies from King also attended to add their good wishes, and after a number ot Interesting Scout activities, the Charter was presented in the presence ot a. nice gathering ot interested citizens of Maple. Ontario Lone Scout., will be inter- ested to learn that a new Shoulder Tape Badge has now been lssued. On October tnd, the Lone Scout. Commissioner, with Commissioner Ir- win and Scoutmaster Don Hutchlson. at the lat Ont. Lone Scout Troop. journeyed to Maple to attend the spe- cial meeting and present the Charter to the new Maple Troop. We wish the new Maple Troop, and their Scoutmaster. Mr. Bryan. the very best ot Good Scouting, It is gratifying also to note that this month two new Troops hare been add. ed to the growing list- ot Regular Scout Troops which have been formed as a direct result of Lone Scout ac- tivity. These are at Maple and at Unionville. The others are located at Paris, Klllaloe, Cobalt, Sault Ste. Marie, and Beamsvlll. Lone Scouting continues to grow apace in Ontario, and during the put month some thirty new members were registered at Lone Scout. Headquar- ters. ,uu,w..llT ll If": ”2*“ .ON. F "firti)t"cotR'fS7lF!i, I "Love. like luck, that not come through noes-Ila " tttatsnii'--. ’Peuy Jam; V Modern Youth . . Mother--'"; know) Godfrey, Nor. ma ta nearly IT you. old, to to-duy I had I. trunk discussion irittt her about the tact: ot lite." Pattutr--'atct Did you learn any- thing?” . ' . "Well, Isa-c?" aid the teacher, and the boy, the only Jewish child in the class, answered. glibly: "Two shil- iings is too much to spend." The teacher had been explaining the different meaning of the words "to," "too," and "two," and, finally, to find out if the children had gasped the idea, she decided to give a teat. "Now, children, " quickly " you cm, I want you to give me a sentence containing Ill three spellings." She had scarcely finished 'speaking when up went . hand. Quesnel. B.C.--Beaver from the Bow- rou Lake game Ianctuuy, near Bar- kerrille, are being used by the Pro. vincial Land Department to help to- store lakes and streams m Lower Cari. boo. A school with outer walls of glue and with glue cabinets for books taking the place of inner walls, in separating classrooms from corridors, has Just been built for the school children of Lubeck. Gernmnr, accord- ing to Cappei's Linguine. The ground ftoor has a breakfast and milk room, each classroom a bath- room, each desk in the physics de- partment has gas. water and electri- cal 'onneetiona, and the geography} room has a projection machine by) which the movemeLts of the stars andl planets are shown on the ceiling. Then. there is I greenhoute in which the pupils raise plants throughout thel yea. I Beavers Conserve Lakes - By Damming Streams Glass Walls Installed His invention, known as n isolator or negregltor, makes use of the dif- ferent srpetifie gravities of water and gasoline. "Oh, Problem of Water in Gmline Solved by Master Sergeant DAYTON, clr'o--A knotty Air Corps problem, mused by war: in airplane gasoline. has teen solved by an enlistei man. He is Master Sen geant David Samman. a native of the Islnnd of Cyprus. wnose device to pro- vide pure fuel has been adoptuci as slandarn equipment by the Air Corps No special badge hu yet been In- sued to Lone Scouts In Canada, " though Imperial Htsadqttartertr in Lon. don, Englund, have approved ot . ape cm badge tor overseas Lone Scouts. which consists ot I scroll betting the words "Lone Scout" superimposed on the Fleur do Lyn. Arrangement' are being made to obtain a supply ot these tor the use ot the Lone Scouts of On- tarlo. Ontario Lone Scouts may be dis- tlngnished, however, by then-Juan Neckerchiet and by the special should- er tape which is mentioned in this column. . _ _ Lonies are invited to address ques- tion on Scouting subjects to "Lone w', at Lone Scout Headquarters, 330 Bay Street, Toronto 2. Bear this in mind, ponies! You cm do lots ot "Good Turns" in this way. . Lone Scout Gunman Bott In there a Special Badge tar bone Beouttrt-(M.La.. Moscow). Thus before the winter sets in, everything will be cleaned up and snug, and there will be no denser ot tireg starting " I result ot rubbish left around. or of untcnded rubbish Adding-to the seriousness of any are which might occur. one week during October tor special work under am heading. All over Colman this Fire Prevention Week is being observed by Scouts. and the ides is to clean up and destroy m rubbish and "tttauuttableattatcr', l around your houses, barns and in the vicinity ot your premises, and in the case ot Pa. trols, in the Village! in which they are located. Too Late fi; tor speck! than! . Regina. Bai-The World's Grain Exhibition ma Conference. which was f any- to have been held In Regina In 19.12. I!” been pontoon“ tugtit 1933, Robert Fai, Dominion [luster ot Agricul- can. ‘tm and churn“ ot “as National gf'-- . Con-mm at the arm Show. In an- . mood. Tho jewel. which was formerly owned by the Earl of IGrewood, de- rives its name from Earl Canning. On the other land. Germany is only beginning to export as much to Rus- lie n she did before the war. Her exports to that country in 1913 were World's Grain Argentina was particularly hard hit by the drop in imports, Germany [buying [en than one-third us much (from that country as in 1929. ‘u- I Porta from the United States dropped Gitnoat one-half. those from Bram IInd Mexico npprorritttntely one-half, while hardly . third to much was brought from Chile and Condo; but imports from Rumi- dropped only M I per cent. Preeented To Mueeum ld9NDON.-The Canning jewel, which wu sold here recently by nuc- tion for 850.000. has been presented to the Victoria end Albert Museum by the Americen who purchased it, The donor desires to remain nnony- The Soviet Union has not defaulted in a payment so far, but the fact th " the credita are long, and have to be underwritten by the taxpayers of Germany. is alwaya cited against them by thoae who oppose "building up an anti-capitalistic regime that some day may turn its strength against ur" {Exports to Russia Mount to 58 Million: for 6 Months US. Stands Second, Britain Third BERuN.-While Germany's on» {menial position is such that a "'ryneo-Germatt economic commis, m is about to take it in hand. one thmg aeema to be on the up-grade-ir. many'a export trade with Russia. In 1925 German exports to the Soviet Union were valued at 251,000.- 000 mark: (about $56,000,000}. Linn. year they totaled 481,000,000 (about $106,000,000 and during the first six [months of this year they amounted to I 262,000,000 about $M,000,000. i tn other words. during an economic crisis eUraeterized by failing exports for Gemony on well " other coun- tries (Germnny'l total monthly ox. ports this yen have been tbvertb,y,itte 20 per cent. below the corresponding period: of 1980 the exports to Russia been on climbing. Stood: First in Soviet Trade Olliciol Soviet figures show Ger, may stood that Among the nations trading with the Soviet Union durv‘e the ilrat six months of this year, the AJnited States being second And (heat Britain third. On the other hand. Get-moo exports to we Americas dur. ing the first half of this year were less thcn tro per cent. of the volume for the ttrat six months of 1929. So were the imports. Germirirs) UGa In Soviet Trade A C launch Oretttt ot Englewom- NJ., with woman Cundlnn open [all chmplonlhlp trophy [he won recently at Ruedxlo Club course, Toronto, tor second successwe year. Show Postponed