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Canadc‘s Sea Harvest, Catch from Canada‘s sea fisheries in the first eleven months of 1933 was There is another hope, however, in an announcement from Montreal. Two professors there have been experiâ€" menting with the lowly potato, and, while they are not yet in a position to ery "Eureka," there is solid ground for believing they are on the way to developing a starchless tuber. This is done by giving the seed potato a shot of a new bacillus which is exâ€" tracted from hay. This baccilus conâ€" verts the starchy part of the potato into sugar. That again sounds bad, but it is not the cloying type of sugar found in syrup or honey. It is the innocuous kind found in fruit, such as apples or berries. So ladies and gentlemen, you who like your plates piled up with potaâ€" toes, there may be a good time coming. â€"From the St. Thomas Timesâ€"Journal The Starchless Potato. A few days ago the president of an English potato marketing organiâ€" zation remarked at a meeting that times had been bad for the potato grower because of the craze for slimâ€" ming by the womenfolks, but he saw a ray of hope for the industry in the belief that the slimming had about run its course and women are going back to curves. Resultâ€"they will eat two potatoes where they formerly toyâ€" ed with one. 0t their own accord must be made $0, and a bespattered citizenry will raise loud cheers the first time one o&:‘h&e offenders is haled to court.â€"Fr. the Hamilton Spectator. find et Effervescing. An infant who has consumed chamâ€" pagne for many months is said to be in perfect health. Bubbling over with it, in fact.â€"From the Brockville Recâ€" That is a dangerous thing to say. We know from experience because we printed the same thing about four years ago. A young lady working in the office took us to task for it and, after saying many things, concluded with the statement that the reason girls are no longer clinging vines is that they have nothing to cling to.â€" From the Linisay Post. . Angels Fear to Tread. Some of our contemporaries are beâ€" coming reckless in their statements, evidently forgetting that an editor is no more immune from pain than any other man when punched on the nose. In the Belleville Intelligencer, for instance, we find the bald statement: "‘Girls are no longer clinging vines,‘ says an authority: No they are wild‘ rambiers." the M Will Need to Be. We have it on the word of a New York scientist that man will be bigâ€" ger and brainiee 500,000 years from now, and at the rate problems are being piled up for posterity he will need to be.â€"From the Hamilton Specâ€" tator. ‘ Double Fracture, Dr, Margaret Strang Savage denies the report, published in many papers recently, that she set a fracture of her own leg. She says she didn‘t even have a fractured leg. Well, that fracâ€" tures a good newspaper story.â€"From the Goderich Signal. ler British Movies, A few years ago British pictures were of inferior quality and depended on the appeal to patriotism for their sales. Today they depend on their own intrinsic worth, which is considerable. â€"From the Calgary Albertan. ere s a de them now conâ€"Heral in employment in Canada in general and in the Sault in particular, While the number on relief here is the lowâ€" est since August, 1932, it is pointed out, for instance, by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics that despite a deâ€" cline in employment during the openâ€" ing months of the year, the index of factory employment on December 1 was 13.4 per cent. above that of Januâ€" ary 1, 1933, in contrast to declines xf 8.4, 2.6 and 2.7 per cent. in the years 1932, 1031 and 1930 respectively.â€" From the Sault Star. Making Motorists Courteous CANADA,. Employment Increasing. One of the encouraging features of the past year has been the increase urts in such cases and, the Hamâ€" magistrate making it clear that is, drivers who swish through de puddles in the future may emselves kneeâ€"deep in grief and Those who will not be courteous Citize J nrisay Post n , we have no doubt, «prayed by the goo issing motor cars have should be recourse to Two Ways to Same End. In Britain we have tried to end the crisis by balancing the Budget. The President is trying to do the same thing by deliberately unbalancing the EL priotnts0trines cntaintin ce tut lt n tal s Aits, ..A 3 MR . not handled with extraordinary cauâ€" tion, may have serious reactions on the economic and, therefore, also on the political future of the Dominions. â€"From the Manchester Guardian. British Policy and Dominions ’ While it is true that questions which once might have raised long and deâ€" lasying discussions are now "more and more matters of mere adjustment," it is also true that the new closeness between Great Britain and the rest of the Commonwealth has led to greatâ€" er sensitiveness £nd independence. The links of Empire have become shorter and perhaps more teruous. A policy of "British agriculture first," if it is do not get their money; hardship is caused to wives and children, and the State is put to considerable expense, There is hope that the Speical Comâ€" mittee‘s reportâ€"which will not be ready for some months yetâ€"will simplify the problem of doing justice to debtor and creditor in equal meaâ€" sure.â€"Daily Mail. 1 Although the pathetic story of the debtor who was detained in prison while his two children died is unusual, instances of similar hardship on a less tragic scale must be frequent. The total number of debtors imprisoned in England annually exceeds 20,000. The creditors have the doubtful satisâ€" faction of legal vengeance, but they fup onl 0. i o on mt weret & NLZ CCgL "T _ Sn Viver #HC 10°> OUr ‘Part we do not look for any. new world which shall superannuate the loyalties and the precautions of the old. The Greek democracies could not persuade Pihilip of Macedon to disarm; their only chance lay in the strength to resist his invasions. All democracies, all governments, all societies, now as then, must be prepared to defend themselves or perish. As we look out upon the world, convulsed in parts with upsurging nationalisms, controlâ€" led in other parts by enthroned tyranâ€" nies, we reflect that these are apt to be both hostile and rapacious; that we liveâ€"as man has always livedâ€"in a dangerous world; that life itself is dangerous; and that nations â€" were probably ordained as the best means of protecting the otherwise naked and helpless individual. Better to take acâ€" count of these things than to behave as if they did not exist.â€"From the Morning Post. ’ May it not even be that there is an eternal struggle for survival in which nations, like the rest of Nature, take part, and out of which they cannot contract without peril of destruction? That at least is a working hypothesis which we think it wise to take into account. Our forefathers accepted it cheerfully and courageously and conâ€" trived to survive, and for our part THE EMPIRE, Secrets Well Guarded, Sir John Simon‘s tribute to the Foreign Office staff was well deserved. And, indeed, he might have extended it to the whole civil service,. "Secret and confidential" documents, supposed to be seen only by a few high officials and responsible ministers, are, in fact and inevitably, seen by typists and stenographers, clerks and printers. Knowledge that could be sold profitâ€" ably "in the city" is often in the posâ€" session of civil service whose pay is certainly not excessive. Yet "leakâ€" ages" hardly ever occur. The tradiâ€" tion of trustworthiness is an incaleuâ€" lably valuable nation asset.â€"From the London Daily Herald. This Much is Certain. That fan dancer, marooned for & week on bleak Whisky Jack Island, in Lake Winnipegosis, hasn‘t told her exâ€" periences yet, but it can be presumed that she didn‘t do any rehearsing.â€" From the Brantford Expositor, When one has a cold nothing seems to taste right. The wife may have done her best with the apple pie, the mashed potatoes may be as fluffy and smooth as you desire, but it‘s a task to down it. There‘s a simple reason for it, A cold obstructs what scienâ€" tists call the oifactory epithelium, loâ€" cated in a little niche in the sku!! just above and behind the nostrils. It‘s your smeller. â€" The senses of taste and smell are so closely linked it is almost impossible to say, sometimes, which is which. Sugar and salt are excepâ€" tions. We cannot detect them by smelling, as a rule.â€"From the Sarnia Canadianâ€"Observer. ‘leuthanithtdbeeninthelikeperiod of 1982, but its landed value showed an increase of over $601,000. Landed value total, as shown by statistics gathered and compiled by the Dominâ€" ion Defartment of Fisheries, but not yet revised, was nearly $11,190,600 as compared with $10,589,235 at Noâ€" vember 30th, 1932, although total catch was 6,722,755 hundredweights as against 6,736,650. Betterment in the later months of the 193% period explains the gain in landed value.â€" From the Brandon Sun. Still Jailed for Debt Facing Realities. Sme!l and Taste ninisters, are, in fact seen by typists and ‘lerks and printers. could be sold profitâ€" When their aeroplane was driven into ‘a bush these flilers, Robert Boyles, Ley Coppage and Vernon Mayfield, escaped death when Copâ€" page stalled the arooplane atop a tree. THE UNITED sTATEs. Lightâ€"Keepers, They were queer chaps, these lightâ€" house keepers. One at Buzzard‘s Bay required an inspector to wear felt slippers over his shoes "to keep the sairs clean." At Isle Royal Lightâ€" house, on a rock of Lake Superior, a keeper had obtained his post by agreeâ€" ing to marry, with the result that his wife brought twelve children into the world. Appointments used to go by political favor, until in 1896, Grover Cleveland put the lighthouse people Facts are staring Europe in the face. One of them is that in the ab sence of a disarmament agreement, Germany will reâ€"arm in freedom from any restrictionâ€"even though the Soâ€" cialist party is "irrevodably opposed"‘ to her doing so. The choice before the nation is that between regulated ani unregulated armaments. The Governâ€" ment is devoting all its energies and all its prestige to rescuing the world from such a disaster as the second of those alternatives.â€"From the London Daily Telegraph. l Britain‘s Drought Scare, It is not as if there was an inâ€" herent deficiency of water in this counâ€" try. Walss could supply the whole nation. _A number of citiee have a great surplus. The Government must set up a Central Water Authority and take the proper steps to ensure that this authcrity, through regional orâ€" ganizations, efficiently distributes the available water.â€"From the Daily Herald. ) gance.â€"IFrom ’Budget. If you believe in having a deficit, it is only logical to have a big one. All the same, the size of Mr, Roosevelt‘s deficit is staggering. It would be foolish to apply the ordinary standards of comparison to policies such as these. America, in her war on depression, is spending on the warâ€" time scale. Let us hope she avoids the‘ financial aftermath of such extravaâ€" Walter Young, »Montreal, winner of the 12â€"m| smnowshoe race held at Manchester, NH., during the tion of Canadian and United States snowshoe clubs. The Lesser of Two Evils. the News Chroniclét A Happy Landing Snowshoe Champ. ess B. deHueck, who is of the Russian nobility, in an address in Toronto. She urged a greator friet.dship for the soâ€" called "foreign" Canadians within Canadian bordors. Asks Friendship for Foreigners in Canada ‘"The poorest fed resident of this city gets a greater food allowance than the ‘poor‘ in Russia," declared Baronâ€" r Says the Lindsay Post.â€""An old deâ€" finition has it that jJournalists, preâ€" sumably the writers for the bigger papers, come down to work in the morning and if they have no ideas they go out and play a round of golf ; the reporter, or worker for a small newspaper, comes to work in the mornâ€" ing and if he hasn‘t an idea he goes out on the street and interviews someâ€" one who has," | ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Nearly every car damaged. When at last the jam began to break up most of the cars that had escaped collision in arriving hit anâ€" other car or was hit in departing. Nearly every car of the fifty was fAamannd aporiuattie dR droul i4 1 Halft the cars that came upon the Jam hit the car in front, There was pandemonium for half an hour, Every horn screeched in a vain effort to get the car in front to move, ‘ di Collision Involves into the civil service. A lightâ€"keeper on the Columbia River had only two days off in twentyâ€"three years, and on one of these days he got man-imi.‘ A hard life, but it developed a sturdyl race.â€"From the New York Times. How to Get Ideas the 12â€"mile international il there was a car ahoad 1 one behind, Visibility ore than five yards, cars that came upon the Fifty Automobiles annual convenâ€" DIFFICULT An escaped inmate of a mental home in America is thought to have jJoined a jazz band. The authorities are faced with the hopeless task. of gingling him out in a jazz band.â€" Passing Show. L hi mh Pn s nlaativs us MBb c3 47020101 ' He saw no reason why "beauty" is | more beautiful than "duty," and in‘ genera‘, he felt that as a result of | complexity and confusion Engllsh; spelling is approaching the Chinese ideographic systemâ€"in many schools, he said, pupi‘s don‘t study the alphaâ€" bet and learn words as pictures, , Washington.â€"Dr. Dewitt C. Crols-! sant, head of the English department of George Washington Uulversity‘ and an advocate of simplified spe ling blames William the Conqueror and another William, Caxton, the first English printer, who imported Dutch printers, for what he terms "our silly spelling." f The Dutchmen put the h in "ghost" and oâ€"uâ€"gâ€"h in "through," he said. l Blames Williams _ _For Silly Spelling Professor of English Scores the Conqueror and Caxton xtracted honey; 4.1 pounds for w;ubJ ;fley, and .76 pounds for wax, against 25.4, 2.49 and .47 pounds resâ€"| pectively in 1932 Quebec.â€"The statistical division of ‘ the Dept. of Agriculture notes a large increase in production of honey during‘ the past year. The total amount ofl extracted honey produced was 3,753,-! 500 pounds, compared to 2,415 pounds in 1932; comb honey amounted to 289,â€" | 400 pounds, against 236,000 pounds a! year ago; and there were 53,700f pounds obtaind for wax, compared | with 44,600 in 1932. The average proâ€"| duction per hive was 53.2 pounds for| fxtracted honey ; 4.1 pounds for comh| | _ Miss Esther James, a New Zealand girl, has just completed a 1,200 mile walk from Melbourne to Brisbane in 77 days. She stopped at a number of places on the way to lecture and adâ€" mire the scenery,. With her she carried a pedometer which showed that she took four milâ€" lion steps, and as Miss James‘s shoes: weigh one pounc, her legs thmforel lifted the equivalent of 1,780 tons. Several years ago she walked 1,600 ‘ miles through New Zealand in 128!' days. Honey Production Girl Completes 1200 YÂ¥ Taronto.â€"Captairâ€" E. A, Baker, general secretary of the Canadian Naâ€" tional Institute for the blind, told the annual meeting of the institute‘s woâ€" men‘s auxiliary that the organization would begin soon to circulate "talking books" across the country, The "books" he explained are long phonograph records, containing about 3,600 words on each side which may be, folkled. Each may be played about 100 times before showing wear. ‘ The institute was launched a little less than 16 years ago. , ‘"Talking Books" to Circulate _Across Country for Blind The military air strength of the leading powers is estimated as folâ€" lows: The United States hitherto had been ranked by most military experts as second to France. Premier MacDonald also admitted Balfour‘s. contention that the Soviet air force is 60 per cent. tronger than the British Royal Air Force and the fact that the Soviet had announced its intention of attaining first range in the near future. ' Champions of British air reâ€"armaâ€" ment were heartened by the admis-[ sions, believing they indicate liberal air appropriations soon. | The United States is estimated to have 1,050 firstâ€"line planes and a total mil_i_tuy_gh!ngth of 2,300. Russians possessed approximately 1,400 planes of firstâ€"line strength, alâ€" though the total military strength is unknown., P ePb Lip & usc hsPs Sn ev8 & London.â€"The Soviet air force is flle’ For All‘ Cl'e second strongest in the world, Premier | fual on J. Ramsay MacWOnald admitted in the # House of Commons in reply to a stateâ€" Less No“‘? and P lenty ment to that effect by Capt, Harold| Room in New Flying Balfour. France is first. ' Boats Ithasbeenestirmtodhemflntme, hn e ce \ dn â€" m First Line Total Strength, Frince ;.%...,... 1,650 8, Russia :......... 1,400 ao United States ... 1,050 24 Ttaly ........¢.}. 1,050 1,} Britain ....:..... 850 1,4 Japan ... 800 to 1,000 1 C sia Second to France In Military Air Strength Up in Quebce arried a pedometer she took four milâ€" Miss James‘s shoes her legs therefore Mile Walk , a New Zealand 2,300 1,507 1,434 1,9839 S Acti matrns +A I London.â€"The motorâ€"vessel, _ Port Chalmers, â€" the first ship specially ’equlpped to carry fresh meat from New Zea‘and and Australia to the United Kingdom on a commercial Scale, left King George V. Docks, Carning Town, E.. on her miiden voyage out ‘recently, She is the first of nine ships ordereq for the New Zealand food trade which wilt carty fruit as well as immense quantitieg of meats and dairy produce f _ Sydney, Ausralia.â€"Austra‘ia‘s "As class radio stations do not sell time for advertising, but are supported entirely by the licence fees paid by owners of sets, â€" ‘The syitem is now well established and neither governâ€" ment nor people wou‘d tolerate any change. With a population of only six and a half million, there now are 514,287 licences in force, and in Noâ€" vember the new licences total‘ed 12,380. I No Adve&hin; On â€" 7 Australian Radi ('hicago.-â€"~Young w plating matrimony will in knowing that a Chic held that an engageme a Bift, and must be r4 marriage ceremony is 3 Must Rett'nrn_Ring Premier Henry as cation, gave instruc book, Every pub‘i tario will receive a Toronto.â€"The Ontario Department of Education announced recently that it would purchase for distribution in Ontario public schools 5,000 copies of Beverley Nichols‘ "Cry Havoc," a de nunciation of war, _ The author was educated in England. 1 Schools to get Anti-War Book vB7 7O Ner Dusinses. ‘The decree was granted in Manmhatian Supreme Court ear‘ly this month, the paper says, "Elizabeth Arden" was origina‘ly Plorence Nightingale Graham, born in Englang and educate? in Canada. y known beauty specialist, has obâ€" tained a legal separation from Thomas J. Lewis, for 15 years her husband and for 12 years the wholesale manâ€" ager of her businses. ‘The decree was granted in Manmhatian Supreme Court #arly this mamnth i s Cl o en BP New York.-'rheâ€"u that Elizabeth Arden ly known begauty sne Elizabeth Arden Gets Recently the Finnish War â€" Office ordered 13 aerop‘anes from the Fokâ€" ker Works in Holland. _ These were of the Fokker CV.E,. type equipped with Bristol Pegasus engines. New Motor Meat S The type most suii;al requirements is stated tol Bulldog. Helsingfors. â€" Orders for 11 new aeroplanes are short‘y to be placed by the Finnish War Office, and newsâ€" papers in Helsingfors state that the orders will go to Britain, The type most suitable for Finland‘s uviecstucconls - 1 F inlgnd Buyiné British ‘Planes Gallup, NM.â€"The end of the world, ’h near, say the Navajo medicine men, | because two pairs of twins have been born to Navajo women in two days.‘ Navajo medicine men believe a‘1 chilâ€"‘ dren must be born before the end of ; time, explained Dr. R. H. Pousma, sup» , erintendent of Rehoboth Navajo Misâ€" sion Hospital. _ Twins are rare in tribe, only five pairs, including these two, having been born in the last six years. Now Believe thermometers, oil pressure gauges, a watch, and radiator shutter comroh.! Dividing the wardroom from the men‘s quarters is a watertight bulk-l head, fitted with a swing door, Tht by Lewis Ho;'»ll“tor‘recov of a ring given his girl friend allegedly broke The engagement | with metal tubular supports is slung , from the frames overhead when needâ€" ed; when not in use it can be stored away under the starboard berth,. ' Watertight Bulkhead The wardroom is insulated against excessive noise. Hinged electric fans at the side ports provide ventilation when the boat is anchored. There is plenty of room; when berths and table are stowed away the clear space measures seven feet in length and breadth and six feet in height, At the rear of the room is the engineer‘s | station, equipped with oil and water | ~Amidships, for example, is the offiâ€" cers‘ quarters or wardroom, _ This is equipped with a hinged pneumatic settee berth on either side which forms seats by day, or can be folded up to give ample floor space, Each berth is fitted â€" with lifeâ€"lines and cou‘d be used as a raft in emergency. Behind the berths are lockers for kit and canteens for food and crockery. A detachable hanging mahogany table Comfort Grows ‘Less Progress in | For Air Crews Human Thought in Less Noise and Plenty of Women Than in Men London, Eng.â€"Comfort has receivâ€" ed considerable attention in the later built big passenger ‘planes. Staff accommodation in the new "Porth" class flying boats, in the Mediterranâ€" ean service, has earned many admirâ€" ing comments. ® menry as Minister of Eduâ€" ave instructions to buy the tvery pubic school in Onâ€" If Enga;ement Off the Finnish War Office aerop‘anes from the Fokâ€" in Hollgnd. These were lons do not sell time but are supported licence fees paid by The system is now and neither governâ€" > wou‘d tolerate any a population of only Of World is Legal Separation a copy a& commercial "ge V. Docks, on her maiden She is the first for the New women Daily News says m, lnternatlonlL' esnt uin s 2 L not to be the Bris Ship j Bi!‘is_\:g‘Dl_nger' from Kiss Pas! treatments physicians danger, him, Lewers Memhpis, Teun who gave her hy as he lay dying of ly out of danger disease, died early in bit him a me by combunlldx} l;n ;I‘;e of automobiles. _ P0Usn Guiana, Britain‘s only colony in South America, may â€" contribute largely to m reduction in deaths caused by carbon monoxide gas, disâ€" charged from automobile exhausts. Foliowing experiments made by Dr. John Harger at Liverpool University, England, the West India Committee supplied the research department with quantities of bauxite, for which Briâ€" tish Guiana is famous. It is proposed _to use bauxite to absorh the monoxide Coal mining, said the state, is no job for & woman. â€" Besides, there‘s Before his State authorities told Ida Mae Stull, 34, who has worked in coal mines ever since she can remember, that she must go back to washing dishes, cooking and sewing. in London Tram Lines London.â€"Trolley buses will take the place of street cars or trams in several London suburbs when the Lonâ€" 'don Passenger Transport Board is given powers by Parliament to make !the change, a bill covering the proâ€" | posed change having been drafted for | presentation to Parliament. Cadiz, O.â€"Ohio‘s "Amazon of the pits," the state‘s only woman coal miner, was ordered back to her kitchen recent‘v. The board‘s plan ;is to replace gradually the ol&@r and least efficient trammay services of outer London by trolley services, while retaining the more efficient trams until they become obsolete. Woman Coal Miner British Guiana When she observed her 80th birth day on May 4, 1930, hundreds of mes sages and editorials paid her tribute She was a pioneer in the movement to provide sanitary and comfortable working conditions for laborers and to teach domestic sicence in German schools. For years her cookbook was a classic. Berlinâ€"Hedwig Heyl, known as Germany‘s "Hindenburg of the kitâ€" chen," died of the infirmities of old age recently, She was 83. Her role in public life was especially unusual in view of the belief, sponsored by Emâ€" peror Wilhelm, that woman‘s realm consisted of the three K‘s, kinder, kirche and kueche (children, church and kitchen). _ _Eustace Brock, president of the Symphony Orchestra, has received notice the concerts will not be per mitted after Sunday, Feb, 4. No rea son for the order was given in the notification, but Mr. Major stated to day the orchestra, in charging admis sion for the concerts was violating the Lord‘s Day Act. "Hindenburg of Kitchen"‘ _ __â€"â€"â€" Dies in Germany Winnipeg.â€"Sunday concerts given h-y the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra have been banned by order of Hon. W. J. Major, K.C., Attorneyâ€"General, it was learned. Sunday Orchestrals Jeisure, Dean Goodrich said, is not enough, adding that knowledge and experience are demanded if women are to work with men. "To work through them projects us back to the sheltered life of the Victorian era " MIpPis, Fenn:â€"Mrs, C E. Ross, ave her husband one last kiss Ay dying of rabies, is apparent of danger of eontracting the Any in January, A Stray &op 1 & month before. @ his death, Mrs. Ross kissed Her daughter, Mrs H. w , did likewige, have pomminbe® a coln. _ j Schools [ New Haven, Conn.â€"Dean Annic W, Goodrich of the Yale School of Nursâ€" | ing says that retardation in progress of human thought is probably greater on the part of women than of men. Speaking before the representatives of 21 colleges and universities gathored for the first annual meeting of the association of vollegiate schools of nursing, she said that this condition can "reasonably ne ascribed to the reâ€" cent emergence of women into the lile currents as expressed in occupational, professional and educational li{e." "It is our belief," she continued, "that when women are as well versed as are men in the demands of the busiâ€" ness of life we can look for greator advance. The strength of women lies in their womanhood and they should have the vision to see how fundamenâ€" tal is its contribution to the race, nor seek to follow in the steps of men." Dena of Yale School of Nursâ€" ing Speaks Before Annual Meeting Collegiate Government fieet steward ‘e completed a series o to prevent rabies, ant say, that. they are out o 4% Are to Be Made Deadly Gas Peril Banned From Pit rh the monoxide exbhaust chamber She said A wife who is is liable to skip. 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