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| Du t} FP:x~enco Cycle Nearizg Its Peak ard Ra"io Interference Will Neach He‘sht Kenneth Donnelly, of Sharbot Lake, Ont.. 14, slept with closed eyes Christmas Eve for the first time since he was ten months old when he sufâ€" fered burns which left one arm pracâ€" ticaily useless, disfigvred his face and scorched off his eyelids. A month ago he was taken to Kingâ€" ston where Dr. L. Noble Armstrong, eye specialist, and Dr. Stuart Houston, plastic surgeon, took diamondâ€"shaped pieces of skin from two to three inâ€" ches in size from his log and grafted them onto his eyelids. t Drought is causing the rationing of water in parts of South Africa. ty tists thought heights, perha 155 in 1730. Kenneth Donnelly, c Ont.. 14, slept wit Christmas Eve for the Kenneth can now open his eyes only slightly as the muscles are at the stage of development reached when he was ten months old. New Eyelids Grafted After Face Scorched H HALFâ€"STARVED CANADIANS: â€"â€" wing the past couple of years, the itish public has been waking up to e fact that a great proportion of »â€" population are undernourished, at if Great Britain doesn‘t watch t, she will shortly become a C3 na m. The national physique is deterâ€" rating through lack of the proper ‘aminâ€"carrying foods. Reason given that the aboveâ€"mentioned articles diet are too expensive for the lowâ€" SOFT PEDAL: ‘I cramerce Studies Surssot Problem Highlights of the Week‘s News . . . Commentary on the Frems Fakacle if h it who generally ome group but tabie from the oil, the number clow the $800 rce. There is a nc of families ) and $809 a ‘y and nineâ€" t so rapidly many scienâ€" to extreme 1e record of The Ma 1y ecoming he spots ved and hundred t to the h anios. phone ins. it 13 ha rcad t it Th ind xt P Ir€ T k t1 it ANOTHER DICTATORSHIP: As a result of a vote impasse in the Kingâ€" dom of Rumania whereby Premier Taterescu and his Cabinet found it necessary to resign, King Carol II may take it upon himself to act as Royal dictator with a proâ€"Fascist govâ€" ernment under him, Another dictatorâ€" ship, another Fascist State in Europe! "Why should Canada be the only one of the Dominions without a flag of her own*"* Lancashire asked the question â€"and mantfactured a Red Ensign with the Canadian coatâ€"ofâ€"arms on it. This is quite unofficial but many Canâ€" adians seem to like it. They call it "our Lancashire flag," and it has been flown a good deal. London "Answers" comes back with a smart one: _ "What Lancashire weaves today Canada waves tomorâ€" is war, so it was a hard course for the diplomats to steerâ€"between the two extremes. This week the Japanese came out in praise of the peaceful settlement of the Panay crisis which demonstratâ€" ed, they said, the ability of "two civilâ€" ized nations to solve their problems in a clyilized way." UNOFFICIAL FLAG: â€" Lancashire, England, has asked the question: Machine Teaches Slower Readers The issue may never actually come to a head since, while timge is being consumed in preliminaries, the British birthâ€"rate is falling day by day and reâ€" lief of congestion by emigration is beâ€" coming less and less necessary. To Cowrprehend Whole Phrases at Once â€" Reading Is An Art V/khere Practice Makes Perfect A â€" machine to dovelop _ speed, rhythm and comprehension in readâ€" ers is employed at Washington Uniâ€" versity. The machine is rectangular, about a foot high, four feet wide and rests on legs three feet high. On the front is a device resembling a roll on a player piano, on which reading matâ€" ter is printed. The roll, controlled electrically, moves along at any deâ€" sired specd, displaying sections of sontences according to the reader‘s Luck charms sell well in New South Wales, where, it is estimated, nine persons out of ten in every walk of life carry them. your speed wholes, not words." Mending Hearts In Greek Fashion You have heard that a drop or two of perfume on your pillow at night will help to produce a good night‘s rest but did you hear that a Greek poet insisted that perfume had a more important function? The Greck ladies healed a broken heart by changing their perfume forâ€" mula, So if your newest beau seems hopelessly uncooperative, why not change your perfume just in case. Psychologists say that reading is an art in which practice makes perfect; that there is a correlation between fast reading and good reading, and those who read most are likely to be the most comprehensive readers. The average reader covers 200 to 00 words a minute. ) W l cation of the law of relative imâ€" rtance. Be selective and read for o broadost meanings at first, If you 11 focus attention on the more meanâ€" »ful words, your reading span beâ€" mes wider, thus increasing both ur speed and comprehension. Read 10les, not parts. Read sentences, not COLD TO MICGRATION®": Domin s Secretary Malcolm â€" MacDonal« + oweek told the British House 0 If it tit notch and the pupils speed is tally developed. In a Definite Rhythm \you are a skillful reader, your move in a definite rhythm," Dr. hen (C. (iribble, of the department lucation in charge of the clinic 1e university, said: "They move Iy across the line, stopping about same number of times in each takin@ in about the same number paces at each fixation and withâ€" novin® back along the line to reâ€" t ordinary reading It has been ned that a person should need hree stops per line. Read Wholes Not Parts first law of reading is the apâ€" + machine ticks off words, and then whole lines the readâ€" into the rhythm habit. When er becomes accustomed to the ( the machine it is stepped tch and the pupil‘s speed is by Peter Randal the Brit the tim we still have no ofi Canadian, flag. ) €0â€"0 â€"operate with â€" encouraging rn farmlands is n erat t of Doctors Would Nationalize _ Medical Research Support of Public and Governâ€" ment Is Being Sought For Reâ€" search Workâ€"Wish to Combat Carcer on Wide Scale. Canadian medicine plans to put on its longâ€"range fight against cancer and other baffiing diseases on a naâ€" tional basis. The attack will be through a national medical research council, designed to coâ€"ordinate mediâ€" cal and scientific effort against the enemies of public health. Advise Royal Commission Dr. T. C. Routley, general secretary of the Canadian Medical Association, has announced the C.M.A. would recâ€" ommend to the Rowell Commission on Dominionâ€"Provincial relations the forâ€" mation of the research body. A fayâ€" orable finding by the commission, the doctors feel, would resuit in governâ€" mental and public support, Under the proposal, medical reâ€" search into cancer which last year killed close to 12,000 Canadians would be placed in the hands of a branch of the present National Research Council. Other‘bnttllng maladies such an infantile paralysis would likewise come under the council‘s serutiny for study and experiment. A first step toward nationalizing medical research has already been takâ€" en with organization of a medical adâ€" visory committee of the research councit. The Canadian Medical Assoâ€" clation is represented on the commitâ€" tee by its president, Dr. T. H. Legâ€" gett of Ottawa. Commander J. R. Poland salutes the Grenadier Guards, as the nowed British regiment enters the City of London, colors flying and bayonets fixed, acâ€" cording to the tradition that grants the regiment this privilege, The unit will serve at the Tower of Lemdon. RUGGED BEAUTY is the keyâ€" note of the newly styled Ford Vâ€"8 trucks and commercial cars for 1938. Leaders in the two lines are pictured above. (Top) The de luxe twoâ€"ton heavy duty truck with the 157â€"inch wheelbase and powered with the 95 horsepower Vâ€"8 engine. It is shown with a stake body. (Lower photo) The de luxe panel delivery, aristocrat of the new comâ€" mercial cars. It is built on the 112â€"inch wheelbase commercial chassis and is powered with the 85 horsepower Vâ€"8 engine. 1938 Ford Vâ€"8 Trucks, Commercial Cars As Grenadiers Enter City of London ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Knights of the Garter, the most distinguished _ Order in the world, must wear some part of their insigâ€" nia alwaysâ€"night and day, The Cansdian Medical Association, in line with its fourâ€"point cancer comâ€" paign, is organizing also a Canadian Society for the Control of Cancer unâ€" der which both lay and medical forces will be mobilized. The association last March was made the beneficiary of an annual $14,000 grant from the King (ieorge V Silver Jubilee Cancer Fund, contributed in a national campaign in 1935. Provinces Must Coâ€"operate No one province can conduct the health education and research necesâ€" sary to combat cancer, which took 500 more lives last year than in the preâ€" vious year, the Rowell Commission will be told. 2â€"Improve cancer work in hospitals and existing research centres, 3â€"Collect statistics for clinical re search. 4â€"Conduct a public campaign to reâ€" move cancer phobla or fear among the general public and to enlighten them on the many helpful treatments now available, provided they are used early enough in the development of the discase. Fourâ€"Point Program It is pledged to: 1â€"Educational work within the medical profession. Introduced in the truck line tlus; year is the 134â€"inch wheelbase, which replaces the 131%4â€"inch wheelbase of previous years, availâ€" able again in standard and dump truck chassis. â€" De luxe trucks are continued and the rugged 157â€"inch wheelbase chassis with cab is again available. New treatment of the truck radiator grille gives the front end a more massive, impressive appearance. This effect is heightâ€" ened by long louvres extending horizontally along the sides of the hood, which is hinged at the cowl. o ce * @<v$’<‘x wl 2. Panel delivery, sedan delivery, light delivery and station wagon bodies are available on the 112â€"inch commercial chassis. The sedan deâ€" livery has the front end design of the standard passenger car and the station wagon the front end of the de luxe passenger car. The latter has safety glass windows all around which can be locked. More headâ€" room is provided in the cab and inâ€" teriors are fully lined with washable "art leather." Improved braking and easier steering are features of the new trucks and commercial cars. Canada‘s National Parks Picturized Two new motion picture films have recently been produced by the Naâ€" tlional Parks Bureau, Department of Mines and Resources, Ottawa. Bearâ€" ing the titles, "Colourful Days in Prince Albert National Park" and "Playgrounds of the Prairie," these films are fine examples of motion picâ€" ture photography, and bring to the screen the scenic, recreational, and wild iife features of the ~National Parks. "Colourful Days in Prince Alâ€" bert National Park" is a fifteenâ€"minâ€" ute visit to Prince Albert National Park in Saskatchewan, while "Playâ€" grounds of the Prairie" depicts the scenic beauty of Riding Movntain National Park in Manitoba. These films have been produced in natural colour, and are also available in black and white. 84 Subjects In Library As a publicity and educational medâ€" ium the National Parks Bureau operâ€" ates a motion picture library containâ€" ing a great variety of subjects desâ€" criptive of the magnificont scenery, reâ€" creational advantages, and wild life of the National Parks, The library conâ€" taings 84 subjects, comprising more than 1,300 prints, and all subjects are available in both 35mm. and 16mm. sizes. These films are lent to conâ€" servation societies, universities and schools, writers, lecturers and other organizations and individvals interestâ€" ed in wild life conservation and in making known the many attractions of Canada‘s national playgrounds. New Films Show Scenic, Recreaâ€" tional and Wild Life Feaâ€" tures of Our Parks New subjects are constantly being added to the National Parks film libâ€" rary, and the increasing demand for films reflects the growing interest in Canada‘s National Parks. Through the medium of motion pict&res the beauâ€" ties and attractions of these great recreational _ areas are becoming known throughout the whole world. National Parks films are now in cirâ€" culation in the United States, Great Britain, France, Austria, Czechoâ€"Sloâ€" vakia, Holland, Norway, India, Ausâ€" tralia, New Zealand, Hawaii, South Africa and the British West Indies, as well as throughout the Dominion of Canada. Woman Killed While Doctor Is At Door Mrs. Elien Barlow, aged 65, sat knitâ€" ting at the bedside of her T2â€"yearâ€" old husband, Henry, a farmer, of Longdale, near Sefton, England. A moment later Mr, Barlow heard a thud. He struggled out of bed and went downstairs. His wife was lying dead with a fracâ€" tured skull. He had to step over her body to open the door for the doctor. A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest. There was a knock at the door, and Mrs. Barlow put down her knitting to let the doctor in. Henry Barlow was seriously ill, and they were waiting for tho doctor to call. He was given a local anaesthetic, and while the two operating surgeons were busy with their knrives he gave them detailed instructions of what «they. were to do. Emilie furnished the major surprise of the month when she added one and oneâ€"quarter pounds to her weight to draw up on even terms with Annette for the first time since they were born, Annette, prior to this month, has alternated with Yvonne for the heavywoight title among the sisters. To Control All Shanchai BSHANGHAI â€" _ Japanese army claimed "in principle" this weekâ€"end, the right to extend provisions of its military law inato Shanghai‘s Internaâ€" tional Settliement and Fronch Concesâ€" sion, where thousands of Britons and other foreigners make their homes. It is dificult to say exactly when a person is a fullyfledged adult. Dr. Ales Hrdlicka of the Smithsonian Inâ€" stitution, says a man is not full grown at 25, and may not even be at 40. The process of growth continues almost to old age, he says, and may nover be complete. The arms, legs and body are known to grow long after manhood and womanhood are considered comâ€" plete. Women‘s feet grow more than men‘s after 25, and a man‘s chest grows till he is 40 or 50, When old age sets in, the chest and trunk ghrink and the legs shorten slightly. ‘The nose continues to lengthen throughout life in most people. A Doctor Directs His Own Operation A Fascist Rumania BUCHAREST â€" Octavian Goga, the leader of the Fascistâ€"inclined National Christian Party, has succeeded in the forming of a new Government which foreign observers predict will swing Rumania away from Europe‘s demoâ€" cratic powers toward the Romeâ€"Berlin Axis. 1. Close coâ€"operation with Fascist countrics. 2. Severance of relations with Rus sla. Quints Gain We‘ght CALLANDER â€" Possibly due to the huge Christmas dinner they ate, the Dionne quintuplets, now three years and seven months old, all registered weight cains during the past month, Dr, Allan Roy Dafoe, their physician, announced. The 36â€"yearâ€"old housewife was lying in the halilway of the St. Urbian St. home when her son, James, 14, returnâ€" ing from work, saw her sprawled body through the glass of the locked door. She was dead by the time a docâ€" tor had arrived. Unemployment Up OTTAWA, â€" Industrial employment in Canada dropped by 34441 persons during November, exceeding the ayâ€" erage for the poriod in the last 15 years although being smaller than in 1929 and 1930, the Dominion Burcau of Statistics reports. Goga was said to have told King Carol that he would not deviate from the National Christian Party program, which includes: 3. Adherance to the Berlin antiâ€"com munist pact. Husband and Wife Dead MONTREAL â€" HMHacked with an axe Mrs. Joseph Poz:sony was found dead in her home last weekâ€"end, and soon afterwards her husband‘s body was discovered hanging from a transom in an uppor room of the house. The Japanese army spokesman anâ€" nounced the claim, under which the troops could enter foreign areas still outside Japanese control and arrest and try ‘all porsons" susnectod . of crimes against Nippon‘s armed forces. DUBLIN â€" A black flag flew over the headquarters of Sinn Fein this week as the new Irish Free State conâ€" stitution came into effect â€"â€" a constiâ€" tution which, though it is called only "near ropublican," severs most of the remaining ties with Great Britain and brings the country close to the status of an independnent republic, Sinn Fein disapy tion because it did actual republic, w and threatened to tion toâ€"night "to m of citizens at the British Empire con, verts the ropublic : land‘s occupation o and port." The bureau r sonal contractio from 1,194,171 ti 1,159,727. The ¢ the 1926 average at November 1st 1st, while the s dex declined fro: When DRoes Man Pocome An Adult? Eightyâ€"twoâ€"yearâ€"old Dr. Jacob Schâ€" winn, of West Virginia, is recovering after directing an operation on himâ€" self. This stoic doctor, after the operaâ€" tion, insisted on dressing his own wound every day, and finally removed, without any assistance, the stitches that the surgcons had made. 4. Soizure of ail Jewishâ€"owned land News In Review New Irish Constitution tened to hold . ht "to mark th s at the enfore mpire constitutic ropublic and m: unation of Irela tion approved the constituâ€" did not provide for an with no ties at all, to hoid a demonstraâ€" ) mark the resentment he enforecment of a constitution which subâ€" % I‘l ported "a large seaâ€" ," at December ist, > preceding month to ude index based on as 100, fell from 125.2 to 121.6 at December asonally adjusted inâ€" M Thomas McDonald, as swimming at Byron‘s Bay Wales, when there was : of "shark", of the airline‘s of the latest ty five of which h: They are said 1 port planes bci lent progress 1 training of Can: forces to handl« installation of t ground . facilitic beon made by Transport in t landing fic!lds, 1 meteorolozical « able amount 6 nature | must, commercial ope Immediately afto searing pain along monster flashed pa kicked out and st the shark agiin sn The shark, a "grey nurse" about eight feet long, had previously | atâ€" tacked a man named Dening who was riding a surfâ€"ski. Dening drove it off with his paddle, but it came again and he raised the alarm. The shark then _ made _ towards McDonald‘s covsin, who frightened it away by kicking. After that, it attacked Mecâ€" Donald. Index Furnished by C. N. Railroad Earnings Poirts to a Good Year Ahead â€" 1937 Achievements Increased traffic on the Canadian National Railways, due to improved business conditions, this year has necessitated the acquisition of now equipment, both passonger and freight. During the year the following freight equipment was purchased:; 3,000 steel box cars; 400 gondola cars; 400 freight refrigerator cars; 200 automoâ€" bile cars; 49 Nat cars; 30 steol sand cars. Practically all of this cequipâ€" moent has been delivered, The balance will be delivered early in January, 8 Shark Attacks Boy Swimmer Off A Coast Is Victim of Nips immediately afterwards, he folt a searing pain along his side and t! monster flashed past him. MceDona‘!d kicked out and strupggled away, but the shark agiin snapped at him. Teeth Marks Found Breaking free, the boy was carried to the beach on a breaker, where two sets of teeth marks were found on his bodyâ€"one on the upper part of the chest and the other on the abdoâ€" moen. MceDonald is considered to be one of the luckiest youths in Australia, his wounds being only slight. Sharks, when they make such attacks, seldom release their target. 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