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Rural Areas Keep Cities Populated 0mm Minister of Agriculture Dev-n Say: Urban Strength Depends on Country Urban civilization would deterior- uto were it not tor a coolant in. ttua of rural people to the cities, Mon. P. M. Devan. Ontario Minister of Agriculture. declared in In ad. wens to Blenheim Rotarians and Btrme" last week. "Ht in important that we retain I happy population" the farm min- ister maintained. in Ontario " per cent. ot the people live in the country and 61 per cent. in the cities. Figures show that ten in. dividuais leaving a rural district and going into a city beget seven. This seven beget five and the fire beget three. “The answer Is obvious, It there were not a constant migration to the cities. the population ot a city would decrease." "Because we have a higher start. dard ot living we are using up our 'rotit from the tarm in ways which did not draw on our nurses of form. er years," the tarm chlel said. "Bat I do not want to imply that 1 am finding fault with this. " anyone is entitihd to a higher standard of living it is the larmer." Dr. Hialmar S-hacht. president of the German Reichsbank, paid n "private visit to the governor of tho Rank of England," and pre- sented Cermany's terms for allow- ine Java to have he Reich. It is reported he teyeived the cold should; r. The Religion Of Voodooism Natives of Jamaica Not Only Have the Quick and the Dead But "Zombies" Zorn Null ”vision. of New York, who mm to Haiti and Jamaica on a Guggvnheim fellowship to learn about Voodoo. has discovered that ttatNos more not only hare the quick and the dead, but also Zom- MRS. The Zombies are bodies without souls. the living dead. In Voodoo. ism they Duct: were dead and were called back to "to again. Miss Hur. Iton said a reputed Zombi was once pointed out w her and she photo. graphed "it." Miss llux'smn spent two years with high priests of the black cult, took pictures ot their Mood sacri- "ees. and out ot their talk. legends and savage rites she assembled notes which form the basis ot her writings. "Voodoo," she writes. "is a relig- ion ot creation and life. It is the worship of the sun. the water and other natural forces. bat the sym- bolism is no better understood than that ot other religions and conse- quently ts taken too literally." Miss llurston explains that in Haitian Voodoo, more are two clas- ses of deities. the Rada or Arada and the Petra, The Rada gods are the "good" gods. and are said to have originated in Dahomey. The Petro gods. of Congo origin, are terrible and wicked, according to was Hurston. but can do good things. They give big doses ot medi- cine. and "ect quick cum. Current Events Influence Hats one way in which women are keeping up with the times is en- tirely their own. Milllnery has [one political. The seal ot fame hss been set upon Chamberlain, Daladier and Mussolini by millin- ers. Smart winter hats are appear- ing in London in their honor and named after them. The Chnrntterlairt model is n smsll toque softly draped with long. curled ostrich (anthers. The handler version Is very French and chic. made In crushed felt. tip. ping low over the brow, sud tlttiste ed with two smart leathers. The hat named snot Insulin! Is I to” of the hats worrby the " viii holding cocked up " the tides with feathers ettrlhtg down towards tho Nee. He Juggle: German Finances HAPPY NEW YEAR: We are no pessimist by nature, but the out. look tor Canada in 1939 doestt't ex. actly cause our spirit to rise up and cheer the incoming New Year with unqualitied enthusiasm. A million people on re1lat; 400,000 young peo. ple without jobs in a land ot plen- if; Ill-feeling and tton-co-operation between governments'., - _ What's to be thankful for? one might ask. Lots. For these thlngs. that we really have a wonderful country. of boundless potentialit- ies; that we still are a tree people; tutti that it is possible to turn Ott' backs on our mistakes and start anew. "e'-""-- SPREAD IT ON THICK: Canad- ians are being asked by he Nation- al Dairy Council, please. please to put more butter on their bread. and to slap it thick in the pan when frying things. Use it up tor good- ness sake, because the country's butter surplus has reached unpre- cedented proportions. "This has been a year of abund- ance in hatter production in Can- ada. United States. and in almost all butter-producing countries the entire world over." says Mr. A, C. Fraser, Secretary ot the Council. "We have in Canada. as they have in the United States and Britain. larger stocks than we ordinarily re. quire. in Canada we have upward of 15.000.000 pounds we would like to remove from the country it we could tind a buyer. The buyer is not available. It our '.t,600,000.odd families in Canada would cook with butter this winter . our situation would be rectified by spring." WHO KILLED HIM?: Something that the newspapers on this contin- ont haven't {can red very big Is tho story mummxin: from London. Eng. land. Hunt the German Government out haven't tenured very big Is tho slow Humming from London. Eng. land. that the German Government aturtuped {or the killing of their own (-mhag-zsy official at Paris. von Ruth. whose death was the signal for the outbreak of terrific pogroms against Jews inside Germany. (Young Polish Jew Grynszpan was merely the catspaw. the story goes). The Paris secret police de- clare there is no doubt whatever that the German government plan- ned it all. In London. even the pro- Nazi daily. The Observer, concedes that the possibility ot a deeplaid German plot is interesting to say tIto. First. THE WEEA'8 QUESTION: Just “hut i< the significance ot the Uk. raine in today's news? Answer.' This rich piece of territory extend. ing (H'l'OSS south European Russia, pastorn Poland and eastern Czecho. slovakia is the objective of Hitler's "Drive to the East". to obtain pos- session of which he first had to re- duce Czechoslovakia to a state ot poworlrsssnesr, now must make it possible to march through Raman. ia. The Russian part ot the Ukraine is a vitally important unit of the Soviet economic system. including the black earth bolt. the great coal- fiolds or Donetz. tho irontield of Krivoi Rog. the important indust- rial rentros of Kiev and Kharkov; the grout electrical generating sta. tion ot Dnvipvostroi; ports on the Black Sea. The Ukraine contains so per cont. of the coal in Russia, 70 per cent. of the iron, 95 per cent. ot the manganese. and the greater portion of the wheat, copper. gold and othor minerals Germany would like to have. Preparing For Arctic Circle Hudson Bay Trainingn School Quntifies Young Men for Posts in Far North Foul teen young men are attend- ing the Hudson's Bay Company's fur trzuh- training school at Win.. nipeg preparing: for tests they must mus to qualify themselves as assistants in various trading posts as far north as the Arctic Circle. In nine weeks they are required to learn the rudiments of fur grad- ing, merchandising. post account- ing, first aid, wireless telegraphy, radio mechanics and carpentry. Because they Ire bachelors, they must also learn to do their own cooking. Necessary Versatility Such versatility is necessary, said R. H. G. Bonnyeastle, acting personnel manager for the com- pany. r---.v- "Many of our men are entirely on their own resources. They can't go to the t:orner.store for a chop for their dinner, or call a man to repair the outboard motor. Vet; often there's no doctor near by and our man is called upon to render first aid to natives who hive met with an accident." "Sixty per rent. of our post managers are married men. Their wives like stylish clothes and the native women are great imitators. We sell silk stockings and lingerie to the women and polo shirts and ihtrtrttls to the men. it isn't a use of a sunset-striped blanket " te. my mo By Elizabeth Eedy News Parade Lone White Man Rules 9 Islands Eight Degrees South of the Equator A British Adminis- trative Officer. ls In Charge of 4,300 Subjects It you look at a map of the Pacifie Ocean, somewhere near the meridian of 180 degrees, "where time ceases to be," and about eight degrees south of the Equa- tor, you will see the Ellice Islands marked thereon. There are nine islands in the group of Coral atolls --Nanumea, Nanumaga. Niutao, Nui, Vaitupu, Nukutetau, Funafu- ti, Nukulaelae and Nurukita, all quite unpronounceablc to English folk. Mail Thrice a Year But this little kingdom of 4,300 South Sea Islanders, remote, iso- lated and far removed from the world's activities, is ruled by one white man, Mr. Donald G. Ken- nedy, the British Administrative Officer. He is the only white man there, and he says that he speaks English so seldom that he finds difficulty in becoming fluent again on returning to civilization. Mr. Kennedy has under his care the entire population of 4,300 scattered over the nine islands. The mail boat calls three times a year, when he has a chance to talk with the captain. Once a year, a naval sloop from New Zealand looks in. This is Mr. Kennedy's great occasion. Went to the Old Country From Canada for Christmas-The Dominion', Birds Are Rated Tops More Canadian chickens graced the Christmas tables of British householders this year, but Can- adian turkeys were fewer' in num- ber in the British Christmas trade than a year ago. More Chickens Fewer Turkeys Total About Same The total amount of Canadian poultry shipped to the United Kingdom for the Christmas trade is about the same as a year ago, approximately 500,000 pounds. Turkeys shipped numbered 20,428 against 24,624 last year, but 80.- 628 chickens were shipped com- pared with 52.24; a year ago. Fewer ducks were shipped this year-4/200 against 17,000 and the goose about the same at 4,400. All Canadian poultry exported must be inspected and graded by Department of Agriculture inspec- tors and because of its high qual- ity the Canadian turkey and other fowl have made a place for them- selves on the British market. They command a premium over other imported birds. Madly From West Due probably to the prolonged drought and a shortage of grain for feeding, the turkey crop in the Prairie Provinces was smaller than a year ago and chickens were also fewer. Want Democracy? Then Work For It Rt. Hon. Margaret Bondfield, Former British Cabinet Min. inter, Visiting Canada, De. plqres "ui-Faire" Atti- Rt. Hon. Margaret Bondfield, former Labor Minister in the Brit- ish cabinet, urged women of Can- ada to choose honestly between democracy and totalitarianism. She declared if they earnestly de- sire democracy they must work for it. Speaking at a meeting of the Women's Canadian Club, Toronto, the first Woman Privy Councillor deplored the "Laisserfaire" atti- tude which allows people to think one way and act another. She told her listeners "80 per cent. of the Japanese war materials are com- ing from this eontinent--.Yet your sympathies are with China". WONDERLAND OF oz "Do sou make I" of the - dolls?" inquired Dorothy. "Yes," re- plied Mlsa Uuttenelip. “I cut them out with my scissors And paint the faces and some of the costumes. It is very pleasant work and I am happy in maklng my - vlllage grow." "But how do the paper dolls happen to be vulva?” asked Aunt Em. "The ttrat dolls made were not olive," replied the little queen. “I'll loll you all about It." L -----' J -" I 7 “A”. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Secretary W. A. Hewitt, of the O.H.A., along with other hockey officials, assisted the N.O.H.A. in the grand opening of the new rink in Sehumaehev, Ont. Bill Grant is back in the Good- year’s line-up after being out three weeks with a broken toe. Goodyears have lost Teddy Man. oryk foe at least three weeks; he is out with a broken arm suffered during the exhibition game with Toronto Varsity. Regina Tisdall, of 0shawa's G. M. men ran into a broken nose in- jury during one of the many scrambles in their' tie game with Goodyears. Referee Gordon "Preef" McKay of Hamilton, wan into a cut lip over in Niagara Falls. Two stitch- es were necessary to close the wound. Army Armstrong, of Oshawa, has handled two games in Toronto and made a fine impression on each occasion. St. Catharines will be without Roust, their. centre-star, for sev- eral weeks. He is suffering from a spine injury. __ Brantford Indians make the Eastern Hockey League tour op- ening in Baltimore on Wednesday, January 4. They play in Hershey and Atlantic City on Thursday and Friday nights and then meet the New York Rovers in Madison Square Gardens on the Sunday af- ternoon. Coach Leo Reise will take along about 16 players for the test. Sherbrooke's failure to accept the C.A.H.A. invitation paved the way for Brantford's chance to travel. Here's hoping they have better luck on the trip than did Goodyears. Caves In Arctic Yield Evidence Of Ancient Life Discovery in Canada’s North- west Hinterland Leads to Be- lief Primitive Men Migrant! There from Asia The discovery of large mountain caves in Canada's Northwest hinterland, believed to contain evidence of habitation by primitive man thought to have migrated from Asia thousands of years ago, was reported at Edmonton last week by Dr. Wesley L Bliss, an American archaeologist. After a five-month expediuon in the Northwest Territory, Dr. Bliss said his findings add strength to a widely-accepted theory that Ameriea's first inhabitants reach- Mcmel, object of German nmbitions to expand along the Baltic, once again takes the news spotlight following the smashing pro-Nazi victory in the Diet election in Memel territory. Kaunas, capital of Lithuania. and Kaunas province were put under a state of emer- gency. What lies in store for Memel territory, taken from Germany after the world war and handed to Lithuania, is uncertain. ri",c,"i,TGT'ri7fhoaieo-r"8tit,1't.re "t used to live near the cutie of u great cox-cerea- named Gllndn the Good, and she an my dolls and said they were very pretty. I told her I thought I would like them bet- ter it they were all" and the next day the sorcereu brought me a lot of magic paper. 'Tttie in live paper.‘ she said, 'and all the dolls you cut out of it wilt be ablo to think and talk. When you have "led it all up come to me mad I will Rive you MON": .. od the continent across the Bering Straits either before or after glaciers swept over this continent. Location Still u Secret The archaeologist said that the exact location of the mountain caves would remain a secret until he returns to them next year to make a more thorough examina- tion. Valuable relics found by the expedition in caves and other formations will be shipped to the University of New Mexico. They include roughly-chipped stone weapons and cooking utensils and a precious fragment of an aged basket weave. Elephant's Tooth Found Dr. Bliss found a preserved elephant tooth on the rim of the Arctic Ocean. He said elephants and other mammoth animals un- doubtedly roamed that region at one time. Farm Relief Agriculture Minister Gardiner hes indicated Dominion Govern- ment expenditures for rural relief in the Prairie Provinces this year might not exceed S0.000.000. This compared with $26,000,000 a year ago. Better Crops the Reason The improvement is due to net- ter crops and a resulting de;rcasc in the areas of total crop failure in which the Dominion pays 100 per cent. of relief costs. Pyae. tically all the outlay this year will be in Saskatchewan, as little as- sistance will be required by Mani- tobn and Alberta. , In municipalities which have had an average wheat yield of less than five bushels an acre for sue- cessive years the Dominion as- sumes the whole mat of farm re. lief. In other areas with ebtter average crops but still in need of relief the costs are shared be. tween the Dominion, the province and the municipality. Narrow Room The long narrow living room is not an easy room to make home. like and every effort should be made to do away with that long look. Instead of using rugs in this type room you will find it will in- crease the width to carpet the room to the baseboard. Then cut across one of the narrow ends by putting your davenport crosswise with a table in back of it. Cue. ful planning of the furniture can do much to get rid of that long narrow appearance. Excessive summer heat is now blamed for the death of fish in some rivers of Germany. Cost Falling Needs Carpet "Ot course I was delighted with this present," continued In:- Cut- tenclip. “but the doll: I made wen Bo thin that I found an! breele would blow them over tn lent-r them dreadfully. Bo ' built I wail around the yin. to keep tho wind out, and tad no to build a paper village here Ind to be its queen. That II why I tuned the village which you now us. It “'II many you: .30 that I built the am house and I’ve kept very busy and made my village grow." Kings Liable To Nicknames Not even kings are immune from nicknames. sud. history providel 1 great many esiunp1es-tmkind u well " flattering. The varioul Kings Charles, especially of France seem to have been particularly liable, and lead the way in the ray- al nickname parade. There was Charles the Bald, son ot the second wife ot Louis the Kind; Charles the Simple, son of Louis the Stammerer; Charles the Handsome. son ot Philip the Hand. some: and Charles the Wise. who was fond of books, rather a rare distinction in his day. He inherited the library of twenty volumes which had satisfied the literary yearning; of his father. but left. at his death in 1380. some 'ooo. pret- ty well all there were then. Charles the Fat was King of Swa. Ma and Italy. Charles the Bad mis- governed Navarre. Charles the Bold reigned over Burgundy, and Charles the Warrior over Savoy. In one month recently Bombay, India, imported 9,810,548 yards of cotton piece goods. LIFE’S LIKE THAT dry Provides Many nmput,, Stsme An Most l l tjntiattering "Many yearn "gut" oxelulmod Aum Fan. "Why how old are .vou thud I' "I - keep track of the treurr," an [In Column-lip. laughing. "You Ice. t don't now up " all. I Jun luv tho “me an I won whon I am can. to”. Form" tut on" than even you In. madam. but I woutdn't uy tor lure." They lucked u! the lowly um. gm wonderinmy and the Wlurd ttsited: "What mum-n- mi Your pun-r vlanee when n r: In?" THEY WEAR BIG HATS There are lots of people in this world we can see through. But we never get them m front of u: at the mories---Montreal Star. .r.. THAT CERTAIN _UNITY Fiiifaiiu who any there " luck of unity in Canada are not whnlly correct. They overlook the fact {5318" " agreed some- thing Md be done about it.-- Toronto Slturdly Night. NO LULL A. . Clnldiln politics is never with- out a certain liveliness. No sooner in the rift in the Ontario Conserva- tive lute mended than Federal and Provincial Liberal lenders begin to exchange fraternal atttenitivc. laid“ Free Press. WILD LIFE IN THE NORTH Yes, there is still plenty of wild life in the Northland. A train of the Hudson Bay Railway was held up for hours by a herd of 10,000 caribou which moved arm» the line in front of the locomotive Brockville Recorder and Times NO ONE TO BLAME Coroner's juries perform . very useful service to the state by in- vestigating the circumstances lead- ing up to fatalities of one sort and another, and more particularly with respect to motm avcidents on railway level etossings. liut not infrequently they bring, in the for- mal verdict, "No one was to blame". We have no quarrel with such a verdict. But in nine times out of ten the man who is to blame is the driver of the car whose foul ending is the subject of the inquiry-Guelph Mercury. TO STOP BRAIN EXPORT The only way to stop or [(-siier the drain (on Canadian brains tn the United Stltes) is by providing greater' inducements here fol young Canadians with ability u that they need not go abroad, That can be done by greater sup port for research, by better re muncration for those doing vahr abl: work in the teehnical branelr es of the public service, and bet ter rcmunemtion for those on gaged in higher education. Th, nationa' gain from consistent " hcrence to truth I pllicy wouh far outweigh the additional and which would rally not he vor; zveut.--Winnipeg Free Press. Morocco has [ahead the makin or importation of (Is mask, und, government control. By L. Frank Baum , l By Fred Nehe ith. In Norwa.x hum the same as in 19: with North-m lo h Caecltoslovak.:a. sin of 6 nor cow. Form In otttor Coutitt"tv,c, States, 15; lrv~land Jinn and Peru, 4; New humid. 8; II tr; Hungary. 13 hinterland, It; H my. 10; human "rt. (Bela-Ade). My. 20; Pottutt Cult. M. 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