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Since American women entered the business world 100 years back, eccupations open to them have inâ€" creased from seven to 70 times that number, Carrie Chapman Catt told the League of Business and Professional Women. Record Storage Fleet Carries Grain Cargoes British Food For Whole Yearâ€"Ships Bri “Mov.e.Wbat and Other Neâ€" #. Will Voyage to Antarctica Great Britain does not fear starâ€" vation in the present war, accordâ€" ‘ng to government economic statigâ€" ticlans. 2 lower lake ports, carriers will » ready to report for grain [ they‘ve fulfilled ore contracts i Buffalo, Erie, Toledo and veland harbors will house the aze grain fleet and if weather i record storage fleet is expectâ€" o hold grain cargoes at lower e ports this season, due to conâ€" tion in elevators. The first ©k in November Fort William d Port Arthur elevators were ling 76.738,889 bushels of wheat 1 2583,809 bushels of barley, as ! as 218,000 bushels of flaxseed 1 714,182 bushels of rye. \pproximately 25 freighters ce been engaged to load storage in early this menth but efforts harter additional tornage have ved futile. A majority of the sols already under charter were ! up to load at upper lake ports ‘0‘d at Buffalo at six cents per on ) pe noes unfavorable some vessels load grain and winter at upâ€" ke norts. 10 dreodweights. This is 73 per t. higher than a year ago. And lings of wheat flour are nearly per cent, heavier. i addition, there is Britain‘s 1 harvest. lt is estimated at o _ than _ 30,000,000 _ hundredâ€" ghts, which is much greater i the harvest of 1914, taken at outbreak of the previous war. Quantities of Frozen Meat arge quantities of frozen meat n Australia, New Zealand, Braâ€" Uruguay and the Argentine are ed in London, Manchester, Birâ€" wham, Liverpool, Cardiff and tingham, apart from â€" canned is which have been placed in rve by leading manufacturers. n British farms the total liveâ€" k is greator than at any other Britain‘s Own Harvest ie full extent of tho governâ€" t stocks has not been revealed, in ports where wheat is storâ€" n slilos and granaries stocks known io exceed 11,600,000 .s. bear, recommussioned . S. Navy, is shown on a . using her 600â€"horsepowâ€" motlors, as she was tunâ€" efore being formally acâ€" y the navy. The Bear is loston on the long voyage ctica on the Byrd expeâ€" A total of 17,568,467 pedestriâ€" ans and passengers in vehicles erossed the Ontarioâ€"United States boundary during 1938 via faciliâ€" ties provided by international bridge, tunnel and ferry companâ€" Immigrants from the British Isles at 2544 showed an increase of 15.1 per cent. while the number from the United States rose by 1.3 per cent, to 3,410 from 3,365. Imâ€" migrants of other European races totalled 4,514 compared with 4,262. Of this class Jewish immigrants showed the largest increase, the toâ€" tal rising to 1,107 from 236. Entry of Sudeten Gormans, who left that section of Czechoâ€"Slovakia safter the German annexation, acâ€" counted for a 79.5 per cent. inâ€" crease in immigration from Northâ€" ern European races, who numberâ€" ed 1,556 compared with 867. The number of immigrants of German origin was 975 compared with 382 last year. 2 ho s Canada opened wider its doors to immigrants in the first six months of tho present fiscal year. Number of immigrants entering Canada totalled 12,024, an increase of 10,704 over the same period the previous fiscal year, the immigraâ€" tion department reports at Ottawa. Germany last week declared her main war aim to be the destrucâ€" tion of British supremacy in the world. But how could a nation, with its own worst enemy (Czechoâ€" Slovakiay curled right at its heart, hope to wage successful war for any period of time? Some politiâ€" cal observers gave the Nazi regime till next spring to collapse. The army high command were obviousâ€" ly on the outs with Nazi party chiefs, some reports even indicatâ€" ing that Hitler‘s generals had reâ€" fused to attempt an invasion of Holland. Was Hitler on the horns of a dilemma from which he could escape only by sacrificing himself? Were all the Nazi chickens comâ€" ing home to roost simultaneously? The mistakes of the past (Austria, Czechoâ€"Slovakia, Poland)â€"blockâ€" ing any decisive move? The next few weeks were expected to make clear to us the answer. Canada‘s Doors Opened Wider rested by Nazi police over one weekâ€"end, more than a hundred killed, school children carried off to eoncentration camps, colleges elosed indefinitely. The eurtsin was lifted last week on a reign of terror whose horâ€" ribleness the world had merely been eonjecturing since March of th‘s year. In the provinces of Boâ€" hemia and Moravia (Czechoâ€"Sloâ€" vakia), where demonstrations and riots sgainst the Germans have recently been occurring, 50,000 people were said to have been arâ€" ing in the path of neutral shipping in the war zone, too!: a heary toll of nonâ€"combatant lives, sank dozâ€" ens of ships, British, Dutch, Lithuâ€" anian, Japanese. Was it the Gerâ€" man intention to circle > British Isles with a chain of deacuy mines which would cut off the stream of supplics from overseas? The eleventh week of the war saw a sudden increase in disasters on the sea. Outlaw mines, driftâ€" Adol{: "Dear, dear! How queer everything is today. But if 1 am not myself, who am 1? Well, I‘m sure I‘m not Bismarck, for his hair was bristly and mine falls in a beautiful bang right over my left eye. And I can‘t be Napoâ€" leon, because he retreated from Moscow . . . Oh, dear! I wish I could get my thoughts straight." "‘Twas Danzig, ‘and the Swastiâ€" koves Did heil and hittle in the Reich . .. He took his Aryan horde in hand, Long time the Gestapo he taught ; Then rested he by the Baltic Sea And stood awhile in thought. And as a Polish oath they swore, The grabberwoch with eyes aflame Came goring down the Corridor And goebbeled as it came . . . "Adolf in Blunde the country by storm troduced by the BBC suspecting ears of rad wild satire on Lewis mortal classic supplie sary impetus towar emotional recovery, laughed again, Here‘s in part: "‘Twas Danzic "and uma " .0 ""Cy ‘C¢ Ucehn calling it "The Bore War." _ a tense populace, nerved to expect the worst in air raids, gas attacks, immediate]y upon the commenceâ€" ment of hostilities with Germany, has been experiencing one of the greatest mass boredoms in all hisâ€" tory. In the eleventh week of the war, however, signs were evident that Rritain‘s millions were beginâ€" ning to climb up from that letâ€" down feeling, and were realizing that life could be gay and amusing even on the brink of catastranha PARADE the brink of catastrophe. If in Blunderland" took ntry by storm. First in d by the BBC to the unâ€" ing ears of radio fans, this ire on Lewis Carroll‘s imâ€" classic supplied the necesâ€" England they‘ve been towards national Britain how it went TORONTO DAM BEAVER Pynamite is often called upon t« help defend the services of mankind against the overwhelming forees of Natur.e For insiance, this common substance was used recently to blow up a section of a beaver dam in the northeast corâ€" ner of Peterborough County after water had backed up and blocked the important boundary road on the Hastingsâ€"Peterborough line. According to Game Overseer J. J. Lyons, who broke the offending embaukment, there was more than 100 yards of roadway flooded by Mr. Beaver‘s playful construction worl. and the fow of water was spreading over nearby farms. The An expert handler of dynamite did the explosive work and made deep holes all over the shallow and nearly dried out Tatagwa Lake, so that greater quantities of water will gather there, especially in the spring, and thus be a stopâ€" ping off place for the ducks in their migration northward. Enough water is expected to be gathered in those dynamited holes ‘to last throuzhout the breeding season. MICKIE SAYSâ€" DUCKâ€"OUTS That wellâ€"known and active conâ€" servation organization, Ducks Unâ€" limited (Canada), "shot" the first of its "duckâ€"outs" recently at Taâ€" tagwa Lake near Weyburn, Sask., in a campaign that will make use of ordinary dynamite to do good work for ducks and conservation in general. This idea of digging duckâ€"outs for ducks is a new one in=this country, and should evenâ€" tually prove successful in biasting miles of ditches through western swamps and prairie country to make homes for the ducks. Col. George Vanier, Canadian minister in Paris, is shown, LEFT, greeting Sir Ronald Campbell, new British ambassador to France, upon his arrival in Paris. WHAT stAYS ME i$ TH‘ PORE wmAmMPus At GITS 4 SORE AT uS QVER NUTHIN Kilcit, GuT Cawt StoP 14 PaPeR T‘ GIT EVEN, S3ZQUT HE AINT A SuBSCRICER / 3 REG‘LAR FELLERSâ€"The Fashion Plate By VIC BAKER N TARIO UTDOORS The Ontario Hoc‘ey Association dates back to November 27, 1890, and the Queen‘s Hotel, Toronto, now the Royal York, was its birthâ€" place. The founders cf the O.H. A. were Hon. Arthur Stanley, son of a former Governor General of Carada, Judge Barron of Stratâ€" ford, and Harry Ward, M.P., from East Durham. Lt.â€"Col. A. M. Cosâ€" by of Toronto was the first Presiâ€" dent; Messrs Barron and Ward, Viceâ€"Presidents; C. R. Hamilton, of Toronto Victorias, Secretary; C. K. Temple, Toronto, Treasurer; and P. D. Ross, Ottawa, J. F. Smellie, Captain Evans, J. C. Garâ€" vin, William Hencrie, Jr., Hamilâ€" ton, A. F. D. MacGachen, Lindsay, and W. A. H. Kerr former the first Executive. The first Senior O.H.A. championship was won by the Ottawa club, with Toronto St. George‘s runnersâ€"up. For fif.y years the O.H.A. has been in existonce and has continuâ€" ously cperated a Senior series, No other sporting â€" organization â€" in Canzsda can eqval that record. FPerth Re New clubs acce A. membership by Commitiee follow: Intermediate "B"; Junicr "C"; ‘Port "C"; 100th Batter; termediate "B"; M Photos, Zunior "B" Industrial Leagve; rerth Regir ford. Inter: b0â€"0â€"0â€"4 6464 B4 40â€" 0004 6â€"4â€"4 0â€"6â€"6â€" New Clubs Accepted Hockey _ interest _ throughout Canada is going shead, with many new ¢lubs being formed. This speaks well fjor the spirit of sportsmen in "carrying on" for the enjoyment and physical wellâ€"being of our young men in time of war. New clubs accepied into O.H. | puck cHasERS| B 4â€"0â€"Gen t 4 41 C C c 4 0006 44 04â€" 464 been confer the fisheries tawa. T guage the production possibilâ€" Ities of the Dominion, Major Hugh Greon, of London, England, has been conforring with officials of the fisheries denertmest at Otâ€" Immense quantities of frozen fish are being purchased in Canâ€" ada and Newfoundland by British fish interests. An order is being placed for about 50,000,000 158. of fish in Newâ€" foundland and | British interests have authorized purchase of 100, 000,000 pounds of Canadian frozen fish immediately it is available. Canada and Newfoundland Are Supplying Immense Quantâ€" ity â€" 100,000,000 Pounds To Start With Britain Is Buying Frozen Fish Here dang he said, was in the middle of a tag alder swamp and he fearâ€" ed the beavers will only rebuild it and create a similar situation again in the near future which will again call for similar drastic steps. TOPICS OF THE HOCKEY SEASON IN ONTARIO edi tiery, Lisiowel, Inâ€" ; Hamil:on Consol, "B"; Nisgaca Falls me; Orillia Junior Intermediate "B" C.A.SF LC the Executive Parry Sound Parry Sound Elgin Junior Listowel, Inâ€" At SUAlâ€" â€" §Mina DanmutAnws WB Ww l las e WeqDDL D LCO OIILIOMIE WOUDIY CV We EINECRNUEE POVeNUy vJ €TaBh W. Morton, Viceâ€"President of International Harvester Company of Canada, Itd. The Brennan Company, which maintains offices in Toronto as well as in Hamilton, has started construction work on the new building. The new building will have 150 feet of frontage on Bathurst Street, and will be 837 feet deep, its sides extendâ€" ing along Stewart and Wellington Streets. It will be of concrete, brick, stone and steel construction. The front of the struciure, containing a showroom on the ground floor and offices above, will be two stories high. The remaigder of the build‘ing, housing the service station, parts department and truck storage space, will be of oneâ€"stofey construction. Among the features of the new International branch house will be a rest room for truck drivers containing showers ind other lavatory facilities, The new building, for which N. A. Armstrong of Toronto is architect, is to be completed by March 15, 1940, according to the contract. The war expendiiures would be taken from the $100,000,000 war apâ€" propriation voted at the special session of Parliament last Soptemâ€" ber. It is considered possible that the money was used largely by the Defenso Purchasing Board which handled government war buying prior to being taken over by the mew War Supply Board last Novâ€" ember 1. # The war cost figure was included in a general survey of the governâ€" ment‘s balance sheet for October. and for the six months April to October, inclusive. Canada‘s special â€" war expendiâ€" tures in October are listed at $9,â€" 300,829, in a report issued at Otâ€" tawa by the office of the comptrolâ€" ler of the treasury. First Official Figure It was the first oficial governâ€" ment figure on the war costs to be made public. There was no Soptemâ€" ber figure given and a$ returns are sometimes delayed in reaching the treasury, it is possible that part of the total might have been expendâ€" ed in September, War Costs Here In Second Month Were 9 Millions Preposed New International Motor Truck Sales and Service Branch House In Toronto There are ten thousand acres under soya bean production in Canada, mostly in Ontario. Ten years ago it was an unknown crop in the Dominion, Its uses are many and the soya bean has bocome an important raw material in the auâ€" tomobile, electrical appliance, enaâ€" mel, soap and feed industries, as well as in innumerable industries using plastics. It is anticipated that the war will greatly extend the cultivation and utility of the soya bean.â€"Marketing. If a municipality reâ€"elects its officers year by year, it is an inâ€" dication that that particular muâ€" nicipality is getting about as good a brand of economical home govâ€" ernment as it possible to attain, But being deprived of the power to change that government, year after year, is an entirely different thing.â€"Huron Expositor. THE SOYA BEAN An apple & day keeps the docâ€" tor away, we ars told. The Barrie Examiner adds:â€"*‘"Iwo apples a day will help keep the Germans away."â€"â€"St. Marys Journalâ€"Argus. MUNICIPAL FREEDOM Turkeys will be cheap on the market this Christmas but as hard as ever to win at bowling contests. â€"â€"Toronto Telegram. THE ELUSIVE TURKEY For a ar awiful â€"London DOUBLE DEFENSE VOICE PRESS fullâ€"sized war, there‘s ot of talking going on. Free Press. of the lal governâ€" costs to be no Septemâ€" returns are ‘aching the The war appropriation of $100,â€" 000,000 was voted by Canada in September. Defenses, expenditures for 1939â€"40, bofore the declaration of war, had been budgetted at $53,â€" 000,600, giving Canada a total of $153,000,000 for war. By the end of March, Germany and the British Empire supposedly will have spent $17,262,000,000 for a war that began 211 days earlier on Sept. 2, or $81,800,000 a day. By the end of December, 120 days afâ€" ter the start of hostilities, France will have spent $2,194,758,081; or $18,200,000 a day. The total is $100, 000,000 a day. * However, data from several difâ€" ferent sources indicate that Germâ€" any, heading the list, may have spent $12;000,000,000 for war by the end of her fiscal year next March; Great Britain, her Dominâ€" ions and colonies, at least $5,262,â€" 000,000; and France, using a calâ€" endar year fiscal period, at least $2,194,758,000 by the end of 1939. The $100,000,000 is neither an ofâ€" ficial nor exact figure. It is mere ly an estimate value made from the best information available at Washington, D.C. The estimate may be far too high. On the other hand, war costs may rise even furâ€" ther, if and when wholesale de struction of men, guns, fortificaâ€" tions and ships begins. The war is costing possibly $100,â€" 000,000 & day in current cash outâ€" lay alone." Additional costs in lossâ€" es of property, arms and commer clal revenus cannot be computed now, Rough Estimate Made of Total Cash Cost In Present Conâ€" flict â€" Germany Heads List 100 Million A Day Is Spent On War Two Air Marshals Meet On Canedian Soil By GENE BYRNES Quarantine measures were ordâ€" ered throughout a widespread area and under these a dog, when at lib. erty, must be muzzled. Now a hound with a muzzle is little use in hunting, nimrods declare, and say they avre unable to follow their favorite sport with any degree of success. Hunters who regularly use dogs following their favorite sport im Bruce County are under a handiâ€" cap these days, due to the rabies epidemic which broke out in the Wingham district earlier in the fall. Ask {» BEE HIVE K.C.B., C.M.G., Marshal W. A. to lend his inâ€" way here unde: