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The /ivrlopment M the Royal Ontario Museum din-Eng the past year has been of a kind and qual- nty "that surpassed my wildest dreams of what might or might not ever be at the disposal of the people of Canada," Dr. C. T. Cur- reliy, director of the museum of archaeology, said in his annual re. puv: to the board of trustees. After Mt You-' "III Dr. (‘urrdley noted that many "are pieces had been obtained by the Ontario Museum during the past year, most important of a'rieih was the acquisition of more “mm 03 pieces of Baddhistie sculp- are of China. Also obtained were L French madonna of about 1840, "In“ M the great statues in any ”hum: in America," and on It- uim madonna of 1420. After " Ann'- hunting, two of the en- ;amwi and inlaid helmet; with ",. mm'( of Mohammed U, con- slr rut of Constantinople, had 'tt tCl obtained. Mnlitions to the research col- umfnns in the museum of zoology 1 during :he year in'ludod 1,208 manuals, 1,848 birds, 259 reptile! . dull amphibians, 650 fish, 3..“ Ontario Instiluhon Reports Highly Profitable Year Ltr,'r' 1nd ".092 miscellaneous fuseum Gets Rare Exhibits out" Lernuc at"rwr't'-ittttrettMt created another problem - new propellers which can utilize the power avaliable. The committee’s engineers are at work on propel- lers of larger diameter. They may have four or six blades instead J the present two or three. The fastest plane yet, built, powcred by the most effieient air- maiul engines, will emerge soon from the laboratories ot the Us ited States National Advisory Committee for Aaevonatsties, re- search workers say. A new knife-like wine, which ls a military secret. will enable an airplane to fly at speeds of 500 miles or more because it will nearly eliminate the “shock wave" which rlm'elops on a wing surf“: soo. ye In Hey Made p, Plan Producing Fastest Plane Such Will She Live To Be Immortal? " m the plane's speed approaeh.. the speed of sound about 740 Is an hour. Engines 3 Times An Powerful - - nu "our made I'D.- sible by New Type of Win; Built In United Stiles opera whys have ver whit terrif n ing hing indt h 3 Times As Powextot engines, some of which 1; the production stage, ran hree the he CIC, For 8, whos we forme 1 Oakda " ca luster meta- ivts that if m. Jean will all for Baby " meat lin- und humor) :ho words tcy rn al mash head.. Va nd- mamas never. Of the big cat funny, leopards and jaguars will attaek man, but Rev. A. W. Bamfield of Toron- to has. taken what is believed to be the only moving picture in full colors in existence of a meteor flashing across the sky, it was an- nounced at a meeting of the To. ronto Amateur Movie Club. Dup- licates of the film will be sent to scientists and amateur astron- omers all over the world by the David Dunlap Observatory there. The picture was taken by Mr. Bamfield during a fishing trip in Northern British Columbia. Took Only Movie Films Of Meteor Miners say porcupine tastes similar to rattlesnake, which is considered u delicacy in New York. Roll " In Clay First catch a porcupine. Then, nftuv the due rites of execution and cleaning have been observed, make a large fire. Now secure ifbout GO pounds of clean clay into which roll the late Mr. Poreu.. pine. The 'ball of clay' is then placed on the centre of the fire and left for three hours. When the time has elapsed the clay is very hard and must be split down ihe centre with an axe. The quills and the hide stick to the clay. The pink meat is ready to eat. De. iicioua, they say. the ret'ipc is passed on for the benefit of the trastronomieally in- clined connoisseurs of the unus- ual. Obie Wile, cook at a mining property in the north country who is famous for his. cooking. claims that roast porcupine is a delie. North Country Chef Gives Re. cipe for "Delicacy", Roast First Capture A Porcupine The !isitctra_rrrrth week of the war also saw Premier Dalatlier become virtual dictator of France for the duration . . . . renewed activity on the Western Front. RhintrMoselle sector . . . more neutral ships were sunk on the sea . . . the Admiralty announced that Great Britain had lost 4 par cent. of her total naval tonnage In three months of war leh u-gw German story tied up by the Gcitu um who WN' that (fouscrwtiv would be please man 'itttou'enatrs:s' in ousting Hitler C . making Com now German an 't't SHINE intimation of the wide sin-ma intrigue, plotting, counter- plotting, that is going on under the surface of European politics was given last week in a news de. spawn trom Ronm, which hinted that (‘onsvrvutive British circles would bo pinned " high-up Ger- man "tttou/utr-i" l V to succeed The Allies' quarrel with Germ. any took a back seat last week when Russia invaded Finland. Newspapers, radio, politicians of all continents, dropped the wor on the Western Front in favor ot the more sensational developments in the Baltic. Everybody eondemn.. ed the Russian move - that is, everybody but Nazi Germany and George Bernard Shaw, (who said that the Finnish Government was very foolish; it should have known better) Startling as were the actual facts ot the Sovic-t Union‘s invas- ion of its neighbor", territory. even more interesting to the willoawake public in all lands were the impli- cations in lhis aggressive move, and the question it raised: Would the Amos daclarv war on Russia? Would the Scandinavian countries r'ontrihuto more than moral sup. port to Finland? Would Russia re- sign from the League ot Nations? Did this move on the part of Ruse sia presage Joint action between Germany and the Soviet in Seam dinavia, in the Balkans? To stud- ents of international politics one thing appeared obvious: there was more in tho Finnish affair than met the eye. Why otherwise should Russia haw risked antagonizing the whole world? Was Stalin play- ing toy mini-mans stakes, yet on. disclosed? Wag he consolidating the Soviet position in preparation for n minim: war ttith the rest of t'iviiizatioii'.' The world will hence- forth watch Ituiria, rather than th-rnmny. in iuam the outcome of the pwm lit Elit'uptnn conflict. Porcupine Jungle Ways austing Hitler and ilibbentrop . making Gueriug We head of a r Harman gm: rnuwnr. This 'y tied up with the kitdnapping the (Lama ot two British " t who “we whisked away from inn on the Belgian border and med of complicity in the Mun- bombing. NEWS PARADE THE WAR.. Week by Week LIFE'S LIKE THAT "The Sea Tower" . ' . by Hugh Walpole . . . Toronto: Doubleday, Doran and Co.. 215 Victoria St. . . . $2.75. Rising, first slowly and then by swift degrees the story comes to a stormy and brilliant cllmax. "THE SEA TOWER" by Hugh Walpole in his new book, "The Sm Tow. er," Hugh Walpole. one of the mentrst music-rs in English of the psychological novel. brings us a study of strange and violent hu- man relationships, ot a mind warp- ml by a singlo tlaminating idea. An uncanny sense or fear fills the story. The tenant ot the Sea Tow. er is Christina. a young girl from the teeming sirens of London. She has married a man from Cornwall, in London toe a three months' vis- it, and at the end ot that time is taken back to the old tower stand- ing by the sea. to meet the mother who has exorcism absolute domin. ation over hor sons and proposes to brook no interference in her conduct of their lives. Her hate for Christina deepens and spreads un- til her mind itself is affected by the struggle tor power. The minister made a plea to the women's organization tor aid to rural 1reautitieation through weed eradication. "I am glad to now that the een. tral theme of your program contin- ues to be of an educational nat- ttre," Mr. Dowan said. "i can think of no lotiier o'ijnctlve than that ot building up a rural people, healthy in body and mind, and ot instilling in them a fitting perspective and appreciation ot (wintry lite. "Flght Own .Battleo” "in order that such an objective may be attained, it is necessary to make life on the tarm attractive in every possible manny'. Conditions about the farm home must not only be attractive, but farming must be i'emunm'ative also, And security on m r farms will come only when folk are qualified to tight their own battles and when they have ef- fectively impressed upon people in other occupations the importance ot properliy for the farmer. Hon. P. M. Dewan, provincial minister ot agriculture. endorsed tho teaching of appreciation ot farm life in an addnss to the 38th annual convention of the Central Ontario area of Women's Inst]- hues. The Book Shelf Provincial Minister of Agricul- ture Dewan Con-mend: Wo- men's Institutes' Objective of Building Up a Rural Peo. pie Appreciation Of Farm Life 4 Can Be Taught SIS RECLAR FELLERS--uride Information “Wnn't He Suppoucl to "lute You, Edgar?" ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO an objective necessary to attractive in l Conditions Including arrears and penalties, total tax receipts trom all munici- palities during 1937 amounted to $255,866,004, compared with 5263.. 305,402 the previous year. Total as. sessment ot taxable real properly was placed at 87,648,427,488. Where The Money Went While the gross indebtedness in 1919 was only $72g,0t)0,000, it was explained the "argo increase in fol- lowin'g yrars was due chiefly to the growing demand tor local improve- ments, the increase in educational facilities, the expansion ot public and social services and the muni- cipal charges to provide tor un- employment and roller problems. Grass total bonded ittdelttrtduess of the 4,317 municipalities in Cate ada declined to $1,007,ef)7,t89 in 1937 ttom $1,353,12t2'.'.8 the prov- ioms year. according to a report from the Dominion Bureau of Stat. istics. The not indebtedness was placed at $1,065,947,020 after de- duction ot $271,260,163 tor sinking funds. Gross Total Bonded Indebted- ness of Canada's 4,317 Municipalities Dropped in 1937 Slight Decrease Municipal Debt 9-04 -tutteti'puyriittt tailors of lite 1lriish nay's "pie boat fleet" learn how to use the Davis submarine escape apparatus in special diving tank at a British naval school. The device, similar to the U.S. Momsen lung, will prove a life-saver in case their undersea fighter should be disabled and sent to the. bottom. Submarine' Escape Device is Tested Br' British Stilon By Fred Neher JACK MINER TAGS 23.000th GOOSE Jack Miner, intci'nn:ior.ady fa- mous as the owner of the Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary at Kings- ville, Ontario, is the first pioneer hird-bander ever to get a complete record of where a bird was tag- god and when and where it was shot. He tagged his first bird, which was a duck, in August 1909 and later received a report that it had been shot in January 1910 at Anderson, South Carolina. This constitutes the first com- plete bird-banding record. Rue-rel Work In Nature In 1915 Jack Miner invented a net to catch Canada geese and placed his first band on s goose leg in 1915. Since then he has build his net over 20 or more times to perfect it with the re- sult that up to last spring-over a period of " Yeartr-he has caught, banded Ind liberated 20,- 000 of these Ingest of waterfowl tttune-birds. This research work in the realm of nature cannot be valued in dol. Game Warden Earl sald Raymo‘s maker was almost a perfect speci- men ot the wild boar brought tu the forest in 1914 trom the Ural Mountains by British sportsmen. BAGGED BOARS Buck Allison, athletic director of Nashville University, also bagged a boar, making but one shot. from " bow to kill a loo-poundor. Rug. er Raymo, president of the Knox. ville Archer's Club, drove an arrow into the heart of a. ITO-pound boar to make the first kill of the three- day hunt. He was barred from tttts ther hunting because ot the bag limit ot one. And while we're on the subject of archery It‘s Worth mentioning that Just the other day down on the Telllco Plains or Tennesee the Iona woman member of a party ot eleven hunting wild Russian boars with bow and arrows in the Chero keo National Forest drove a steel. tipped arrow through a 200-pound maker - the largest to he killed this season. RECORD ARCHERY MEET The largest bow and arrow tield shoot on record was held recently by the Canadian Archery A.qsocia. tion in the vicinity of Kleinburg, Ontario, and reported a complete success, So rapidly has the inter. est in field shooting devuiopmi that a committee was formed Ll. Kloin. burg to take over the organization and arrangements tor future tiold shoots. By VIC N T A RIO UTDOORS Westward sweep of Russia into Finland brought vepetiusszions from most of Europe's neutrals. Soviet planes dropped bombs on Hel. sinki (1) and Bingo (2). Red naval forces seized and held Hogland. Luvanuri and Seiskari islands (3), threatened Aland island (4) And from former Eatonien islands of Osel and Dago (li) sent out sea and air miders Finland (A) has nickel, vital for Russia and Germany. They need hi?! grade iron ore from Northern Sweden (B). Finland," Sw'ed- en and orway (C) ere linked in loose treaty of defence. Netherlands (D), Belgium (E) and Switzerland (F) fear attack by Germany while Russia diverts world attention. Italy's (G) position is still further up granted b Russien move, fearing Soviets' next move will be into the Reliant. 'lld'lfg (H) is afraid to antagonize Germany, but still is anti-Russian. With the liberation of bis. 20,- 000th tagged Canada goose. Jack Minor has set up a record for all conservationists to aim at, to say nothing of the thousands of ducks, robins, and mourning dwea: he has banded since 1909. iars and cents because. from the educational standpoint, to know the migration routes of these birds as to where they are each season of the year, where they nest, and where they spend the winter is extremely important knowledge, and all records are given t8 the Department of Natural Resources at Ottawa for safe-keeping. CLOUD OVER THE HOLIDAYS Every year safely otricialt, look with apprehension at the approach of December. They call this month cue of the three "killing" months ot the year. Of all the week-ends in the year, those of Christmas and New Year‘s are the mos: sorrow- ful and tragic because of traffic ac. cidents. These are caused tthietly by persons who are careless. incon- siderate and drunk while driving. - Toronto Star. MORE FARM HORSES There ha. been small comfort in ween: years tor those who sign tar the good old horse and buggy days, but at long iast here is I crumb. It is ottie4ally reported that there are more horses on Canadian Karma thh, year than last. The tot. al for 1939 is 2,824,340, as compar- ed with 2,820,100 in 1938, an in. crease ot 3,640. - Kingston Whig. Standard. There in inclining tuulemimatte about two-year term: for municipal councils. states Hoa. Erie W. Cross. Certainly not. but the meth- of making the change may be. The war urgency does not justify gov- ernment by decree in Ontario. V For Erie TitnmMteeiew. BY DEGREE - UNDEMOCRATIC Honors for the tallest men in the Canadian Active Service Force are claimed by the 107th Field Battery, R.C.A., with three recruits from Cranhrook. B.C., six foot six, seven and 10 inches tall ivrpectivcly. Have Tallest Men How Russin'o Move Into Finland Affected Europe VOICE PRESS of the By GENE BYRNES Bee Hive ijp" Ontuio seed potatoes have be. come quite famous with n soc-bu carioad being shipped to British Columbia rN-cmiy. The Argentine has also bepa a urge buyer lhll Fall. in the neighborhood of 800,- 000 crates of potatoes, each was weighing no pounds. have been shipped from the Maritime: to the South Ammimn republic in recent Weeks. Seed Potatoes Become Famous In Ottttrio Iii}... - ac. . tti) i) “h k? "e/tr thi, "6s)t if] Mil,'rQr'ibrtt at!“ (il, 2I 35%;": iii t'Gt'uaLiU'