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PITURE CoO. St. Toronto in a pipe! cro . 15¢ ket Tins as ihar money beck 60 8 ABB sTOPPEB AUICKLY ALL TE M it Bounce, a small, Diack sP&AMiE: dog, of Niagara Falls, N.Y., has lived up to his name, shaking off, without apparent injury, a 200â€" foot fall to the iceâ€"packed gorge of the American falls near the Cave of the Winds. The dog, miss» ing from the home of its owner, Earl L. Whitford, for eight days, was rescued when sightseers saw him frisking on the ice. Judging by the industry‘s apâ€" parent requirement of a round fuselage to seal a cabin for superâ€" charging, and also by what seems today to be a high speed require» mnt for commercial operation this dream ship will be a land plane. Speed 300 miles an hour at the "practical" cruising altitude of 15,000 feet, 337 miles an hour at the "necessary storm ceiling" of 25,200 feetâ€"all against headâ€" winds up to 50 miles an hour. Range: Measured on the 3,600â€" mile great cirele distance between America and Europe, and allowing for detour and reserve fuel, it must be 5,000 miles. A LAND PLANE? Altitude: â€" With threeâ€"quarters of the owean‘s nasty weather beâ€" low 15,000 feet, the ideal ship must range above that and up to 25,000 feet. Cabins would be supercharged for 9,000 feet, the maximum altitude determined by the Harvard Fatigue Laboratory for humans wishing to avoid ill effects from lack of oxygen. Queen‘s Principal Declares Childâ€" ren Must Learn How to Think Children must be taught to think for themselves it democracy is to survive, Dr. R. W. C. Wallace, prine cipal of Queen‘s University, Kingâ€" ston, Out., told the American Woâ€" men‘s Club, at Montreal last week. Panâ€"American Airways, seeking an ideal plane for overâ€"ocean opâ€" erations the year ‘round across the North Atlantic, announces these specifications: General: 5,000 miles nonâ€"stop with 50 passengers and 5,000 payâ€" pounds. _ _ Specify Ideal Ocean Airliner Children today must be taught to think independently and express their convictions, rather than acâ€" cept as their views what they read or hear, said Dr. Wallace. "An important entry for the housewife already appears in most diaries on Jan. 8: ‘Official raâ€" tioning of butter, bacon and ham, due to begin.‘ " INDEPENDENT THOCGHT Democracy can be successful only through independent thinking, he suggested. It becomes a dictatorâ€" ship when the people let others do their thinking for them. "Democracy depends on you and me," he added. "By that I do not mean that you and 1 need complete knowledge of the intricate probâ€" lems with which governments have to contend, but we shou‘ld know thoroughly thoso who represent us. "One interesting feature this season is the request for diarics with locks, More books of this private nature have been sold than ever before, owing to the number of people now engaged on work of a confidential nature. "While the pocket diary will alâ€" ways be popular and required for the short note of appointments, it is the larger sizes that are being bought in bigger numbers. We should have been inteiligent enough to have an opinion and courageous enough to express it even though it may be an opinion contrary to the majority." Two Victorian babits have been revived in Britain by the war: the keeping of diaries and lengthy corâ€" respondence. Stationers interviewâ€" ed by The Daily Telegraph in Lonâ€" don report a twentyâ€"five per cent rise in the demand for diaries for 1940 over 1939, and nearly a fifty per cent rise in the demand for doubleâ€"sheet note paper, whereas a single sheet or a card was sufâ€" ficient for holographic communiâ€" cations a year ago. Dream Ship of Airways Company Will Do 5,000 Miles Nonâ€"stop, With 50 Passengers, 5,000 Payâ€" Pounds Diaryâ€"Keeping Regains Favor The latter vogue, the paper says, will be received with joy by those persons who have "prattled about the lost art of letter writâ€" ing," but it dilates more exiensâ€" ively on the revival of the diary: DIARIES WITH LOCKS Letterâ€"Writing Also in Fashion Again in Britain Bounced 200 Feet In Democracy small, black spaniel books of this been sold than to the number aged on work MICKIE SAYSâ€" Economic War Declaring that modern war is no longer a fight merely between armies, but in reality a struggle between manufacturers and shopâ€" keepers on both sides, in which exâ€" ports were ‘‘the new British exâ€" peditionary force," R. S. Hudson, British Secretary for Overseas . . . the crews of the Exeter and Ajax (who crippled the Graf Spee) were feted and decorated in London . . . Allied warships off the coast near Murmansk, Russia, sank two German vessels . . . Speeches by Chamberlain and Hitâ€" ler presented the two nations‘ conâ€" trasting war aims . . . Great Briâ€" tain advanced a loan to Iran . .. Mystery Mission An important development durâ€" ing the week was the visit of Sumner Welles, U. S. Underâ€"Secâ€" retary of State for Foreign Afâ€" fairs, to Mussolini, Hitler, Chamâ€" berlain, Daladier. His journeys were fraught with mystery, Was he in Europe on a peace mission? Whom would he meet and ta‘k with in Switzerland? What was in the personal messages from Presiâ€" dent Roosevelt that could have a bearing on the immediate future of Europe? Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of the Carnegie Endowâ€" ment for International Peace, last week saw the conflict in Eurâ€" ope assuming a definite shape. As the war came to the end of its sixth month, he was able to preâ€" dict the developments likely to manifest themselves during the next few weeks: "The Allics will not attack on the Siegfried line, which is almost impregnable, so long as the present policy lasts. Neither will they violate the neuâ€" trality of Luxembourg, Belgium or Switzerland to turn the Gerâ€" man defences on the west. Thereâ€" fore Hitler will be able to mainâ€" tain his position in the west with reduced forces, and turn his atâ€" tention to taking over Hungary and Yugoslavia." Russia‘s next sphere of influence, he opined, would include eastern Rumania, Bulgaria and Turkey. Should Itâ€" aly decide to enter this combinâ€" ation as a third party, she would have to be satisfied with Dalmaâ€" tia and some form of protectorâ€" ate over Greece. To stop the Gerâ€" man advance through the Balkans, the Allies would have to transâ€" port, and maintain in high efficâ€" iency, their troops and materials throughout Albania, Macedonia, Rumania and Asia Minor. To Spread Or Not To Spread According to the Ciano family newspaper, Italian higherâ€"ups beâ€" lieve that Allied military inaction on the Western Front is all to the advantage of Germany â€" spread of the conflict would help the Allies. Therefore, this newsâ€" paper theorizes, the Allies are seeking a struggle with German forees in Scandinavia or the Near out expeditionary aid *o the Finns in their death strugge with the Russians . . . they chose to reâ€" main neutral at all costs . . . the eternal oil triangle between Ruâ€" mania, the Allies and Germany reâ€" mained unsolved last week . . . Rumania ordered military preparâ€" edness boosted to the utmost . . . Russia reported the Turkish army fully mobilized . . . the week‘s shipping losses at sea were the heaviest to date of the war; the Germans claimed 496 Allied and neutral vessels sunk in the past five months . . . German warâ€" planes raided Britain‘s east coast Possibility of a general Europâ€" ean conflict spreading to include Scandinavian nevertheless became more remote last week when Norâ€" way and Sweden definitely ruled out expeditionary ai in their death stru &‘Q\\\‘:\\\\\\\\\\-‘"â€"_-â€" $ “‘\\.‘\ N Caa &\\‘ L( J VQ [ \\ C t «+ ’-‘ /5 ym 6 ast ROSES ARE RED, viouets Are guug, AND so Are WE, WHEN wou pout renew, NEWS PARADE sars s A hot bed for starting garden seeds early is usually prepared in early March. It consists of a bed of fresh manure, which supplies the heat, about 18 inches deep. On this, two or three inches of fine soil is placed and after the bed has heated up and then cooled down again (a matter of three or four days) the seed is sown in rows a few inches apart, The bed is protected by rough boarding along the side and on top, and slopâ€" ing towards the South about 10 to 18 inches above the bed is placâ€" ed a window sash well glassed. St. Catherines 29 fL $ #A Port Colborne 20 19 10 38 Hamilton 30 14 16 28 Niagara Falls 210 6 :1 12 Galt §6 0 2t 0 ARRANGE FOR PLAYâ€"OFFS As soon as the semiâ€"final series is concluded in both brackets, the finâ€" al round between the two winning teams will get under way. . The team with the best rating in the final standing has the choice of dates and of course the advantage of the extra home game. OFFICIAL FINAL STANDING St. Catherines finished the Ontâ€" ario Senior "A" schedule, this year with two wins over Port Colborne, defeating the Sailors 4â€"2 in Port Colborne on Monday, February 19, and repeating their success with a 2â€"1 decision over the Sailors in St. Catherines on Wednesday, Feb. 21. Toronto Goodyears defeated Varâ€" sity 4â€"0 in their allâ€"Toronto chalâ€" lenge game for the Dr. R. G. Jackâ€" son Trophy, The game was played in aid of the Finnish Fund, and it drew 11,115 fans, the largest crowd to witness an amateur game in the Maple Leaf Gardens this season. Official final standing follows: Goodyears St. Catherines Port Colborne Hamilton Niagara Falls Galt Gardening is a universal hobby or recreation open to both sexes, to the old or young. A spade or Gardening .... Trade, last week prepared the Briâ€" tish public for further sacrifices in the new drive for world markâ€" ets . . . "Frankly," he said, "there will have to be further restrictions. In many cases they are bound to be drastic . . ." A view of a railway yard beside one of the many oil refineries in Rumania is seen above. The oil is piped down to the large tanks from the wells in the hills (background) and refined and pumped into the tank cars on the sidings. Rumania has ordered her already large military preparations speeded up, following authoritative reports that Germany was challenging the government‘s ban on export of aviation gasoline to the Reich. TOPICS OF THE CURRENT HOCKEY SEASON Puck Chasers "Flowing Gold" Vital to Germany‘s War Machine SIMPLE HOT BEDS RECG‘LAR FELLERSâ€"Standâ€"Up Strike 25 21 19 14 Pts. 50 42 38 28 12 The Royal Air Force last week was poking fun at Germany‘s failâ€" ure to wage a Blitzkriegâ€"lightâ€" ning warâ€"against Britain. In a memorandum pointing out that the Allies had obtained time to carry out their air development program, the R. A. F., referred to the war as a "Sitzkrieg", which is translated as "sitâ€"down war." For instance, watches with comâ€" plicated â€" attachment (such â€" as striking, chiming, alarm, or chronâ€" ograph attachments) should not be set back. Such watches, of course, are quite rare, and the avâ€" erage â€" manâ€"onâ€"theâ€"street â€" would need no cautioning about turning the hands of his watch backward if a certain number of everyday watches were not included in the ban. WATCH SECONDâ€"HAND An easy way to tell if your watch is on the "should not" list is to look at the second hand when you set the watch back. If the seeâ€" ond: hand hesitates, stops, or (in extreme cases) moves back, yours is a watch the hands of which should not be turned in a countâ€" erâ€"clockwise direction. Some books and articles state flatly that any watch may be set back as readily and harmlessly as it may be set forward. While this is quite true of a great many watches, there are exceptions to the rule. DOOR GARDENS In the garden at the kitchen door it is advisable of course to keep a plentiful supply of salad materials like head and leaf letâ€" tuce, onions and possibly celery. The latter is set out in the gardâ€" en as well started usually after all danger of fros is over, Turning Watch Hands Backward Is Not Harmful To Your Timepiece __ Unless It Has Complicated Attachments trowel or rake are all the tools necessary. Other equipment conâ€" sists of a few packets of seeds, perhaps a shrub or two. As our interest develops we can add more planis and flowers. Rules are simple to master, the ordinary Canadian seed eatalogue supplyâ€" ing all the essential data. As we become more experienced we can add to our garden library any of the many excellent government garden bulletins that are available in any province of Canada. "Sitzkrieg" War The Ontario Federation of Augâ€" lers have also recommended that the Provincial Government have this area recureste" where feasible, and set apart as a wild life"sanctâ€" nary and Provincial Park. About a generation ago tnis swamp was drained into the Grand River for farm lands but the land, being a peat bog, has proven unsatâ€" isfactory for agriculture, Hera Naâ€" ture‘s laws and schemes for flood control were interfered with be cause tho swamp in its natural state was almost a complete barrier against floods. It actually held watâ€" er for deep seepage rather than let it go as flood water on a wild ramâ€" page down the Grand River in the spring of the year, with its conseâ€" quent dovastation to agriculture, industry and game and fish life. The deep seepage water omerged more slowly and more un‘">rmly into the springs to make cool, even flowing streams the year round and to maintain a higher underground watertable. WANT AREA REFORESTED The Grand River Conservation Commission, composed largely of representatives from the municipalâ€" ities throughout the Grand River Valley, has recently been organized to develop some scheme to prevent the damaging floods of spring, with its consequent water shortage in the summer and fall. Their recomâ€" mendation was to have two dams built, one below Fergus and another at the main outlet of the swamp to restore the marsh to its natural state. The Fergus dam is aiready under construction while the provâ€" incial government bas promised to build the upper dam next s; mmer, number of rivers in Southwostern Ontario â€" has been drained. The Ontario Federation of Anglers is viâ€" tally interested in this project .nd a committee under the leadorship of a well known conservation authâ€" ority, Dr. Norman K. Douglas, reâ€" cently inspected the marsh and the drainage ditches to see the possible effect on the wildlife of that part of Ontario, The following is culled from their report. The rivers of Souihern Ontario are reported to be drying up parâ€" tially because the iuuther Swamp area â€"â€" the natural ceservoir of & number of rivers in Southwostern Ontario â€" has been drained. The ONTARIO POTATOES There is one thing Ontario canâ€" not boast about, and that is the yield of potatoes, This Province has the smallest outâ€"turn per acre of any Province in Canada. Surely, it can‘t be the soil. â€" Farmer‘s Adâ€" vocate, IN BETWEEN ELECTIONS Most of us show a certain mild interest in public affairs about elâ€" ection time and at other times we remain indifferent, even though we know our indifference is costing us money. There are so many things to think about besides taxes, and most of the other things are more pleasant. â€" Vancouver Province. The purpose of requiring drivers to remove their keys from the ‘gniâ€" tion is not to protect the property of the motorist, but to protect the public from the use of stolon cars in other forms of crime and to reâ€" move templation from youngsters who may graduate from the steal« ing of cars to more serious offensâ€" es. â€"â€" Toronto Telegram. FELLOW FEELING Any Canadian family living over a bowling alley would be able to sympathize with some of the smalâ€" ler neutral countries in Europe livâ€" ing beside a battlefield that may expand at any moment. â€"â€" Edmonâ€" ton Journal. And next year Canada comes its consus. â€" Brandon Sun. VOICE PRESS HOPE IT‘S COMMON LUTHER SWAMP EY VIC BAKER KEYS IN CARS NT ARLIO UTDOOKR$ oF THE to ONTARIO ARCHIVES One way for home gardeners to make sure that enough vegetables are grown to meet the family‘s needs is to write or sketch plans for the garden in advance of planting. vico to individual farms. For the coming year it was estiâ€" mated 1,900 miles of primary line will be constructed at an expendiâ€" ture of about $4,500,000, Of this amount the province will contribute $2,250,000. In addition to the grantâ€" inâ€"aid, the province has advanced to the Hydro Commission $320,000 to enable it to make loans to farmâ€" ers for wiring promises and obtainâ€" Ing electrical equipment, LIFE‘S LIKE THAT M > & \ t se ' \ Development of the northern mining industry was responsible for an increase of 16 per cent. in the primary load of the Northern Ontâ€" ario Hydroâ€"Electric Power Commisâ€" sion, Premier Hepburn reported in his budget speech in the Legislatâ€" ure. Despite the fact that less than 10 per cent. of Finland‘s 3,800,000 peoâ€" ple speak Swedish, the traveler in Suomi â€"â€" internationally known as Finlandâ€"finds his way pointed out to him by bilingual signs. If ho has mail from the capital waitinz for him in Turku it will bear a postâ€" mark with "Helsinki" at the top and the Swedish "Helsingfors" at the bottom. And his outgoing !>tâ€" ters will bear both the Finnish "Turku" and the Swedish "Abo." BOTH NAMES OX STAMPS Even in Lapland, bilingual signs persist on post offices and stores. swedish and Danish are spoken in the Diet â€" parliament â€" at Melsinâ€" ki. Stamps of the couniry bear the legend ‘"Suomi" at the top anc Finâ€" land at the bottom. Maps show citâ€" ies designated as both Viipuri and Viborg, Pori and Bjorneborg, Hamâ€" ecnlinna and Tavastehus, the latter alternatives being Swedish, But in the north place names are marked in Finnish only â€" Utsjoki, Nautsi, Virtaniemi, Hydro‘s 13,000 Were Added During Past Year Through Development of Northern Mining Industry During the fiscal year to end March 3ist, more than 13,000 cusâ€" tomers were added to existing disâ€" tricts, necessitating construction of 2,300 miles of primary line«, Speâ€" cial attention was also given to the serving of new rural territory in Northern Ontario. 113,000 ALTOGETHER The Premier said the commigâ€" slon‘s 18,000 miles of rural lines serve about 113,000 customers, more than half of which represent serâ€" Little Finland Uses ‘"Stay where you are, dear. . . . . I‘ll push the garage over Q~! 4. W’l\mw le Swedish is Spoken But lingual Signs Are Common New Customers Two Tongues By GENE BYRNES Bee Hive Syrup British Columbia probably has gone farther than any other prov» inco toward development of its peat moss industry, There are large deâ€" posits on the prairies and in the Maritime Provinces, but as yet lit» tle headway has been made in their development, New Wealth In Our Peat Moss BJIG DEPOSITS 1}. CANADA Before it is processed, peat is soddon and the extraction of this moisture provides the biggest probâ€" lom for producers. _ Digging takes place in lateo winter and a wet spring and summe; is just one of the hazards of the business. There‘s a million dollars waiting to be dug up from the rich soil of the Fraser River dolta â€"â€" but don‘t grab your shovel and start off on a prospecting expedition, warns Stuart Underhill, Canadian Press staff writer, Only established companies are expocted to enjoy the current deâ€" mand for North American peat proâ€" ucts brought about by the fact that the United States‘ main sources of supply in Ruyope have been cut off by the war. U.8. JMPORTS MUCH American peat imports in 1938 oxâ€" ceeded $1,000,000 in value, about 59 per cent, of which came from Gerâ€" many, Now British Columbia peat companies are expanding produeâ€" tion in hopes of cornering this rich market. Peat moss is greatly in dem.ad in United States agriculture as a soil conditioner, pouliry ltter and as a packing for plants and vegeâ€" tables. B. C. Diggers Look For Big Year as German Supply Cut Off Bv Fred Neher t