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\; FLA A AAASAMA 3 VOICE 'THE WORLD AT LARGE of the = : CANADA THE EMPIRE PRESS] CANADA A Little Too Far And suppose the theatres stopped the show every few minutes to talk about acidity, mouth wash or auto parts.--Brandon Sun. Million Accidents Ontario has' had a million acei- dents since 1915. ly lots of field for such organization as the Safety League to work in.-- Peterborough Examiner, What Police Are For In the very existence of a revolver are potentialities of tragedy. Tens of thousands of Canadians who now own such weapons would be better advised to depend on police for their protec- tion. That is what police are for.-- Edmonton Journal. Troubles Would Be Multiplied If government loans were made too easy to obtain, there is reason to fear that the farmer, whose present diffi- culties arise from too heavy a load of debt, would find before long that his troubles had been multiplied instead of being banished.--Fort William Times-Journal. No "Free Hand" Possible How can Britain and France agree to the chief objective of the Hitler regime--a free hand in central Eu- rope? What is meant is annexation of German sections of Czechoslovakia and Austria. France, for instance, has defensive and offensive treaties with the little Entente nations. -- Niagara Falls Review, Underpaid Teachers It is easy enough to criticize school teachers and to say some of them have not the necessary qualifications for their duties, but school teachers are human beings who must live like everyone else. And if we think so little of the duties of the teaching profession that we withhold from the members of that profession adequate rewards for the services they per- form, then the responsibility is not upon the teachers at all, but upon | the whole population.--Halifax Her- | ald, a ah {v5.27 at a « Untario's North Premier Hepburn forecasts a far- reaching program of Northern On-' tario development. "We must now turn our eyes," the head of the Government says, "to Northern Ontario and recognize its potentialities, for the hope of this province lies, to a great extent, in the North." What Mr. Hepburn says is general- ly recognized. The wealth of the orth has contributed in large meas- ure to the progress of this province for a good many years now. It is generally recognized, also, that only a start has been made, that the great- est development lies ahead.--Windsor Daily Star. Dangerous Pedestrians If a motorist creates a traffic haz- ard by pushing through stop lights, by excessive speed and by erratic driving, to an almost similar degree does a pedestrian create a traffic haz- ard by disobeying traffic signals, dart- ing out from the curb between in- tersections and generally proceeding as though in a mental fog. If it is fair and reasonable, as it is, to pun- ish a motorist for driving to the com- mon danger, why is it not equally fair and reasonable to penalize a pe- destrian for walking to the common danger? Heaven knows we would not increase the burdens of the average man afoot, who has enough to do dodging careless drivers. But just as there is a type of hopeless motorist who needs to be disciplined, so is there a type of defiant, discourteous and reckless pedestrian who needs to be curbed.-- Vancouver Sun. No Such Thing As "Wind-Burn" When the people talk of wind- burn they are talking about some- thing that does not exist. Scientists at New York University found by test that wind does not produce ¢happing or redness of the skin, but that it merely makes the action of the sun greater by reducing the mois- ture of the skin. Wind itself does aot redden the skin, but it helps the sun do it. The ultra-violet rays of the sun cause sunburn, and these act more violently on skin that has been dried with the wind. Since the construction of a new goad, a railroad, waterway, airway 6nd motor highway all meet at one g in the village of Tushino, near Moscow. Sin 2.5 There is evident- THE EMPIRE Our Trade With India A feature of the returns for the current fiscal year is the greater trade with the Union of South Africa and with Canada. Neither Dominion en- joys any preference in the Indian market and Canada at least feels aggrieved, as she given Indian pro- ducts preferential treatment. Both the Union and Canadu are in a strong position, as in most years In- dia exports much more to them than they send to her. In the first three months of this year, however, Can- ada's exports to India were three times their value in the correspond- ing period of 1936 and trade between the two countries almost balances. 'This situation is not wholly normal, and the Canadian Government is likely to ask for trade negotiations once those in London are over.-- Calcutta Statesman. Democracy at Bay Agglomerations of individuals throughout the world are agitating for justice being meted out to China. There is not on record an instance of even one solitary body agitating for placidity being the policy in re- gard to Japan. It remains, therefore, for the peoples of the various na- tions to assert their wills. Recently we wrote about the Popular Front coming to Asia. By that we did not mean Communism in all its crude- ness. What we meant, and we make the explanation in view of the fact that we have been told that our policy is rather inclined toward the "red" policy, is that we stand first and fore- most for the pure principles of de- mocracy, which actually means equal- ity in all things national and interna- tional. When one considers that throughout the world there are mil- lions of liberally-minded people, one realizes what enormous power is vir- tually at the back of China. The cause of China is the cause of Democ- racy.--Hong Kong News. Airplane Pilots' Asbestos Suits Will Enable British Flyers to Land Blazing Ship and Escape British air pilots are to fly in fire- proof clothes--asbestos suits in which a man could sit in a petrol blaze with- out serious injury. Ground fire-fighting trials heavy asbestos suits have produced the new flying type, said to be light- er than the lined flying suits now worn by R. A. F, men. The material with : is closely woven light asbestos. The ° flyer wearing such a guit has time ' after catching fire in the air to land hig plane and escape. In an ordinary fabric flying suit a pilot cannot. Tests have shown that a pilot can- not stand the heat of a real blaze in his plane for more than a few seconds. An injured man in a fireproof suit could live some time in a crashed | blazing plane until rescuers pulled him clear. The suit consists of an over- all "teddy bear" suit, helmet, gloves and emergency visor, Centenarian Eggs Perplex Customs Australian Officials Are Worrying About the High Duty on 100- Year-Old Ovoids from China. Customs officials of the Australian Government are now pondering on a problem which is taxing their ingen- unity. They are trying to decide whe- ther they should reduce the tariffs on imported eggs so as to allow the en- try of 100-year-old eggs which the Chinese of Australia badly want but cannot get. = These ancient eggs are a great deli- cacy in China. They are encased in a thick coating of dried mud and you can hear the contents of the shell rattle when you give it a shake. Venerable Delicacies Chinese egg exporters say that it would not be worth their while to send these venerable delicacies to Austral ia while the customs duties are so high. On the other hand, Australian egg producers are protesting emphat- ically against the importation of eggs, and they argue that they can supply all Australia's egg requirements. But this argument does not help the Chinese residents who, longing for eggs of the centenarian type, say they can only get those which are less than a week old, and so fresh that they up- set Chinese stomachs. ; And so, while trying to foster trade between China and Australia, the cus- toms officials are mopping their brows in an effort to please all the parties Ls [ Planes Reveal Unscaled Peak Climbers Will Study Animal Life on Unexplored Moun- tain Top in Venezuela An expedition soon will attempt to climb Mount Auyantepuy, hitherto unscaled peak in southern Venezuela, the American Museum of Natural His- tory announces. Iixistence of the mountain was re- vealed by airplanes as access to. it is shut off to the north by impenetrable forest and to the south by unexplored Brazilian jungle. No Everest in height --it rises only 8,000 feet-----it has a huge flat summit, 300 square miles in area. Enormous Plateau The expedition, now at Ciudad Boli- var in Central Venezuela, will fly to the base of Auyantepuy, establish a main camp at about the 5,000-foot mark and from there push to the top. Dr. George H. H., Tate of the mus- eum, will lead the party, Dr. Tate took part in two previous expeditions to neighboring peaks in 1928 and 1929. The area is believed to have been at one time an enormous plateau which through the centuries has been eroded into a series of separate moun- tains. Main object of the expedition will be to study bird and mammal life on the isolated mountain top. Dt 2 Bt JIA J SCE Bp JE Bp vt By ty ist i pet ey Christmas Day | The Canadian Broadcasting Corpora- tion Schedule For December 25th All programs will be carried over the CBS National Network, (Eastern Standard Time used through- out) 9.50 a.m.--Official opening of the On- tario Regicnal Transmitter, {©BL. Inaugural Message from the Hon- ourable C. D. Howe, Minister or Transport. 10.00--The King's Message. 10.10--Continuation of Official Open- ing. 10.30--Music. by 'the Toronto Sym- phony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Ernest Macmillan, and the Mendel ssohn Choir, conducted by Dr. H. A. Freiekr, 11.00 a.m.--Christmas Morning Ser- vice from St. James Cathedral, To- ronto. 12.00 noon--"The Christmas ing," a children's fantasy. 1.00 pm.--Special Christmas Day pro- gram from the Vatican. 2,00 p.m.--Metropolitan Opera Com- pany, Gounod's "Romeo and Juliet." Stock- 5.00 p.m--"Canadian Christmas, a panorama of Canadian Christmas scenes. : 6.30 p.m--*"The Animals' Christmas," a tal by Dan McCowan. 8.00 p.m --"Reindeer Christmas," a play written by Her Excellency, Lady Tweedsmuir; from Toronto. 8.30 p.m.--"Yuletide Music"; from Vancouver. 9.00 p.m.--N.HL. Hockey Broadcast. 10.30 p.m.--NBC Symphony Orchestra with Arturo Toscanini conducting, | 11.30 p.m.--Canadian Press News; weather forecast, Britain Studies Evacuation Plan fo For Larger Centres -- Air Raid Precautions For City of | London LONDON.--The air raids precau- tions bill received third reading in the House of Commons without division and was sent to the House of Lords. Home Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare, defending the bill against Labor at- tacks, declared the "best defence for London is a strong and vigorous air force, capable of tying down the enemy's air force to local defence." He announced the air raid precau- tions department would be re-organ- ized along service lines. Sir Samuel said the government re- garded the question of evacuating civ- ilian 'populations in the event of' air attack as "very urgent." A new clause had been added to the bill, he said, to permit the government to proceed with plans for transferring popula- tions in emergency, as well as for the care of refugees. There are more than 600 brpad- casting stations in the United States. \ By VIRGINIA DALE Half of Hollywqod is dilizently searching for giddy comedies, the sort that have made Carole Lombard and Irene Dunne outstanding stars. The rest of the film colony figure that the public is going to be fed up on loony antics soon, and are getting ready te delve into very serious film | biographies. : Garbo still wants to do a comedy, but has turned down four stories that the studio has submitted to her. Kay Francis is all set to launch into a laugh epic. Tyrone Power and Loretta Young have started work on "Her Mas- terpiece," hoping that it will be as en- tertaining as their current "Second Honeymoon." In the biograph- ical division, there is the life of Clara Barton in which Irene Dunne will star, the life of Al- exander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, in which Tyrone Power will be featured, and the life of George Sand, woman novelist, which will star the dainty Annabella. 2 | Kay Francis In the latest radio poll Charlie McCarthy, to no one's surprise, is voted the most popular radio star, and by a wide margin, too. The great hit of the ventriloquist's dum- my and the growing appeal of Betty Lou, that imaginary character on the Vallee hour, has set radio sponsors to looking for novelties. And the next one to bid for your approval will be a talking parrot. Sketches are all written for the bird, but the feathery star itself has not been lo- cated. It seems that all the tryouts have been a failure, Ne It takes a long time to-score suc- cess in radio, Métion pictures, and on the stage, so it is a good idea to start at the age of eleven as Joy Hodges did. She is almost iwenty- one now and can point with pride to the months when she sang on the radio with Ted Fio Rito's and Ozzie Nelson's orchestras. You will see her on the screen in Universal's "Merry Go Round of 1938" and she is playing the lead with George Co- han 'in the outstanding Broadway hit of the year, "I'd Rather Be Right," | which spoofs the New Deal in amiable fashion. She supported herself all through her four years at Des Moines high school by singing at revival meet- ings and on the radio. When you see Carole Lombard in "Nothing Saered,"" and Barbara Stanwyck in "Breakfast for Two," you may assume that a course in boxing is a necessary part of every screen actress' training. Barbara puts on gloves and goes after Herbert Marshall for all she is worth, pum- meling and swinging until you begin to fear that Marshall will have.to play masked bandit roles the rest of his life. Carole doesn't stop for gloves or any such niceties. She just goes into a slap-happy routine with Fredric March with no holds barred. The M-G-M- radio hour, improving every week, is going to be even bet- ter, because it has been decided to con- centrate more on comedy. Ted Healy, who hasn't had a chance really to dis- tinguish himself in their pict: :, Fas walked off with all the honors in their radio shows, All in- quiries about audi- ence reaction bring Healy specialties. You will be getting them from now on. Soon R. K. 0. will launch a ra- dio hour with Milton Berle as mas- ter of ceremonies--probably late at night so that it won't interfere with Milton Berle B.C. Wiroduces Borstal System Reformatory For Younger Offend- ers To Be Built At Burnaby VICTORIA.--Premier T. D. Pattullo said last week that his government in- tends to establish an institution run on the lines of the "Borstal System" for British Columbia's youthful delin- quents. : The system would be introduced for delinquents between the ages of 18 and 25 years, the Premier assured a deputation representing the John Howard Society for Penal Reform. He said it would be inaugurated in Burnaby municipality, near Vancou- ver, in the former premises of the Home for the Friendless, which the Government purchased after that charitable-religious institution was closed following a Government: inves- tigation, To Promote Good Conduct Headed by Right Rev. H. E. Sex- ton, Bishop of Columbia, the deputa- | tion offered the co-operation of the John Howard Society in the after-care work of the Borstal system, whereby youths are supervised for two years after leaving a penal institution. The original Borstal system, intro- duced at Borstal prison, Kent; in 1902, divides prisoners into three progres- sive classes to which they may be pro- moted by industry and good conduct. It also seeks to train them in a craft they may practice after leaving the institution. See Ancient Libya A "Granary" Again Colonists Under Balbo Restore Fertility to Desert Guided by the iron hand of Marshal Italo Balbo, the colony of Libya, Af- rica, is slowly but steadily reconquer- ing its ancient place as the "granary 'of the empire." Cyrenaica, with an area of 73,000 square miles long neglected by the plow, has conquered the invading des- ert sands. After the Romans left, Cyrenaica became a waste, During July, the African colony fur- nished Italy with 21,000 quintals of hard wheat. (A quintal is slightly more than three and one-half bush- els.) Bumper Cereal Production Although official statistics for this year's crop are not yet available, agri- cultural experts estimate that the province of Tripoli alone has yielded approximately 150,000 quintals of bar- ley and 36,000 quintals of wheat. All the potential resources of the colony are being gradually exploited to make the production sufficient for its expanding population and to eman- cipate the fatherland from the impor- tation of certain products. This am- bitious goal already has been attained for cellulose by the intensive cultiva- tion of alpha, a crop that is particu- larly abundant this year. Italian colonists hope that, weather conditions remaining favorable, the production will reach its peak next year. It is also hoped that the present maximum of 16 quintals per hectar will be improved through greater use of choice seeds and chemical fertiliz- ers. your going to the theater to see their pictures. ODDS AND ENDS--Grand Nati- onal has ambitious plans to star Tex Ritter, Ken Maynard and Ruth Mix in one big super-Western . . . When you hear a dog barking in the radio serial "Pepper Young's Family," it isn't a sound-effects man at work. It is the well-trained pet of Jean So- thern, regular member of the cast . . » Charlie Farrell, encouraged by the great come-back of his former partner, Janet Gaynor, is going to try a comeback too, with Paramount « . . Eleanor Holm had to swim along- side two aligators in "Tarzan's Re- venge."" Two rifle marksmen stood by just in case . .. Latest actor to want Olivia de Havilland to play op- posite him in a Broadway stage play is Brian Aherne, but she still says "No" . . . Voting will begin soon. for best screen performance of the year and Charles Boyer is likely to win for his portrayal of Napoleon in "Con- quest" . . . Meanwhile several radio sponsors have voted Nadine Conner, currently subbing for Jeannette Maec- Donald Sunday nights, the best wo- man singer on the air. f News In Review | Insurgents' Mistaken Bombing HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish Fron- tier.--Spanish Government dispatches reported last week that insurgent air- men inflicted serious damage and cas- ualties in a mistaken bombardment of their own field base at Villafranca del Ebro on the north-eastern war-front. Insurgents resumed bombardment of Madrid, damaging Government bar- ricades in the University City and Casa de Campo areas. Government reports were that 15 persons were killed and more than 30 wounded. Canada Has No "Treasury" " REGINA. -- Hon. N. W. Rowell, chairman of the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial relations, warn- ed this week against an apparently widespread assumption that "some kind of treasury exists at Ottawa from which unlimited sums may be drawn for useful public purposes." "We've pretty nearly reached the point where Canada cannot increase its public debt further; rather, it must be reduced," Mr. Rowell said. Fatal Explosion HAMILTON.--Three workmen were killed and one slightly injured by ex- plosions and fire that destroyed the $200,000 benzol recovery unit of the Steel Company of Canada plant. Bod- ies of the three were recovered. Will Challenge Validity TORONTO. -- Premier Hepburn of Ontario announced last week-end that unless the Federal Government agrees to permit the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission to export surplus power to the United States, the On- tario Government, with support of Quebec, will challenge the validity of federal legislation imposing the prohibition on export. Spy Condemned PRAHA, Czechoslovakia.--A Czech military court this week pronounced the first death sentence for military espionage since introduction of an espionage law in May, 1936. The man condemned was Josef Bra- di, minor official of Asch, a town in Northwest Czechoslovakia. The coun- try for which he was convicted of spying was not disclosed. Record Gold Production OTTAWA --A record Canadian pro- duction of gold aggregating close to $145,000,000, is reported by the Depart- ment of Mines for the year now end- ing. Last year the cutput totalled about $130,000,000. Experience shows that in December the production is always stepped up, the companies cleaning the mills of all the ore on hand. 3 Professional Murders PARIS.--Two women who had an- swered help wanted advertisements inserted in newspapers by Eugene Weidmann, confessed executioner for a murder-for-profit ring, are now re- ported missing. Investigating police said they feared that the two women may have met the same fate as Mme. Jeanne Keller, sixth of Weidmann's known victims, whose body was found in a Fon- tainebleau forest grave. Hig confes- sion that he had killed Jean DeKoven, | young Brooklyn, N.Y. dancer, start- ed the prolonged investigation. British Note to Japan LONDON.--Great Britain last week- end sent a formal protest to Japan, demanding "actual measures" to halt attacks on British vessels, The note, which turned out to be milder than the American protest, which President Roosevelt sent to Japan, over the sinking of the U.S.S. Panay, asserted that the Tokio Government failed to carry out previous promises to re- spect British lives and property in China. The note was despatched after For- eign Secretary Anthony Eden told the ; House of Commons that Britain would not be satisfied with the mere note of apology delivered by Japan. South China Conflict Expected SHANGHAI -- Leaders of Japan's armed forces were reported this week to be preparing a great drive into South China to complete their con- quest of this war-ravaged nation. Re- ports of the impending South China invasion, which would bring Japan into even graver collision with British interests, came from many quarters. British railways now employ near- ly 600,000 persons. The Imperial Airways huge flying boat "Cygnus" crashed and sank Fatal Plane Crash in Harbor of Brindisi, Italy don from Karachi, India. A member of the crew and six were killed. to the bottom of the harbor at Brindisi, Italy, while en route to Lone '