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VOICE THE WORLD AT LARGE of 'the = CANADA THE EMPIRE PRES CANADA The Ones To Solve It We still have the idea that housing problems will be solved by people who want to own homes rather than by politicians who would provide them.-- Financial Times (Montreal). Fuvrry--They Love Us! An antidote to serious pessimism over the human race is to be found in the fact that dogs and also some other animals think quite a lot of a great many of us.--Hamilton' Specta- tor. No Jobs In The North The people of the North are warm- hearted, kind, hospitable! But the country itself its not. The man who comes here with the idea that it will be no worse to be out of work in the North than in the South will soon find this is a mistake. For his own sake, - he should have some assurance that he can secure employment before he undertakes the hardship of .the' jour- ney here and the weather that will greet him on arrival. Literally thousands of men from the South, the East and the West have found work and opportunity in the prosperous North in recent years. But there is a limit to the power of absorption. That limit was reached gome time ago. Surely it is no more than~-cruel to hold out false hopes--to recommend a Sweepstakes ticket as a sure win.--Timmins Advance. : hat Causes the Losses The losses of the Canadian Na- tional Railways are not operating losses. the year before that, the Canadian Naticnal had a net operating surplus. The foss, and the only loss, is on in- terest charges. Well, no policy of uni- fication nor of amalgamation would or could reduce a cent of the loss on interest charges. The bondholders ~ would go on collecting their interest. --Ottawa "ournal. "Two Little Words" Not a right nor a line in the Brit- fsh North America Act is affected by Dominion Government's proposal to put inte force unemployment insur- ance. Merely the two words are add- ed to the constitution, making it clear 3 and definite that the problem is a na- tional one, on which all ure agreed. - It would certainly seem that the op- position of Alberta, New Brunswick and Quebec to the proposed legisla- tion would be fatuous, if the opposi- tion is pressed.--St, Catharines Stan- dard. We're All Cetting Them At one time the ownership of an sutomobile was a sign of wealth. That time is not very long ago, but it has departed definitely now. A survey of the United States and Canada has shown that automobile ownership among families with incomes of less | than $30 a week is increasing at the rate of 1,000,000 annually. It is expect- ed that by 1940 two-thirds of the mo- . tor cars in the two countries, or more than 15,600,000 of them, will be owned by persons in the less-than-$30 class. --Edmonton Journal. Do You Like Your Work? If you do not get any enjoyment out of your daily job, or if you do not get a "kick" out of viewing a plece of work you have done well, then: you are not interested in that job and you will not likely make a success of it. Ag long as you look upon your daily toil in this way, you will always feel dissatisfied. Why not experiment? Try a month of actually showing interest in the problems and solutions of the busi- ness you are in, You will be pleas- antly surprised to note how much your outlook on life will change and how much better satisfied you will be if you:will.only "make your job in- teresting."--Kitc.... Record. : skiing begins earlier and lasts 1 Thig year, as last year, and | THE EMPIRE Guileless Censor A friend lately received a letter | from her brother, resident in one of the countries now at war, He wrote: "I will not tell you about the war, as our letters are sure to be read." Across the back of the envelope, out- side, was officially written: You are wrong, your letters are not read."-- London Times. To Stop a Stampede Ag still higher wage. and more paid holidays make jobs in the towns more attractive in this country, so will the present drift from the land become a stampede. How to stop it? Not by saying agriculure is important; not by extolling the charmg of country life. We've got to help the farmer to make | a job in the country as good as a job in the town. Prosperity passes agri- culture by because we do not take prosperity to the countryside. -- Lon- don Daily Express. Dog Team Brings Mail From North: First Mail of Winter Taken Out By Priest Father Duscharme, Catholic Mission at Chesterfield In- let, 350 miles north of Churchill, Manitoba, drove his dog team into Churchill last week with the first mail this winter from points north of Manitoba's port. Father Duscharme, who expected to return in a week, said the winter was very mild in his area and Eskimos were suffering from a mild form of flu. He also described fur conditions | along the Hudson Bay coast as poor | but inland 100 to 200 miles they were better. : Carries News of Outpost Death of a 17-year-old boy in a bliz- zard at Eskimo Point was revealed by the priest. While the father was away on a trading trip to Churchill the boy left alone on a hunting expedition. When the blizzard broke he lost his way and was found frozen to death. Father Duscharme said no word had been *eceived at Chesterfield from T. H, Mcnning of the British Arctic ex- peditionn who is alone oi Southampton Island in the northern reaches of Hud- son Bay. Manning hopes to cross from | Southampton Island to the mainland in' the spring and journey to Church- | ill by dog team but the mild weather and poor ice conditions these plans. Experts Reveal Rocket Scheme Plan to Shoot One, 967 Miles Into the Air A scheme for shooting an explora- tory rocket to a height of 967 miles above the earth was unfolded at New York last week before a convention of aeronautical engineers. Works In Theory The idea works in theory, krank J. Malina and A. M. O. Smith, of the California. Institute of Technology, said in a paper written for the annual meeting of the Institute of Aeronau- tical Sciences, \ Whether it will work in fact, they added, depends on the efficiency of the rocket and its "motor". Their proposed rocket would actu- ally consist of three separate rockets, one within the other, to be launched successively. Reaches High Velocity "A rocket made up of three steps, respectively of 600, 200 and 100 1bs.," they 'explained, 'the lightest being fired last, reached a calculated alti- tude of 5,100,000 feet and a maximum velocity of 11,000 miles per hour." They proposed to launch the rocket from a mountain top to save fuel be- cause the high velocity of flight through 'dense lower levels of the at- mosphere causes fuel to be rapidly eaten up. Once the three-in-one rock- et had cleared denser air, they said, it would "coast" to higher altitudes. - The purpose of the proposed experi- mental flight would be to gain knowl- edge of meteorological conditions in the uuper atmospheres. : of the Roman | may spoil | New British Consols Trophy Creates Widespread Interest Among Curlers \ Handsome Cup Donated by Macdonald Tobacco Co. Ontario curlers from the smallest towns and clubs are being given an equal chance with their brother devotees of "besom and stane" to win the new British Consols Trophy this year. This will be emblematical of the Single Rink Curling championship of the Ontario Curling Association and will carry with it the right to represent Ontario in the 12th annual play- downs for the Macdonald's Brier Tankard and the Curling Championship of the Dominion of Canada. Every one of the other Canadian provinces, and all will be represented at the Macdonald's Brier playdowns which start February 28th at the Granite Club, Toronto, declares its provincial champion by the Bonspiel route. In order to pick the strongest possible rink to represent Old Ontario in the Dominion playdowns, Ontario has been split into eight divisions. From the divisional games at Kingston, Sarnia, Midland, Toronto, Oshawa, Kitchener, Guelph and London will emerge the eight district champs. Ontario finals. On February 28rd the group winners come to Toronto for the The winner there will receive the new Trophy, presented by the Macdonald Tobacco company, the gold medals which go with it and the right to carry the Ontario banner into the lists for the Macdonald's Brier Tankard. Runners up will be presented with Silver medals. Since the inauguration of the Macdonald's Brier Tankard play in 1927, Ontario has only once won the Dominion Championship in curling. Western Canada seems to produce the annual winners. [ News In Review | World's Greatest Mass Migration HANKOW, China. -- One of the greatest mass migrations in human history has begun from the Yangtse River towns of Central China. Driven from their homes by Japan's invasion, countless thousands of Chin- ese are fleeing over the highways and across country deep into the interior, They are travelling on foot, in wheel- barrows, rickshag, on donkeys, and in ox-carts. oH , On the just-compieted =" fle high- way beiween Hankow amni-. .iang, one 30-mile long column of thes* war-suf- ferers was seen recently. Many were women and children; their pet dogs, cats and birds made a part of the strange procession. Wants Arms Export Control OTTAWA. -- A bill to provide for control of the shipment of arms and war materials to belligerent countries was given first reading in the House of Commons last week. The bill was introduced by the Transport Minister, Hon. C. D, Howe, and is an amendment to the Canada Shipping Act. He said it would enable such control to be exercised if and when it was necessary. The New Princess, Beatrix AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands. -- Princess Juliana's baby has been reg- istered officially and given the first name of Beatrix, chosen because of its meaning, "bringer of happiness and bliss." The full name is Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Princess of Orange and Princess Zur Lippe Bies- terfeld. Protest High Living Costs LONDON, Eng.--A petition protest- ing the high cost of living which the Liberals submitted to Parliament this week has been signed by 750,000 per- sons, Sir Archibald Sinclair, leader of the Liberal Opposition in the House of Commons, announced. The petition is part of the campaign launched by the Liberal party urging a 'return to free trade. 3 "Golden Shirts" on Rampage MATAMOROS, Mexico. -- Soldiers and police patrolled the streets this week as new reports rcached here that armed bands of Mexican Fascists i--Golden Shirts"--were pillaging and burning railway bridges along the Maexico-Texas border, near Reynosa. World Radio Conference CAIRO, Egypt.--King Farouk this week opened the World Conference on international radio, telephone and telegraph communications. Delegates Try the Mt. Tremblant Sector --the Kandahar, The Tasche- . zeau, fastest downhill terrain in Eastern Canada. 128 miles of trails, Instructor. Ski-joring behind dog teams, Skating, Hockey, Curling, 'Horse! z dirg, Sleighing, Dog Teams . | and the unsurpassed a: ty of Gray Write for folder. Make resorva- tions now. 1 F. H. Wheeler, Man. Director CKS INN st GRAY RO St Sovile elec | War Will Set Back Japan $3,000,000,000 TOKYO.--Japan's fighting forces last week prepared a budget estimat- ed as high as $1,800,000,000 to car- ry on the conflict with China for an- other year. This, with previous appropriations, would bring to approximately $3,- 000,000,000 the cost to Japan of the first 18 months of the war which started last July. Foreign Minister Hirota told Par- 1 liament the indemnity to be exacted from China will include both repara- tions usually paid "a conquering na- tion'" and compensation for property and business losses suffered by Ja- panese. ; of 62 countries, including Canada, were present to hear the King's brief inaugural speech. The conference may last for several months, and is to revise radio, tele- graph and telephone regulations fixed® by the Madrid International Conven- tion of 1932. "Will Never Compromise" BARCELONA, Spain. -- Premier Juan Negrin told the Spanish Cortes (Parliament) last week the Govern- ment would never agree to any com- promise with the insurgents. Due to danger of air raids, the Cortes' first session this year was held in the dining-room of a massive mon- astery, perched high in the lofty Mont- serrat Mountains about thirty-five miles from Barcelona, Wipe Out Terrorists JERUSALEM.--The second major punitive operation by British soldiers against Arab terrorists within the past year, was under way in the Jenin area, about twenty miles northeast of Nablus, this week. Battalions of the Ulster Rifles and the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, aided by five military planes, attempted to wipe out a strong band of terrorists in the moun- tains. Soviet Navy Ready MOSCOW.--The revitalized Soviet Navy is prepared "to crush the enemy wherever and whenever necessary," Navy Commissar Peter A. Smirnoff declared this week in open warning to "rapacious Fascist" powers. The newspaper Pravda, prominently displaying Smirnoff's account of Mos- cow's new naval strength, declared that the United States expanded arma- ment program constituted a firm an- swer to all aggressor nations. First Sea Lord LONDON, Eng.--The Admiralty this week announced appointment of Ad- miral Sir Roger Backhouse to be Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of the Naval Staff. The appoint- ment carries with it the post of First Sea Lord. Sir Reger, who has been Comman- in-Chief of the Home Fleet, suc- 1s Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chat- field, who has been Tirst Sea Lord cince 1933. /~ -- Learn the Truth About Yourself Analysed by An Expert Bes a Graphologist Your Handwriting Tells All Next week In this paper, Lawrence Hibbert, W atch for psychologist, character-analyst and lecturer, a begins a series of articles on handwriting. the First Ho W : e Will Send You a Complete Personal Article | Analysis For 10c ' \ - J Commentary on the | Highlights of the Weel's News , . , Oy Peter Randal PEACE WITH . ITALY: Fresh | moon Bridge." News photographers moves are under way "to~bring about better relations between Great Britain and Italy. Mussolini, to tell the truth, is hard-pressed for cash, having spent enormous sums in Ethiopia, and is looking for a little financial help from John Bull. Britain, apparently, will be glad to lend the money if for noth- ing else than to restore peace in the Mediterranean, but Italy first will have to comply with certain condi- tions: cease anti-British propaganda among the Arabs in the Near East; withdraw "volunteers" from Spain. Again there are wheels within wheels. Italy will not fulfill these re- quirements unless Britain first recog- nizes the Italian conquest of Ethiopia and consents to call the King of Italy, "Emperor". TO RESCUE CHINA?: If a rumor that armies from Outer Mongolia, a highly insulated country between Sov- fet Siberia and China, are advancing to the aid of the Chinese armies turns out to be true, it means the be- ginning of the end for Japan. The army of Mongols is reported to num- ber 250,000 men, all mounted; their highly mechanized equipment has come from Russia and they are skilled in the most up-to-date military pro- cedure. Outer Mongolia is at once under the suzerainty of China and the protection of the Soviet Union, can fight in self- defense against the Japanese without involving the neutrality of Russia. The Mongol armies are in a position to make short shrift of the long-drawn- out Japanese lines in the north of 1 China, and tp deliver body blows at the Japanese Empire. THE MORAL OF IT: A Cleveland thug who had been eating onions held up a taxi-driver. Nabbed by the police a few minutes later, he was taken to the station and held pending identifi- cation, The taximan supplied the clue of the onion breath. It was the same thug. The moral is . . .. 75,000 MORE HOMES: A member of the housing commission headed by Hon. Herbert A. Bruce, Mr. David Sheppard, expert in housing problems, declared in a public address last week at Toronto that Canada needs 75,000 more homes. "If we don't put the money into home construction now," Mr. Sheppard said, "the slum prob- lem will soon reach the proportions seen in-many United States cities. It will then cost us $250 a year to keep each family in the slums. We pay for our slums in increased costs of hos- pitalization, police and fire protection, social service and upkeep of mental institutions and jails." The slum menace multiplies day by day. And it isn't in Canada's larger cities alone .... our smallest of towns has its disgraceful habitations, hovels. We'll have to face the fact that something has to be done, and that right speedily. BRIDGE GOES OUT: The biggest news story to break in Canadian press circles for many years was the threat- ened collapse, and later, the actual buckling of Niagara's famous "Honey- "The League is dying . . . went to town on it, picture engravers did a land-office business, newspaper circulation figures soared. Over the week-end, too, railways and highways carried armies of sightseers to "X" marks the spot. While the pcople of Ontario sat quietly in their homes reading the evening paper, Hydro officials were shaking in their shocs at the prospect of an acute power shortage which would cut off electric light service in Western Ontario and cause an unpre- cedented industrial tie-up if the plant at Queenston were any further dam- aged by the ice-jam. The Ontario Power Company plant just below the Falls was already a wreck. With the dropping of the wind and colder weather again, the danger passed and headlines stopped scream- ing at us from front pages of the dailies. Could the situation have - been avoided? No, says a well known en- gineering expert, declaring that once an ice-jam of such magnitude collects, there is nothing you can do about it. The bridge, constructed over 40 years ago of a tvpe of steel greatly inferior to the alloy steels used today, was generally conceded to be obsolete any- way. HIT AT SANCTIONS: One by one the League of Nations' teeth are be- ing pulled out and its bite made more and more harmless. Sanctions, its most effective weapon in dealing with an aggressor country by denying that country the essentials of war-making, have never really been enforced, An attempt made to put a curb on Italy when she first invaded Abyssinia ip 1935 was arrested halfway ty the ob- jections of various nations, and was not carried to its logical conclusion. Italy got away with murder right in the face of the Leagve Covenant, as Japan had done three years before in seizing Manchukuo, Now, small naticns represented in the League are calling for the aban- donment of its system of obligatory sanctions, saying that the Leazue can no longer wield punitive power or en- force collective security when three big powers, Japan, Italy and Germany, are on the outside, The general attitude seems to be . let her go!" . ... but, puzzle: who killed the League? English rivers wash more than 2,- 000,000 tons of solid matter down to the sea every month. ily I TANADA-19384 IMPERIAL TOBACCO'S INSPIRING PROGRAM EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT On a National Coast to Coast Network Millions of people have con- fidence in the blue colour that assures safe,economical, satisfactory heating. 'blue coal' EVEN HEAT WITH NO'FORCED DRAFT \ +