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v^. Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and The World at Large â-º ••••••••••â- â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢I CANADA Pultteuess i( like the air In a tire: K 0*i>ti nothbig, but makes things run Stuch more emootbly. â€" Ottawa Jour- An Anchor on th« Heart In the 8Sth race of their series, on {be Thamea Klver, Cambridge made a ftew record by taking Us tenth straight Victory over Oxford, Its ancient rlral, -which had not recorded a win since i»23. This classic battle of the Blueaâ€" the Oldest of all British Intervarslty clash- ^â€" has been described as an anchor In the heart of the British people, and the wide appral which this 20-mlnut« •vent makes has always been con- sidered remarkable. The historic race draws hundreds of thousands of onlookers to the scene it the contest every year, demonstrat- ing not only the Briton's Interest In tlean, manly sport, but his Inherent tovo for bout.s and the water. â€" Sudbury Star. Britain Points the Way Britain has improved hor position to m Krutifying degree since the fall of 1931 when higher taxes and drastic reductions in expenditures had to be adopted by the National government to set John Bull's house lu order to innintaiu credit abroad. Now there Is k much rosier picture. According to ?â-  talcmenta made by Neville Chambor- aln, chancellor of the e.xchequcr, John feull's credit Is so fully restored that Inc government Is almost embarrassed ^y the amount of foreign money brought to London by people who feel )t to be a safer place than whence it "tame. Another bright spot is that treat Britain, after having slipped ^ack to the position of third exporting Wuntry, has regained the first posl- iTon.â€" Kitchener Dally Ui-'cord. The Permanent Pllgrime There waa • time when the Prime Minister of Great Britain and the For- eign .Secretary went abroad that the earth echoed with the reverberations of their tread. To-day they movo be- tween London and Geneva like season ticket-boldera on the Underground.â€" London Dally Express. India's Nationhood It India Is to enjoy the benefits of full and equal membership in the Com- monwealth of Nations, the outside world muat have visible proof of politi- cal stability and competence In the in- fant Indian naton which is to be born, not only out of an unprecedented ad- venture In constitution-making, but from the loosening of its present Inti- mate association with the greatest Power In the world. The proof can be helped by the display of a real sense of values intelligible to other coun- tries. It Is not helpt.'d by the uuerjual Interest taken by non-official mombers of the Central Legislature in their own as distinct from the alien Govern- ment's proposals, and still leas by other conspicuous displays of the mo- ment. â€" Calcutta Statesman. Dreams of 1928-29 An economist says that we were all living In a dream during 1928-29. Ah, ke.s, the good old daze. â€" Toronto Sat- urday Night. Alr-Mlndedness One of the amazing thing.'! about air Uavolâ€" still really only in its infancy fc-ls not that there are the occasional Crashes with fatal results, but that Ihyy have not been very much more |rt,-quent. Aerial travel on this con- klnoiit, particularly in the United i^tatea, is taken Just as much for j^raiited as it la in Europe, which for â- evoral years has maintained an ex- i|ensive network of lines. Airmen and mrcraft manufacturers have indeed tstabllshed a line reputation. Bad ac- idents are few and far between. â€" Vic- toria Times. Two Heavyweights on the Air The Drama In Canada If the Dominion Drama festival or- Janized under tlie auspices of His Ex- . ellency the Earl of Bessborough rouses Interest as keen and as wlde- jlpread in the other provinces as it has In nrttlali Columbia, there will be no tcnibt of its .success. Toward the end t April the winning teams from all tho provinces will meet at Ottawa. From tho three we.stern provinces will io a Shaw play and a Barrle play. The British Columbia team will present the Eden sc<-no from Bernard Shaw's SiJack to Methuselah," while Barrle's ;;TMeIve Pound Look" will bo preseut- «d by teams from Medicine Hat and Sflpkatoon, tho winners, respectively, In Alberta and Saskatcho^ai5%-Van- «ou'.'er Province. The Silver Lining ("ilavo you ever lliousht that al- though every type of luxury and labor- saving device is available in our homes, our houses lack the comfort of those of Victorian days';" â€" Sir Mark Webster Jenklnson.) There Is some- thing to be said for a dniUKlily palace against a warm hutch, something to be said for the comradeship of large families, something to be said for very square meals â€" sirloins and giut-'or pud- dings â€" for grand pianos, for four-post- ers, for thick carpets, and for plenty of headroom and elbow-room. And there is much to be said for the spirit wiiich went with them, the feeling of security and comfortable future. Our ago is one of flats and small hou.ses, of most of the comfortable discom- forts described by Sir Mark Jenkln- son, and we live in a most Georgian discomfort of mind. But when the last thunder has rumbled, the last shower flnlshed, and we come into a cool, clear world again, we will build houses for ourselves of a comfort and convenience of which Sir Mark's Vic- torians never dreamt. â€" Leeds York- shire Post. Home Making "Healthy domesticity," said Sir Goorgo Newman, addressing the Na- tional Union of Townswomen's Guilds, "is one of the essentials of a healthy nation." This Is a truism, but to utter It calls for courage. The word is un- popular. It smacks too much of an ago and conditions from wliich the modern woman Is (,'lad to have es- caped. A reputation for "domesticity" is not an object of ambition in high schools, secondary schools, or elomont- ary schools. It rouses a spirit of an- tagonl.sm in tho emancipated and seta them bridling. Sir George Newman, therefore, was greatly daring when he pleaded for 'making homes instead of shutting them down and living In res- taurants." â€" London Dally Telegraph. British Ban on Russia Will Aid Canadian Lumber Recovery Wiinn Kate Smith turiiud up a"', tho studio in -N'ew York for tho first time since her operation for blood poisoning. Jack Dempbey assisted at the wheel chair. Britain Offers Lead In Air Disarmament Ottawa. â€" ^The Dominion Govern- ment is highly pleased over the pros- pect of the stimulus to the depress- ed Canadian lumber trade which is proniUed in the Impending Imposi- tion of Great Brtain's embargo on trade with Soviet Russia. It will be recalled that at the Imperial Con- ference last summer Canada led the way in demand that an effective pre- ference should be given to Canadian lumber as well as against the admis- sion of the Soviet product. What was Anally adopted was not a ban on British Imports from Russia, al- though certain rights to impose It were taken. Immediately after- wards, enormous British orders were placed in Russia. The significance of the preses:' qswc consibts in private advices that tb< legislation granting power to put an embargo on Soviet imports Is to b« passed and receive the Royal A.<iseot almost immediately so that it wiB become effective on April 17. wbc« Britain's six months' notice expire* of the denunciation of the trad* treaty between the two countrleal The Dominion Oorernment consequ- ently has every reason to hope that Canadian lumber will immediately replace the huge quantities bought from the Soviet. Spanish Women Given Vote Next month the women of Spain will *oto In the munif-lpal elections throughout the Peninsula for tho first time In history. This Is a decided vic- tory for the feminist movorasnt, and Is not unlikely to have its repercus- sions elsewhere on the Continent.â€" Montreal Star. Good Sense Hlliott RooHOViilt has shown himself to he a young man of good senso and ♦ oii-'lderahle delicacy of feeling -to aav nothing of proper solf respectâ€" by culling loose fnmi WiishlnRton and Ni'w York and heading for tho far â- wr.'st to rstnbllsh himself on a tattle rHtich. The J'rpsldfnfs son had bocn an a<lvprllHiiig man In Now York. Hut he f'JUtid it almost ImiHiHslble lo solicit tju-iiiio.'fs which did not have some con- nection with Washington. Ho was of- ferod a host of nrv,v Job.s, but in al- most every case his would-be employer quiotly assumed tlint ho wou'd servo • â- ) a closetothc throne lobhyls', at the Amorlcan Capllal. So he decided to «'. west, to the ranges, where fiio fart that his fathor Is President will make no difference lo anyone. - - g'lchec < liroriicle-Teli'urupli. Recipe Fer Rest One commendable way of mkiig a rot{ Is to refrain from attending to other people's business. • Al< hl»on Olotie THE EMPIRE Imports of Snake Skins Siial<£kin shoes, so popular to da), ha»e created a record In the Import of ihf- ms»f.rlal U«t year South Amerl 4U proflde't <,iti»0,O«0 skins. AfiVa 2, oot).W SM<I ln<ila 1,260,000. -l/)ndon THE UNITED STATES The Standard of Life Supposing that Mr. Averngo Citizen drives an average car, his costs are Just over 6W cents a mile. And be- cause ho owns his own car and to get tho most out of his investment must use It considerably, he succeeds In tra- velling upwards of 7,000 miles every year. Railway travel for the genera- tion Just preceding tho "motor age" cost throe cents a mile, and was a luxury for tho average individual to be Indulged only at long intervals. How striking Is the contrast that oven in these confused, perplexed, so-called dt>pression times, millions of our peo- ple travel an average of 7.000 miles annually at a cost of more than .-jix cents a mile.â€" Detroit News. Air Elstimates Show Reduc- tion of £340,000 â€" To Limit Size of Military Aircraft London.â€" The Marquess of London- derry, Secretary for Air, In a memo- randum accompanying the Air Esti- mates, emphasises the whole-hearted desire of tho Government to promote Disarmament, and to bring about a reduction in the world's air forces on an equitable basis. An actual reduction of nearly i:340,(K)O is shown In the Air Esti- mates. ,I/ord Londonderry states that the practical and Immediate proposals put forward for a general reduction In the size of tlio leadinR air forces to the British level, and thereafter, for an all-round further reduction by one-third, and for a Irtnltatlon In the size of military aircraft would. If ac- cepted, produce substantial economies In expenditures on air armaments, and, more important Btlll, would avart the danger of their competitive development. "Tho modest Home Defence pro- gram," the Secretary for Air odds, "la held In suspense for another year, a decision which Is a further earnest of the wholehearted desire of his Majesty's Government to promote DLsarnmnient and to bring about a reduction In the world's air forces on an equitable basis. "In the meantime the Royal Air Force remains at a figure of strength substantially less tliau that of other great nations, despite tho rapidly growing Importance of air power to the British Empire, with it.s far-flung responsibilities." It appear.s that Lord Londonderry is hoping that a call for parity in air armaments will be made In the intervals between tlie production of new proposals for the abolition of military aircraft and the Interna- tional control of civil aviation. At the present moment there la a very real risk that the weak posi- tion of the British air force relative to the air forces of other countries shall be forgotten in the anxiety to produce a method of further dis- • armament. It comes fifth in order of size. 380 Public Schools Closed in Georgia Atlanta, Ga.â€" With no funds to carry on, 380 public schools through- out the State have been locked up, Mr. M. D. Collins, state school sup- erintendent, has announced. He added that there are probably 100 more schools that have closed be- fore the end of their terms, on which no official report has yet been re- ceived. â- 'It appears that common school education is doomed." Mr. Collins asserted, "not only in Georgia, but everywhere, unless adequate revenue to maintain the schools is provided. Aa I £60 It, common school educa- tion Is primarily the State's function, but the fact Is that the schools now are supported largely by revenue raised in the local subdivisions." Added to the deficiency fo reve- nue for schools is the uncertainty as to what the Income will be, Mr. Col- Una asserted, and said that the State was 13,122,317 behind in unpaid school appropriations, -some of which has been past due since 192S. Georgia spent a little more than $7,000,000 on Its department of education in 1932, and |780,000 of this waa appro- priated during former years. Traffic Safety In United States Shows Gain Mechanical Shovel Scoops 11 Tons at One Dip Tjondon. â€" A giiint mechanical shovel that will remove eleven tools of ciirth at one dip is being conctructed for use on the iron-ore beds which are now under development in orth- amptonshirc. In crder to penetrate the fifty feet of earyi. clay and limestone which covers the iron ore it was found necessary to produce something of im- mense size and power, and the mech- anism, which is to be operated by electricity, will weigh about 500 tons, the revolving superstiucture account- ing for 400 tons. British Offer Rail Cruses I London. â€" The Great Western Rnil- 1 way has arranged to run an extend- ed program of railway "cruises" dur- ing the summer. These land cruises I are a combination of first class rail- way travel and a de luxe motorcoach, with meals and accommodation at first class hotels, at cheap rates. Tlie railway operates over one of the most attractive sections of England. Wheat Price in France Hits Its Lowest Level Paris. â€" ^WTieat prices In France touched the lowe.st level in years on April 6, being quoted at 92 francs a quintal, or slightly under Jl a bushel. The price represented a drop of 20 cents in the last month. , In an effort temporarily to ap- pease irate farmers, the Government presented a demand to the Chamber of Deputies for a special fund of 20,- 000,000 francs (about $800,000) to be distributed as bonuses and to encour- age the use of inferior wheat as cat- tle-feed. • • • Denmark Title Confirmed to Eastern Greenland The Hague. â€" The permanent Court of International Justice last week confirmed Denmark's title to Enstern Greenland, over which tho Copen- hagen Government has been in con- troversy with Norway. The decision disallowed Norway's claim to "Eric the Red" land, a strip about 350 miles long on the Green- land coast between 71.33 north and 76.40. A Norwegian expe<iition land- ed on this territory in 1931, and the Norw^egians contended Denmark never had confirmeU. ownership by colonization. Massachusetts Is Victor is National Contest Sho'wing Progress Chicago. â€" The safety movement has at last caught up with traffic hazardi caused by the advent c/ the automo- bile, thanks to the 1932 national traf. fie safety contest, results of whicl have just been announced by the Nai tional Safety iTouncil here. These r« suits show that during ICB'2 then occurred the first reduction in traf. fie fatalities since the coming of th« automoLile, as well es a substantial drop in non-fatal mishaps. They also show that the nc-ighbor> ing city of Evanston, 111., and Pitt» burgh, Penna., made the greates) progress in all phases of traffit safety during 193'2 and hence wert erttitled to share tho honor of fir«l place in the contest while Massachti- setts took first place among th« states. Minnesota and New Jerse^ tied for second place. Seven different points were taiej into consideration in deciding the wilt ners. Actual declines in mishaps, safety education, traffic engineerii^g, law enforcement, all counted. For the country as a whole, it it reported that traffic fatalities wen reduced from 33,740 In 1931 to ap proximately 29,500 n 1932, while Don, fatal mishaps dropped from 1,000,001 in 1930 to approximately 50,000 ii 1932. Last year's contest was the firs! of its kind ever held, and the safetj council believes that undoubtedly thii co'.test had an important part in thi noticeable improvement in traffl< safety, early 450 municipalities weM entered in the contest, which is beinj repeated this year. Set Police Efficiency Mark Sydney. â€" Detectives in New South Wales claim a world's record for ef- ficiency. Last year 15,854 crimes were reported and of these 11,35, or 69 per cent., were solved. Also 89 per cent, of stolen property was re- covered. Interior of lU-pated Akron A New Deal For the Workers .\o matter how fair employers wish to be. there are always some who will liike advantage of times such as these ro lower unnecessarily tho staiidiirds of lalior, llieniby suliji'ditig them to un lair competltiDU. Many women iinrticU' larly are not uiildiiizi-d, and even iinlonH have temporarily lowered their slundurd.s in-order lo keep their peo- ple at work. If you faco .starviilion, it Is liet(i:r to acct'iil almost nnytliing tluiM Id fiH'l that you and your child- ren arc going lo I)p evieled from the last and tho clieapps-l rooms whieh you miiy have been able to find, :ind lliat there will liii no food. Cut after rwt has been accepted hy workers in their waRiM. they have nliared their work liy a< ceptlng fewer ilays a week In or- der that olheiH might be kept mi n few days also, until many or them have falU'U fur below what I would consider the normul and proper Ktandard for healthful IIvIiib. If the future of our country Is lo be safe and the next generation Is to giow up into healthy and good dtl/ens, It Is absolutely ne- cessary to proteit the health of our workem now and at all times.- -Mrs. Kiankllii Roosevelt In .Srribner's Mnpa- 7.lne I New York I. ..... .-..<, . . Ilninanitjr it' lliflt Ite: 'i Id mljr mai 's iiover ol liUeil'retiii.i man ,bal Is fi. ite. Lewis W.'ilck. niachliiist's mate, who perished v.ilh 7U others . wlnii l.io wo.iiis la.g st airviip crashed Into I lie sea off the Now Jersey shore. The search for the 71 mUstng officers and men has been greatly Impeded by vicious thunderstorms and heavy seas. Of tho Akron, long ai three averaso city blocks, only a few twisted hits of duralumlnum and pieces of fabric have been found. Tho above photo shows the gangway leading into the coatrol room. ^>- British Officers Brave Desert Heat Use Motor Cars on 6,000- Mile Journey â€" Special Compass Used Cairo, Egypt. â€" Three-quarters of I century after Henry M. Stanley, pio- neer explorer, worked his way througi darkest Africa In a year, a cavalcadi of British Army officers. In automo- biles, explored 6,000 miles of un* known desert land In Northern Af- rica, making the trip In two mouths, Tho exploring party, known as the Basnold Expedition, headed by Major U. A. Bagnold. and Dr. K. S. Sanford of Oxford University, was sent on an archeological trip to find truces ot ancient man. Four cars were used In the start from here. Equipped wth special tirei - and apparatus, the cars encountereil tho hardest types of driving. The routi led through the Owelnat and Ennedl hills, Queinal, Tekro, Nahroum, Sel- Ima, Wadi Haifa, Dakhal, Bahia and tho Eayoum Oases. Climatic conditions were unfavor ale for the automobiles, as greaj extremes In temperature" were encoun- tered throughout the trip. In tho Sudan It was as hot as i blast furnace, and in the Sahara Wt terly cold winds were encountered. Il addition to those territorial climatl cimngps, there were the marked dit fcrencos in temperature In day ani nlRht. Special Compass. Il was often necessary tu pull th» cars by ropos through the soft saiid Going through the sand was by n« means easy, and the engines of thi cars were taxed to their utmost is tho long, hard grind across the de» ert land. Major Bagnold invented a special compsisa for tho trip. The device was something similar to a small sun dial, and was attached to the Instrument board of each car. It proved very helpful In ascertaining positions. The motor cars U8e<l wore of Ai» oricau manufacture. RUBBER BATHTUBS MADE IN ENGLAND. The cheapness of rubber has haS surprisingly little effect on nritlsk r.anufacturcrs and inventors as m stimulant for new uses of the mater- ial In the opinion of The Manches- ter Guardian, although there is news of an effort to Increase its use ia ordinary thiiig.s the manufacture oC rubl><r bathtubs and ws^hbasina, '.