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scu;i=:.=*c Voice of the Press Canada. The Empire and The World at Large CANADA. B«nefit of Laughter. TUero Ik, apparontly a Btanding al- temativa between annoyance and amusemeut over life's Ironical acciJ- entH, and he who lives best is ho who laivicti!) l"'«t for relief from tho tears and tension of his own trials. It Is a child's privilege tu laugh because he i» tickled, but the adult must learn to laugh in the face of misfortune, handicap and even pain or be becomes the unhappy slave of his own circum- itances. Such laughter, It aoems, has a deflnlto therapeutic value. It has long been xald that one may laugh •tid grow fat, but it Is more important to the modern man that he learn to lauKh his way out of nervous prostra tlon. Miss Mary Â¥. Ferguson, super Tlsor of social service at John Hopkins Unlverblty, advocates laughter as an antidote for all sorts of neuroses and even for hocIhI disorders. â€" Krederlcton Oleaner. Show Confidence. Three mon who escaped with their hen from the Akron are now looking for i>ositions on the Macon, a dirigible aotr ready for Us tests. They have more confidence in such craft than the average individual, and it may be be- cause they know more about them. â€" StDitford Rcacon-Herald. lats and mining mon refer to as tho pro-Cambrian shield. This underlying stratum of rock is the oldest forma- tion which geolugisls know, dating hack to the dim paitt when our earth's crust first began to solidify. ~I/ondon Advertiser. Lucky Exeter, Exeter, Ontario, has accumulated a suri>Ius, reduced its debt and cut ila tax rate ton mills. A lucky place Is Kxctor, But other towns are vexed at her; Her feat they cannot emulate. Reduce the debt and cut the rale, As folks have done in Kieter. â€" Strathroy Age-Oispalch. A Wealthy Editor. There was a banquet in Orangeville one night, and many of tho citizens were telling of the opportunities the town offered, and how well they had done there. The editor of one of the earliest papers got up to give hia tes- timony, "When I came here," ho said. Akron Victim'* Imprestive Funeral Italian Breaks Seaplane Re :oid Past tho grave of the unknown soldier at Arlington cemetery, ai. army gun carriage bears the body of Mcut.-Com. Harold MacLellun, wiio craslied with the airship. British Military Aircraft For the Far East Nino of tlie fas.test and most eta- cient shipboard military aircraft In the world will be included in the "I was not worth one cent, and now • complement of the British aircraft I am worth J75,000." Seeing the In- credulous looks on the faces of some of his fellow-citizens, he continued : "An authority ha.s estimated that each cliild Is worth at least J5,000. I have 15 children."â€" Fergus News Record. Safety in the Air. The enquiry into the Akron disaster retlvei memories of that which was made In the case of tho City of Liver- pool, the Imperial Airways liner, which crashed a short time ago, though of course there is no compari.son between the two. The point raised Is that of comi.aratlve safety of travels In tho air, either in airplanes or in dirigibles. \">r. Eckener has steered his Zeppe- lin thousands of miles across both horth and south Atlantic and over Europe, without a single accident to any passenger. The Imperial Airways was established In 1924, and since then there have been only six accid- ents to their liners in which injury to passengers was involved, and though during that period they have flown over ten million miles and have carried a quarter of a million passen- gers. Flying on the regular iiir routes In Europe, in fact, is regarded us assur- ing an even greater safety than travel by road. This Is proved by tho fact that the insurance companies ask' higher premiums for the latter than they do for the former. It is such a disaster as that which happened to the City of Liverpool which proves the general rule. The case of the Akron come.s wlUiln a different category, but the public often fails to differentiate and is apt to lump all aerial disasters together.â€" Montreal Dally Star. THE EMPIRE. Survived the Crisis The United Slates have come to the climax of their malady, while tliey are KtlU strong cnouKh to copo with It. They will build up from the base a stronger, more stable industry and commerce than the fantastic structure which has toppled from the height of the .skyscrapers to the dust. â€" I.iondon Dally Express. European Quarrels. There is no doubt that the predom- inent feeling in tho minds of millions in this country today is tliat at all costs Britain must refu.se to be drag- ged into the quarrels of Europe. By tho Locarno Treaty we are pledged to lake sides against tho aggressor, if trouble breaks out between France and Germany. But if this were to happen now, the man in the street who does not pretend to understand the niceties of diplomacy, would find it very hard to say who was most to tilame, and there would be a strong demand that we should stand a.side. â€" Sir Walter Layion in The Ixindon News-Chronicle I Lib.). Power of the Press. "We are a generation which lives on newspapers juat as caterpillars feed on green leaves." â€" 'Winston Churchill. Sensitive World. The fact of tho matter is, the means of commuulcation throuBuoui the world have becomo so rapid and im- proved that what happensâ€" and this may seem paradoxicalâ€" in China to- morrow Is actually reported In your evening paper today. There Is no doubt that things of a very similar import happened a con- fury and a half ago. Had Uiey been known everywhere at tlie tlmo, no doubt the effect would have been tho lame on people's nerves and imagina- tion. Today we are living in a mighty jensltive world, and It may be the world's salvation In the long run. I.ikewige in things rtunomic is the world sensitive. In tho last three years there has been no such thing as a lo- calized deprpH.sion, â€" St. Catharines Btandnnl. The Polluted Air. The latest report, published today, by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research on the investiga- tion of atmospheric pollution hardly justifies any optimistic Inference that tho evil is al)atinK. On« sliould not, perhaps, be depressed l]y the report, but one may bo astonished that after a century of industrial civilization one of its worst evils shows such little sign.M of abatement. Since men must live in centres of dense i)opulatlon. It is essential that they should bo happy In doing so; yet It seems impossible they should be content when not only Houses and streets but tho air itself is hardly fit to live in.â€" Manchester Guardian. carrier Eagle, when she steams out of Pithead towards the end of next nionth on her way to the China sta- tion. There she will relieve H.M.S. Hermes, the carrier which has been on duty in Chinese waters for many monUis, and Is now due to come home for a long re-flt. The Eaglo is the largest British aircraft carrier, displacing 22,600 tons, and with acccnimodatiou for up to 40 airplanes. Her complement during her stay with the China squadron will be 21 airplanes, com- prising 15 which will be flowu on board from Cos port before she loaves this country, and six to be Lnken over from the Hermes. The remaining flight in the Hermes is to be tmnsferred to tho Fifth Cruiser Squadron. The airplanes will be launched from catapults mounted on the decks of the warship. A bulletin of the Society of Brit- ish Airc-ratt Constructors states that navigation of a naval airplane. In volving long nights from a moving base, is tho most difficult kind of aerial course-landing, be.side which a long ocean flight on a single com- pass bearing is a simple matter. Apart from the intricate problems met In plotting a pre-determinea course with constant reference to the movements of Ihe carrier or other conveying warship, the liaze whicli not Infrequently rises Quite suddenly over the sea Introduces the factor of bad visibility. That a fleet air arm machine is seldom, if ever, lost is pufncieut evidence of the .sTtlU of tho navigators, the trust- worthiness of their engines, and the accuracy of tho elaborate naviga- tional Instruments which every British naval plane nui.^t carry. â€" Toronto -Mail and Empire. Woman Light Keeper Dies Painipol, Brittany. â€" Mme. Per- rine Durand, believed to be the world's only "Professor of Light house Keeping," died recently in the Paon Lighthouse on the He do Brc- hat, several miles from the Breton coast. She was the first Frenchwo- man to be named keeper of a light- house, serving in this capacity for fifty-one years. S'he was ?9 years old at the time of her death, and rema'n- c-d ii; active Sv'rvice o)most to th* eiid. Lighthouse keeping l.as been the principal trade ft r ricrades of tie Pfrvine and Durand families. When her hu.sband died, Mme. Durand as- sumed his duties as kepeer of the Triagoz Lighthouse, and so expert did she become, so conversant with all the aspects of this perilous trade, that she was named "Professor of Lighthouse Keeping" by the French Merchant Marine Ministry. Every year four or five apprentices were assigned to her lighthouse. In this fashion she trained half a hundred lighthouse keepers, two of them her own daughters, Mme. Pierre Taldu, in charge of the Portle-Chai.ie (Pleu- Gt. Britain Enters Electrical Age Now Third Greatest Electric- ity Producing Country in World Loudon.â€" Great Britain has now be- come the third greatest electricity pro- ducing country in the worldâ€" at a cost of »135,000,OOO. Despite industrial depression, the output of electric power Increased last year by more than 7 per cent, com- pared with 1931. There was scarcely any drop in de- mand In the severely depressed areas, and In the midlands and south con- sumption increased considerably. These facts are revealed In the an- nual report of the Central Electricity Board for 1932. The board has now completed 3,000 miles of 132,000 volt transmission lines and 1,000 miles of secondary lines worked at 66,000 volts. It had to negotiate with 21,000 owners and occupiers of laud to secure way- leaves for the erection of transmission lines. Only a small percentage of the Agello Flies Over Lake Garda . at Speed of 426.5 Miles an Hour Desenzano, Italy. â€" The speed 'plan« "Red Bullet," a powerful little shli painted entire';- led, broke tb« 'vorld'i seaplane speed record on April 10 wit! Francesco Agello at the controls. Foi five laps over Lake Garda Agello mad» an average of -426.5 miles an hour. The previous record, set by Lie* tenant George H. Stainforlh, of Kng. land, in 1931, was 408.8. Agello reached a maximum speed of 432.83 in his fourth lap, and ii'is mint mum was 421.66 In the third lap. All ofllcers said a new engine would b4 Installed in an attempt to reach i speed of 700 kilometres, or 437.5 miles Agello was a member of the Italiai Schneider Cup team n 1929. His sue cossful attempt climaxed a series ol such efforts at the high speed alrpoit here in which several craft were lost I^ast year Lieut. Nerl made an uuot flcial 422 miles an hour and a feU weeks later he was killed. The "Red Bullet" has twin enginei in taudem developing a maximum ol 2,800 horsepower. The two propellon turned in opposite directions on a sleeved shaft In front. The machine was Intended for the last Scbneidei Cup race, but was not completed la time. Agello, who Is 31, was bora la Lodl. -*- bian) lighthouse, and Mile. Aline Du- work ou the national "grid" remains rand, who succeeds her mother at the Paon lightliouse. Export of Arms. It is of paramount importance. It any form of arms regulation is ever to be established by this or a subse- (|ueiit Disarmament Conference. that every Governniont shall be able abso- lutely and iMoquivocally to maintain .supervision and control of the export of arms by their national llrms- Lon- don Times. Bread and Butter Farmers in the Balkans, we read, ire feeding bread to their cows. The tows, of course, furnish Iheir own but- ler. â€" Border Cities Star. Advertising Did It. Total sali's by It. H. .Macy & (a.ui- pBiiy lust year umount«d t.( I80.0.)ii,- JOO. By rea-hlng this amount the New Vork store justified Its daiui to heim; the world's largest store. Marshall Feb! & Company of Chicago. which Used to claim the title, dropped to $7H,000,000 last year In order to roll up iho .saU-j total of »80.000,«ij(l Macy's used clever and eiteii.ilve adverttxing. And 90 per cent, of the .Macy advertising was done In the newspaper.?, the medium tho worlds largest store lias found tho best to attract cuslomer.s - St. ThoniiiH Time? .lournul. THE UNITED STATES. Wealth In Stumps. Many hundreds of old tree stumps, which have stood desolate in the for- ests northeast of Melbourne since the millers' fBlllng gangs passed through with their saws and axes years ago, are now proving to have a very high valuo. The stiimpa are of mountain ash, a wood which is Increasing In demand as a furniture timber in Aus- tralia and ov(!rKoas. Discovery that the mountain ash Htunips were suit- able for furniture converted what was formerly rogarded as forest waste Into a valuable asset. In favorable circum- stances niounlain ash trees grow to 300 feet in height, but their growth is such that for some distance from the groundâ€" from eight to twenty feet -the trunk i.-t 'rrcgularly 'hnpcd and heavily bullresied. Not li^nj,' nuo an cxaniinatioii of some of (he old stumps (li;<cloHert that when properly cut the grain of the limber was uniLvnally Icaiillful Cliristiaii Science Monitor. A I..on'lon musician Is said to have Invented an instrum<>nt that is a com- bination clarinet and saxophone, which Is one step in tho direction of ciuv Tprtinu tbo saxophone Into a musical iDrlrument Toronto Mall & Kinplre. Sift From 'Quikei. >'\\» VKivon for our freedom fiom #«rlh sharks is api)arent from an ex- •minatifu of the Reologlral formation underlytni Ibis rentral portion of Can- •d*. A large part of both Ontario and (?ue'ier has its g*<jIoKlcal foundation A '.\e Laureotiaa rvcka, which acleat War On Pettt. Mhii.s a riilleil States eiiv i« i)lag- lied by the noise and dirt of starlings in whiter, of sparrows the year round. To the relief of pestered inhabilnnts occasionally come hawks. In Hartford, I'onn.. last winter three hawks enter- tained and gratifled townspeople by ttieir daily raids on the cll.v'a swarm iif starlings. Last w oek iwn "sparrow'' hawks were imltiiig on the same kind lit helpful show in Springfield. 111. â€" ^fnprazine Time, ♦ Since tlu> war nearly ."lU.Of.O per- son.* In 111,- l'iiiie<l Kingdom, mora than half o( iheni t>eing Women, have l>eeii granted divorcee. Research Findings May Eliminate "Heating" of Grain Winnipeg. â€" Discoverie.^ which promise to elcminato "heating" of grain in storage and transit wei^e re- ported by Dr. R. K. Larmour, of the University of Saskatchewan, to the Associate Committee on Grain Ue- search meeting her^. Dr. Larmaur has discovered that cs.-tain micro organisms on the wheat appear to contribute a large praporlion of tho wheat's respiratory activity. In normal times, vho los.s or. a car- load of grain that haa lieated ap- proaches $1,500. Heating can now be pi-evente<l. What is not yet known and what Dr. Larmour now wants to investigate, is the effect of the pro- posed method of pi-evention on tho quality of Uw grain. --♦ Soviet Converting Coal Into Gas in Mine Veins Moscow.â€" An experim-.'nt in con- verting coal directly into gas in the vjins in the nxine has been started by the Soviets in the Moscow basin. The coal thus U8e<l i.i in layers too t'.in to be mined profitably. Electric heaters prepare the coal in L,esc thin veins and with the aid of compre!;aed air and vapor water, gas is prcduce<l a'.d piped to to surface to be u.sed for industrial purposes. Th-j method of converting coal di- rectly into gas wa-s promulgates! in 1914 by Sir William Ramsay, but the Soviet scientist's l>eliove they are the first to try out the pos,sibilitio.s on a large commercial scale. •> Duce Always Right, Says Militia Creed Rome.- The Fascist militia, which has con pleted its tenth year of exist- ence, accepts as a fact that Premier I'onito Mussolini can do no wrong. Point eight in the niilitiamnn's deca- logue is, "Mussolini is always right." The tt;"!th commandment is that the duce's life must be held ('car above all things. The dxralogue Wgins will a warn- ing tli'.t ihe militiaman nuitl not be- lieve â-  perpetual peace. ♦ Illinois Protects Highways I .'Infield, lll.--.\n amendment fo th linois statutes pi-ovldes that mo- lt â-  icks operating on Improved hlgh- w .'S at a sprcd grcBirr than ten miles an hour mu"'t b" enuiitped with .men- malic llres. French Stage Now Forbidden To Children Under 13 Years Paris. â€" Stage appearances by chil- dren under 13 years of age, except in specially authorized cases, have been forbidden in an order issued by the French Ministry of National Ed- ucation. Up to the present time child acto^^ even in evening performances have not; been uncommon on the French stage. The new regulation exacts that any child appearing in theatrical en- tertainment shall produce proof that he is receiving regular schooling and forbids his appearances except at matinees. At the National Opera, however, i. was said that the young girl dan- cers who are seen from time to time in the ballets would not be affected, since the opera is a school of dancing and the pupils are licensed to give occasional exhibitions. A Shaw Confesses He Is Really Victorian While en route to New Yori^ George Bernard Shaw made a franll confession that he believed he wai linng beyond hia own era. ; "I really am a Victorian," said tlM gray-bearded playwright. "I ai^ WTiting a new play, but the young«l writers are coming to the fore." Shaw, in a chatty mood, discussed at length the Victorians of hia owl era. "The relationship between men ajii women has changed tremendously/ he said, reminiscently. "That is, tl some respects. "The modern woman's clothes an< language are sometimes shocking â€" > to be done. London has the fir^t gas-filled high tension underground cable in commer- butthey are more decent." clal use in the world. It runs between I Hackney and Walthamstow. The cable carries a voltage of G6,000, and is drawn into steel tubes surrounded by compressed nitrogen gas. No fewer than 150,000 tons of the finest British steel, 12,000 tons of aluminum, 500,000 tons of cement, and 200,000 insulators have been used. The production of all this material consumed 800,000 tons of British coal, and about 120,000 men have been em- ployed on the work. "The fact that the 'grid' itself is operating with almost complete relia- bility over the 2,000 miles already in commission," states the board, "shows Shaw, with a burst of modesty, pti( himself about twentieth among th< " moderns who have done most for tJl' * world. . « New Zealand May Bar • Imports From Russii [ Wellington, New Zealand. â€" If th< British Government puts an embarg:* on Russian iraporta the New Zealand , Government "will doubtless take siml ^ lar action." This announcement was made bj * Prime Minister G. W. Forbes whM . asked what the Government proposM to do in connection with the threat that as technical achievement the na-l ened cessation of trade between th( tlonal power scheme Is one of the out- standing efforts of Great Britain in this century." Lindberghs May Reside in Wales London. â€" The Daily Herald last week printed a report from Cardiff, Vt'ales, saying preparatio..- were under way for Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Ijndburgh to renidu near Cathedral City, in Llandaff. The dispatch pointed out that Mrs. E. M. Morgan, a sister of Mrs. Lind- burgh, resides there with her husband. It was understood that Mrs. Morgan suggested that the flier ami his wife, the former Anne Morrow, move to South Wales, and that Colonel Lind- bergh favors the idea. World's Fastest Human Motor Car Exports Up Nearly a Quarter Statistics released by the Automo- bile ivision. United States Department of Commerce, indicate that the com- bined exports of passenger cars and trucks during February exceeded those during the corresponding month of last year by 23 per cent Belgium was again the leading foreign export market for passenger cars. It is noted, however, that a certain percen- tage of motor vehicles exported to Bel- gium and re-exported. The Union of South Africa, Japan, Argentina and Australia followed in the sequence in- dicated. In volume of American-made motor cars imported, Brazil, which had been in fifteenth place in Janu- ary, advanced to sixth place. Japan retaii>ed its leading position as an export market for commercial vehi- cles, followed by Brazil, Belgium, Bri- tish India and Spain, all of which, with the exception of British India, increased its demands over January requirements. Brazil advanced from fifth to second place. Wanaiil Dlhcer Francisco Agello, llullaii are, who o.i April 10 flew <2(; m.p.li. to bettor Britain'.^ re cord by 35 kilometres per hour. New Drug Cure for Carbon-Monoxide United Kingdom and the Soviet ari» • ing out of the arrests in Moscow oi six British electrical engineers ol charges of espionage, sabotage an4 bribery. The Prime Minister declared tli4 - Government was watching the posW , tion most closely and was prepared to follow Great Britain's lead. H< expressed the opinion it would nol • be necessary to pass now legislation as the Government was already ei» powered to restrict imports. « London Bank Adds More Girls to Stafl London. â€" More young girls are be^ ing engaged by Lloyds Bank. They are not placed on the pernaa' nent staff, no • do they get bonus ol pension. ' An official said to a e<>rresiK>nden( yesterday : "More and more of our bratichM are becoming mechanized. Apart from the fact that girls are better typist^ we also find that they are quicker if handling the new calculating vai ledger posting machines. "Men will be carefully trained an< selected as heads of departments."" Ix>ndon.â€" 'Victims of carbon-monox- ide gas poisoning are turned deep blue and then ria» k red by a new treat- ment just discovere<l. It eliminates the after-effects suf- ' »t . i- u â-  r i.-~ r...„j K. .1, L u "-"«^« »"' I Mount Kanchanjanga. From tim< tered by those who have been revived â-  - • i »i. u- i ».i,. ' "^^ ' ••""""i"-'">""i the Himalayan pcata Indians Worship Planes Which Soared Over EveresI Dinajpur, Im.ia.--Hillmcn of th« Himalayas, who believed that tiu mountain gods would punish EnglisI aviators for invading their domain 1 ow are kneeling and worshipping be fore the airplanes in which the Bri tons flow over Mount Everest &ni immemorial, from this form of poisoi.ing bv arti- u i ^i. i r lu .i f- â-  , _ .. ',. ••••"'&") n»" have l>een the seat of the gods, ficial respiration, which has been the forme of treatment hithertj. Consciousness is speedily restored and the patient falls into a gentle sleep which lasts about twenty-four hours. The patient then feel.s little the viorse for the experience. Educator Won .Spelling Bee With Minister A minister, a lawyer and two edu- cators engaged in a si)elling bee in Lincoln, Neb. A fifih friend submitted a list of ten words. The e<lucators fell down Chile Aids Idle Taxi Driven Santiago. CMiile. â€" Kighty bus driven and conductors, unable to make a Ut ing because of high gasoline prices an4 low fares, will depart soon with theli families to settle on government-own ed farms at Kl Culenar. in Longui Department. .â- V farm at San Kernandt has been set aside by the Oovernmeal for unemployed taxi drivers of Santfr tgo and other cittc^s. * Forest Fire Loss $3,077,890 in Quebec Quebec. There were 1.42C forwl on six words each, the minister eight f'^cs in tho Province of Quebec lu( and the lawyer eight. i year, an estimated 1,027,15.1 acres fc» The words they were asked to speil '"B di stroye<l at a loss of |P,,077,8»O, were superseile, rarefy, picknicker, accor.liiig to Information given in th« i Uimono, liquefy, battalion, tranquility. I cgislativ,- .V^eo.bly by t^e MitiiatS< acrilegi#B«, naphtha and paraffin. «>f Lands and Forests.