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i/ Voice of the Press Cinada. The Empire and TTiu World at Larfje CANADA _ THE EMPIRE â- -•-• »• • < Still a Chance ' H.-udlincs umiouiui-d that tlio Prlnre 'ol Wuli's hud HUicumbed to a woman «( last. However It merely luippeiM'd on 'cSc golf course so there still re- mains hope in the iinattarhed female liifftst - Sinuoe Ri'fornnT. • Rubblih Menace The great Are In Cornwall was start- ed in a pile of rubbish behind a sur- •K". These backyard pileii of rubbish «n- a menace In every city.â€" St. Thorn- ^.i Tinu'BJoiirnnl. Minor Complaint • Mrs. Alva Johnson of Oklahoma Olty Ji;i« asked for a divorce from her hus- band. The court asked her on what grounds she desired to lay the charge, and the lady replied that she had no partlfutar complaint against him, only he had not been home since 1920. â€" Stratford fieacon Herald. No Doubt Hera The Canadian loan In I/ondon was â- ubscribed five times over, which means that we asked for $75,000,000 and were promptly offered J375,000,000. And, as though that were not enough, (he bonds are now being quoted at 1% per cent, premium. The Rritlsh, quite clearly, arc in no doubt about Canada. â€"Ottawa Journiil. New Use Ror Old Eggs Rotten eggs have been a favorite missile for ages, and the moss that (uch a ripe egg made when it struck the object aimed at, gave a new Idea 1(1 the police of I.,ondon. They havT evolved an egg, which, when thrown %l and broken on a bandit car, will leave .such a stain on the car as will Identify it for a long time.â€" Fort Wil- liam TimpR-Journal. Bored Stiff Italian aviator, who set a new world's record by flying a plane upside flown for two hours, said: "I was bored itlff up there. Imagine hanging up- side down for two hours without a soul to talk to!" We're bored stiff by such performances, too. â€" Lindsay Post. Might Help We sometimes think children will have to be even stricter with their parents than they have been in the post.^ â€" Brandon Sun. Ask Them Kxcessive tiddiness is said to Indi- cate a peculiar kind of inHanily â€" from wlikh most men are happily Immune. If you doubt it, ask tlie wives.â€" Harrie Examiner. Must Do His Part "The world owes a man a living" Bounds all right â€" but you will notice that while nature places the berries on the raspberry bushes, the people have to do the picking if they want any berries.â€" Slu'lburno Kree I'ress. He Got Results An Iowa man who once "publicly advised patrons to stay away from a picture his house was showing" has been promoted to the New York ofllce of a motion picture company. Prob- »bly as a result of the enormous crowds he drew on that occasion. Such Ikill in advertising deserves a reward. â€" Fredericlon Mail. Not Much Change .\way back in 1665, Abraham Cow- ley, of Kngland, wrote: "Gold begets In brethren hate; "Gold In families debate; "Gold does friendships separate; "Gold does civil wars create." The old world hasn't changed so much In some of Its troubles. â€" Winni- peg Tribuni'. As fi/luskrat is Regarded in England Something ratlike, yet not a land rat or a water vole, and no otter, swam along u path of moonlight on a Huiisex stream; from a moment's view it would be tliirteon inches long as to head and body and nine Inches us to a naked, flattened tail. Hiltenoff reeds floated downstream. HariVs were riddled with holes, and In clear water heaps of earth could bo made out on the stream's bed. A poster at the village police station left no doubt that the stranger seen was the most dangerous and dreaded alien now in Kritnin, a foe of fish, a devastator of crops, an undeminer of waterways; there was Its portrait, with the warning notice, "Muskrat at Large. "â€"London Dally Telegraph. University Extension If students themselves through their own organization, can manage to ex- tend tiio knowledge, tlio culture and tiie entertainment of their university life into towns and villages, establisli- ing study circles and societies for that purpose In districts that need them most, tliey will be rendering a national service of tlie highest value. And in- cidentally the universities will then bo found to bo turning out well-equipped citizens instead of young men and wo- men with merely a U.A. in their bon- net. â€" Cape Argus. War on Leprosy in India 'I'lie Rrltish Knipire campaign against leprosy was started less than ten years ago and the big strides which it has made in India are a tri- bulo to the value which this country derives from her Hritish connection. The Indan Council are most actively prosecuting research work In regard to the treatment of the disease and carrying on propaganda to induce peo- ple of all classes to take precautions against it, and in particular to avail themselves of the means now provided of undergoing a curative course. The wonderful method of cure by the in- jection of specially prepared vegetable oil is now fully proved and widely known. â€" Tiroes of India. On Traffic in Ancestors (Juile a business is IxMng done. It seems, in supplying Americans with g(!iiealogies, tracing their descent back for gcMierations in this country, some- times to distinguish ancestors. Some of these genealogies may be genuine, but in most imagination plays a large part. Jiuman credulity, however, in such matters is only too anxious to be duped. As a matter of fact, it may bo said that everybody in Great Britain must at some point have had famous people among his ancestors, it only he were able to trace his lineage. Fur in the fifteenth generation back a man has no fewer than 32,000 progenitors; and, in the twentieth, over a million, provided they do not intermarry. Six or seven hundred years ago the whole population of Kngland did not exceed that figure. â€" Daily Mail. Why Not the Kilt? The Prince of Wales, It Is noted al- most always wears the uniform of a colonel in the Seaforth Highlanders â- when he has to preside at affairs of state. He prefers tliat to the tight and heavy uniform of the Welsh Guards. A recent photograph, taken In an un- guarded moment shows the Prince wiping his brow and visll)ly hot, while behind him two highly-placed ortlcers are seen seeking tf) detach the collars of their tunics from skin. The kilt is a much cooler garb than trousers and It would be a great thing if some dar- ing soul would popularize the kilt for wear In the Canadian summertime, par- ticularly during heat-waves. Hut not every man has nether extremities which would go with tlie kilt. -Niagara Falls Uevii'w. International Co-operation Tlie present scheme for tea restric- tion in India, Ceylon and the Dutch Kust Indies is a carefully thought out one. At present production exceeds consumption liy as much as 20 per cent. Continuance of the cut-throat competition of the past few years would have brought irremediable dis- aster, tea would have gone the way of rubber. Previous restricted schemes iiave broken down because they have been unolllciai. The present scheme is otn<'ial; it has the sanction of all the principal producing countries, and it gives the industry five years In whirl! to set Its house In order.â€" Cal- cutta Statesman. They Live Long Lord Aberdeen, former governor- general of Canada, has Just celebrated his 86th birthday. Occupancy of Ki- dcau Hall certainly seems to contri- bute to tho longevity of the King's re- presentatives and their spouses. Among others the Duke of Connaught celebrated his S3rd birthday last May, Lady nufferln Is about ftO, and Princess Itoulse. widow of the Mari|iiis of Lome. I U S5. â€" Montreal Star. THE UNITED STATES New Railroad Era Foreseen The high-speed, steam-lined train be- ing built for the Uuriington railroad is tho second such venture anntninced within the past few weeks. The Union Pacific- expects to have a similar train in service within the year. These trains are to have the same general characteristicsâ€" lightweight construc- tion, Diesel power, new lines and high speed. For years tho trend was toward bigger and heavier trains, more power- ful locomotives, sturdier construction. Tlie handwriting of the new competi- tion, in the automotive Held, was either nii.siinderstood or Ignored. If the ex- peiiineiits succeed, they may be the lieglnning of a new era In American I ailronding. - New Vork Kvenlrin Post. Hollyw'ood Divorces Hollywood divorces in the vi-ar 1!»S2 oiitnumhered weddings by 27 to 21. Comimred with railroads and indus- trials In 1!)33, one woulil call that a moderate deficit. â€" New York Times. -^ Ontario Shorts Had Shod 967,500 Hoofs J. DlKiian, 89, of J;;.\eter, graiidfatlur of Mrs. Guy ]{rown, Kingsviiie, has shod more than !)7(),560 equine hoofs. I'ntli two years ago, this veteran's average was one horse per hour. If horseshoes are good omens. Mr. Dig- nan needs no lucky .-.tar. Cow Falls Asleep Uundalk, Out. â€" A coutented cow at Klmberley, Ont.. was being milked so soothingly siie f(dl asl.-ep, slipped to the floor and broke Henry Walton's ankle. Due to Heat Towns throughout Ontario report that a tremendous water galioiiage was pumped recently owing to the ex- treme heat. In Uarrie, on one day, the pumps turned out 750,000 gallons, which was a higii record for ail time in that town, and the town had to limit tho use of water on lawns to two hours one in the morning and one in the evening. Rude Boys London- â€" Two young boys, trapped high up in a 45 foot tree outside tho Victoria Hospital nursing residence, appeared in juvenile court here recent- ly and were ordered to go to church each Sunday for llio next three months. Nurses retiring for tho night noticed the boys and an Interne trap- ped them until police arrived. Published in 1898 "Amherstburg, A Souvenir," Is the title of a booklet that was published in 1898 and it has been a souvenir of Joseph Uellecoure of Amherstburg for many years. It is a complete story of the town as it was 35 years ago. His- toiical evenLs, short biographies of the prominent men, sports, with ac- companying pictures are all contained In the booklet. The town has under- gone many changes since that time. The roads in the pictures are ail gravel; the Richmomi Street School Is Just a fcur-roomed frame structure; nearly all the men liave moustaches and sidclnirns and the ladies are wear- ing long, flowing skirts, dolmans and bonnets. It is a valuable keepsake and provides a fine reference when one wants to compare notes with other days. â€" M. A., in Aniliurstburg Echo. Minor Cusfoms Changes Tlie Dominion Governmenl has an- nounced minor changes In custom house practices intended to facilitate American tourist travel in Canada this summer, E. S. Mathcson, Ilea 1 of the Automobile Club of Michigan's touring bureau, reports. Under the new regu- lations announced by Oliver li. North, assistant commercial attache, of Otta- wa, tourists are not required to make a deposit for duty purposes on pre- viously used equipment such as guns, rifles, tlshing tackle, golf clubs and cameras taken Into Canada on a vaca- tion. In the past the tourist was re- quired to deposit the amount of tho duty and taxes on such articles until departure from Canada. Hunting dogs and pets taken into Canada by tourists need only be reported for en- try. Tilted But Not Down? Bulk of Wheat Sent To United Kingdom Ottawaâ€" Of tho 210,i:!6,568 bushels of wheat exported by (.'anada during the 12 months of the crop year, ending July 31, of this year, 156, -161,730 busb- ies were shipped to the United King- dom. Tills was an increase compared with 101,564,164 bushels e.\ported to that country in the previous year. The United State.s took 304,976 bush- els during the period ended July, 1933, as against 4,473,293 bushels. Other countries rei^eived 83,369,856 bushels compared with 76, 765.935 for the 12 months ended July, 1932. Canada's wheat crop Cor 1932 was ostiniated by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics at 428,514,000 bushels. The revised figures for tho 1931 crop was 321,325,000 bushels. Accommodation for firemen to dress in their uniform inside the lender, to save time, is provided in a new flicengino do.<<lgn<:d and ouilt by the OK II of I'-e Lx.ter (Kiij.t City Fire Miller Sets Channel Mark London.â€" Mr. Angus Miller, former naval ofllcer, made a double crossing of the English Channel from Dover recently in his speedboat White Cloud In Ih. 46s., thus breaking the previous record of 65 minutes set by Kaye Don. Paget Sound became enveloped in one of the seasonal fogs, blinding the wheelsman of this halibut boat. However, "Gloria" was later pulled Into the sea and refloated when the tide came up. Ontario Museum To Get 250 Bird Specimens Toronto. â€" Bird specimens, number- ing 250, collected along the Hudson Bay coast between Churchill and Es- kimo Point, are ready tor shipment to the Royal Ontario Museum to be added to the collection of 19,000 used for re- search and ornithological studies. The collector, Arthur C. Twomey, of Ed- monton, student of the University of Alberta, who undertakes this work as a private enterprise, has had many specimens accepted by the museum during the past three years. A selec- tion will be made from the shipment when it arrives. L. L. Snyder, ornithologist at the museum, says the collection of birds from the sub-Arctic is still small. The blrdskins used tor studies are kept in steel cupboards and placed In long trays, several members of a species together for comparison and examina- tion tor variations. The birds appear in natural form, but are, in fact, mere- ly the skins with feet, beak and feath- ers Intact. The skins are turned and stuffed with cotton to provide a body. The birds from Hudson Bay will not b» on exhibition, but share the exten- sive moth-proofed cupboards that al- ready contain close to 20,000 birds. Of the 7SS species which belong to North America, the Royal Ontario Museum has a fair representation, but there is a requirement for larger collections of the Arctic birds to make more com- plete the knowledge of Canadian spe- cies. Mr. Twomey will spend tho remain- der of the summer, it is learned. In col- lecting other specimens found in Northern Alberta. He is one of several ornithologists and naturalists who make collections for tho museum. Sign Painter Clings to Rope Until Rescued New York. â€" A sign painter dangled at the end of a broken rope 85 feet above the sidewalk here for 20 min- utes until a llreman swinging from an- other rope seized him and both were hauled to safely. Philip Stack and George Wllkins were painting a warehouse when a rope on their scaffold parted. Wllkins slid off the platform and landed on his head, suffering Injuries which may prove fatal. Stack man- aged to hold on to the end of the rope. King's Highway No. 3 Reaps Results of Publicity The Southern Ontario Highway As- sociation, with headquarters at St. Thomas and representatives in each of the towns along King's Highway No. 3, for five consecutive years have ad- vertised No. 3 Highway in every Motor Club in the United States. Pamphlets and letters have urged this route as an all-year route. No. 3 Maps and Pamphlets went also to many Chambers of Commerce, Travel Bureaus and large Hotels. They went sent to many hundreds of Individual members of Lodges and Service Clubs. These Maps have had excellent dis- tribution ab the borders. The London Free Press of July 21st, 1933, claims that 75% of U.S. traffic this year is using No. 3. Actual count of cars for the same hours on both highways show that the above figures are conservative.* Although tourists are not spending as freely as a few years ago, they are auporting dozens of retailers along No. 3, who were not even in business oil tho Highway in former years. All bankers along No. 3 report extra amounts of U.S. currency coming In on deposit. I An tourists using No. 3 Highway speak In praise of both the road and the scenery. This advertising campaign which has also included broadcasting tori three months over CJGC and WJR has ! been financed by grants from City and Town Councils, Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce and from busi- ness firms and Individuals. Every dollar contributed goes Into direct advertising. No salaries are paid even for the clerical work. And good aa the results are, they can be made much beter in the years that are to come. .} Caterpillar Horde Demoblish Trees on Chatham Course Chatham. â€" An army of caterpillars coming from the surrounding country, marched across a bridge at Indian Creek here and attacked trees In the Chatham golf course. Two small trees were eaten bare of leaf in a few minutes and the crawling, wriggling Insects advanced towards larger trees. Cubans Celebrate Overthrow of President Big Gain Shown At Croydon Airport • Mails and Freight Also lac ' crease â€" Touiist Trips Popular liOndon.â€" Highlights In the annuaj. report on the progress of British cirtl aviation tor 1932 are the extension (d ' the African service from CentrsI to * South .-ifrica, and the big increase la • mileage and passengers carried on tli< . various services. Passengers arriving at or departini from the Ivondon airport were mort » thin 40.000 as compared with approxV ' mately 28,000 in 1931, says tho report, • wliich has Just been Issued here. Th« total mileage on regula' European se^ vices was 656,520, or 33,520 more thai , in 1931. On tire Indian and Africaa services, 1,077.000 miles were flown as • compared with 653,900. The weight ol * mails rose from 52 H to 64 tons, »a4 , the one ton weight of mails carried om day in December was the largest co» signment ever carried on a singlt flight. During the summer for the first tioM special parties of tourists accompasie^ by couriers left London for varloul continental tours. As an example, a party leaving Croydon after breakfast were in Lucerne or Lugano for dUner the same evening. An increasing us* was made by business houses of the air-rail freight service by which par» eels can be sent from 150 railway st^ tions In Great Britain to any of thfl 50 air stations on the Imperial Aii^ ways routes. The air-ocean service b| which freight can reach, say, KartcU from New York In 14 days also prores popular. Air survey was carried on contln» ously during the year which saw th« mapping of 19,305 square miles of dlf. ficult country in the upper reaches o^ the Nile in the Southern Sudan, la Uganda and the Belgian Congo. Tlilg survey, begun in 1930 and finished in 1932, would, it is estimated, have taken some 12 years by the old ground meth- ods. In addition to this survey, 1000 square miles in Irak were completed, also a town planning map of Durbaii and its environs. In India large sealt maps of«ome 20 towns were made 1^ connection with the laying of tran» mission lines for a big hydroelectric scheme. In research successful work wai done with the vertical wind tunnel a\ the Royal Aircraft Establishment. I« this the problem of the spinning alts plane can be studied. Progress wal also made in the reduction of noise ^^ aircraft. •^ Urges More Humanism To Cure World's Hk Chicago. â€" A world-wide humanismâ€" i' derived from man's ability to reason and discriminate â€" was advocated her« as an aid in solving the world's tem- poral ills. 1 Raja Jal Prithvl Bahadur Singh,' Prince from Nepal, India, who long ago renounced title and wealth. as->ha explained, "To serve humanity rather than rule a portion of it," recounted his philosophy preliminary to th« start of the World Fellowship ol Faiths. , Nearly 250 leaders of 100 or mora sects will be present for the religloua conference to exchange ideas with tn<> tent of uniting the inspiration of all faiths upon the solution of man's pra- sent problems. The Indian Prince regarded the fel- lowship of faiths as transcending from the religious viewpoint the importanca of tho London World Economic Con- ference, from the standpoint of polltfr cal history. .> Fairbanks May Now Become British Subject Hollywood, Calif. â€" Hollywood now hears that Douglas Fairbanks, in Lon- don, had gone to England for good. There has been no confirmation, but the report met little argument as It swept down Hollywood's Boulevard.' Gossipers cited the prospect that tha veteran actor planned to make a talk- ing picture version of "Robin Hood." near London. No one here would ba surprised. It seemed, if the native of Denver, Colo., decided to become a British subject. Fairbanks is separated from Ua wife, Mary Pickford. Their plans tor a divorce, if any, have not yet been ' disclosed. .M.nking iiialrliHood of President .Marhailos man .sien. To celebrate the departure of their despot* proiiiii nl. frenzied Cuiians raided tlia presidential palace and destroyed furniture. Soma offlciala we4i blaiii by the crazed mob. New Potatoes Sprout From Parent Plants Gait.â€" A new menace to tho lata potato crop, sprouting, ha.n been found In North Dumfries. E. O. Hall Sprague's Road, digging up' soma half-developed plants, found youoK potatoes were sprouting. The onlj explanation is that thj tubers, stunted and retarded in growth by the drought reached a state of ma- turity in the dry earth and broka away from the shaws, and with tha recent moisture they have started to grow. « 10th Chicago Officer Killed Since First of Yeaf Chicago.- The tenth Chicago polica- man to be killed since January I teB last week before the pistols of twa robbers who obtained $610 from- I currency exchange. A few minutei later .squads of police cornered font men In an alley. Three of thaa escaped, but the fourth was wounA ed slightly and captured.