The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

VOICE CANADA THE EMPIRE THE WORLD AT LAR(iE of the PRESS CANADA Unfair A life insurance authority says that a woman may now expect to live four years longer than a man, the avcraKC expectancy standing at sixty-three in her case as compared with fifty-nine for the lord of crea- tion. This hardly seema fair in view of the amount of time wasted by masculines in waiting ft)r members of the fair sex.â€" Brant ford Flxpoai- tor. Air Force Expansion Recruiting in the ranks of tho Ter- ritorials in Great Britain may not be as satisfactory as Ihe Govemiuent desire.s, but there is no lack of men presenting themselves for enrolment in the Royal Air Force. In the House of Commons on May 22, 1935, Prem- ier BaUwin announced that the Gov- ernment intended to increase the R. A.F. personnel by 22,500, including 2^00 more pilots, before March, 1937. Tho respon.se was immediate and now it is announced that in the interim the force has been increased by 15,000 youths and men, and even boys, all de.sirous of service either in the air er as groundsmen. Viscount Swinton, Air Minister, in the House of Lord.s the other day stated that the rccruitinjr was eminently satis- factory. â€" Moiilroiil Gazette. Still Going Up It is very gratifying t« know that, 80 far as Hamilton is concerned, tho street accident record for tho first half of the present year is so much better than the corresponding period of 1935, an improvement attributed largely to Chief Goodman's safe driving campaign. But conditions generally are still far from satis- factory In re\ lowing the situation for the whole province, the depart- ment of highways says the "colli- sion v.ith railway train" type of acci- dent showed the greatest increase. Uu to the end of June there had been 60 such accidents in Ontario, as com- pared with 47 in tho first half of last year. In the same period motor accidents from all causes increased by 7.3 per cent., the numbf>r of per- sons injured being 5.1 per cent, high- er ami thi- property damage 7.8 per cent. hi;;hcr th;in in tho correspond- ing nioMtlis of 1935. There were mo!>' cars on the road, it is true, but this does not account for the hijrlier iiccidorit rate As an indica- tion that :.|)ccd and carele-ssness were largely rcspoi.sihle, there was an in- crease of 12H.(J I or cent, in the num- ber of fatal accidents involving col- lissions between motor vehicles. â€" Hainillon Spcclntoi. Life On The Motor Highway Ottawa man riding a.s i. passenger in a neighbor's car was killed. Tho driver lia.s been convicted in Pem- broke of "criminal negligence." An other instance of the trust people so of ton misplace when nonchalantly they step into an automobile. The man responsililc for tho fatal acci- dent was fined $200 and his driving permit cancelled for six months. A life on the highway does not setim to carry a high value in the estimate of some courts. â€" Ottawa Journal. Swift And Certain Within eighteen hours of the time they held up a'ld robbed a business establi.shment in Hamilton, Ontario, two young men were sentenced to ten years in Kingston Penitentiary. It is a fair sample of the swift and certain quality of Canadian Justice. Armed rol)l)ery is one of the worst of erinus â€" and these young men have received sentences adequate to the rcquirenicnts of tho peace and •ccurity of tlie country. Ai d while one has no desire to draw coniparisons, one is bound to rccogniZf tiiat if in tho great neigh- boring republic justice were as sure and as swift as this, crime in the Unileij States would be far less prev- alent. â€" Halifax Herald. , The Growing Ca.ravan Several touring iiutomobilc trail- ers have been seen in this city in the past week. It is estimated that there are .300,000 Americans now Hving in these travelling homes â€" largely people who have retired and unsettled down. â€"Calgary Herald, J. W. Dafoe Honored The Institute of Pacific Relations has done John W. Dafoe, editor of the Winnipeg Free Press, a high honor in choosing him as its new chairman. No Canadian has made a more intensive study of international affairs. The opinions he has expres- sed in regard to these in the address- es that he has delivered both at home and abroad ana in his news- paper and magazine articles have counted for a great deal. The rocog- nition that he has received from the Institute which has just ccticluded its biennial sessions at, Yosemite California, is thoroughly deserved. â€" Edmonton Journal. Canadian Art Abroad Canadian art was not mentioned in the Ottawa agreements but works of art do constitute an item of com- merce between Britain and Canada. More pictures come from Britain to Canada than move in the other dir- ection. But there are some Canadian artists whose work is known in the Old Land and valued by disoprning art lovers there. Last week Arthur Homing, of Toronto, received a cable from one of the old-established Lon- don art dealers asking that three canvasses be sent at once as there was a likely chance of disposing of them. This is Indeed a red letter event. It is prabably many years since any Canadiar artist received a cabled enquiry for his work from a London dealer. It is a tribute to thj lure of Heming's north country pictorialism. â€" Financial Post. Servic. Champions Cats Rout Rats Any assertion that science is un- able to devise an effective substitute for nature's rat catcher, the cat, pro- bably would be challenged and might be refuted. Nevertheless, a New York Times news story lays the bas- is for such a claim. An air condi- tioning plant in New Jersey was overrun by rats this summer. Its engineers and other scientific experts tried their scientific best to rout the rodent invasion, and failed. Then a practical building superintendent went to the city pound and borrowed its day's catch of stray cats. As guests of the factory, the cats are comfortably housed by day and at night they arc given free range of tho factory. Kvery morning tho jan- itors sweep up the slain rats and conduct the hunting cats back to their daytimr apartments. At latest report, the Times' story condude.s, the factory's rat population was nearing extinction. â€" St. Thomas Times-Journal. Matter Of Spelling It's all a question of spelling: Cal- lander â€" the place. Calendar â€" a date-record. Calender â€" a machine for smoothing and glossing cloth or paper. Calendar â€" a dervish. Cyl- inder â€" pai of a motor. Colander (or cullender) â€" a straier. â€" To- rontj Star. The L'. S. .Army infantry io;ini v.tiicli deleated all other .'service teams at the .National Rifle Matches at Camp Perry, 0., pictured with its trophy. Left to right (kneeling) Sgt. R. L. Spears, Capt. R. E. Brady, Sgt. O. L. Gallman and Sgt. E. Backell. (Seated) Sgt. D. Hamsher. Pvt. C. Hensley and Capt. K. R. Lloyd. Campaip to Advertise Our dominion Is To Be Inaugurated In Britain Hon. Vincent Massey Announces Most Concentrated ani* Scientifically Managed Scheme of Regional Publicity Attempted by Any Dominion. TORO.NTO.â€" A campaign of adver- tising Canada termed by experts "the most concentrated an' scientiflcally di- rected regional campaign yet launched by a Dominion," will be opened this Fall In Great Urltain, the Canadian Clu.b was told recently by Hon. Vin- cent Massey. Canada's High Commis- sioner in London. The program will start la October In the Glasgow area and will continue there four months, to be followed by a similar effort in each of the great centres of population In tho British Isles. "Under the slogan 'Canada Calling,' an appeal will lie tniulo to tho Brltisli wholesaler, retailer, and consumer to buy Canadian foodstuffs of all kinds," tho High (,'ommlssionor said. 'Infor- mation will bo given shortly to tho Canadian exporter ref,'arding this campal^M iind lil.-i eoo|)eration Invit- ed." "The Canadian visitor is conscious of the dearth of Canadian news In tlio metropolitan ami provincial press of Great Uritain," said Mr. Massey. "This problem alone calls for ve-ry careful study. Tliroui;li tho press. tlirouKh lllnis, throuf;h tho spoken word, exhibitions, throiiKli a dozen dlfferont media, it should bo possible to make Canaila better known In Eng- land." Mr. Massey reported what he term- ed a "tlmelng" In Great Britain In a large area of the earth's surface, but nowhere more jealously guarded than in those countries over whihc the British flag flies." NEWS SHORTS industry and thrift which have made America." Italy informs Great Britain offic- ially that it must insist upon "ad- equate diplomatic preparation" be- fore a Locarno Conference to map European security can be held. Previously, Italy had accepted an invitation to a five-power Locarno parley to be held this autumn for the purpose of effecting a new Euro- pean security agreement in the face of Germany's rearmament of the Rhineland. Mrs. Beryl Markham, only woman who ever flew the Atlantic Ocean solo, from east to west, urges Can- ada "to make provision now for the ovor-occan air traffic that is sure to come." ,Iri San Francisco, Municipal Judge, Thomas Foley, gave John L. Green thirty days on a charge of cruelty to animals. I John, and his pet duck, "Brother Crawford" were found to be intoxicated by a "souse-meter". Roger W. Babson declares busi- ness, after si.\ years of depression, has at last reached normal. lie said 19.'?t) will be the best since 1929 for automobiles and steel and among lines equaling or exceeding 1929 peaks he cited retail trade, pow- er production, cement and electrical appliances. He predicted a sharp advance in the price of real estate, commodities tho popular idea of Canada. "Over and stocks, wages and interest dates, Peace River Wheat The Peace River District ha.4 cut the fir.1t wheal and it a'crages 35 bushel to th- acre. This has been a common yield in Ksnt county this year, showing that we are keeping abreaat of the best wheat growing iMida ia Canada. â€"Chatham News. Tied Up Somehow No man remains single. If he has no wife, he is married to a factory, I job, a casting rod or something like that. â€" Victoria Times. THE EMPIRE Mining's The Thing Only in miidng are "plums" going begging. These, naturally, are not to be picked up by young newcomers. The way to the top, as in any other calling, is long and arduous. The point is that there is plenty of room there. Probably never before in the history of the mining industry has tho demand for good men been great- er or less easy to fill. The training facilities are available â€" none better. Scholarships are on offer. The chance for the right type of youth Is splendid. -- Johannesburg Sunday Times. Spilt Milk Any fool can break the eggs, but it takes a cook to make the desired omelette out of them. Our frying pan is full of broken eggs, we are in fact conionted with a first-class mess, the raw material for a feast of omelettes. The world doej not atop, and however badly we l.ave played our parts, there is always the poss'bility of a fresh beginning. If ou'. of corruption can come f j th sweetness, then out of the failure of sanctions may comb the dawn of sense. The better part for all of us would bo to cease recrimination, and to decide for ourselves what is the future we would like to build, and h w we ran each and all nf us con- tribuli to its building. â€" Ca ;uttJi Statesman. there we aro still thought of very fie queutly as a land of wido open spaces given chiefly to agricultural pursuits.'" Too little was known of the Industrial development which had placed the Do- minion amoiifj the first industrial nations of the world, although agricul- ture remained the "foundation of our economic life^" Tho High Commissiouei regretted tho popular idea of diplomatic mission was frequently ropreaeuted "by a de- corative color-scheme of pink teas and white spats." The ceremonial side of diplomacy represents a vory small ex- penditure of time, he said. "Our of- fices overseas within the Kmpire or outside it aro practical institutions existing to achieve practical pur- poses, just as practical as those per- formed by a post office or customs house." "I have been Immensely struck by tho spirit with which life in tho Bflt- Isli Isles today in all its aspucts seems to bo infused by the vitality and conlldenco and eiiurgy which mark It," Mr. Massey said in turning to a gou- oral review of affairs. Today Britain could lay claim to a remarkable and lucreasini; standard of practical eltlcl- ency. "Hrltiiin presents today in a striking degree certain attributes aa- sodatod moro with youth and age, Ihe quality of enteiprl.sc!, of liiuigination and energy." Happily, however, 'that vivid sense of tho past, which is a peculiar Kng- llah (luallly, leads to tho preservation of tho old traditions, which give color and romance to life." Mr. Massey said that besides recip- rocal trade there was another reci- procity, tho "commerce of ideas." A few weeks In tho uneasy and restless atmosphere of tho Continent would make clear the Importance of things "not found in blue books or trade sta- tistics,'' Ihe spiritual kinship of Brit- ish people based on democracy, "a form of government which baa t>een solemnly, deliberately repudiated over larger farm crops and a rise in rail- road traffic. He said the only shortage will be in the courage crop and "those fun- damental characteristics of integrity, Flight.Lieut. Sheldon Coleman and Aircraftsman J Fortey, missing in the Northern Canada hinterlands sin- ce Aug. 17, have been located alive on the shores of Point Lake, 250 miles northwest of this trading post in the Northwest Territories. Fort Reliance is about 700 miles north- east of Edmonton. Simple services were held for Ir . ving Thalberg, 37-year.old film pro- ' ducer, in the presence only of hia • family, studio associates and a few â-  ' intimate friends. Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin conducted ., tho services at B'Nai B'Rith Temple.^ in Hollywood. In keeping with tho ' simplicity of Thalberg's life, his wi- â-  dow, screen star Norma Shearer, re- ', quested that there be no pall-bearers. • Thousands of messages were re- ^ ' ceived from all over the world by "* Miss Shearer, including a tMeg.am ' "^ from President Roosevelt, which was"-* not made public. -' Home Mishaps Are ^ More Frequent. 4 Than Automobile Mishaps, . Safety Council Survey » Shows Population from an animal stand- point, at the Western Ontario Fair grounds at London, 0nt.,has grown substantially since the opening. Vital statistics includes one Jersey calf bom in the stalls of D. J. Bcggs, St. Thomas: two Holsteins, oi;.> belong- ing to Hayes and Compar; . Calgary; ten little pigs and four pigeons. One rabbit on chibition is also expect- ing a visit from the stork. The current epidemic of infantile paralyisis is assuming a menacing aspect, with the total number of cas- es in Manitoba now 130. I-'our new cases in Winnipeg brought the total to 17 in that City. Vancouver â€" Fortune waited on a downtown Vancouver street for Or- ville M. Nuemeycr, 24-year old un- employed telegraph operator. Nuc- meyer kicked a brown paper envel- ope on the sidewalk then picked it up, finding inside 100 crisp New Bank of Canada $5 bills. | He took it to a bank whose name appeared on the envelope. A department store, to which the money was consigned, re- warded Nuemeycr for his honesty. IHs toothbrush doesn't hanj In the * bathroom and we don't pen his name ^ on the inside cover of tho family Bible, but he squats on every twig ot • the family tree â€" that Feind that • prods us into accidents within tha ^- walls of home. He eats with us, sleeps with us, \ take<8 his baths with us, gets drunk with us, smokes with us, quarrels with us; but he Is the sort ot gent who ^ says, "You fight him, I'll hold your * coat." He mocks our humor ana «g- i gravates our sorrow, leers at ua ' through every window and translatea our private life in the public print. Our association, with his nefarious trickery Is life-long. Often he takai • his first grinning glee in the impish- 1 ness ot his pranks literally before we, are "dry behind the ears." How , strange are the things we do to his. prompting are disclosed by the Na> w tional Safety Council, which, with tha ^ aid of the Works Progress Administra- tion, recently cornered the knave' and * choked from him a report on two years of his monkey-business In Cook County (Chicago). Illinois. The official record is a survey ot all home accidents that sent bed-patients"* to the Cook County Hospital during 1933 and 1934, and It tells a story o| tragic, humorous, curious and ordin- ary events. The survey was the first of its kind ever conducted in the Unit- - ed States. It composes a domestic drama that tears away the window shades and turns the walls of our homes to glass through which tha glare ot public scrutiny fi-xes on the emotions and circumstances that sent 4,602 patients to the Institution during the two years â€" Injured In accidents in their homes. Accidents In American homes have made a "piker"' of the automobile c- cident problem that currently, and Justly, has worked the country into a lather. In 1935 there were only (the belittling Is for comparison only) 1,- 322,000 automobile traffic accidents against 4.031,500 accidents in our homes. Only in the "fatal" column did au tomobile traffic accidents best domes- tic mishapsâ€" 37,000 dead against 31.- 500. Motor accidents disabled per- manently 105,000 persona iu 1935, while tho home accident total was 140,- 000. Motor accidents inflicted tem- porary disability ou 1.180,000â€" -home ' accidents. 4,400,000. These figures scoff at those who , talk of "within the safety of our" homes." The certain cost of home ac- ' cldents In 1935 â€" lost wages, medical â-  expense and the overhead cost of In- , surance â€" was $590,000,000. Home ac- , cldents were responsible for mora deaths than any other general class of accident causes, motor vehicle traffic excepted. i c :4: Ht mEFAMfl.YAlBUM- -g^--- 'M. By GLUYAS WILLIAMS V RfMEKl5£RSHEV/A5To CAll OP ED DIMMICK 1b- Kienr. Mvs WIFE is U5IK6 'PHONf , ^Al.Kl^J6 TDf^RS-WlMPLIT 6rfe POWH IN llVlKfi ROOM fo V\/Alf. REAPS PAPER OhlflL A lOtie TiME imR HE'REAIIIFS 'PllOME \^5lLENr«TlA5t DAR-fS INTO HRLL.TiHDS WfURNS 1b LIVING , WlfE SflLLll^EREjSll.EM' ROOM AND DEftlS fl onlV because she cflnV mttD Q7 Gc; '.frrRS: 6Ef a word in PASf MRS. WIMPLE'5 now Of TALK ] / *' WiFf LEAVES TtLEPHCi;. KT LAST. PAPfs irtfO HRlL-roPl^flNlll5CALl ri«P5 5HE HAS MERElV LEFf woHE fo erf A PEHCIll'O WRITE T>OWN ATttOPi MRS. Wimple WhHft 10 6WE HER pi\Rf6 fo 'p^oWE yti kp tf RlNe& tSS^S FlHTS If'i MRS. WIMPLE WHO HAb FORMTTEN S0MEfHlM65H£>WD WANfEDIbSflV. 60K â- R) CORNER DROfo St&RE ID -por w HIS cm. 7-11 ((hMFiiilit, IMM, ky Th* Ml lyrndkaw. Iti« ) II ii"! i* *-,,