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« News in Brief » Britsh Group AccepU Abitibi Plan TORONTO, â€" A spokesman for the Abitibi Power and Paper Co., Bondholders' Representative Com- mittee states that their official or- ganization plan has been approved by a committee of the Association of British Investment Trusts. This committee was appointed to watch the interests of the association in the Abitibi reorganization. The spokes- man understands that more than $4 millions par value of the first mortgage bonds are held by this group. Eden Nominated for Nobel Prize LONDON, â€" Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden's efforts to keep Great Britain at peace at almost any price are about to receive the high- est recognition available such dip- lomacy â€" nomination for the Nobel peace prize. Capt Eden's sponsor is not Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, or the Spanish combatants, to v.-hom he has so often turned a charitably blind eye and, when necesary, the other cheek, but the Norwegians. U. S. Com Crop Best Since 1929 CHICAGOâ€" A corn crop valued at 11,750,000,000, the biggest money crop iJnited States farmers have had since 1329, was ripening in the corn belt, the August estimates of six Chicago grain experts indicated this week. Basing their estimates on reports from farmers throughout the produc- ing ar?a and on the latest official acreage figures, the private crop auth- orities here, most of whom have just returned from personal field inspect- ion trips, forecast 1937 domestic corn production would total 2,771,000,000 busliols. This would be the biggest United States crop since the record-breaking harvest lu 1932 of 2,926,000,000 bush- els. It would be more than a billion bushels larger than the crop of 1,524,- 317,000 harvested in 193G. The estimates of the private auth- orities ranged from 2,715,000,000 bush- els to 2,834,000.000 but the average â- was 2,771,000,000. This represents an increase of 200,000,000 bushels com- pared with the latest Government fig- ures based on conditions as of July 1. Dies After Claiming Huge Fortune MELBOURNE, Australia. â€" Mrs. A Houston a claimant to the estim- ated ?21,S93,75u estate left by the late Lady Houston in England, died this week. Mrs. Houston was an elderly woman in poor circumstances. She advanced her claim only three days previously on the grounds that ber husband, George Muir Houston, was a nephew of Sir Robert Houston, who amassed the Inigp fortune in shipping. How Indians Should Be Treated WLNNIPEG, â€" Grey Owl, well- known Prince Albert naturalist, is advocating a new attitude towards Indians. He said 'Treat tne Indian as an Indian and don't try to change him. My suggestion would be that the Indians be put to work conserv- ing wild life. There's nothing left to hunt, so they can't live hunting and trapp-ng: as they used to do, but they could conserve what animal life the!-e is left." ho said. C. N. Revenue Up 10 Millions VANCOUVER,â€" President S. J. Hun- gerford of Canadian 'National Rail- ways estimated in an adiress to Van- couver Board of Trade tais week that eperaliug revenues of the C.N.R. sys- tem during the seven months of 1937 have been $10,000,000 more than in the saniL' period last year. Mr. Hungerford said be was ''un- tlcipating the actual figures a little," but ho also estimated not operating Uevenue had been about $1,500,00 above tho con-c.^-'-p''-"-' "-v^nri of 1930. The C.X.K. iTtbiuui.L u.i ii lour of Inspection of the railway system, said the railway directors had looked for- ward to a continuation of these rev- enue increases, but now "it seems cer- tain that on our Western lines which have been built and equipped to handle a very large volume of wheat tonuage, the amount of wheat which we will have to move in this year's crop sea- ion will be far less than could have been anticipated." Health Record Toroiilo in 193G had only one resi- dent die of typhoid fever; one of meas- les; one of infantile paralysis; two of fliphtheria; none of smallpox. Diph- theria, smallpox, typhoid, those once- great scourges, are yielding to toxoid, vaccination and the purification of Water and milk supplies. Tubercul- osis la also coming under control. In- cluding the deaths of Toronto people In sanatoria, the tuberculosis victims In 1930 numbered 275. It the pre-war rate had been in effect, they would have nunibi'i-('d 742. Record Number of Farm Jobs OTTAWAâ€" Reporting the best farm placement record ever experienced at toe Governmonl employment office, (jleorge Hamilton, superintendent has told The Journal that 275 men had Ifjeen sent to good farm jobs during tne month of July. "It was an exceptionally good monlh •nd 1 am "ery pleased," Mr. Hamilton Sd. He estimated the men placed uld have wotk of varying periods, |»ix)bably until the end of August. n »i The wages being paid to the men range from $25 to $30 and keep, with many farmers offering the straight one dollar a day. Bride First Time at 78 LOS ANGELES,â€" Annie M. Cotton, 78, "can hardly wait" until Friday to marry John E. Scott, 79. That's what she said when they drove up to the marriage license bureau and wrote out an application at the curb be- cause of their Infirmity. It will be Miss Cotton's first wedding, the fourth for Scott. Rattlesnake Killed at Niagara NIAGARA FALLS, Out.â€" Four men walking in the Niagara Glen came ac- ross a tour-toot rattlesnake with three rattles and killed it after a short skir- mish. Roger Hunt, John Disher and his son Engin and Norman Irvine, all of Niagara Falls were walking in the Glen when Hunt, at the rear of the party, heard a noise about his head. Hunt turned his flashlight up and saw the snake coiled on a ledge above his head. He shouted to his companions, who aided him in killing it. Lindbergh Passes Unnoticed PARIS,â€" interrupting a flight to England, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh landed at Le Bourget Airfield to thank the commander for radio ad- vice given him on recent flights ar- ound Europe. His visit to the field, where he completed his trail-blazing trans-Atlantic flight 10 years ago, went unnoticed for half an hour. He was on his way home after a week-end with Dr. Alexis Carrel, with whom he invented the "artificial heart," at Dr. Carrel's home on St. Gildas Island off the coast of Brittany. Queen Mary's Brother Visits Duke LONDON,â€" Princess Alice, grand- daughter of Queen Victoria, left today with her husband, the Earl of Athlone, for an automobile tour of the contin- ent. They planned to visit the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Lord Ath- lone is Queen Mary's brolliei-. Souvenir Hunters Menace Casa Loma TORONTO,â€" Souvenir hunters am- ong tourist visitors; to Casa Loma are causing concern to the service club, (West Toronto Kiwanis) which guides them through the famed castle built by Sir Henry Pellatt. Two knobs were removed from the sewing box of the late Lady Pellatt, a knob from a val- uable chest of drawers and a guide's autographed book were mission this week after more than 5,100 had been conducted during the holiday weekend through the building taken over by the city for unpaid taxes five years ago. Net of Railroads Rises 59 Millions WASHINGTON â€" Class 1 railroads of the United States earned an oper- ating income of $21)7,311,777 in the first six months of this year, the As- sociation of American Railroads re- ported. This was an incnaao of approxim- ately $59,000,000 over the first six months of last year. Franco-Canadian Treaty Signed PARIS, â€" The revised Fraucu-Can- adian trade agreement has been sign- ed by Canadian Minister Philippe Roy and Paul Bargeton, director of po- litical and commercial affairs in the French Foreign Ministry. Under the revised terms a number of additional products are given the right to enter France at minimum tariff rates. At the same time Canada has agreed to grant tariff reductions on a number of French products and to make swne quota changes in r:i ; will) requests from FreiU'Ji y Aquitania Mcb.<^^ rastest Crossing NEW YORK,â€" Still going strung at the ripe old ago of 23, the Cunnrd White Star liner Aquitania docked this week after the fastest east to west Atlantic crossing in her history. The ship, fitted a year ago with new propellers of the type used on the Queen Mary, covered the 3,090 miles from Cherbourg to Ambrose Light iu five days, seven hours and 19 minutes at ;\n avr-"- ' L'1.27 Unois. Cr. v*>\,a.' ^ ^at Smallest WINNIPEG,â€" Canada has entered the new crop year with prospects of its smallest wheat carryover since 1926. While no official estimate of the carryover has been announced. Board of Grain Commission statistics indicate a carryover of less than 40,- 000,000 bushels of wheat at the cud of the last crop year, closing July 31. Carryover Inst year was 128,703,298 bushels, and in 192G was 40,139,363 bushels. It has anticipated that offic- ial figures on the 1936-37 carryover will bo announced this week. Fsum Worker is Killed EAST-ANGUS, Que., â€" Herbert Archibald Briggs, 60, was killed this week when he fell from the top of a loaded hey wagon. Striking the ground on his back, the aged man suffered a broken spine at the ba.se of the skull. A coroner's jury which probed the accident shortly after- ward, returned a verdict of a'"i dental death. Dream Frov23 V. â- '^ EDINBURGH.â€" BDcau;^;o ha.- T-yr.- old son told her .he had lirc^Med his hjofU-v had l>o«n tu-owned, Mrs. Fifteen Violent Deaths Highway Traffic Toll Two Drownings â€" Hudson Bay Factor and Hvdi-o Workman â€" London Woman and Daughter Instantly Killed When - Car Swerves Off Highway. Fifteen persons died and forty were injured iu the toll of violent deaths and accidents across the Prov- ince over the week-dnd. Highway trafflc crashes accounted tor the ma- jority of tragedies. A Hudson's Bay Company factor was drowned at Bear Island in Lake Tiniagami. And a Hy- dro workman from Toronto was drowned at Bala. The dead are: Sherman R. Thorpe, Lake Tlma- gami. Mrs. E. Thoma. , Guelph. William Churchill Jr., Forest Prank Brine, Sudbury. Mrs. Ida Fisher, Doon. Lucy Janes, Cobalt. James Warrington rushed to Gran- ton, where the brother was camp- ing. She was met by a woman who told her police "have just taken two hoys' bodies from the water." One was 9-year old Robert Warrington, her son. Advises Early Marriage ROCHDALE, Lancashire, â€" The young people were advised to marry "as soon as possible" by Joseph J. Cannon, president of the Brit'sh section of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, addressing the church's centenary conference this week. Youth, Cannon said, thus would follow the church's teachings. Three Sets of Twins LONDON,â€" A third set of twins has been born to !\Irs. Ivy Conning, 28, in less than four yeai-s. The children, both s'irls, weigpied five and a half pounds at birth. Colored Man Finds Way FORT ERIE, Ont.â€" Financial troubles of Francis K. Farley, 32, New York negro facing a charge of reckless driving and two repair bills with no money, are ended. Farley left his sister's automobile with po- lice after it struck a bakery truck Friday, while he went to Buffalo to rase some money. "Boy, I broke up two crap games in Buffalo last night and I want to pay off the works," Farley told police as he strode into hcadciuarters Saturday. The automobile was released and he and his wife cnntinucd their trip to Detroit- Family Wiped Out RAND, Col.. â€" Six i)ersons wore burned to death this week in a fire v.'hich trapped them in the cabin home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Briggs. The victims wore : Mr. and Mrs. Briggs, both about 26; Logan Boltz 45, ranch hand; three Briggs child- ren. Colleen 3, another child aged 2 years and one 10 months. Largest Jamboree Ever Kald VOGELENZANG. The Nether- lands, â€" Queen Wilhelmina opened the fifth Boy Scout world pamljor- ee with 30,000 Scots from 31 coun- tries standing at attention. Eight thousand British Scouts, including 17 Canadians, are attending. It was the greatest gathering in the history of scoutcraft, the first jam- boree since the 1933 meeting at Godollo, Hungary. BornardiiU! .\nderson, Sudbury. Stanley Strickland, Oakville. Daniel McGlnnis, Desbarats. Gertrude Coveyduck, Richmond Hill. Mrs. R. Hamilton, London. Betty Hamilton, London. Jack MacDonald, Toronto. Elaine Needham, London. Paul McGhee, Borning's Mill. When the car in which they were driving swerved off the highway near Clinton, for some as yet unexplaiued reason. Sunday afternoon, Mrs. R. Hamilton was instantly killed and her daughter. Rctty, was fatally injured, dying a tew hours later in Clinton Hospital. William G. Shaw, of King Street E., London, driver of the car, and three others, Mrs. Shaw, Earl Valentine and Mr. Hamilton were injured. Of these Mr. Ilamillon is in the most serious condition .suffering a fractured skull. All are from London. Stanley Strickland, aged 54. of Oak- ville, was instantly killed at 2 a.m. Sunday morning, when riding his bicycle on the Lake Shore Highway he was struck by a car driven by Vic- tor Waring, Leslie Street, Toronto. The car, alter hitting him, veered across the highway, crashed into a wrecking truck, driven by Alfred Wbil- aker, of Oakville. Waring suffered head injuries and a passenger in his car, Luke Harrison, of Rose Avenue, Toronto, received head injuries while another passenger sprained a leg. The truck driver received cuts about the head. Child Is Victim When Mrs. Newton Bryant, of De- troit, blinded by dust, failed to take her car around a sharp curve near Espanola, the auto was ditched and ly-month-old Bernardine Anderson was fatally injured. She was the baby daughter of yivs. Stella Anderson, of Sudbury. Mrs. Anderson, three other passengers, and Mrs. Bryant suffered minor injuries and shock. Gertrude Nellie Coveyduck, aged 15, of Ricbmoiul Hill, was killed when she was on lier way home from a Sunday swimming party at Richmond Hill. With a number of girl compan- ions in a car. she was .standing on the running-board. The car swerved and she struck her head against an oak tree. Peculiar Fatality A peculiar accident i)rnved fatal to Mrs. E. Thom;!s of Foster Street, Guelph. In Hamilton, where .she was visiting a sick friend, she stepped on the running-board of a car, asking a lift to a home-bound bus. She rods true, for a time, and then, as she left the car, she fell, striking lier head on a trolly track. Eightuioiilhold Lucy Janes was fatally injured and two other mem- bers of the same Cobalt family were slightly hurt in a car crash near Hailoybury on Saturday night. Auto-Radial Smash Mrs. Ida FisluM'. aged 55, of Doon, lost her life in an auto-radial colli- sion just east of Kitchener late Sat- urday night. Factor Drowned Sherman R. Thorpe, Hudson's Bay Company factor, suffered a weak spell when standing at bis boathousu at Bear Island, Lake Timagami. Ho toppleil in the water and lost his lite. He had been suffering illness for a iMontli. LOIS BOOTH ON HONEYMOON The former Ottawa girl.Lois Booth, is here seen above, with her r.jw husband, Thorkild Juelsberg, her secretary, when she wiis Friiuvos Lr k, vvife of Prince Erik of Denmark. Her first marriage was di;i£c.ivcd by Danish Uoyal decree. .\ daughter by the first marriage is with her father. The four-year-old son of Prince and Princess Eril;, uho lives with his mother, is seen in the lower pic- ture ylByini; in h's mother's garden. NEWS PARADE Commentary on the HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEKS NEWS- l>y Peter Randal ) Large-Scale Irrigation Impossible 'I'o all ibiiiUing Caaadians the crop situation iu the West is a matter of consnderable concern, but to the far- mers of the drought-stricken areas who for the past ten years have suf- fered one failure after another and have seen their land swallowed up in dust, it spells financial disaster and personal tragedy. But still they dream that Southern Saskatchewan may once more become one of thr- great wheat- pi'oducing areas of the world. Since nature appears unwilling to co-oper- ate, irrigation is talked of as the po- tential saviour of western farm lands. Already there arc many schemes un- der advisement or in actual opera- tion, the biggest of which is on tlie Fronclimau River in the south-west corner of Saskatchewan, but these will supply only small areas. It is now coming to be believed that any- thing but small local projects is out o£ the question. There is not enough water. There are no large lakes, and with the exception of the South Sas- katchewan, no livers of any size. An authority on irrigation says that to talk of watering the whole south â€" an area 400 miles wide by several hun- dred miles north and south â€" is to talk of the in'.posKible. Even the topo. graphy of the country is against the scheme since water of necessity would flow the cither way, towards ,\Ibcrta. Quint No. 3 Recovers Throat (rouble contracted from "outside sources'' served to isolate Emilie Dioune. middleweight member of the Quintuplet troupe, from her four sisters last week, an unusual oc- currence since any illness among the Famous Five is as rare as hay fever in a horse. But she is making a quick recovery and this week the tourist ' hundreds who gather daily to watch ^ ilie (Juinta go on parade will see the , quota of sisters completed. Who'U Be Next In Russia? A series of "purges" in Soviet Rus- sia having swept away to an Inglor- ' lous death some of the ablest men in the country, those leaders who are,' left shiver in a state of mortal fear, lest they be next. Influential French ' newspapers claim that Maxim Litvln*! off. Commissar of Foreign Affairs, , will be an early victim and that his • arrest will follow that of Admiral Or-' loff. Commander of the Soviet Fleet! who attended the Coronation in Lon- don with I.,itviuoff. Marshall DIucher who commanded the Russian forces ' in the Far East is expected to meet a similar fate. According to Le Jour' (Paris), Stalin intended to include Litvinoif in his last purge but feared the reaction on Franco and other foreign powers with whom the Foreign Affairs Comissar bad enjoyed good relatiim-. China on a War Basis F(M- the lirst time in Chinese his- tory the financial and economic re. .sources of the nation have been [ilaced under the per.«onal control of the Generalissimo, as Chief of the Covernment and the Army, and the entire country made subservient to the needs of the military. China is on a war basis. Central Governmeut div- isions, resisting Japanese aggression northwest of Peiping, have been or- dered 'to fight to the death." The war is well started and nobody, least of all the two belliBereuts, seems to be able to do anything to check hostil- ities. At Guelph, Daniel McGlnnis of Des- barats. lirst of the ex-service men to register for the Western Ontario Vet- erans' re-union, was fatally injured on Saturday. He was working with two midway employees, carting lent ma terial in a triicii. Tent poles hit a Hydro pole, and McGinnis was knocked from the vehicle. His neck was broken. Foui-ycar old Elaine .N'.cdliaiu. of Loudon, died in the Victoria Hospital, London on Saturday, from injuries re- ceived when she was struck by a car. Frank Brine, aged 2i, of Sudbury, was killed and live other Sudbury residents wi'io injured when their car somersaulted off the highway near Little Current late Saturday night. The ;!-yearold sou of Mr. and Mrs. William Churchill of Forest was fatal- ly injured in a head-on collision near Cobourg on Saturda;. Dies While Swimming Paul McGhee, aged 1«, of Horu- ing's Mills, succumbed to a heart at- tack when he wont in swimming at Wasnga Beacli, Suiiilay afternoon. Two Can Live On $18 Week WINDSOR.â€" Angus liailuuiau has issued his "miracle budget" tor new- ly weds. Angus is in charge of the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Association Conumiuity Cen- tre work. He figures a couple can live on $18 a week and love. Not only does Secretary Huchanan have his young married pair sailing lilithely through the matriniouial sea on IS bucks but he has tlieiu saving $;;.(iG a monlh. Mr. Buchanan doesn't allow any ex- pense for electrit:ily or gas llgdring, apparently, a liride should he able to hunt up a cosy little nest lor ^JTi a month that provides facilities for cooking. And, anyway, he allows $4 for education and surely llu' lit lie Mrs. can learn ou that. Here's the lmi!;v'l for llie uumtli; Rem. vl.'.: loud, $22.03; clothes, 58.71; i:..- lar,', $4.25: insurance, S5; medical Lrvice, $1.50; postage HOc; magazines, $;!; library books, 5c: edu- cation, $4; eulerlainmeiit, $2; parties, ^1M\; and church, $1; total $08.34. THE MARKETS Britain to Increase Home-Grown Foods LONDON. â€" Great Britain is tak- ing stejis to iiKieaso her supply of home-grown food. .\ Government bill, already through the House of Commons and given third reading by the House of Lords, has a double ob- jective. Production of the maximum quan- tity of fftod in war-time. Efficient development of agricul- ture in peace-time. The bill docs not seek to put ag- riculture on a war-time footing. "In the opinion of the Govern- ment," W. S. Morrison, Minister of Agriculture, informed the Hou.sc of Commons, "to put agriculture on a war-time footing with all the regu- lations and regimentation of the farming community and the licavy costs that it would undoubtedly in- volve, would not be pracvicable at the present time. POULTRY Prices paid to country shijipers: Dressed- Milk Sel. A. Sel. B. Fed A. Spring Chickens â€" 1 to li lbs Id 14 18 2 to 3 lbs 18 1(! 20 3 to 4 lbs Ill 17 21 â- 1 lbs. and over.... 20 18 22 Fatted Hens â€" Dressed. Sel. A. Sel. B. Over 5 lbs 15 13 I to f) lbs 11 12 :i% to 4 lbs I'J 11 3 to 3 '4 lbs. 11 10 Old Rjjiostcrs â€" Over .'. lbs. 12 10 ( Ueii and lilack feath- ercnl birds 2c per lb. less tlian almve jirces. ) Other Fowl â€" Guinea fowl, per pair 75 00 Note: C grade iioultry 3c below B grade. POULTRY AND EGGS Buying pricet: Toronto dealers arc <|Uoting pro- ducers for ungraded eggs, delivered, cases returned: Egg« â€" Grade .-^ laige 2'; to 00 Grade \ medium .... 2.r> to 00 Grade B 22 to 00 Grade C IS to 00 Dealers are (|Uotcd on ;;r:uled eggs, ra.ses frec^ : Grade A large 28 to 00 Grade .V medium .... 20 to 00 Grade H 22 to 00 (Iraile C 20 to 00 TORONTO GRAIN QUOTATIONS Following are .Saturday's cpiota- lions on Toronto grain transaflions for carlots, prices on basis c.i.f. liay ))orts: Manitoba wlieatâ€" No. 1 Xorthcrn, .Sl.SDM.; No. 2 Northern, $1.35 ',6; No. 3 Northern, .?1.31'--i ; No. 4 Nor- thern, $1.2«'.^. Western oat.sâ€" No. 2 C.W., 5f.%o; No. 3 C.W., .^.4%c; No. 1 feed, Manitoba l)ailcy No. 3 C.W., VO-'Vic; No. h C.W., G8%c; No. 1 feed screenings, .931. 00 jier ton delivered Ontario points. * .South .-Vfricnn com, SGc, tra,'k Montreal, October sluj)ment. Ont:irio grain, approximate price.s track shipping point -Wheat. $1.05 to $1.07; oats, lOr to 43c: barley. 54c to 58c: corn, 78c to 82c'; malting barley, GOc to OSc: milling oats, 40c to 43c. Indians Ask Union Pay PITTSBURGH.â€" Allegheny coun- ty offered a tribe of Calamanca, N.Y., Indians .$3 a day each to per- form tribal dances at the annual fair. They refu.sod. "The.se Ind ans won't give a whoop except at prevailing union rates," a fair representative reported back. He e:!plainod that the dv.ivcs were earning $•!. a dav from the Works Progress Admii;islration. The coun- ty hircl 40 at the $4 rate.