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More Russians Executed MOSCOW.â€" FiriiiK s(|I1iu1h this week wiped out 10 nioro HiisBlariH convicted of beliiB cnoiiiios of the Soviet re- Kline. Amont; lliein were three reBtainaiif cooks from LeiiliiKrnii province ac- cused of BervlDK KPpllfil pork. It was CharKPd 15 persons were poisoned by eating pork cutlets seived with what the court called "wilful ( ouiiter-revo- liitionary Intentions" durlnK the re- cent I>eniiiKrad antlair raid drills. The other seven executed at Leiilii- Itrad were said to have confessed they were ''rlchtlst wreckers'' In collective tarminK projects at Novgorod. Probe Begins OTTAWA.â€" With an announcement by the chairman, t'liief Justice How- ell, that "a statement will be made when we are throush our two-day conference," the Iloyal Comnii.'ision which is to investicale the relations between the Dominion and Provincl.il Governments, and report on any de- iiirul)le chanRe, was organized here this week. The first conferences are in camera while the commission lakes its bearlnBS. surveys the wide urouiid it is to cover and determines the pro- cedure. French Statesmen Warn PAKIS.â€" Korm<r I'remier of France, I>>on Ilium, infeienlially laid some of the blame for new perils to Kurope's p<'ace at the door of Italy In an ad dress this week to a Socialist rally at Velizy. UeferrinK to the formal Italian acknowledgment that Italians had par- ticipated in the drive of Insurgent Ceneral Franco against Government- held Santander, Ilium declared: ''The capture of Santander was feted like an Italian victory. The in tervcntion of Italy has taken on a public character. Italy not only con- teases it hut proclaims It." He said 'foreign non-intervention in Spain has never suffered a heavier blow than In recent days." Yvon Delbos, foreign minister in Premier Chautemps' Cabinet, told the interparliamentary congress at Ver- sailles: ''There must be vigorous action by all peoples who understand that to prevent war they must show the strength of their unity. Joe Louis Shows Emotion TORONTO. â€" Joe I.ouis, heavy- wi-ight champion of the world, was ex- cited as a schoolboy at the C. N. E. last week. He saw the Mountics! "Hoy, this sho am the most thrill- ing moment of ma life," he drawled as he tucked the autographs of two members of the R.C.M 1'. away In his vest pock(t Chinese Reds Join Government SlIA.NOIIAr â€" The I. II yi-iu- war Ik- twe< n ('hiiicse CommunistH and llic Nanking Cc-mral (lovernmiiit, costiii;,' 100,000 llvi-s and laying waste Interior Chinese ^rovin(•'â- ^â- . einlid ofTlclally this week. TIk^ (Jovcj'iiiiii :it i,r (icm-r.-iiissimo Chiang Kaisliek. lifjliling agaiiisl J;il):iiiise invasion. d< ilared In a cum- muiiii|ue that t'omnuinisis and noii- Curnmunisls. f;iced by a common i ii- eniy. now wen,' uniled lo drive ll:i' foi' from tiieir homeland. "Till- Cliiiiese tiovernment and lli<- CoMimunisI Army have been ligbtirii; fo,- tlie last Icii years," tt^' com- niuniijue said. • This is tlie oflicial conclusloh of the war." !ViL-r Hits at Russia NrUK.MIlKKt;. (iermaiiy, â€" ilvUh- sfuehrer llilbr lias flung n warnii.g at Moscow lliat "(leiniany m'ver will be < oiiciueieil now 'lllifr from wiUi out or wilblii. ' "I. It this be a wa:iiing to those who would i^erk from Moscow to set Ihr" world alire.'' he declared at a I'i- panlie <-erenioiiy of devotion al the Natlon.'il Socialist Congress, Tlie centre of an awe-insiiirln^- :i;iei- tacle of llclils that pi^netrati'd lliri>nf;li miles of a stai-studdeil sky, of HO,- 000 brown uniformed parly tnnclloii aril's, of the gleaming golil tips of 34,000 massi'd iila( k while-red Na/.i banners. Hitler maile his deelaralion in a voleo become husky from daya of spceelies. Minimum Wage For A^bev'a KDMONTO.N'.- Hi. sic miniTnioii ^•..<lâ- v for all male employees in Albeilu will bo established In the "very ii"ar fii ture," Hon. V) V. Manning, I'roviii. i;il Minister of Trade and Industry, ati oounced this week. Heliedules, authorized under tin' Male Minimum Wage Act of i:i:Hi have been discussed hy the R(>aril of Indnstrinl Uelatlons and the I'rovlii rial Cabinet, t-ie Mlnir.lM- r.iM, and Iho whole matter Is receiving the , ' most careful ( ()nslder:illon." Eiipoi'ls Inc:'ea:e OTTAWA. -Canada wrote n favor- able balance of $-«o;i,!){l|.000 at the hot torn of its external trnili< i-r(o:il:< In the twelve months ended .luly 31. Tlih ia an increase of $til, 863,000 over the credit balance for the piecediiig twelve months, the Dominio.i liureaii of Sta tlsllcs reported this week Domeslle exports expanded 22 S per cent, from $918,7.'>1,0«0 to $1,128,608,- 000 and foreign reexpDrls Jil'i.H per Câ€" N cent, from $12,500,000 to $15,830,000. Imports were 39.5 per cent, heavier, the total being $740,377,000 compared with $689,153,000. Total trade mounted to $1,884,711,- 000, a gain of 24 per cent, from $1,- 520,404,000, Customs duties totalled $97,039,- 000, up 14, G per cent, from $84,054,ono. Stock Market 0(f NKW YORK.-ln t^ second widest break since 1933, the stock market sold off In volume thi.s week-end, car- rying leaders down $1 to $« a share, in a few cases much more, and many to new lows for a year or longer. Hydro Rates Reduced TOltO.NTO.â€" lienelits to power < on- sumers in 156 mi;nicipalilies have now reached $1,252,701: as the result of the Ontario Ilydjo Commissions an- nouncement this week-end that ef- fective Aijf?. 1 a general reduction of $2 per horsepower In the interim rate for power in the N'lapara system will go into effect. This is in addition to a previous cut of $2.50 jier horsepower given hy the Cummis.sion lo most of the iniinieipalilles, making a total re- duction of $4.50 per horscpov.-or. Canadian Wheat Production OTTAWA.â€" Total wheat production in Canada Is placed at 1S8,191,000 bushels In the first estimate issued by the Dominion lUireau of Statistics. This is composed of l(iK,!t99,999 bush- els of spring wheat and 19,192,000 bushels of fail wheat. Of the spring wheat the crop in the Prairie Provinces accounts for 164,- 000,000 bushels divided among Mani- toba 53,000,000, Saskatchewan 35,000,- 000 and Alberta 76,000,000, Nations War on "Pirates" NYON, Switzerland. â€" Nine Kuropean nations, spurred to swift action by a Russian threat to take "our own mea- sures" against Italy, have pooled their navies for a war on ''pirate" submar- ines In the Mediterranean. Italy, despite her boycott of the conference in this little Lake Geneva town, will be Invited to take over one of the "piracy" zones and aid in hunt- ing down phantom craft which Russia alleges are Italian U-boats. Speedboat Title TOHONTO. â€" Gordon Adamson of Highland Park, 111., drove his power- ful little 225-clas8 speedboat Delta to a world's title at the C.N.E. last week. The championship was awarded him on total points In the three heats. He finished second in the final heat, was second In the postponed heat and fifth In the oi>ening test Wednesday. His total score was 727, Cholera Strikes Jap Army SHANGHAI.- Pestilence this week i-ame to tlie aid of more than 140,000 Chlneso soldiers battering at the Jap- anese army and its covering warships in this war-devastated city. It struck hardest at the Japanese army, clinging precariously to foot- holds on the banks of the Whangpoo and Ynngtsc rivers, and at more than a million (.'hinese civilian refugees cowering in the streets of the Inter- national settlement, the French Con- cession, and adjacent areas. Kirk's Cup Races Tragedy SCAKHOUOUOII, Vorkshiro.â€" Trag- edy niiirreil the first leg of the King's Cup air lace, bringing death to Wing- Commander Percy C, Sherren. M.C., 44, (li!:tinguished Canadian officer of the Royal Air Force, and WIng-Com- mander K. C. Hilton, his pilot, when a squall sent thoir plane crashing at a turn. More than 1,000 persons, Including a Uoyal Air Force observer, saw the plane caught by a sudden gust in the northerly gale that was blowing. This point, which marked a turn, had proved dangerous to other racers. Recover Bodies From Lake POINT I'KLIOE. â€" Searchers this week recovered from the waters of Lake Rrio the bodies of two of tlic three Detroit men who perished when their airplane, flying from Detroit to Cleveland, plunged Into the lake last Monday. 16 Drunks Sentence J STRATFORD. â€" Sixteen motorists liave been sentenced in police court hero for drunken driving so far this year, compared to 10 at this time a year ago. In all but two of the cases 14 and 2Iday terms were imposed, and in one case the offender was given 30 days. "The penalty in all cases depends upon the circumstances," Magistrate J, A. Makins said this week in com- menting on the stiffer sentences being meted out, "The offender seldom gets any sympathy from the court because in the majority of cases he has had an accident and has thereby endan- gered life and property," Martial Law In Paraguay ASUNCION, Paraguay. â€" Prov isional President Felix Paiva this week de- creed a state of war, or martial law, throughout Paraguay in a move to pre- vent recurrence of the uprising which temporarily upset his Government Tuesday. Canadian Debt Seven Billion OTTAWA.â€" Canadians owe $7,039,- 091,538 through the operations of the various taxing authorities throughout the Dominion. The figure is, in all likelihood, considerably larger, for a Dominion Bureau of Statistics report issued last week covering Dominion, Provincial and municipal debts, gave the Dominion and Provincial amounts up to the end of 193C, and those of the municipalities up to the end of 1935 only. To Minimize War Scare LONDON, Eng.â€" Lord Reaverbrook is launching a campaign to have done witli rumors of war, as he believes there will be no war. By editorials and the efforts of the brillirtiit car- toonist, Strube, the Canadian peer is endeavoring through the Daily Express and the Evening Standard to niinim- ize the worrying effect of the insist- ent din of continental tomtoms. Missing Dinghy Found ST. CATHARINES.â€" The dinnliy in which three Toronto men were miss- ing since Saturday on Lake Onl:irii), Canada's Arms Program Exceeds Former Figures Pre cess of Rearmament Has Been Greatly Hastened in Past Few Months â€" 102 New Planes Are on Order â€" Militia Being Re- organized â€" Total Expenditure on Arms Will Reach Height Un- known During Great War. OTTAV\'A. â€" Canuda'.s piogress to- ward rearmaiiKpit has been hastened in till' past few months, following r<!- lurn lo fin- Donilni(ui of tlios(^ Caliinet .MlnislerH who attended the Imperial Defense Conference last May, Cana- dian aircraft factories are working on the program which calls for aciiiilsi- lion by the Royal Canadian Air Force of 102 iilanes. Sbipyarils on the Allan- lie and Paeinc Coasts are l)uilding four new minesweepers. Addidonal roast defense batteries are being em- placed. More men are lieing added to both the Royal Canadian Navy and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Millions Will Be Spent Last .laniiary Canada's esliiiiites for the national defense program were ) oosted by aiiiiroximaloly $14,000,000 over those of the proeediiig year. Amounting to $:i.'t, 730,873, they have tine been added to by supplementary vol(\s; and tiK'ir figure risiched a height unknown since the Creat War. Prior to that Ilefense Minister Ian .Mackenzie had completed reorganiza- tion of the non-permanent active niil- iila, a fnrie which corresponds lo the Crilish territorials and to the United -ttiiles National Gimrd, Mr. Mackenzie last Decemh.>r gave Canada a new military setup. Ho re- duced thIrty-sIx cavalry regiments to twenty, of which ho turned four into armored car units. A total of 135 reg- InienlH of liifanlry was whittled to ninelyniie Tliese were again split into fifty-nine rifle battalions, twenty- six machine gun hattaliiuis and six tank bi.ttalions. He Increased the aitiilery by forty- oi:e field, six inedir,:,i and flvo anti- aircraft batteries. At the same time the administrative services wore re- orgiinized, 46,000 More Men I'ldvision was made this year for the training of 4(!,0(>0 men, giving tliem from ten to fourteen days in summer camps additional to the normal train- ing in their local drill halls. Tlio permanent force, which corres- ponds to the regular army, has a strength of 4(15 officers and ;!,7C0 other ranks. They are dislributpd among artillery, cavalry, infantry and admin- istrative units. Some batteries of ar- tillery have been eoinplelely nioehan- ized, wlillo a number of armored cars liave been acquired to» the infantry, but little real progress has been made so far in the way of jiroviding »-ither the permanent or non-permanent force v,i(li tanks or anti-aircraft equipment. Developments In Air Four destroyers, distributed equal- ly on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, constitute Canada's nival strength. The destroyers are tluinughly mod ern, two of them lin'. lug been coiiiplel- ed only last year. The keels are laid of the four mlnc-r.v.ecpers. Naval per- sonnel numbers 1,339 ranks and rat- ings. Developments in the air, additional to numerous flying fields which are doited throughout the country, con- template construction of lli fighter planes, 3 army co-opi'ration machines, 7 flying boats, 24 bombers, 11 torpedo liombers, 18 coastal reconnaissance and 27 training planes. Progress is well under way with the Increase of personnel to 196 officers and 1,498 air- men. Contracts have been let for most of the aircraft, the majority of which are lo be built In Canada, was found this week-end near Port W<dler, with one body in it. Airplanes, speedboats and tugs had abandonci a wide search for the boat In which Fred Phillips, William Mc- Gavin and J. C. Helm, all of Toronto, set out across the lake Saturday. The boat was found on the shore at the foot of North Vino street and the body was nearby. It was thought tlie bodies of the other missing men may be hidden in the boat. Canadians Lose Jobs WINDSOR, â€" Almost 20 Canadians have lost their jobs and CO more face unemployment because a law passed by United States Congress, requiring 75 per cent of U. S. boat crews must be American citizens, has been ap- plied to ferries plying the Detroit Ri- ver. Flying Boat Damaged TORONTO, â€" The flying boat Cam- bria and her crew will be guests of To- ronto for a few more days, as parts necessary to repair the big trans-at- lantlc ship will have to be sent from FJngland, The machine was damaged while landing off the Exhibition water- front. i - THE - I I MARKETS I â-º!< w HAY AND STRAW No. 2 timothy, old .$10 to 11; new, $9 to $10 per ton; No. 3 timothy, .$8 to $9; oats and wheat straw, $5.50 to $6.50. Above prices f.o.b. Toronto. GRAIN QUOTATIONS Following are closing Cjuotations this week-end on Toronto grain transactions for car lots, prices on basis c.i.f. bay ports â€" . Manitoba wheat â€" No. 1 Northern, $1.34 %; No. 2 Northern, $1.28%; No. 3 Northern, $1.23% ; No. 4 Nor- thern, $1.10%. Western oats â€" No. 2 C.W,, 5814c; No. 3 C,W„ 57 %c; No. 1 feed, 56 Vie. Manitoba barley â€" No, 3 C.W, 64 '4c; No. 5 C.W., 62%c; No. 1 feed screenings, $25 per ton. South African corn, 85c track, Montreal. Ontario grain, approximate prices Uack shipping point â€" Wheat, $1.06 to $1.08; oats, 37c to 39c; barley, 50c to 52c; corn, 90c to 92c; rye, 75c to 79c; buckwheat, 51c to 53c; malting barley, 55c to 58c; milling oats, 37c to 39c. POULTRY AND EGGS Buying price*: Toronto dciiei-.s this wct k-end were ifuoting pro.luctrs for unjjraded eggs, delivered, cases returned: Egg* â€" Grade A large 24 to 00 Grade A medium 23 to 00 Pecwees 12 to 00 Grade B 19 to 00 Grade C 16 to 00 Pullets 20 to 00 Dealers arc quoted on graded eggs cases free: Gra<le A large 26^ to 27 (irade A medium 25 H to 00 Grade B 22 to 00 Grade C 19 to 00 POULTRY Prices paid to country shippers: Dressed. Milk Sel. A Sel. B. Fed A. Spring Chickent I to 2 lbs 10 14 18 li to 3 lbs 17 16 20 3 to 4 lbs 19 17 21 4 lbs, and over 20 18 22 5 lbs. and over 12 19 23 DAIRY PRODUCE Butler â€" tiuotations to wholesale trade at Toronto, Creamery ro'.ids, No. 1 2t> '.» to 27 do 38 score 25% to 26 do 37 score 24 -Ti to 25 do 3(! score 23\ to 24 Cheese New large ( paraffined) 14 Vj to 14% do twins \A^i to 15 do triplets 15 to 15yi (.'Vveiage price paid to shippers, f.o.b. country points.)/ New large (paraffined) 14 to 00 do triplets 14 U to 00 SPORT TODAY By KEN EDWARDS Sir Malcolm Campbell seems deter- mined to be "tops'' in the speed world on water as well as on land. In the .-peedboat, ''Blue- bird," which he 1,1 now trying out on Lago IMaggioro in the .41ps to Dreak Oar Wood's world record of 124.91 miles an hour, Life is like that isn't It? mil Terry of the New York fllants is their brand new manager and receives $40,- 000 a year under his new contract while Tommy Farr, the sensational Kngllsh battler who just recently set the boxing world agog in his bout with Joe Louis, has had a row with his manager, Ted Broadribb, and refuses to fight under him In the future. A new one-mile Canadian swim re- cord has Just been set by Ralph Klan- ugan of Klorida, He was clocked at 21,34. The former record was 21,57. -Dâ€" THE- NEWS INTERPRETED A Commentai^ On the More Innportant Events of the Week. By ELIZABETH EEDY Canada's Arnu Contracts The Minister of Defence, Hon.» Ian Mackenzie, has announced that over $9,000,000 worth of national defense contracts have been placed in Can- ada, with construction now in pro- gress. Ninety per cent of the pro- gram will be taken care of inside the country. Over 100 airplanes are in- cluded and four mine-sweepers. The militia is being reorganized and it is expected that the entire program will be completed within a year. Youth Training Has Begun With the transference of 350 young Ontario men, ranging in age from 18 to 25, to training camps in Northern Ontario, the new National Youth Pro- gram has been inaugurated under the leadership of the Dept. of Mines and Forests. Ten or more boys are ap- pointed to each of the 31 camps where they will be taught use of the compass, timber cruising and scaling, telephone line construction and maintenance, activities connected with the pulp and paper industry. In the mining district, a maximum of 50 young men will be given a technical course sufficient to qualify as assistants to mine surveyors, as- sayors, and mineralogists. The Pro- vincial Department of Mines expects to have positions for these young men when fully trained. of the Canadian Chamber of Com- merce at Vancouver was the estab- lishment of a central bureau of edu- cational research for Canada. The speaker, Hon. R. C. Matthews, advo- cated following the example of Australia and South Africa in set- ting up a Chamber of Education, whose duties would be to gather in- formation about education in every province, cond'.ict educational sur- veys, hold yearly conferences on general problems. He recommended that "each individual member of this Chamber should make it his co.icern, so far as his sphere of influence ex- tends, to study how far school and college today are giving the future citizen of Canada the elementary in- tellectual and moral equipment which he must have if he is to act justly and intelligently on all the manifold issues which will be presented for his decision at the polls." Japan Finds Credit .American and British banks are extending credit to help finance Japan's undeclared war on China, even as the American and British Governments are bending every ef- fort to halt or minimize the conflict, a reliably informed source disclosed this week. International Incidents Increase These are days that see interna- tional crises precipitated hourly. In the Far East the situation is gravely dangerous, not only in the case cf the Sino- Japanese conflict, but a break between Japan and Britain has been narrcwly missed, following on the shooting of the British Ambassador; in the Mediterranean, Russian and British ships are being menaced by the "pirate" ships of other nations. A snarling Italian answer has come to Russia's formal protest, accusing Mussolini's submarines of waging Mediterranean terrorismi after two Soviet ships were sunk. Reichs- fuehrer Adolf Hitler of Germany, backs Italy in the Mediterranean and Japan in the East, "in a defensive fight," so he declared at the Nazi Party congress, "against Bolshev- Central Bureau of Education Suggested at the opening meeting Search Continues Sir Hubert Wilkins' party which set off by plane in search of the six Soviet Polar fliers have as yet found no trace of the men, missing on their flight from Moscow to Fairbanks, Alai-ka, August 13. The search over the Arctic ice fields will continue un- til the freeze-up. The rescue party are located on Baillie Island in the Mackenzie River Delta. Seaway Negotiations Prime Minister Mackenzie King has announced that unless the Prov- inces of Ontario and Quebec give their approval, the Federal Govern- ment will not go ahead with negotia- tions for the construction of the St. Lawrence seaway. The power de- velopment scheme embraced in the waterway plan would cost Ontario more than $100,000,000. There have been no recent developments Jp the waterways discussion, the Prime Min- ister assures. In any case, the treaty has yet to be ratified by the United States Senate which has several times rejected it. Leadership of Ordinary Men and Women Needed Declares Sir Edward Beatty in Address to Canadian Chamber of Commerce at Vancouver â€" Says Canada Should Reach Agree- ment on National Aims â€" Keeps Faith In West. The leadership which we need in this country is not that of outstand- ing national figures making resound- ing speeches, it is the leadership of ordinary men and women in their .-imall spheres, said Sir Edward Beatty, C.P.R. chieftain, in an ad- dress delivered at the annual dinner of the Canadian Chamber of Com- merce in Vancouver, B.C. , Sir Edward touched upon the more o'ltstanding problems facing the country and called for their consid- eration on a broad national basis which would remove them from the sphere of partisan debate and narrow local interests. Dominion's Ecanomic Unity Sir Edward clealt at length with the situation in the Prairie Provint'c?. The effect of the disaster which had overtaken agriculture there had defi- nitely and severely brought home tD all Canada the economic unity of the Dominion. There is now no question but that the small surplus of Cana- dian wheat above domestic require- ment.-i would prove inadequate fcr the market and that even a high pricj would not compensate for the shrink- age in production.' "Tempered as our hopes of eco- nomic recovery might be by this dis- aster, they arc by no means to be abandoned. Other parts of Cana;'a have been making their important contributions to Canadian wealth." Despite the history of the past few crop years. Sir Edward disagreed with any theory that the Prairie Provinces are unsuited for lasting settlement. Other countries had had similar or worse drought experience and had recovered completely. He pointed out that the area in Canada which had suffered most and which had been described as agriculturally impossible had produced at least eight billion dollars in agricultural wealth and had developed such cities as Calgary and Regina. Our Real Problem "The real problem which faces us. in considering whether our human assets are equal to the opportunities which face them, is purely one of leadership, and it is the leadership which businessmen, professional men, educationalists and ordinary citi/tens can give. The real leadership which we need in this country is not that of outstanding national figures mak- ing resoimding speeches which sweep the country. "It is the leadership of ordinary men .-.nd v.-omen in their own small spheres. It is the competent leader- ship of business men seeking profit, planting their purchases and their rroduction as wisely as they can. It is the leadership of journalists try- ing to plac^' the news of the day clear- ly before the people and to give them inte'ligcnt opin'cns on public ques- tio.iii. It is the leadership of lawyers .â- '.nd do.-tors, clergymen and mer- chants in their local communif os try- ing to :-et a wise example of toler- ance and good will and trying to use their influence at al! times in favor of honesty, thrift and intelligence in rublie and privat-:- affairs alike. And it is the leadership which th? toach- c:-3 in our universities and schools can give ou/ youth, above nil by avoiding attempts to present history to suit Iho theory or to misrepresent facts in order tv) make a story. Should Reach .-Vgrceraent ^ "There should be no reason for dif- ficulty in arriving at an a.greemi;nt on our national -lolicies. There is but little disagreement among us re- garding the methods needed to im- prove the mo-al and intellectual standards of cur people. Why is it that we can find so little agreement concerning what we must do for our own material advancement?" â€"I- Waiterâ€" "'How did you find your steak, sir?" Dinerâ€" ''It was purely luck. ( hap- pened to move that piece of potato and there it was."