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News Parade By Elizabcfli b"edy i KYE8 ON INDIA: An aild»d reason behind (lieat Ililtain's deepening ankiety over Germany's Inroads Into Empiie trade is tho knowledge that Hitler actually has his eyes on . . . British India! Looking east firet to the Ukraine, the Fuehrer •ees Constantinople beyond Bagdad India. British Board of Trade sonrc- eg reveal that Garmany has worked out a detailed campaign, already, to cut Into the India market, and that the lleich will shortly send I'lindit Agnietri, he-ad of the Ger- man-India Society of Vienna, with a group of German trade experts on a. mission to India. THE TRANSIENT QUESTION: In Canada tho problem has become ac- ute. Thousands and thousands of young men trekking up and down th» country, back and forth, beg- ging food and shelter. The majority have long since ceased to look tor work bcc-iuse they know there It none to be had, save the odd job here and iliere, temporary employ- ment in tiie summer time. As the regulations stand now, if a young chap leaves his home local- ity for a summer job elsewhere, he finds on his return th.it the munici- pality no longer recognizes him as a resident. It frequently happens that a young fellow leaves home on being told (sometimes offic- ially) that there is "plenty of work on tho farms", or in the north or In the west. Circumstances lead him down the road from respectability to loss of self-respect, and crime. To attack this tremendous prob- lem, a conference has been called by tho Canadian Welfare Council for January 24lh and 25th at Ot- tawa. The care of non-resident and migrant men and families In Can- ada will be discussed by a repres- e-ntafive national committee. We hope they can do something. IT MATTERS TO US: The average Canadian was thrown into a pretty genuine dither by the Czechoslovak crisis in Septembe'r when war scpmcd so close. But he has given little thought to the more Import- ant (now) conflict In Spain and what its outcome Is going to mean to him. Far-off and localized, that war In Spain? Not on your life! Don't call it a civil conflict, either. The Span- ish government may well symbolize democracy In a struggle to the death with its powerful enemy, fas- sicm fas represented by Mussolini, Hlller). A victory for Franco in Spain will mean the tall of Spain's sister democracy, France; then the entire continent of Europe will drop like a ripe plum Into the laps of tho Uome-Berlln conspirators. It has been said frequently the past couple of months that "Europe was lost in 193S." Not altogether we hope. Not yet. But when Europe does RO, America comes next. And thnt nipans us. THE WEEK'S QUESTION: Are Canada's sales to the United Slates increasing? Answer: The Domin- ion's exports to the U. S. In Nov- ember 1938, totalled $35,584,371; a rise of $4,295,872 over the same mouth in 1937. Note a big jump In number of beef cattle (weighing over 700 lbs.) shipped across the border â€" twelve times as many were exported to the U. 3. in Nov- ember of 1938. Ottawa Has Eye On Your Stomach Dominion Department of Agri- culture Inspectors Are Active Keeping Watch on AH Food For Canada's Tables Tlic I>uininIon Department of Ag- riculture has an eye on your stom- ach. (Jiiardians of the public health, the depart iiicnt's Inspectors keep a close watch on the food that makes Us way to the nation's dining room table. Wlillccoatcd Inspectors main- tain hawk-eyed vigilance In ' the slau^bterliouses to make sure that victims of the butclier's knife were healthy unimals and birds and free from the taint of tuberculosis or other diseases. The rul)ber stamp on the flesh, ''Canada Approved" is a Rllt-cdgi.'d guarantee of healthy meat. The ofTicial eye pi ii-s ceaselessly Into shipments of fruits and vege- tables moving from <me province to anoliier or across the Dominion's borders iioiind for Canadian mark- ets. The fruits and vei^etabie.s must pass rigid lesl.s. luid the grade or quality must lie elearly marked for all consumers In read. Agents of the department In for- eign countries .scrutinize inspection â- ervicea there and make their own Investigations before such count- ries are permitted to ship food to Canada. It Is not a matter of red tape but a most thoiough system of protect ion of the health of hungry Canadians. Canned foods coinn under rigid Sngpeclion for purity, (|ualt(y and grading, .lams, for linsiance, must contain oorlBln percentages of pure fruit will) the pectin, or apple fiulp, uied to provide bulk. King of Sweden Presents Nobel Prize to Pearl Buck King Gustaf, of Sweden, is shown here as he formally presented the 1938 Nobel Prize for Literature to Mrs. Pearl Buck, world famous authoress who wrote "The Good Earth". The prize consisted of a parchment certificate bound in tooled leather, the Nobel medal and a cheoue for about $37,975. Mrs. Buck, when first told of the distinction she had won, was completely taken by surprise. Electric Fence Controls Herds One-Wir« Type Carrying Low Voltage Current is Ap- proved By O.A.C. One-wire electrical fences, be- coming popular with farraera In Ca- nada and the United States, are ap- proved by two members of the Faculty of the Ontario Agricultur- al College whose opinions ar» given In the current Issue of the O. A. C. monthly magazine. Dr. O. McConkey, of the Field Husbandry Department, d»scribes the fence, a single strand of wire through which courses low voltage current, as "a cheap, effective, me- thod of controlling grazing, thereby utiizing feed more effectively and preventing waste and uneven graz- ing which ocurs when animals are allowed to wander at will over a large field." Prof. \V. C. Black wooil, head of the department of agricultural en- gineering, said the fence was "one of the most interesting and most useful pieces of Ontario farm equip- ment." He added that the Ontario Hydro-Elecric Power Commission has withlield permission to connect the fences to Its power lines until more detailed tests for safety of operation have been made. Almanac Sees Crises Ahead Perioiiical Whose Predictions Are Read By Thousands of Britons Has Gone Gloomy On Them Approve Large North Ontario Works Program A $2,000,000 emergency works program for northern aud north- western Ontario, cost of whlclj is to be shared equally by the Onlario and Federal Ciovernmonls lias been approved by Labor Minister Rogers. The program, designed to cope with unemployment caused by a sharp drop In pulp-cutting opera- tions In those parts of the province, will provide tor highway construc- tion, forestry conservation and other works. 12,000 Men Now Idle In December representations were made by members of tho House of Commons for the North- ern Ontario and head of the lakes areas on behalf of some 12,001) men, now Idle, who would normally be employed In pulp-cutting operations at this time of year. Europe will experience new cri- ses during April and June of •next year which will lead to a grave threat of war in September but Pre- sident Roosevelt of the United States will Intervene and prevent the outbreak of a new world con- flict, Foulsham's "Old Moore's Al- manac," predicts. Walker's edition, known simply as "Old Moore," also has been Is- sued with a doleful list of predic- tions for 1939 but It placed the new European crisis in July and beller- ed the centre of danger will be In the Mediterranean. Both almanacs have been popul- ar for years and their predictions are read by thousands of Britons. Foulsham's sees danger of war In 1939 between the United Slates and Japan In December and believes that Russia may be Involved. More Surrenders Other predictions Include: A British cabinet crisis in Febru- ary., serious labor disturbances In the United States throughout the year, an economic boom in the Un- ited States, a ''period of decline" for Italian dictator Benito Musso- lini, the assassination of "a mem- ber of the German governraont" in January, a general election In Bri- tain In the spring and a crisis re- garding Qcrinan and Italian de- mands for colonies during August resulting In the "surrender of some possessions by Britain and also France." Say North Pole Is Warming Up MOSCOW.â€" The North Pole is warming up, the Soviet Weather Bureau reported last week. Ten years of observations in the Arctic, according to the Bu- reau show that surface water temperature is higher each year and ice correspondingly de- creasing. The Bureau said it was not known whether the trend was periodic or progressive. WONDERLAND OF OZ VOICE OF THE PRESS AND WRAPPED IN CELLOPHANE .\ new piece of farm machinery ii an electric soil shredder. Pretty soon when you buy an up-to-date farm you'll get It sliced, like a loaf. â€" Toronto Star. WATERED Milk producers in the Brantford district are selling milk below the cost of production. In the old days with pumps In vogue, they never would have had to do this. â€" Brant- ford E.npositor. REMOVE LOCAL LOAD The Ontario government claims to be ready to pay 40 per cent, of tho relief costs In Ontario if the Do- minion government will do the same. This would leave 20 per cent, for the municipalities â€" enough to gee that the money Is spent wisely. â€" Chatham News. MORE SCHOLARSHIPS WANTED Mr. Paul Martin, M.P., expressed a truth when he said the universit- ies were full of students who shouldn't be there at all, while the other young people who would make the most of such an oppor- tunity are unablo to take advantage of the teaching. There Is a lot of readjusting to be done before there are equal rights to higher educa- tion. â€" Toronto Globe and Mail. WH|(AT AND AUTOS What good crops and new money for wheat mean to Eastern Canada is exemplified in a press despatch which tells of Southern Alberta au- tomobile shopping parties to Ont- ario. Parties of from eight to twen- ty are being made up bound for the eastern automotive centres to take delivery of new cars. â€" Moose Jaw Times-Herald. LOVELY GIRLS There may be plenty of beautiful girls in the South. There undoubt- edly are, but those people who live In the South or who go down there each Winter, miss something real- ly worth while. They miss the un- equalled beauty of a Canadian girl's complexion alter she comes in from a walk, skate or ski party In the crisp winter air. We aren't an auth- ority on beauty but we'll match our Canadian red-cheeked girls against the suntanned southern belles any day In the week and remain reason- ably confident of the outcome. There's something about winter winds that adds to the beauty of our v.'omen. â€" Liindsay Post. Youth: One Crop That Never Fails Betterment of World Rests on Their Education, Says Head of Saslcatchewan University Saskatchewan has one crop that never fails â€" the crop of young lite â€" Dr. J. S. Thompson, presi- dent of the University of Saskatch- ewan, said In an address at York- ton last week. "There may be some periods of drought and frustration of hopes but the crop of young life never fails," he said. Betterment of tho world could only be looked for through the pro- per education of the "present crop" of young people. They must be edu- cated in terms of human welfare; not to the welfare of the individual. Betterment of Human Welfare He felt "the mess we are In to- day" might be the result of educa- tion â€" the work of professors In re- search being misapplied. Karly discoveries had been ex- ploited; stupendous wealth created and power gained by men which In turn had developed a world of sel- fishness and fear. More education was the only cure but this would only come through Instruction In the use of the "won- drous new gifts for the use of God's glory and the betterment of human welfare." Siuality h Supeib SALAM TEA $70,000,000 Under The Atlantic 6S Feet Down Off the North Coast of the Dominican Re- public There is a man In the Dominican Republic who knows where he can put his hand on $70,000,000 worth of gold and silver â€" but it Isn't as easy as "putting your hand" on It. The treasure he has discovered is 65 feet under the sea â€" and has been since 1632! At least, so says Captain Craig, famous deep sea di- ver and explorer. Work of Recovery Risky He has made underwater pictures of two Spanish galleons encrusted in coral, lying off the North coast of Dominica, B.W.I. It is believed they sank after being driven there by a hurricane. Previous attempts at salvage have yielded $3,500,000 but efforts to remove the balance of this treasure will be difficult, stat- ed Captain Craig, after three months' survey. Swift currents, coral as hard as cement, and vicious sharks make the divers' work hazardous. Plenty Of Raw Salt Out West Extraction, However, is Quite Difficult The job of extracting raw salt from alkali lakes of Saskatchewan is a hard one, J. W. Miller, Ed- monton farmer, who operates a plant for extracting soda sulphate from one of these lakes at Pala, Sask., said at Winnipeg las. week. "There are 120,000,000 tons of raw salt in the alkali lakes of Saskatchewan but just try to get some of it. It's the toughest job I ever tried." he said. Pump Brine From Lakes "We pump the brine out ot the lake. It looks simple but it's tricky. If the sun goes under a cloud during the pumpiner, the brine freezes in the pipe. We have to pump at an increasing tempera- ture all the time." Duchess Loses Top Position World's Best Dressed Woman â€" Bolivian Princess b Fash- ion Queen The Duchess of Windsor was de- throned as the queen of fashion in the annual poll of the Paris dress- makers when they selected Mme. Antenor Patino, "tin princess" for top position in their list of the world's 10 best-dressej women. Mme. Patino is a daughter-in-law of Simon Patino, the Bolivian "tin millionaire" who is famous in his own right as one of the world's richest men. The Duchess was ranked second, well ahead ot the remainder of the field which included her royal sis- ter-in-law, Marina, Duchess of Kent. The best-dressed women who have the time and money to make an art of dressing themselves and really set the style pace of two contin- ents, as picked by a poll of the French dressmaking trade are: Mme. Antenor Patino. The Duchess ot Windsor. The Duchess of Kent. Baronne Eugene de Rothschild, the former Catherine Wolff, of Phil- adelphia. The Begum .\sa Khan. Mrs. Harrison Williams. The Marquise de Paris. Mrs. Gilbert Miller. Senora Martinez de Hoz. Mme. Jean Dupuy. the former Dorothy Spreckles, of California. Hasten the Work Of Dish-Washing There's no hard and fast rule about dishwashing but, generally speaking, most housewives find the task expedited by washing them in the following order: glasses, sil- ver, cups and saucers, plates, plat- ters and serving dishes; then kit- chen cutlery and lastly cooking utensils. Stacking and storing the left- over food before washing the dish- es gives more room in the kitchen to work, and soaking the cooking utensils as soon as they are empt- ied eliminates a lot of scrubbing and poH.^hing. LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher always before breakfast." By L. Frank Baum "It duaa not rain hsrs," rapllsd UIss CuttencUp. "Ollnda kssps all th* rain storms away, so I n*v*r havs to worry about my dolls aet- tins wst. But now If you will coma with ms. It win fiv* ma pl«asura to Mhow rou orsr mr paper klnsdom. Of coursa you mutt go slowly and avoid making anr breete." So our /Mends left th« oottags and follow- ed thsir Kujds throuffh tht Tartoua Sfrttts ofths Tillage. It was Indeed un nniazini; pliua wlien one conaldered that it was all dona with solaiors. and the visitors wi'io full of admiration fur the skill of litile Mist Cutlcncllp. In una place a group of espcdully nice pa- per dolls assembled to Rreet ''t-ir qupon, whom It wa.i e.isy to «Ci iliov Itivcd denrly. These dolls maiilud and donrcd before the visitor? iiitd then they all waved pnper fliiK^ i<i>d ssngr in a sweet rhnnn ,i simc n ini- ad: The Flag of Our .Native UtiiU." .\t tttu tjuii^-lu- u>ri K'T the sttti^ tliey r.'iii up a handsuiiie flait un a tall riiiK pole and the people ot the vil- luKo shouted as loudly as they leal- ly could, although, of cout:%. their voices were not especially si rung:. Miss Cutttnclip was about to make hor subjects a speech In reply to this patriotic sunK. when Uncle Hen- ry happened to sneeza. tie wns a loud and powerful sneezer Mt i. ny time, and he had tried so hard to hoW Ihl' sneeze that when It sud- denly exploded the result was ter- ribU.- The paper dolls ncie muweil down by the dozen, and blew in ev- ery direction, tumbling this way and that, and geltniK wrinkled and bent. .\ wall of terror came from tha thrunic and .Miss I'utlenelip hurried at once to the re.si ue of her over- turned peopit. oh. L'ncle Henrjr, how could you'.'" u.tked l^orothy. "I couldn't help it. really I couldn't," ho protested, looking K.ihamed. And I had no ideri It took so little ta upset the.ie paper dolls." v---a i â€"