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NEWS PARADE "Shrew ilU'wg uiiil cuuiiin,^ ciiu be ntllizod 10 niisload the Diiemy. Just M the ciiein>' may be led to make falio iiiokf's betaiisi,' of scoiuln:^ op- eralloiis of oui»"s defeaso forces, demon ^trattoiis or divcrsloiit:, so lie can btf prevuiilcil trom making cor- rect (liH.i8lon» by false reports of a nillllury, political or t-couomic nat- ure. Naturally, tbu luisleuUiiig ro- ports uiust not lack (he semblance of probability, nnd they luust be dIsseniltiateKl In ibe enemy coun- try in iin inconspicuous manner, and at the right moment" â€" from a treatise ou psychological warfare by Major General Pranke, modern Gertn.in defense expert. Qermany'ii tactics iu the present war appeared last week to be fol- lowing tho line laid down by Ilerr Frankc In tho above . . . Was Eur- ope entering upou n. new phase of "psychological warfare" where "•coming operations of German forces", "misleading reports bear- ing every semblance of probability" took the place of actual military op- erations? If such were the caso, the rumors current In tho war's nine- teenth week regarding the :mmln- •Dt invasion of Holland Belgium should have frighteiieU no one . , . Tet since this type of psychological warfare might at any moment turn Into "the real thing", vigilance no- where could be relaxed. Tho Allied military machine ba<l to bo kept geared for action, the armies of tho Low Countries remained mobilized . . . reserve armies had to be main- tained, hospitals held ready, air- raid protoctlon functioning 24 hours a day, all at enormous ex- pense. And so the "war of n.»rvos" continue^]. NEW THEATRE OF WAR? Tho waa- In the north betwe<'n Russia and Finland threatened in the same week to draw Scandinav- ia Into tho conflict, too . . . esi)eo- lally Sweden across whoso terri- tory would havo to go any armed aid Finland would receiv(3 from the Allies, Italy or the U.S. In the face •f German throats to attack Swe- den should she allow .such passage of arms and men. King Clnstav â- poke out In favor of Finland . . . without, however, promising any military :iid. "DEVIL TAKE THE HINDMOST" In Miir Halkan.'i, luon; <lli)l<)niali(! Jockcyinic . . . Fon?lgn corrfspon- dents In tin; know roportcl that Italy fbackod, p'>rhaps, by tbo Al- lies) had engaged Hungriry to help •lop Russian expansion into south- eastern Kui-ope. Hungary agn'.vl to conio In o;i tho plan, so they said, If Itiimania would bo williii;; to givo Transylvania back to her after the war . . . Uumani i, thoy contin- ued, would be willinic to giv.) tip Transylvania to Hungary, it Hung- ary and Italy woiiM abl ho:- iu keeping Russia from taking lies- •arabia (oh! look at the map) . . . Jugoslavia, it was believed, was being askod to approve tho passago of Italian troops over her terri- tory if and when a Halkan war dc- Teloped. In Canaila the first war loan went on sale, was soon ovor-sub- •cribcd . . . and poopli' heard that Canadian troops were in tho frout- llDC troni;h<H . . . Aids Canadian Composers .Mu.--ii IS n business ill which Canada inipoi-ts more than .she c.v port.s. To stimulate home produc- tion in this iinporlnnt field, the Cannilinii Performing IJight .Soc- iety sponsors an annual contest in musioa! conipositioii. H. T. Jainie- â- on, i>re.sidcnt of the society, foints out that during the lust two years 75 youiijr Canadian com- fOicrs have submitted meritorious <ompo.si lions. Ten of these, repre- Mnting overy jirovinrc in the Do- Bilnion, have received sehoIar.<<hins er raiih jiwaid?. 1940 Forecast As Year of Quakes Vancouver Prophet Says Temb- lor* To Be Worst in Century f^'dgar C. Thrupp, <>l' Vancouv- er, a member of the HugineerinR Institute of Canada, foroca.st at the befcinning of tho year that 1940 will "bring the most de.struo- iiva ralrthquakes of the 20th cen- tury," but said that Canada will The Situation In The Far EMt b Ripe With Possibilities JgMoSVW JAPAM IN OfMA JANTI-KCO CMINCSe â-¡ NAT/ON All St CHINA fRANCO I tHiTISH One wouldn't think that the "unofficial" war in China could have much to do with the very official war on the western front, but it has, as a glance at this map will show you. There have been whispers of a "deal" between Soviet Russia and Japan, which, should it go through, would permit the Soviet to divert vital 6upplie.s, no* poured into China, in Ihc direction of Germany. It would also permit the Soviet to givo its full attention to the conquest of Finland and it would force Great Britain to take more extensive measures for the defence of her Indian empire, which could be reached through China, either by the Japanese or tho Russians â€" provided that Marshal Chiang Kai-Shek could be won over by the Sovict-Japane.se bloc. But Chiant; haa a pro-British leaning and much of his war material comes by way of the new "road from Mandalay." Some prophets predict that eventually the Soviet will endeavor to ?weep the Japanese out of all that conquered part of China north of the Great Wall. This, of course, after the Soviet had aided Chiang in driving them otit from below that historic barrier. not be sei'iously affected. Pointing to the death-dealing earthquake in Turkey as an ex- ample of his successful predic- tions in the past, Thrupp said that July 20 to August 5 next year will be the "first period of risk of the worst disasters." July - August Worst Period "This occasion will compare with the disa.sters in Asia Minor on August 13 and September 5, 1822, when 20,000 people were killed," he said in an interview. He forecast that October 20 to November 10 will be the .second period of greatest risk. Canada Not Seriously Affected The elderly Vancouver civil en- gineer, who retired from active practice in 1932, said that the "new law of gravitation" ho has developed which form.s the basis for his predictions, "docs not pro- vide any moans of forecasting the location of earthquakes." Tho 1!)40 temblor.'! might occur in uninhabited areas and cause no I0.S.S of life, he said. Canada'? subterranean structure is solid en- ough, he added, to warrant tho belief that there is no danger of a serious earthquake in the Do- minion. o NTARIO UTDOORS By VIC BAKER NEW RIFLE CHAMPIONS From tho homo of the Calgary Stampede como this year's Canad- ian. 22 Sporting Riflo Champions who havo just finishod celebrating their victory over tho best rifle teams in the Dorainioii In tho larg- est rifle tournament over held in this country. So keen was I lie com- petition and so closo' the fight among the leading teams, that oven thou.i;li the Ontario pMvincial tiileholdcr.s pla.'ed fouvib, they wero only one point beliinl tho winning riflo sciuad. Tho Ontario cIiami)lons, ibii Clin- ton Riflo Club, of CUnti);i, posted a near-perfect score of HU!) out of a possiblo 1500 points wliich was J020 Weider Reaches for a High Note at Lac Beauport, Que. only goo<l for four;h place as both the first and second place teams posted perfect score.s of 1300. The personnel of tho Ontario titleholders from Clinton was as follows: Ellwood Epps, B. It. Dou- cett, William Farrish, F. VanEg- mond, II. Kingswell, James Farrish and R. Smith. Seven shooters were permitted to compe>to for each team but only the five highest scores were counted for the team's total score. When he's reaching for u high note, it's not all push or pull that counts with Jozo Weider, "Tho Flying Czech," ski instructor at the Chat- tuau Krontenac Hotel, Ijuclu'c, for when Jozo finds his "sending" on the accordeon is weakening a little, he jumps aboard his steel-edged hick- ')ries, zooms down one id' l.nc Beauport 's speedy hills and takes off into the higher altitudes in search of the shrill treble. In more serious vein, though, Weider actually does ninnipulato his o)me-to-nie-g)-from-me while skiing, as thbi photo show.s. .And his odd as.sortment of acromplish- ments doesn't stop there. For he is a linguist of some note, with five dif- ferent languages at his cunminnd and a photographer of no mean skill. He ia pictured here dressed in his authentic Czeehoslovnkinn ski costume, combining ski and musical prowess nt I.ac lleatipurt. (Canadian Pacific Photo) Secret Radio Listeners Inform Britain BBC "Liatenmg Post" Hears What Stations AH Over the World Are Sayintr â€" Reports On It Daily The inenrablo radio - listener would 1)0 in his element in rtartime Knsland â€" it ho was in tho "llsten- iui; p,)sf' division set up D.v Ihe British Broadcasting Cor;i').-at!OU to tuno in to tho whole world. The eentro was organized Ht the request of tho ministry of infcr- uiatlon on tho outUro-.ik of '.l-.o war to keep tho soverniuent iiioterl day and iiiBht with what the wo- M is j-ayiir^;' and hearing. Twieo a day, a convoy of niesi<eUofc-rs le.ives in£> Usteninj; posts established ni sc^c- ret locations, with 23 biiiljy p.ts- sascs for deli\<'ry to 25 Koveriuienl ofriccs Each paeka.^i» contiiias a carefully ducuni nttxl suiiuuary, running to 15.000 wonls, of the mass of news an<I prnpapaiula t.iat is broadcast f .mi :i!l 'vtrts ol' i!it,- world. in Every L:nguaue This is compiled by a staff of 40 expert lingnis;;. called iuo:iitoi>. They are ensa^;ed cease:es»ly 24 hours a day and sevf.i days a veeU in picking IP pro;;ram3 sent nit ' from ovory transniittiuK stai'.)o of importance. No word in a ioreiyn broadcast esca;ies tlieiu. .Mi's;i:!;es ar(»Jotied don 11, trnn.slated and dic- tated I J stenogaphers. Tho i>Mraets thin aro passed to a stalt of me>n chosen for the knowlodRc of f.ir- eisM affairs and political Jiidsmeni. who sift them and make up sum- maries. And Recorded By Dictaphone Frentienlly an imi)c)rtant foreign spi".H-h Is taken v.vtiatiin. Whon the (Jermaii for<Mgn minister. .lo.i- (•him V iu Ki'.ibentr.ip. made nls re- cent declaration at Oanzli^. liis words wore mecbanleally rccorde<l. When tho lIsteniM- catches a pas- sage of unusual importance in a newscast, ho enu switch on a dicta- phone to l-eeord the item. VOICE of the PRESS NOBODY'S THE WISER Well, there's one thing about thtso .Finn names that appear in the war despatches. A proof- reader may make u nnstake in spelling and nobody is any the wisci'. â€"Guelph Mercury â€" â€" SHOULD KEEP IT DARK A movie news picture shows French girls kissin;^ British Tom- mies in France. The censors may have to get busy on this if they hope to retain feminine support of the war effort at home. â€" Port Arthur N'ews-Chronicle â€" o â€" THE OLD SHELL GAME Rumor.s persist that Hitler will .step down, becoming President of the Reich while Gocring assumes the mantle of Chancellor, "in or- der to persuade the Allies to make peace." However, the Allies can probably spot a shell game when they see one. â-  â€" Windsor Star â€" â€" SEARCH OUT EVERY CASE When it is estimated that it has cost Canada from 120 to 150 mil- lion dollars to extend care to tho--? veterans of the Great War who contracted tuberculosis, it may be understood why an X-ray exam- ination ha.s become an essential part of the preparation of the pre- sent Expeditionary Force for ac- tive service. As a matter of rec- ord, tuberculosis during the Gre.nt War caused 23 per cent of all deaths from disease and the inval. iding home of nearly 6,000 Can- adian soldiers. Pension lists show that young men were the ones af- fected. The average age of soldiers pensioned because they had tuber- culosis was two years less than the average age for tho entire pension group. â€" Brockvillc Recorder & Times Canadian Peas Getting Better Growers Also Coming Into Own With Soy Beans, Ot- tawa Finds Canadian growers 01 soy beans and field peas finally are coming into their own, to the gratification of the agriculture! o::perts at '.he Dominion Uoveinment e.'tneriment- al farn'., Ottawa. Tho agriculturis'.s considered particuhirly ciicourajring that Can- adian-.ijrown peas exhibited by .\1- bert Gohn of Kmo, Ont., in the Business Man of Note -lationally-known figure in many business enterprises, J. J. Seitz, president of Underwood E! liott Fisher Manufacturing Com- pany, Limited, died at his Toronto home. He would have been 78 nex; month. Mr. Seitz is a native cf Formosa, Ont. Kenora-Rainy River district won a prize at the recent. Chicago Inter- national Livestock' Exhibition an ; Internationa! Grain and Hay Show. Canada imported most of its table pea seed from Poland previous t'. the war and that source mw ;i cut off. Now Suited To Climate Gohn displayed a sample ci Chancellor, a small yellow pea de- veloped at the Ottawa farm and .suitable both for forage and tabli purposes. Hugh Jeffrey cf Whitby, Ont., won a first place with his exhibit of .soy beans of the Mandarir variety over a large number of en- tries from some of the best soj bean areas in the United Siate.<. His sample was a cross breedinj: on seed imported from Manchuria. The orig^inal seed ripened too lats for Canadian climatic condition' and was developed into an early- ripening product. -W Makes Own Plane Pay Fdr ItseJf Owning your own airplane i^ made easy under » scheme initiat- ed by pretty Mary Spearing, one of two Toronto girls owning ship?! (Marion Gillies, daughter of I'Vcd Gillies, another of Toronto's coni- mercial instructors, is the olb»-r). Mary has a little Tiyrlorcraft. .SIil can't be flying all tho time so she has rented it to a Toronto com- mercial flying school. The com- pany pays Mary a fee based on tho number of hours it is used, and also pays its hautrar costs and keeps it in flying trim. Soon Mary will have paid for it by turnin.:: the plane's spare time into money- making time. LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred NeSrr 'What makes you think I'm not the lady of the house?' REG'LAR FELLERS The Meek By GENE BYRNES