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Voice of the Press ; Canad a. The Empire and The Worjdat^Large^__^ CANADA Crumbf in the Bed. The news lo printed as a sort of Jokdi «iat a man In Chicago biffed his wife because uhe would Insist on eat- ing cookies in bed. It served her right and I am glad there has arisen a man with «o much courage. There is noth- ing worse in the whole realm of do- mestic tragedies than cake crumba In the bed. They get everywhere and there is no known force that will grind them BO small that they do not tickle. If 1 were on a jury trying a pel son for murde! I would acquit him If he had been led to that drastic course by take crumbs.â€" Vancouver Province. not rtalized what was happening Tin- til General Ilertzug made his spectac- ular response to Cieneral Smuta's mov- ing appeal. Now each can see for himself how few real bones of conten- tion were left.â€" Cape Argus. Middle Age. Middle age is that period when a man clips items about great men who did thHr Uest work alter GOiâ€" King- ston NNliig Standard. Fewer Services. In proportion to population, there were fewer divorces In Canada during the past decade than during the ten years prior to 1931. In ten years the number of divorces in Prince Edward Island decreased from 47 to 28, from 427 to 308 in Nova Scotia, from 2,504 to 2,086 In Ontario, and from 1,361 to 750 in the Province of Quebec. There was an increase of 22 in the same period in New Brunswick, 117 in Man- itoba, 97 In Saskatchewan, 312 In Al- berta, and 642 In British Columbia. There Is some satisfaction for us In the knowledge that, whilst in other countries, particularly In the United States, the bonds of matrimony are becoming more fragile year after year. In the central provinces of Canada, and generally in the Marltlmes, they are becoming more Indissoluble with the passing of time. â€" La Patrie, Mont- real. New Zealand Exports. The effeota of the depression upon New Zealand have been to some ex- tent modified by the success of ef- forts to counterbalance falling prices by increasing prodisction. While other countries havo been afflicted by rapid contraction of their export trade, in volume as well as in value, New Zealand has steadily increased the volume of her exports. In 1928 ex- ports were 12 per cent, greater than in 1926; the offlcial estimates for 1931 show an Increase of 20 per cent, in five years, and the volume must have been again substantially greater iu 1932, for. In spite of a much lower range of prices, the total value was larger than In 1931â€" Aukland Weekly News. Heavy Freighter Again in Service The U.S.A. and World Peace. If the United States continues to co-operate with the other nations of the world as she has done In the past year â€" and still more If some plan can be devised for Immediate consul- tation in the event of a breach of the peace â€" an aggressor will know in ad- vance on which side the passive or even perhaps the active influence of the United States will be thrown. Af- ter the experience of the Great War, no country is likely to underrate this. â€" Sir Walter Laytou in The News- Chronicle. Why It Is "SHE" Why is the locomotive called she? A road foreman of locomotives em- ployed on a Canadian system believes he has the answer. He says: "There are many reasons. For instance, they wear jackets with yokes, pins, shields and stays. They have aprons and laps, too. Not only do they have shoes, they sport pumps and even hose, while they drag trains behind them. Thpy also attract attention with puffs and mulBers and sometimes they foam and refuse to work. At such times they need to be switched. They need gull- ding and they require a man to feed them. They all smoke, but most char- acteristic of all is that they are much steadier when they are hooked up." â€" Frederlcton Gleaner. Not Afraid of Pirates. "Teddy" Rosevelt faced the indus- trial pirates of his day as fearlessly Bs the present Roosevelt seems to he facing the financial pirates of his day. "Teddy" Roosevelt will be known to the generations as the man who broke the Idols; he was the one American statesman to stand up against the bullying of the big business of his day. Franklin D. Roosevelt has al- ready shown himself willing to stand up against the bullying of the big busi- ness of his day. â€" Calgary Albertan. Italians Training Like Athletes For UJS. Flight Safe and Unsafe Places ! During Thunder Storms Now that the biginning of tlie li^htnin^ season is near,, the question of safe ami unsafe places during thunderstorms is in orc!er. ;>\.*^.'ri"f..''!^"^ °''...^*'L*"''^^i "Chinese Wall" Surronnds 1 00 Aviators at Orbetella and Routine is Severe Orbetello, Italy.â€" A lite midway b* tween that of a monk and that of ( fatldist is followed by 100 aviators it trhining here for Genera! Italo Bal- boa group flights with twentyfou* seaplanes to Chicago late in May. Under "Abbot" General Aldo Pell* griui their 'afftlvitles are carefully su pervised for 24 hours a day so thai , , when the moment comes for Genera, during a thunder-storm under a Ud ^i^^ t„ ^jgna, -contact," every one- tree, OT, imlee;!. a tree of any kind if | j^^,, ^^^ machineâ€" will be in the fin- it IS out in the optn, and all the more i ^^j condition.' so if it is at or near the top of a ^he flyers are protected here bj wer.j supplied by Dr. Humphreys, of the US. Wea-her Bureau, for the in- formation of Bey Scouts, but they ape just as valuable to other people. Charles Fit/;hugh Talman's Sciencet Service feature. Why the Weather? (Washington) quotes the following: "During a thunder-storm it is dan- perous to bo close beside a wire fence. In this position o.-" may be killed or, at least, hurt if the fence is struck anywhere along its entire course. "It is also dani^erous to take shelter hill I what one Italian writer called a "Cht "It is advisable to keep i.way from; ^gj.^ ^^n .- ^ ,3 extremely difficult U the top of a hill during a thunder- 1 penetrate the wall to see them. Thej are kept away from every pre-occupa J.,argc-.n frc,..:iliti 1- u;:cler the American Hag, again placed in ser- vice. After being tied up lor several months, the Lewis Luckenbach, 14,000 tons, steamed from Seattle with a full cargo of lumber for the east. storm, even if some distance from i trees. "If Scouts on a hike should happen to be inside a cave during a thunder- storm they would be absolutely safe from the lightning. Another perfect- ly safe place to be is inside a frame structure of steel, or an all-metal building of any kind. One is tolerably safe also at or near the bottom of a deep narrow ravine or canyon. Prop- erly installed lightning rods make a house fairly safe during electrical storms and, as i. rule, one u safer in a Louse even if it has no rods at all, than one is likely to be outdoors. It is best indoors to keep away from stoves, fireplaces, and walls." Japan's Welt Politlk. It is Impossible to coerce Japan at this moment The interests and possessions of the other Powers In the Far East are at her mercy. She can occupy Shanghai and capture Hong Kong before an attempt can be made to redress the balance of power in Far Eastern waters. The Washington treaties make it almost impossible to fight across the ocean. Doubtless, If the Great Powers were to devote all their energies to the task and organ- ize their naval and aerial power with the sole object of overcoming Japan- ese resistance, Iu time this could be done. But Is it impossible to contem- VlHte Britain and the United States devoting all their energies to such a course with the world In the condi- tion in which it is today? Obviously, at the moment Japan is in a position to carry through her program with- out molestation from outside.â€" Prof. C. K. Webster In The Contemporary Review (Jliondoa). Hard to Reconcile. Hitler has tremendous power in Ger- many, and yet he la pictured as wear- ing one of those little moustaches. It does not look much larger than a tooth brush. It Is hard to reconcile such a mous- tache with a mighty man. We have been accustomed in the past to see- ing mighty men wearing big mous- taches. Hindenburg, for Instance, is a big man with a mighty moustache. It helps to make him look mightier. Perhaps wo havo under-estimated the small moustache. Hitler has one just like a straight up and down black mark under his nose. We may come to see in It a token of power In time, but It Is not going to be ea.ny. â€" Strat- ford Beacon-Herald, THE UNITED STATES Bank Casualties. A New York banker came into court on a stretcher. It may be ne- cessary to work up something in a twin bed type, with one for the de- positor. â€" Detroit News. Race Fans and Bookmakers Protest High Fee to Latter When bookmakers at dog race tracks near London went on strike re- cently things were all mixed. The race promoters had increased their charg- es to the "bookies." At Catford track the strikers paid their admission and watched the racing. Some of them made bets ou the tote, but they turn- ed a deaf ear to all clients who wish- ed to do business. The result was that the race fol- lowers tried to make bets on the tote, and the machine was unable to cope with the Hiidflen rush. Many would- be backers were unable to make bets, and at times a massed crowd surroun- ded the macines. Loud protests were made and many spectators angrily de- manded the return of their entrance money. They were given tickets to admit them to a future meeting, but even this did not satisfy them, and when racing ended they joined the bookmakers in a noisy protest meet- ing. Both Waiting. Possibly the reason Prosperliy has remained so long around the . corner is because we, also, have been play- ing a waiting pumcâ€" Christian Sci- ence Monitor. Men Transported to Radium Fields by Plane Edmonton, Alta. â€" All available air- craft in this part of the Dominion Is in operation transporting prospectors and mining parties to the Great Bear Lake radium fields In the Northwest Terri- tories many hundreds of miles beyond the railway, in preparation for the year's work. Fifteen laden airplanes equipped for landing on the ice and snow have left Edmonton recently and this extraordinary activity is neces- sary to transport all miners and min- ing supplies into the mineal field be- fore the spring break-up. JDuring the winter months the air- planes are equipped wth skiis to alight on the ice of Great Bear Lake and from uow until the middle of June when the ice leaves the smaller bays allowing the planes equipped with pon- toons to alight on the open water, the ice traffic is suspended. It is expected that 1500 men will be working the rich radium and silver veins before the season Is very far advanced. Deep Secret. Greta Garbo is on lier way back to fhe States amid great secrecy. Nobody will bo permitted to learn of her ar- rival except the newspaper camera- men, reporters and millions of ordin- ary folk.â€" Halifax Heral.'l. Telephone Records. Berlin business men may be able to ask their secretaries to extract last week's telephone conversation from the nifs just ac readily as they now a!=k for a ropy of a lelter or mcmor- aiiilum. Lifting to his car a telephone rUvlce which is only slightly larger than the standard "French phone." the Mpraker will proceed in the usual man ncr. Rut through an extra cord lead- ing Id an electric recordiin; apparatus, both parts of the conver.siition will be transcribed upon a phonograph rec- ord. â€" Eilmonton Journal. THE EMPIRE Bonne Entente in S. Africa. Those In close touch with Parlia- ment have known for some years that the old barriers were cniinbllng. The dileK.iflon to Ottawa Illustrated in notable fashion how the parties had learned to work together in amity when occasion required. But the c«un- Uf a* » whole, not unnaturally, had How Could He Forget? Persons rescued from drowning or other threatening sudden death, some- times havo reported that forgotten events of their past life had recurred to them In rapid succession. Some say they reviewed their whole history from boyhood on in the few seconds that preceded unconsciousness. Oth- ers merely experienced flashbacks to Incidents long burled in the subcon- scious mind. This phenomeiKiii iferved Kike Kop- tokel a good turn when he jumped In- to the Ohio River at Pittsburg with thrt intention of committing suicide. Mike, like many others before him, began to remember as he went down. Ou of the things that came to hia mind was the fact that he put |68 Into a bank five years ago. The recollec- tion altered hia resolve to die. He struggled to the surface and swam to shore as fast as he would. IJfc was again worth living. This story will not .Hopni as strange to bankers as to other people. Bank- ers know that hundreds of people de- posit sums and forget about thera. Kvery time the affairs of a bank are wound up scores of people receive money from accounts they didn't know Ihey had. â€" Detroit Free Press. - â- -• -♦ Chilean Railroads Profit By Heavy Tourist Traffic .Saiitiago, Chile. -UailniacI officials c-tiiiiute that Chile's lines tiettcil ?I80,(>0() a morth more this summer than la.st, due to the extraordinary heavy tourist fiaft'ic. Nearly W,OW\ touri.if.s vi.sited ( hile, spcmling $6,000,000 and, in addition, there was considerable travel by CTiil- ean.«i. Trair.^ to the southern lakes d.s trict were jammed every day cf the season, and hotels were so swamped that sometimes four to six peiple in a party could get only one room. On the Valparaiso-Santiago line, the number of trains was doubled, and still extra cars had to be aiided. Thousands of Argrentines came in by train and automobile and the shor* , towns did • big busineas. Celts to Meet in Brest Brest. â€" This former base of the A.E.F. will become a little Geneva next Summer, when the Celtic League of Nations assembles in Brest for its organization meeting which takes place ne.tt July. Previous meetings have been held in Cardiff, Wales; Ip Dublin, Ireland, and on the Isle of Man, and these three provinces of the "(!eltlc fatherland" will send delegates to Brest, also Scot- land and Brittany. The aim of the meeting is to or- ganize a "Celtic International," the purpose being to rtvive Celtic culture, to resurrect Celtic ceremonies, legends and folklore. The Celts of iVmerlca, whether they trace their ancestry through Brittany or parts of the Brit- ish Empire, will l>e invite<l u) attcTid. The official language will be Breton, which, it is stated, can be understood by persons who ave acquired Gaelic. Three Major Powers On Gold Standard New York. â€" United States suspen- sion of the gold standard leaves but three major world powers ar.d four of lesser im.ortai.ce, aa gauged by foreign trade, Ten.aindng on , n un- restriced gold basis. Canada prohibits export cf gold except by Governmen*£il license. France, Germany and Italy are the l.arger countries which have stayed on th^ gold standard, although Oirmany for a time took action similar to Can- ada in restricting gold exports. Alonig- s'de the thi-ee major powers a the gold bii-is stand Belgium, Poland, Switzer- land and the Netherlands. HAVANA ELECTRIFYING CAPITAL The Cuban government is electrify- ing the dome of the Capital at Hav- ana to keep off buzzards.â€" The Path- finder. Wet and Dry Years in the West A study of the meteorological rec- ords for 48 years at Medicine Hat, which is the central point of the short grass plains, or so-called dry area, indicates that the driest year on rec- ord was 1886, and 1927 the -w-ettest. Dry years occurred previous to 1900 and have happened periodically ever since. Information already obtain»i by the Dominion Range Experimental Ctation at Manyberris, Alberta, where ivestigations have been planned to study the effect of climatic changes from year to year, shows the absolute necessity of making provision for dry years by controlled grazing and the development of a permanent water supply. .J Seed Buyers' Protection Farmers who buy seed from their neighbors should protect themselves by asking to be shown the grade cer- tificate issued on the seed by the in- spector of the Dominion Seed Branch. If the certificate is marked "Rejected" the sal© is illegal and the uae of the seed full of dangerous possibilities. The Seeds Act of Canada was enacted to check the menace of dirty seed and it applies to everybody without ex- ception who sells seed. .> 2s Doors from Russia Loudon, Eug. â€" Ready-made doors were imported from Russia, from August, 1932, to January, 1933, at prices averaging approximately from 2.4s to 3.5s each, stated Mr. Runciman In Parliament recently. He added that he was not in a posi- tion to make any statement as to the possibility of obtaining powers to pre- vent competition of this kind similar to the powers conferred as a result of the Ottawa agreement. ,> Scots Firm Aids Needy Dundee, Scot. â€" With a view to re- l.eving the poor of this city a coal merchant offeTed to supply 80 fam- ilies with 2 V* cwts. of coal free during an ibno.mally severe spell of cold weather. The Dundee Public Assist- ance Committee furnished the names of 80 families to whom the donation would be beneficial. tlop. Officers say that If any aviatoi exiierlences any mental distraction bo ' fore the flight begins he will be left behind. The pilots of the Atlantic 8qu&<& ron are all, at least officially, bacho lors. One of them. It so happened r» ' cently, had a wife who presented her . self at the airport and asked to speal with him. Receiving a refusal, sh« telephoned the chief of staff of thi * Air Ministry In Rome. The chief o) • staff replied: "All the pilots of th« . Atli-ntic squadron are bachelors." The • indignant wife next presented herself .. to Air Minister Balbo himself with all documents proving the legitimacy of her marriage. The aviators eat at a training table • similar to that of a college football , team. Their regime Is prevalently v« getarian. The program of the long-distanct - flying school here is complex. The . pilots, in addition to theoretical in- . struction iu mathematics, physics, aerodynamics and mechanics, have to ' make themselves masters, through de-*' velopments of flying, such as takin|^ off and landing with heavy loads and in various conditions of sea and air,' night flying, navigation on the radis * beam and blind flying. New Zealand Trade Showing Improvement A report on the finance, trade an4 industries of New Zealand during 1932, for which we are indebted to Mr. Jj W. Collins, New Zealand trade antj tourist commissioner in Canada, shows a favorable banking position and ; substantially favorable balance ol trade. Economic relationships withiir the country are still to some extent unbalanced and the readjustment! that have taken place have not been sufllcieut in all cases. But, says th» report, "the energies of the people of. New Zealand and their productive ca- pacity have not been destroyed by the depression, and their wants have not diminished. Production, indeed. In several directions has shown a stead;; increase throughout the period of the depression." That is the kind of tal& we like to hear! The distant South- ern Dominion is sound at heart, and we expect it to ride on the top ojt the wave when the business of the world revives. â€" Toronto Mail and Enl- plre. President's Plan May Employ 250,000 Men If President Koosevelf<! rctoretUtion scheme works out. 2.iO.OOO men will once more be on a weekly ll.l.^ .oil. There ftr« 1,800 rocruUs at Fort Slocuni, N.Y., eating regularl/. Brazil to Spend 54 Million Modernizing Her Defense Rio De Janeiro. â€" An arms n odero- ization program for Brazil, gased. upon a five-year schedoile for the ai-my and a twelve-year plan for the ' navy, has been started by the pro- visional governmemt. The ;.rmy is to ' spend $21,000,000 and the naw $33,- ' 500,000. The navy's progran. got under waj when Admiral Protogenes Guimaraesi^ . Minister of Marine, signed a contract with a British firm for construction of a school ship and broke ground foi a new ministry builddng. All toldi twenty-four small vessels, v/itY a total tonnage of 35,000 are to be built. Brazil, once the orld's fourth naval - pwwcr, how ranks below Argentina . and Chile in South America. Its pres- ent fleet averages twenty years age a vessel. The principal coat of the army plan i will be for new artiil'lery and in motor- . [ izinK the service. i . * I High Speed Planes Tested For Berlin^London Run- Berlin â€"The LuftHansa, German • air transport operators, have placed - In preliminary test service a small Heinkel high-speed commecial plane ' with a top speed of 225 miles an hour. Cruising at 200 miles an hour the plane would make Berlin-London sche- dules of 3Vi hours possible. It car- ries two pilots and five pa-^sengers. Carrying freight, the plane is to bt tested on South European air lines. â- > A Press-Button Toy lAindon. Kiig. â€" Human command* are obeyed by a new BritlEh toy elec- tric duApIng truck only five Inchet high. It will haul 10 lbs. of sand, back It lip, dump t. straighten out, and return for another load. .\11 this is done by pressing a botr ton on a transformer which Is attach- ed to the truck by a 20-foot cord. Steering, acceleration, reversing «n4 tiltiug operate according to the speel at which the button is pressed.