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vo CANADA •THE EMPIRE THE WORLD AT LARGE of the PRESS CAN AD/ Getting Along Without The Welland Tribune advocates the abolishing of nuisances at weddings. Is it possible they are going to dispense with grooms?--Chatham News. Was There An Election? The Ontario election passed so abruptly into history that already we're beginning to doubt if there was an election after all. Perhaps we're right--Toronto Saturday Night. Slaughter of the Innocents Late figures show that 1,300,000 persons have been killed in the Spanish war. It would not be so bad if they were all soldiers, but the greatest slaughter has been created among innocent civilians.--Chatham News. Parole System a Menace The parole system is supported by sentimentalists as a means of reclaiming convicted criminals. Actually, the parole system is a traated ally of crime when applied to criminals of the violent type. It loads the dice in favor of outlaws, and exposes society to the risks created by the theory that a thug who has served a term may be reformed.--Toronto Telegram. A Burden On Property . . . Municipalities in Canada must be relieved of their share of unemployment relief. The burden of taxation on real estate in this country is too heavy. Increased taxation arising out of relief expenditures has been destroying property values throughout the entire Dominion and many property owners have found it necossavy to forfeit their property for unpaid taxes--Toronto Financial Post. ne Hunting" r-TIo; Behind In the ligious cling to the Times y of Waterloo is a resect whose members still the quaint old beliefs that a ord is as good as his centract. should not borrow more than tls to repay, and that the sim-%a of life are the best. these people are so far be-i times. They know not the instalment purchases, double onerous debt. Their beliefs 1 entirely apart, y live in peace and content-fellowship and friendship neighbors, unworried by to-reckoning. And the hurry-(1 world might find the uto-ks in the life of these for- ple thing Queer, hind the joy of i dealing, set then Yet th. with thei ing, bias tunate, carefree farmers. -- Quelph Mercury. Canadian Unity Everyone must understand that the provinces of Canada will gain nothing by being jealous of one another or, again, by showing indifference to all activity outside their own boundaries. While if we draw closer together, if we decide to join our talents and our energies--ah! then what we have accomplished up to now in the national domain, however proud we may be of it, will be insignificant beside the marvels that it will be possible for us to attain. The true prosperity of Canada, the secret of its prestige, is in the good will of its inhabitants. Consummation of national union is a work of major importance, as Sir Herbert Marler has reminded us. We must all co-operate in it. -- La Presse (Montreal). THE EMPIRE Immigration and Peace As one way to peace, Sir Edward Beatty, chairman of the Canadian Pacific Railway, recommends the adoption cf "saner economic policies and the resumption of immigration." His prescription is a wise one, for there can be no doubt that international friction has been increased by the rising of national barriers against trade and the closing of national frontiers against immigration. Many of these restrictions on the free movement of goods and persons are reactions from the last war. It fomented tho passions of narrow nationalism and these are bearing shrivelled and barren fruit in many lands today. Thus the War has poisoned the peace; the Armistice ended the military war, but the economic war was intensified, Anglo-American Agreement It is clear . . . that by the continued delay we are running grave risks of losing the agreement, or at least an agreement that would be worth while. Mr. Cordell Hull's programme of tariff reductions and freer trade is not altogether enthusiastically received in the United States. The longer mutual concessions between this country and the United States are postponed the more time will be given for American traditional Protectionism to reassert itself. There is already serious disappointment in Washington at the half-heartedness of the British response. We are in danger of missing our chance altogether. An early declaration by the British Government is much to be desired. The country has a right to know whether it is true that an agreement of such vital importance to British industry is being held up because one or two of the Dominions are making unreasonable use of their position under the Ottawa agreements. --Manchester Guardian. Champion Plowman Paris World Fair Will Be Extended The International Exposition Bureau last week voted to prolong the Paris World Fair. The exact period the fair will last was but it was believed that it woiih open next spring for about months. Finds Arctic "Sissy1 ANCHORAGE, Alaska.--Joe Free- zing irdwai arrived here with the comment that the Far North is getting a bit "sissy" The "last frontier" that Freeman covers has' reached such a stage of civilization that customers in the interior are demanding "modern chromium gadgets of the trickiest design" colored glass knobs for dresser drawers and "hexagon designs in prepared shingles, with color scheme .. careft Sporting Comment By KEN EDWARDS Heilo, Gang! This article starts us off on a series of informative official boxing rules which will not hurt to study, even though you may not be a boxing fan. You will .find below a list of the weights and classes of box- Pounds Flyweight .............. 112 Bantamweight ........... 118 Featherweight ........... I2f> Lightweight ............. 135 Welterweight ............ 147 Middleweight ............ 160 Light Heavyweight ...... ' 175 Heavyweight ............ all At 2 o'clock of the day of the contest, unless otherwise ordered, the contestants shall be weighed on tho commission scales and medically examined. In the event of a 24-hour postponement, weights and physical examination of or'ginal date of contest are to hoid. In the event of a postponement, requiring the show to be held later than 24 hours after the original date, new weights and physical examinations are required. The gloves are to be new ones for all events, and should not weigh less than five ounces each, and are to be furnished by the club management. Each boxer must be equipped with two pars of trunks of the following colors: (a) Blue waist bam! with purple (b) Red waistband, two-inch red side-stripe and black body. (c) An abdominal guard approved by-the commission. (d) Bandages should be restricted to soft cloth, not more than six feet in length and one and one-half inches in width, held in p'ace by not more than two feet of surgeon's tape, for each hand. An official shall watch the adjustment of these bandages in the _.....:* .. . IL I 3 judged the Grand Champion of the recent International Plowing Match held at Fergus, Ontario. For three years in succession, Timbers and his tractor, equipped with Firestone Ground Grip Tractor Tires, have won the championship and now retain permanent custody of the Championship cup. Attended by 115,-€00 farmers, over seventy tractors competed in tho field at one timo during the International Plowing Match held at Fergus, Ontario, from October 12th to 15th. Only six tractors were on steel-lugged wheels, the remainder being rubbsr-tired, which reflects the tremendous growth of pneumatic tires for tractors since they were introduced at the Ottawa Match in 1930. Actor Advises Future Doctors Sir Seymour Hicks Says "Beware Of the Bedside Manner" LONDON.--Sir Seymour Hicks, who has played almost every possible type of part in half a century on the stage, filled a new role when he gave advice to young medical students. M Ho was inaugurating a new school year of the Westminster Hospital Medical School at the Caxton Hall, London, England. His speech was filled with ancc-.V.t.es. many of them, lie claimed. ' v* ry nearly t:ue," and all designed to give point to sound advice from "just, an ordinary follow who psfints his nose for a living." ;-ifl Eliminate Fear ch he offered included: ictor's duty to eliminate fear. Fear is the usher who brings in to your waiting-room. A good doctor who is ' Advice '.so a good actor ca^-in- 3 difficult' people jfcth wo to contend the worst are artists. They are nervous people who live on their nerves--or other people's--and have to be treated as with a silken thread. "Always beware of the man who 'wants to know the truth.' Believe mo, that is the last thing he wants. Cheerful Expression "See that you have a cheerful maid to open the door. Too often the door is opened by a maid whose face seems to »ay: 'This way to the morgue.' Beware of the bedside manner. Cai ?ss it I .•hotb • <ick" "Give Snobs a "Never let anyone talk scandal to you. Always bet 10 to 1 against anything you aro told, and ypu will make money. Forget luck in life; make everyone you meet an opportunity. Never quarrel with anyone, and if you are annoyed go to your room and bite the wordrobe--it will relieve you. "Fifty per cent, of us are natural, 30 per cent, are shy, 10 per cent, are snobs, and 10 per cent, idiots. Be nice to the natural people, tolerant to the shy, give the snobs a kick, and thank God for the idiots, for they will never find you out." ; Gains Lend of Controlling Inheritance In Living Cells Chemical--Discoverer Believes Man Likely to Direct / Own Future Evolution Discovery of a new control over fundamental processes of life in plants and animals--which may even give man power to direct the course of his own future evolution--was announced last week before the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Juggles "Life Threads" This newest advance of science toward understanding and control of life is a method of juggling chromosomes, the "threads of life" which control inheritance, in living cells. Dr. Albert F. Blakeslee, geneticist of the Carnegie Institute of Washington's laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass., told members of the Academy, meeting at Rochester, N.Y., that he can change the number of them at will in plants with a chemical called By simply spraying the plants, or dipping them into a solution of the chemical the number of chromosomes in thousands of cells is doubled and the plants become entirely different in appearance and behavior. Fruits and vegetables are made larger and better. New Flowers, Fruits New forms of plants never seen in nature have been created by this method. Dr. Blakeslee declared. New kinds of vegetables, flowers and fruits can and will be created, he added. This method apparently has been nature's method of evolution for centuries; the Carnegie Institution scientist said, but now man can improve on nature. Whether the same method can be usee! cn the chromosomes of animals, including man, is not yet known since it has not been tried. However, these threads of life, each of which carries many genes, or inheritance factors, are similar in all plants and animals and the method may prove workable, possibly even to the extent of creating new and improved forms of animais. geneticists familiar with say. Wat:h for the cont'nuation these rules next week. "i Super-Race Posstlb It is not likely that a race of ;apei-mcn" will be created in the n.ar future, they added, but it has been found that the reproductive cells «f animals CM tw manipulated in many other ways, they may also .respond to the chromosome - doubling treatment. Dr. Blakeslee has already proposed that the United States Department of Agriculture co-operate with the Carnegie Institution to use the method in developing new and better agricultural products. The effects of colchicine in doubling the number of chromosomes may also prove to be a new clue in solving the mystery of life itself, scientists attending the meeting pointed out, because it is a close chemical relative of such diverse compounds as the sex hormones; vitamins; the coal tar substances which brought out some forms of cancer; digitalis, used as a heart stimulant; ergosterol, which prevents rickets; toad poisons; and morphine and codeine. The relationship of these chemicals and their widely diverse effects on the human body is a baffling puzzle to science. Royal Entertains Young Farmers Boy and Girl Finalists Will Meet At The Winter Fair, Toronto, In Judging Competitions. Sixty-two boys and girls, members of local clubs all over Canada, are to meet at the Royal Winter Fair at mid-month in judging competitions covering dairy and beef cattle, swine, poultry, grain and potatoes. These are the finalists chosen at preliminary contests which have been held in the provinces at various dates since September 1 under projects arranged by the Canadian Council on Boys' and Girls' Club Work, a body with Ottawa headquarters sponsored by a number of agricultural interests, and having in the nine provinces a total membership of over 35,000 boys and girls. Club teams of two members each arriving in Toronto on Sunday, November 14, as guests of the Council will be educationally entertained while in the city and taken for inspection tours of several industrial plants. These competitions on the day preceding tho Royal Winter Fair opening have for some years been a popular feature of its Junior agricultural work. HfcEterf" The Week's News ... bV Peter Randa' TRIPLE ALLIANCE: The Soviet government newspaper, Izvestia, in-imates that the three countries of the vorld most definitely Fascist (Italy, lapan and Germany), are preparing to oin in a triple alliance against Com- ;ram of war." A program of war, in >ther words, in which capitalism will ight communism, and belief be pit-ed against belief. As George Bernard 3haw expressed it this week, "What 3 threatening us today is a war like he wars of religion in the seventcynth DOMINION STATUS: As.soon as Newfoundland can manage to pull herself out of financial difficulties, the island will return to Dominion status, Dominions Secretary, Malcolm Mac-Donald assured the British House last week. It will be remembered that Newfoundland has been under a Commission Government since the depression more or less wrecked its industries. But during the past summer, paper, logging and mining have picked up there and a general quickening of economic acti> ity is reflected in the latest figures released. It may not be long, then, before Newfoundland once more becomes a Dominion. COMMERCIAL RECOGNITION: -- Britain has concluded a trade agreement with insurgent Spain. Although such a move is "purely a commercial affair" and does not involve diplomatic recognition, it cannot be denied that Britain has at least admitted the existence of General Franco's Government. 'Diplomatic recognition" and the exchange of ambassadors will no doubt follow fast. The British Government has never actually championed the cause cf the Spanish Loyalists, hence this latest move is a consequence of no sudden reversal of PALESTINE PERIL: Stories about the terror in Palestine may ndt occupy as much front page space these days as the Sino-Jap War\or the Spanish conflict, but the importance is there just the same. If you want to put your finger on Britain's chief worry at the moment .... Mussolini is styling himself the protector of Islam and is originating a vast amount of anti-British propaganda which charges that Arab revolts in Palestine have been put down in a most cruel fashion and that the populace of Palestine have been accorded vile treatment at the News In Review Terrorism In Transjordan BEIRUT, Lebanon, Troops of Saudi Arabia were reported concentrating this week-end on the southern border of Transjordan, where widespread disorders occurred after a pro-British speech by King Abdullah in the Transjordan Parliament. Dispatches reaching Beirut said the King told his parliament that while he sympathized with the Arab cause, he reaffirmed his country's friendship with Great Britain. Shortly after his speech, an un-exploded bomb was found in the office of the King. Similar bombs were said to have been found in several of the Transjordan towns, and Nationalists circulated pamphlets in Amman urging a revolution. Fishing Rights Jeopardized MOSCOW.--Blunt warning was given to Japan this week that any extension of the German-Japanese anti-Comintern pact to include Italy would imperil Japan's fishing rights in Siberian waters. The warning was issued by Izvestia, Government organ, on the eve of a reported discussion of an agreement with Italy by the Japanese Privy Council and after the Tokio Government had already taken up with the Narkomindel (Foreign Commissariat) the question of renewing its fishing "Good Government" Returned NEW YORK, -- Old Tammany took its second successive beating when New York voters re-elected Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia by a record-breaking total, and selected racket-smashing Thomas E. Dewey for District Attorney of New York County. LaGuardia received 1,344,016 votes -- a margin of 454,425 over Jeremiah T. Ma-honey, Democrat. Both support President Roosevelt policies Wins Acquittal BARBIE, -- Supreme Court Assize jury here this week-end acquitted Allan Brown, 27, Orillia, charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of Stanley Clendenning, 23-year-old Orillia youth, February 7th. Clendenning died as a result of an accident in which an automobile driven west by Brown, between Atherley and Orillia, struck C'endenn'ng, who was walking east with three other youths. BIBLES UP: Duo to the risini costs cf paper and other materials the price of Bibles printed in Englanc has gone up sixteen per cent. SLUM CLEARANCE: On the sixtt" of, December all Toronto propertj owners will have a chance to vote or a $2,000,000 debenture issue to be used in the demolition of the cityvs slums and in the construction, of low-cost "-bracket wage gitation for slum so past, is now That is if the way clear. Dr. Bru housing getting things electors can si Improved housing does not altogether solve the problem of the rehabilitation of the poor. It is a step in the right direction but a great many other steps will have to be taken too before beneficial results begin to be felt. A survey made in Great Britain shows that better housing actually impaired the health of tenants in a great many cases, since a rise in rents, however slight, meant less money for food. That is one side of the question. If, however, the City of Toronto is willing not to stop at slum clearance but to go further and help the worker obtain a decent living wage, it will be cause for greatest rejoicing. A BREAK FOR OLD ONTARIO: -- The departure of many farmers in the West from drought-stricken areas is expected to result in a boom for Old Ontario farmlands. Some of these men with their families are the cream of the country, of solid character, progressive outlook. Those who have come through the lean years with a whole skin, a few catile and a little money are prepared to dig in and make a success of farming down here. Others whom crop failures have made penniless are being helped to settle in Ontario, with rent paid a year in advance by their respective govern- HEALTH INSURANCE: B an extended visit abroad \i made a thorough study of 1 health insurance schemes, ] ence Routley, secretary of tl dian Medical Association, s: Canadian doctors and hospit prepare for the i this ere he . Clar-: Cana-s that s must ilth in- iked the 1 ish systei Luncheon Guests PAKIS, -- The Duke and Duchess of Windsor were luncheon guests Friday at the British Embassy prior to their departure for the United States. The iuvilation was oxi.'i..it.-J !>y Am- School Is Bomhed MADRID -- Rescue squads searched bomb-shattered buildings of the Catalan City Lerida this week-end for additional victims of an insurgent air raid already reported by the government to have taken 125 lives. Hospitals were filled with injured men, women and children. More than 50 bodies of children were removed from a primary school,! wrecked over their heads near closing time when nine tri-motored planes roared in from the west and dumped explosives. A Government communique called the raid a "vicious and criminal attack upen a civilian population." Referred to Supreme Court OTTAWA, -- Alberta's bank taxation, credit control and newspaper regulation bills, passed at the last special session of the Legislature, will be subject to reference to the Supreme Court and probably the Privy Oouncil to determine if they will become law, Premier Mackenzie King announced last week. The Supreme Court will be asked to depart from its usual custom and "receive such evidence and admit such proof," as it may consider necessary in order to determine whether the bills, if allowed to become a law, would be within the compatence of the Alberta Legislature. Neutralization Flan Faib SHANGHAI, -- Efforts of the powers, led by Britain, the United States and France, to neutralize Shanghai as soon as the long Chinese-Japanese battle around this city ends, have failed completely, reliable Japanese sources told the United Press this week. Military reasons prohibit such neutralization, they said. Naval Fliers Killed SEATTLE. -- Five naval fliers were killed and two injured in a collision between two fighting places 3,000 feet above Boeing Field. Apparently trapped in the ruins of their biy navy amphibian, the five fell to their deaths. The other twoi men, in a smaller naval plane, leaped! to safety with parachutes. Cuban President In U. S. MONTREAL, -- Gerardo Machado,, ousted President of Cuba, who has! been living in Montreal, has obtained) permission to enter the United States j temporarily for a surgical operation,! this week, it was learned authorita-, tively.