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Toronto.â€"Equipped with two stolen aAcetylene torch outfits and operating mwith a speed and daring apparently born of a firstâ€"hand acquaintance with the plant, fire armed robbers boldly drove a big sedan automobile early Sunday morning into the Canada Bread Company‘s factory â€" at No. 2 Bloor Street West, at Dundas Street. While two of them rounded up and stood guard over the five occupants of the building, three bandits carried the heavy torches and tanks up to the main offices on the first floor, cut open the builtin safe, and escaped with @wbout $5,000, locking their prisoners in a storeroom Working with a minimum of conâ€" Â¥ersation, and an absence of bluster or threats that amounted almost to ailtraâ€"politeness, the gang seemed to know that Saturday night and early Sunday morning is the one period when the plant is not on full operating schedule and staffed with at least 40 to 50 men. They also must have waitâ€" ed for the usual police patrol to pass by for the officer on the beat had tried all doors of the plant only 20 minutes before the robbers broke in without finding anything amiss. Entering the place about 1.20 a.m., the confidently moving masked banâ€" dits did not take more than 40 or 50 minutes to hold up the four employees and a youth within the factory, cut inâ€" to theâ€"safe, abstract the money within, and escape in the autoâ€"also believed to be stolenâ€"after locking up the men working in the plant and breaking open a rear door opening on to Vinâ€" cent Street. The only occupants of the plant at the time of the robbery were two «wagon washers, Harold Roberts of 41 Lyne Avenue and Robert Gardiner of 8 Red Hill Avenue, a harness cleaner, NWilliam Gilbert of 48 Jesmond .Street, the night watchman, John Ainsleo of 343 Crawford Street, and Sidney Winâ€" ter of 2409 Dundas Street West.. Winâ€" ter is not an employee of the company, Money in Mahogany Box The sum total in the dashing inâ€" vasion of the bakery represented the entire receipts from sales of the plant‘s products on Saturday, and was in a stout mahogany box, containing bills / of small or medium. denominaâ€" tions and a quantity of silver, Daring Robbers Subdue Five Break Way in and Out of Bakery, Hold Prisoners at Point of Guns j Five Bandits Invade Toronto Bread Plant, Barricade Occupâ€" ~_ _ ants in Storeroom y but was friendly with several of the night employees and had been in the habit for some time past of dropping in for a chat or to give occasional asâ€" sistance to his friends. Larger Wheat . Exports Forecast Signs That Native Supplies in Europe Need Supâ€" plementing Fort William. â€" Likelihood â€" of stronger foreign demand for Canaâ€" dian wheat before long is intimated in the report of the statistical branch of the Board of Grain Commissioners on the movement of Western Canaâ€" dian grain for December, 1931, Rusâ€" sia has almost disappeared as an imâ€" portant factor for the present. The large wheat crop of Alberta is tendâ€" ing to throw a great deal of the presâ€" ent export movement to Vancouver. The report states: It is reported that an arrangement has been negotiated between Gerâ€" many and ‘Russia by which Germany will accept shipments of wheat and ryoe from Russia in exchange for maâ€" chinery. This will have the effect of providing a market for much of the balance of Russia‘s surplus ant any future shipments will not have much influence upon the world‘s markets. Whilst thers is no indication at present of an immediate improveâ€" ment in the export demand for Canâ€" adian wheat, particularly whilst shipâ€" ments from the southern hemisphere are at their heaviest, it is encourâ€" aging to note that the export shipâ€" ments to dat®e indicate Canada is enjoying a good share of the world‘s3 gemand for wheat. There are signs, too, that native supplies of wheat in Europe will have to be supplemented by larger imports before very long, and that Italy and France may be taking steops to allow of such in the near future. North Bay, Ont.â€"Applications for | bounty on 13 wolves were received | recently by G. M. Parks, district supâ€"| erintendent of the Department of, Game and Fisheries here. An average iof three applications a day are made to his office, Mr. Parks stated, Ten iapplications were made one day in December. The open winter experâ€" fenced this year, Mr. Parks believed, was responsible for the trappers‘ sucâ€" cess in this respect. Trappers Bag Large There is one redeeming feature perance has pY about a chronic borrower of money: much greater t he never pesters a man when ho is victory than he down. | enemy.â€"Livy. Number of Wolves MAKE ESCAPE IN CAR ‘ The Hamilton officers were ad\'iscd: |that a sedan hadâ€"been used in the ‘Toronto holdâ€"up. Some time before 1i ‘o‘clock last night a machine of that |type owned by Boyce Kelly of 207 Otâ€"‘ ltawa Street South, carrying license No. R7651, wasâ€"taken from in front of the 1.O.O.F. Temple. The stolen car which the bandits used was said to be _fawnâ€"colored;â€"but the auto stolen here »lwas deep blueâ€"almost black, The ‘Toronto police were immediately adâ€" ,!vi’sed, and while they did not consider ;'}Tha*‘diééoveryvof importance locail deâ€" |tectives removed the car to Central |police station ,and it will be examined â€"itoâ€"morrow by William Pinch, local fingerprint expert. One man believed to have been the leader, and a second man both armed, set out to round up the employees beâ€" fore beginning actual operations. Enâ€" tering the wagon shed they warned the two washers to keep quiet and to stand together, The apparent leader w&s a man of about 30 years of age the police were told about 5 feet 10 inches in height, and wore a dark overcoat, a grey fedora hat and a red handkerchief over his face He carired two guns. The second man was described as about 25 years of age, about 5 feet T inches tall, wearing a grey cap and coat and a white handkerchief over his face. He was slim and fair and carâ€" ried one gun. The prisoners were marched into the driving shed, under the direction of terso orders whereupon the tall leader displayed knowledge of the plant layâ€" out and operating terms by remarkâ€" ing: "Well, I‘ll go and get the rack man," referring .to Gilbert up in the bharness room. He returned shortly, marching Gilbert ahead of him at the point of his pistols, and carrying a rumber of straps from the harness room. Police investigators were also told that whoen the twoâ€"gun man went upâ€" stairs he remarked to his companions: "Remember, now, no shooting, and"â€" to the prisoners â€" "don‘t start anyâ€" thing." > Abandoned Car Found Hamilton, Jan. 17â€"An auto. which might have been used in the Canada Bread robbery in Toronto Saturday night was found abandoned on the Guelph Road near the Clapison Cut at 5% o‘clock this afternoon but Toronto and local authorities are of the opinion that theâ€"machine was not involved in the crime. Loot Safe of $5,000 Burma Promised A Constitution Premier MacDonald Gives a Pledge of Responsible Government London â€"Burma has received a pledge of responsible government by evolutionary process from Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald at the concluding session of the Burmese Round Table Conference: If Burma decides at a mational election to separate from India, Britâ€" ain will grant her a constitution proâ€" viding for a Legislature and for a Governor to be appointed by the British Crown who will exercise wide "reserved" powers in dealing with foreign affairs, defence and finance. Potentialities of Autonomy Mr. MacDonald‘s‘ pledge was callâ€" ed neither homeâ€"rule nor Dominion status, but it carried with it what the Prime Minister termed the "poâ€" tentialities" of selfâ€"government. "The whole genius of British adâ€" ministration," he explained, "is to | lead up peoples who come under its | rule to a position where they -can‘ assume responsibility for their own government." ‘ U Ba Pe, spokesman for the Burâ€" mesoe delegates, in responding to Mr. MacDonald said that any constituâ€" tion for Burma must reflect the feelâ€" ing of the Burmese rather than the feeling of the British. "The history of Burma will show that Burma, until she came into conâ€" {act with the British, held a promâ€" fhent position in the east," he said, "and it is really a thing which I canâ€" not understand that it should be said that a country which was independâ€" ent just 46 years ago is not fit to enâ€" joy larger freedom under British rule." Opened in Glasgow Glasgow.â€"Tho new Albert Highe: Grade School in the Springburn dis trict of Glasgow, which was recently opened, cost approximately £79,000 It contains two chemistry labora tories, a cookery room, laundry an« fully equipped housewifery depart mont with furnished flat Upâ€"toâ€"date School Hoe who has reined in and curbed his pleasures by sobriety and temâ€" perance has procured for himseli much greater ‘honor and a greatet victory than he whoâ€" conquers an Borisovgrad, Bulgariaâ€"Hopes have been aroused by Amorican engineers, who with the help of 50 laborers are digging in "Gold Valley," in this litâ€" tle city in Southern Bulgaria, careâ€" fully washing the sand â€"and gravel they uncover and minutely testing the bright particles they find. For more than half a century the inhabitants of this county have beâ€" ~lieved thatâ€"theroâ€"isâ€"goldâ€"hore.â€" It is related that once a village woâ€" man carried a bag of sand home and dumped it in her yard for her chickens to scratch in, and that folâ€" lowing a heavy rain the ground was covered with small shining specks. After that adventurers came from far and noar to discover the source of the golden sand, but none before ‘ever found enough wealth to make [ digging worth while, Gold Particles Found In Bulgarian City Their discoveries seem to be enâ€" couraging, inasmuch as they have ordered machinery to enable them to make more extensive excavations. In fact, the first assignment of pipes, drills and sluices has already arâ€" rived, and the sight of thom has filled the people with expectation. A man is by nothing so much himâ€" self as by his temper, and by the character of his passions and affecâ€" tions. If ho loses what is manly and worthly in those, he is as much lost to himself as when he loses his memory and understanding.â€"Eari of Shaftesbury. These babie; held by a nurso at the City of London Maternity Hosâ€" pital, will celebrate their birthday each New Year‘s Day. They aro the first youngsters born at the hospital this year. Swedish Princess Remembers Small Patients e of the small f{atients in Stockholm Hospital who Princess Ingrid cden remembered at Xmas. She avidently views her dolly as a us possession. & 2 Four Healthy London Babies Greet 1932 January‘s Charm There‘s colour in the country, tho‘ it‘s January, not May, And wan mists drape the hillsides, and short‘s the sullen day; Tho‘ the streams run high, rainâ€"swolâ€" len, and the wind wails in the eaves, Thore‘s colour in beech hedgerowsâ€"iIn the bright dead loaves, The gorse glowsâ€"gold in patches; the holly‘s green and ted; The yellow jasmine‘s flowering by the barren brown roseâ€"bed. And hips and haws twine scarlet o‘er the crinkled bracken‘s tan; A greyâ€"green lichened oak trunk bears an orange fungus fan There‘s a woealth of colourâ€"magic by the quiet winter way, In bird breasts,*~iridescent, ‘old red barns and closeâ€"stacked hay The deep soft snow spreads silver ‘neath a curled yellow moon, And the rare blue sky seems bluer when it‘s January, not June! â€"ILD., in "Answers" (London), BRio Has 285 Miles Rio de Janiero.â€"Rio de Janiero has 285 miles of streetâ€"car lines over which are operated 1,152 passenger cars. 1,000 Years to Make Soil Massachusetts Stata College geoloâ€" gists have figures that it takes 1,000 years of weathering to make one inch of soil.â€"The Pathfinder, of Car Lines Electric Light ~Beams Spot Plane _ The Silver Lining _ Speeds Growth At 16,000â€"ft. Height =, , , , â€"â€". _ _ Wheat Crosses Produced T wo Years Quicker by Australian Plan Melbourne, Viec.â€"Successful experiâ€" ments in the use of electric light in speeding up the growth of wheat plants are being continued at the Vicâ€" torian state research farm at Werriâ€" bee, near Melbourne The results are proving of practical value in wheat raising and in the introduction of varieties from other countries, accordâ€" ing to a news item in the Christian Science Monitor Ordinarily 10 years are required to produce new crossâ€"bred wheats, from the time of cross fertilization until distribution to the farmer. By inclosâ€" ing the plants in a cage suitably ilâ€" luminated with electric light it is posâ€" sible to grow the first three generaâ€" tions of plants in one year, and thus reduce the total time by two years. Sometimes late varieties possess qualities, such as size of head or grain which it is desirable to introduce into early varieties. As these two types will not flower at the same time, it is often impossible, without artificial aid, to cross them. The use of electric light at a suitable time makes it posâ€" sible to hasten the development of the late types sufficiently to allow the eross to be made. The Australian experiments were begun by Professor Wadham in 1929 as a result of observations on the growth of Australisn varieties of wheat in England, and of English varieties introduced to Australia. The Australian varieties in England, Proâ€" fessor Wadham noticed, produced very short, pale shoots, with early heads. On the other hand, English varieties in Australia remained immature and green until late in the season and ware thus adversely affected by the hot winds in November and December. Experiments showed that the period of light which the plant received daily had an important effect on its develâ€" opment. _ By increasing the daily "daylight" period with weak alectric light, it was found, the maturity could be hastened. Similar‘y, by ‘inclosure of the plants in a specially constructâ€" ed box, limiting the poriod of daylight, the growth could be retarded. The League‘s Permanent Economic Committee, which is completing the dActails for this new international triâ€" bunal, suggests that it be composed of some twelva to fifteen experts chosen from the most. varied fields of indusâ€" try, commerce, international law and virtually every branch of international economic relations. Economic Court Proposed To Settle World Disputes Geneva.â€"A sort of Hague court for the settliement of economic disputes between nations is soon to be estabâ€" lished by the League of Nations. Under the terms of the project as now. prepared the tribunal will have the right to grant merely advisory opinions when those are desired, to make arbitral awards or to sorve as a body for conciliation. Toronto. â€" Dr.. Boyd S. Gardener, head of the dental department at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, New York, stressed the point that the origin of many diseases could be traced to faulty teeth in a recent address at the meeting of the Ams* +1 Mitye_~. tistry here, and therefore dentists should have some general knowlâ€" edge of medical practice. He also stated that doctors should sometimes call dentists into consultation in makâ€" ing a diagnosis. Coâ€"operation is Urged Between Doctorsâ€"Dentists Taking as a specific example of the progress made in the use of denâ€" tistry in making a diagnosis, he told the gathering that in the past extracâ€" tion of teeth was encouraged as a cure for arthritis, but that in recent years four different kinds of arthritis had been discovered, the cause of only one of which could be traced to the teeth. The use of Xâ€"ray as a routine proâ€" cedure, both in diagnosing and exâ€" tracting, was strongly upheld by the speaker. There were approximateâ€" 1y 70,000 dentists in the United States, only half of whom are good diagnosticians, because only about 35,000 of them have access to Xâ€"ray machines or care to use them. .Dr. Gardener illustrated with lanâ€" tern slides modern methods of exâ€" tracting teeth by surgery, which, he declared, was far superior ot "yankâ€" ing until something comes." In speaking of a European tour he had made, he said that in Finland 90 per cent. of the dentisis were woâ€" men, and in Norway 40 per cent. In opening the discussion which followed the address, Dr. Harris Mcâ€" Phodran, President of the Academy of Medicine in Toronto, was in agreeâ€" mont with Dr. Gardener in the closer coâ€"opsration of the two professions. Madrid.â€"A year ago chef Francisâ€" co Arroyo was preparing dainties f6f kings and queens, princes and prinâ€" cesses. Today he labors over Spanish stew for the city bread linee He roâ€" plies to questioners with graceful Spanish casvalness, as he manipulates pots and pans in the free kitchen maintained by the city. $ Royal Chef Serves Bread Line Patterns Altered in â€" Latest Huge British Searchâ€" light f Londonâ€"A searchlight of challengâ€" ing power has been inven‘&d by Maj. John Savage, whose name is well known in Britain as the leading exâ€" ponent of "sky writing." In the beam of this light an airplane has been spotted and its height and course acâ€" curately plotted at a height of 16,000 feet. s The intensity of this great light is estimated at 3,000,000,000â€" candleâ€" power. The difference between this and an ordinary searchlight is that it consists of 300 parallel beams, each of which is deflected by a mirror along the path it is to take in the whole beam. The pattern thrown on the sky can be varied at will so as to take the appearance of a grid, circle, oval or other pattern as desired. A sound locator gives the direction oi an approaching airplane which can then be picked up quickly by the light The â€"pilot might think that he had evaded the light as he entered the darkness of one of the grid dividing lines, only to find himself in the brilâ€" liant glare of the next square. When used as an airdrome ground light it gives the most brilliant illumination, and as the depth of the beam is comâ€" ~paratively shallow it does not dazzle a landing pilot. In the first public demonstration the pattern was in the shape of a square grid divided irto nine smaller squares, but Major Savage told an interviewer that a 16â€"square grid would generally be more usefulâ€" The invention has been described by experts as the most striking develop: ment in searchlights in the last 20 years. The whole apparatus, which is divided into parts, can be mounted on a petrolâ€"electric lorry. In one part is the mechanism for generating the light and in the other it is broken up into its 300 rays and transmitted. The light can be traversed round the arc of a circle and raised or lowered as necessary. The New Outlook (Toronto) -â€"-‘ Canada has been fortunate in mainâ€" taining her production and general business activities at present levels when other countries are faced with conditions of the greatest difficulty. Unemployment and its accompanying hardships have been felt less in Canâ€" ada than in most countries: Promisâ€" ing features in the present economic outlook include the healthy condition of savings deposits, the strong techniâ€" cal position of Canadian manufactur ers and a prosperous gold mining inâ€" dustry. The most difficult situation in Canada is that of agriculture. A revival of world trade and a return of profits to agriculture must precede any general revurn to prosperity to this country, but Canada is weatherâ€" ing this period of difficulty in a favorâ€" able manner and will be in an admirâ€" able position to participate in the first material advance, £ Many farmers who formerly deâ€" voted all their attention to sheop have, since the â€" fall in . the wool prices, sown their lands with wheat. Nothing is more likely to rellevre the economic pressure in the rural areas than the bounteous harvest Birmingham, Eng.â€"One hundred unâ€" employed allotment holders of the Staffordshire town of Walsall, as an expression of their gratitude for govâ€" ernment and private help givon them during the last season, have decided to subscribe a penny a week each from now to next spring so that 100 other unemployed Walsall men may be able to have allotments. The money thus subscribed will buy the seeds needed for the new allotâ€" ments and it is expectod that the Society of Friends‘ Allotments‘ Comâ€" mittee will pay the rent of the whole 200 for the coming season. Today one automobile is registerâ€" ed for each 4.6 persons in this counâ€" try, Mr. Childs sets forth. Alâ€" though many motor cars are designâ€" ed to carry only two passengers, he says, the number which will seat more than five offsets the Hmitations of the smallor vehicies. : Seen in South Africa Cape Town, 8. Af.â€"Conditions ali point to a bumper wheat crop this year for the South African farming community, ; now being sathered in Clakseneare Warrant Found ‘An order made out 355. years ago for the arrest of William Shakespeare has been found in England: New Yorkâ€"Every man, . woman and child in the United States could be placed in the automobiles now in operation and transported simultaneâ€" ously, according to A. W. Childs, chief of the automobile division, Burâ€" eau of Foreign and Domeostic Comâ€" merce. A goodâ€"sized diningâ€"room is to be found in an empty stomach. British â€" Workers Motors in Use Could Carry Total Population of Nation Record )Nheai Crop Fair Weather Ahead Aid Unemployed likely A. S. Boyle Companyâ€" propose to erect a plant in Windsor early this year. $ Calgary, Alta.â€"Model Oil Co. have bought and will resume active opera« tions on the old Anaconda well. Other wells which are expected to be »pered up again are Alberta Superior, Rand, Midâ€"Royal, Livingstone and Turner Basin. _ Dominion Bureau of Statistics reâ€" port that in spite of the many diffi« culties resulting from economic condi= tions surplus stock of wheat are move ing into consumption at a rapid rateâ€" Philippine Islands.â€"A radio report is to the effect that the largest gold discovery was made just recently, on one of the islands. Stratford C.N.R. men are to stark on 40â€"hour week plan dating from January 4th, instead of 36â€"hour week. Brantford.â€"Chicago firm to take over by January 15th the old plant of the Brantford Specialty and start operating again, & Windsor.â€"Mr. Justus Miller, Secreâ€" taryâ€"Manager of the Border Chamber of Commerce, is authority for the news that $3 branches of American firms have been secured by the border cities during last yearâ€" Two to build new premises Nineteen were securâ€" ed in Windsor, six in Walkervilie, three to Sandwich, two to Anderton Township, one to Tecumseh, one to East Windsor and one toâ€" Riverside. It is estimated ‘that the above new inâ€" dustries will employ 2;000 in normal times, Hamilton.â€"Mr. F. P. Healey, Manâ€" agingâ€"Secretary of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, intimates that through the acquisition of the Beech Nut Company by Life Savers Incorâ€" porated of Canada should result in increased business. A program of expansion is under way and when completed it is expected that many new hands will be employedâ€" St. John, N.B.â€"Mr. F. Maclure Sclanders, Commissioner of the Saint John Board of Trade, writes:" It may interest to mention that our (St. John) merchants report this year‘s Christmas business to be fully up to, and inâ€"many cases considerably ahcad of last year‘sâ€"andâ€"our retailers are feeling quite happy." ; Owing to the loss through exchange on the Canadian dollar, gas companâ€" ies will lose this year a cool half milâ€" lion dollars,if==stemore, for gas proâ€" ducing coal irom the States. Mr. S. Frank Wilson, large Canadian. pubâ€" lisher, is of the opinion that it would be better to pay for long Canadian freight haulage and leave the half million dollars to Canadian railways rather than to pay it to American coal barons. There is a persistent rumor in bankâ€" ing circles that more than one U. S. Senator is agitating to "standardize‘" the Canadian dollar on a parity basis to the American dollar. Simrall Refining Corporation exâ€" pect to erect an oil refinery in Anderâ€" ton, Ont, this yearâ€" Hamilton Firestone Tire Company will have full staff working for the remainder of the winter; hours to be increased from six to eight per day. Tilsonburg.â€"A â€" tobaceo redrying plant large enough to handle 6,000,000 lbs. of tobacco per year is under proâ€" ject. The town council and the Board of Trade has heartily endorsed the project. Alvinston, â€" Ont.â€"Local investing public bought their one 15â€"year 5 por cent. serial debentures dated Decemâ€" ber 21, 1931. Ottawa.â€"523,000 _ radio â€" licenses were issued for the first eight months of the fiscal year, an increase over the same period last year; automotive plants of the Border Cities are hiring several thousand to work immediateâ€" ly; silk, woollen and hosiery mills are increasing business; gold mining is active Bell Telephone Co. are considering sweeping changes in their system inâ€" volving additions of over $15,000,000 in Ontario and Quebec. Prairie Provinces‘ reports of che Christmas business was that its vol« ume was equal to that of last year Canadian Industries Limited declar« ed a bonus dividend of a dollar per share on their stocks. Books issued during the year numâ€" bered 35,315 and manuscripts 2433. More than 10,000 readers visited the library. In addition 7828 books were lent to adult classes in Walos. _ If two pseople can live on less than mo‘it‘s because they have to. National Library of Wales Plan Further Improvements Aberystwith, Walesâ€"The National Library for Wales is being extendâ€" ed and improved,. ‘The report for the year 1930â€"31 describes the progâ€" ress of the work of providing book cases and cabinets in the print room. Further accommodation is to be pro« vided for manuscripts. More than $160,000 has been subscribed to the building fund, and the debit balance has ‘been reduced from $70,000 to $125, W