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i 4+ » : ee - -------------- ---- --- re ------ EI Sh dh Sh a Shh dh Sh Ah dd Par Voice o > ad *4e ee f the Press Canada, The Empire and The World at Large 1 Ea an CANADA To Encourage Marriages To encourage marriages of poor couploa the Fascist party in Italy is offering $80 each to 200 couples who cannot. marry forjack of funds. True, this isn't a very munificent sum on which lo start in double harness, but the grandparents of many of us have done it on less. -- Ctratford Beacon- Herald. For Single Men Well-conducted camps appear to be the best way of meeting one phase of the unemployment problem. -- Regina Leader-Post. Things in the Papers The extraordinary thing--which is almost the most ordinary thing in a newspaper's experience--Is that it is the same sort of people who common- ly want to get certain things into the paper who also want to keep certain other things out. The mark of the species is that the things they want to keep out are almost invariably news by the most honest and intelligent de- finition and the things they want to get in or not, In both instances they assume to be censors; in both in- stances they can never be persuaded-- and very often they are quite decent sitizens--that their censorship in the long run is an utterly futile and self- jefeating thing.-- Vancouver Province. Great Britain's Improvement Hardships don't kill people. Great Britain' is healthier to-day than it has been for years and the death rate has decreased in districts hit hardest by the depresston.--Lindsay Post. Small Bills One thing about the depression, it tends to reduce superstition. Not near- ly so many people will still consider a two-dollar bill unlucky.--Woodstock Sentinel-Review. . A Great Shock es hicago man died of a heart attack as he was parking his auto. Probably --the shock of finding a parking space within four blocks of his destination.-- Winnipeg Tribune, Unmarked Victories An impressive granite monument pas recently erected at Fort Erie, Ont., to mark the earliest trading post and also the capture of two United 'States - ships of war during the war of 1812, ©, Ontario has numerous sit 5 on which victories over invaders from the south are marked. New Brunswick also pos- sesses them, at with the exception of Fort Cumberland or Beausejour, none is marked. Some six miles west of I'redericton on the site of what once was the Indian village of Aukpak, a © rebel American force, under John Al- len, was captured, and at Manawagon- ish, west of Saint John, a similar rebel defeat occurred. Neither is in any way mark d.--I'redericton Gleaner, Use For Small Spuds Potatoes are not a good crop in this community, Half the crop is too small for table use. Farmers who have po- tatoes to sell would be helping them- selves by grading them. One of these days, someone will bring in a carload from the Maritimes, and the grocers here will find trouble in selling their little or mixed stock. Half of the small potatoes is lost in peeling. The Irish people find little potatoes good food for little pigs, and their bacon is graded on the best bacon market, in the world three points higher than the Canadian bacon which fs made from logs fattened on good corn, which is counted the best ration in the world tor fattening hogs.--Port Rowan News. Up to the Motoring Public Just as long as the general public continues to smile at stories of exces- pive speed; to feel that trafiic laws are for the otlier fellow, and that it is all Fight to break them as long as you on't get caught; to hold the opinion hat any action, walking or driving, is ermissible so long as one is able to et away with it; for just that period will motor vehicle accidents continue fo he menace, When every driverand pvery pedestrian realizes that safety gomes ahead of schedules, ahead of orsonal rights; that safety comes head of everything else, then we may kpect a reduction in the waste of life, ealth, and property through acci- ents, to he brought about.--Ontario fotor Vehicles Branch, fh In Middle Ages # We are told women used to paint heir faces in the Middle Ages. They {ill paint thelr faces in the middle ges, --Ottawa Journal, hy . Thrifty ~ They must have a thrifty bunch of ouncillors in Pennbrook, Pennsyl- ania, Hitherto a curfew bell had been ounded there to clear the streets of nildren, but in order to save 16 cents a day the fire hall bell will now be sed for the job, The final signal will oe for lights out Instead of fire out. srantford Expositor, - L) Help For the Potato-Grower wo years #g0, when the potato growers of thig Province were recelv- 'ing as little ag teh cents a barrel for their share to ensure the orderly mar- keting of wheat, If it is fair to sup- port wheat even to the extent of the Dominion . Government becoming a partner in the business, then it is equally fair that the potato-grower de- | mand be favourably listened to. They are asking less than the wheat-growers are getting. With the example of the West so strikingly before us, in which millions of dollars have been risked to support the price of wheat, there should be no modesty in New Bruns- wick in demanding similar treatment for the potato-growers of this Pro- vince.--Saint John Telegraph-Journal. | I THE EMPIRE British Films to the Fore When a Berlin butcher attends an American movie and beholds Greta Garbo as Mata Hari making love In gutteral English with 8 Swedish ac- cent to an oily Latin impersonating a Russian officer, he suddenly remem- bers the League of Nations and the abomination of Versailles, hastens from the theatre and never Is seen again. Foreign customers all over the world have been hastening for five years now, and the end is not yet in sight. . . . The sound revolution In America gave struggling Efiropean pro- ducers the breathing spell which they so sorely need. That they have taken full advantage of it is evidenced by the fact that of the five major world studios showing profits during the last year, three were in Europe--Ufa, Gau- mont-British and British International. (Gterman pictures are gaining on the Continent in almost direct ratio to the decline of American prestige, British companies are making heavy inroads; in the Colonies, the French have gain- ed ground in Middle Europe, and the Russians, of course, have their market all to themselves, It is safe to say that within two years foreign films-- notably British--will be offering spirit- ed competition in Hollywood's back yard.--Mr. Dalton Trumbo, in The North American Review. © World Conference and British Rk Commonwealth The Conference served further to consolidate the British Commonwealth and likewis¢ the sterling bloc. The sterling bloc is more favourably situ- ated than when the Conference opened, for it is now definitely in a position to hold the balance of power bhelween the old gold standard and the dollar. In other words, London is once more the centre of the world's commercial and monetary gravity.--Johainesburg Sunday Times. . Gold Standard and Sterling Bloc Britain has been driven by the fail- fe of 'the Conference to establish a so-called sterling bloc. Its object is to ensure at least a measure of mone- tary sanity and economic co-operation, Britain will make things as easy as she can for the gold countries, since for various reasons she wishes them to remain on gold. It is, however, doubtful whether Holland, Belgium and Switzerland, or even I'rance, will be able to hold out indefinitely.--Cape Argus. The Indian Cultivator The thriftlessness of the average In- dian cultivator is perhaps the most obstinate trait in his character stand- ing in the way of individual as well as collective progress. For this reason, the adoption of better methods of cul- tivation, the purchase of new types of agricultural implements, improved and better cattle require a capital outlay generally beyond his capacity.--Bom- EE Wilhelmina Frieda Weltz, war nurse, arraigned in Santa Clara, Calif, on chrage of shooting to death a shipping magnate, and with whom J. J. Noble, Oshawa, Ont, war veteran has offered in a letter to her to take her place on the gallows should she be con- victed, "You saved my life twico in the war," Noble wrote to her. " *' Farmhouse Fires Being Investigated Hamilton.--Authorities are press- , ing investigation into 11 fires of sus: picious origin which were discover- ed in the frame farmhouse of John Prowse, Fiddler's Green, and were extinguished before they got beyond control, First of the fires was discovgred by 14-year-old Edwin Prowse half- brother of the owner of the house. The blaze was emanating from a pile of oil-soaked ragg in an unoccupied section of the puildirg., The fire de- partment was notified and the flames were soon extinguished.' : As the fire engines turned to leave the house other fires were discovered in a part of the house used by. Philip Vipond of Ancaster for the storage of furniture. Fire continued to break out during the day and the fire engines were called back three times to the dwell- ing. 'Most of the blazes were found to be in bundles of oil rags. . N.B. Paper Company To Increase Wages Saint John,--All employes of the Port Royal Pulp and Paper Company, Limited, will receive "a salary in- crease of 10 per cent starting on October 15. "Steadily improved business conditions led us to make the decision of raising wages," an official of the company said. The plant started out with a crew of 140 men last November and now employs 200 on threa eight-hour shifts. Shilling Bible Result =~ Of Gift From Dominion ' London.--The British and' Foreign Bible Society has sold more than 1, 000,000 copies of a shilling Bible first issued "owing to the generous gift-of Canada in.celebration of the society's 125th birthday." The Bible is still the world's best seller. Last year 10,000,000 volumes in 667 languages were sold. i , : --, of / Rural Courier For Twenty Years m---- | Alfred Thompson Retires Af- ter Long Service on No. ~ One Route Twenty years of service over the same rural mail route terminated with the retirement of the contractor for rural mail route No. 1, in the person of Alfred Thompson, 3 Mr. Thompson estimates that he has travelled approximately 125,000 miles in mail delivery alone in the score of years. Members of the post office staff took advantage of the occa- sion to present to the retiring mém- ber a handsome easy chair and illu minated address. ; William B. Skinner, who resides on the 2nd Concession, of Blandford, suc- ceeds Mr. Thompson as contractor, -- eee Calgary Families Plan Co-operative Village Calgary, Alta.--An experiment in establishing a co-operative community along the line of the small co-operative villages in Europe; will-be tested out in Alberta, 7 Eleven families with 15 children are intending to form such a community provided the provincial government will grant them land for the purpose. The Calgary City Council has agreed to supply to these unemployed famil- ies relief grants for a year. Their rent allowance, which the city of-Cal- gary has been paying will be applied to the purchase of lumber and build- ing materials. The fathers of the 11 families are experts in a number of trades in- cluding carpentry and poultry raising, and they will exchange their services in establishing the co-operative com munity. The wives will be just as ac- tive as thelr men folk in furthering 'the community plan and will help each other with dressmaking, light gar- dening, canning, pickling and other household accomplishments, ', x3 Britons Spending Much More Money London.--The marked recovery in British business continues to be at- tested by reports from all quarters of commerce and industry. "The statis- tics published by the Association of Retail Distributors show that retail sales for August increaséd in their total value for the: first time since 1931. Sales of men's wear were up 11.7 per cent, hardware 11.6 and household piecegoods 3.8 per cent. Commenting on these figures, the Financial Times says it is evident that there has been a decided upturn in the purchasing power of the people with increased railway traffic as an acceptable sign. that money is being spent. For the last nine weeks the total revenues of the British railways have registered a gain of approxi- mately $5,280,000 over the same per- iod of 1932. ---- em Eats Bear Meat With The Bear's Own Teeth Ross Moulton, of Vancouver, B.C., here «for the International.Sour-Dough re- union. : _ "With two friends, Happy Jack and Bill the Horse, I set out from Circle City into the Yukon country. Jack broke his false teeth, "~"Well, Sir, that same day Bill the 'Horse shot a bear.- We skinned the bear and cemented its teeth into his plate with copper rivets, Then he helped eat bear meat with the bear's own teeth. So help me, it's true." ba Times of India. Empire Migration A stimulating breath of the practi- cal Imperial spirit comes from the manifesto of the mpire Trade League, which proposes overseas community settlement under chartered companies or other auspices, such "colonizing ad- ventures" being-regarded as a long- range plan for the future, Among the signatories are prominent men whose Empire-building doctrine -is in sharp contrast with the present official policy of quotas, restriction of output and like measures which would end the migra- tion of British people to British domin- fons, stop expansion, render it more and more difficult for the Dominions to pay their debts and make more or less static the Empire market for the manufactures of the Motherland, -- Auckland 'Weekly News. . THE UNITED STATES Refunding Britain's Debt The British Government scruptulous- ly observed the terms of its contract until last June, Even then it made a payment on account, It has maintain- ed this record in the face of peculiarly difficult financial conditions. No offi cial request for revision came until it was plain. to all thinking people on both sides of the Atlantic that the or- iginal debt pact no longer rested on a fair basis, The honour which the Bri- tish exhibited in keeping the letter of the contract long after it became evi: dent that common justice required its revision should now he matched by equal honour. on our part in giving them a fresh contract that will be equitable in the light of a greatly al tered economic sfuation.--Providence Journal, gleir product, they were contributing and Mrs. Alastair Mackinnon, at Leeds, England. ald celebrates his 67th birthday on RamsLy MeeDongld, the British ) 1 baby grandaaughter, when he vicited his daughter and, son-in-law, Dr. 2 Premier, proudly viewing his Premier MacDon: October 12th, '| narrowly missed stepping Los 'Angeles.--Here's' one told by N.Y. Wouan Nominated For Nobel Prize New York, --Congratulations are pouring in upon Mrs, Donald Carr, or Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff as she is known to admirers of her poetry, for the signal honor accorded her in her nomination for the Novel prize for literature by the Swedish critic, Victor Setterberg. SERA Mr. Setterberg first met Mrs, Carr upon a visit to the United States sev- eial years ago with a group of for- eign golfers, when.she was dving book reviews for a golf magazine. He be- came so. interested in her work, par- ticularly "Mortality," and the verses included in the volume. published un- der that title, that he asked permis- sion to trauslate it into Swedish upon his return to Europe, where it has had a wide circulation, 4 " The poem "Mortality" is perhaps the best known of her work, The in- spiration came to her suddenly and it was composed in six minutes. It came in for wide notice not long ago, when it was found after his execu- tion among the belongings of a con- vict, to whom the credit of author- ship was given until the error was discovered, -- eee Canadian Girl Sees . Queen at Close Range Toronto.--"I wonder what one would do if one stepped on the Queen's foot." : That is the question still puzzling Jessica Jarvis Toronto 'aviatrix, re- cently returned, from Europe. Al- though she didn't quite step on the toes of her Majesty, she narrowly missed them, $ : When paying a bill in a London book-shop the clerk said to Miss Jarvis: "Don't turn about imme- diately, the Queen is just behind you." "After a 'sweet' interval," Jessica Jarvis said, "I turned around and saw the Queen, looking at a book. After the first surprise nobody paid any more attention. "I shopped around after looking at some things, turned suddenly to find the Queen was beside me and I had on her toes." "> -- Deputy Minister Three SistersIn | Made Indian Chief Dressed Alike, They Act as Attendance for Each Other Bridgeport, Florence, Loretta and Jessie Whelan, recently became brides in a {triple wedding dt St. Charles Church. ° The sisters, dressed identically and 'acting in turn as attendants for one another, were married to Vietor Co- burn of Bridgeport, Edward" Wells of reat Barrington, Mass, and Joseph Gilmartin of Bridgeport. The triple ceremony was performed hy the Rev. Joseph McCarthy. anh A The members of the bridal party left together from the home of John W. Whelan, father of the brides, When they reached the church, a crowd estimated at 1,600 persons had gathered, ~ Each carrying old-fashioned nose- gays, the brides were dressed ' in frocks of white faille with matching veiled turbans, white pumps and white elbow-length gloves. All three couples will make a wed- ding trip to Washington. before re- turning to their homes, ee rr Would-be Crook 'Loses His Nerve Vancouver.--A would-be swindler's groundless panic lost him $5,000, ac- cording to a police report. The ian, whose name ig not given opened an account in a local bank by depositing a certified cheque for $18,000 drawn on a Calgary bank, -- The next day he deposited a che- que for $412 drawn on a New Wectt- minster bank, but- came back about noon to withdraw $8,000, His che- que was initialed, but when the tell- er started to pay in small bills: he asked for larger ones. The teller went to the safe and at that moment the bank doors were closed for the day, : The man, apparently thinKing he was about to be detained, rushed for an' exit and tugged so violently that a holt wag forced. He fled down Hastings. street and is still being sought, : Shit A <¢heque revealed the New West minster cheqie was counterfeit and Brantford.--Ontario"s 'Deputy Minis- ter of Agriculture, J. B. Fairbairn, is now "Chief Handsome River." That [is the interpretation of ti@ name -- (Ga Yoon He Yo--by which he will be Indians on the reserve here. The honor of chieftainship was con- ferred ron Mz. Fairbairn, F, P. Sand- rell of St. Catharines, and Charles Byrd of Hamilton at the Six Nations Fair at Ohsweken. In the ancient ritualistic manner, paint and feathers performed the war dances while the ceremonies were in progress. The conferring of the chieftainshins marked the closing day of the fair, which this year has attracted record numbers of visitors. ! Beauty : Hints Are "Offered Men at " Women's Exposition New York.--The men got -some beauty hints here at. the exposition of Women's Arts and Industries. "The J3eauty a sensible person looks Fellow of the American. Institute of Chemists, said, "means good physical development, good health--and above all, radiant cleanliness." Some things she recommended were: Good cleansing cream instead 'of water for the dry skin; a mild, low- alcohol tonic lotion for aftershaving; and finally a lightweight face powder in a natural shade--"not the marsh- mallow - white or baby-doll pink." "Correction of the oily condition is not an effeminate move," she said, "Rather is it true altruism. Use good skin spaps for daily cleansing--even tincture of green soap; alcoholic lo- 'tions for after shaving, and in severe cases a recognized astringent lotion." *, "Good Colour" For Fruits "Good Color" for 'fruits other than apples as laid down by the Fruit Act, means color, characteristic of variety when mature. For apples "good color" means, as defined by Circular 40 of "the I'ruit Branch, Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture. In this circular, |' percentages of color are laid down for each grade of each variety of apple. For instance, McIntosh No. 1, 65 per cent.; Winesap, "Domestic," 26 per cent.; Gravenstein (red), 40 per cent.; and so on. These percentages of color refer to the area of the sur- face which must be covered with a clear shade of red, characteristic of the variety. That is, 25 per cent. means that one-quarter of the surface of each apple is covered with normal mature color, E TFAREENT Winters Up to 1937. Colder Say Engineers Chicago. =~ Gas company engineers are out to back the Canadian trappers and other weather sages with a predie- tion that this coming Winter is going to be colder than last but not especlal- ly severe. Trappers predict by the fur on their foxes, or how thick muskrats build their houses, but gas engineers look at heating bills for the last 50 tliey predict on a big scale, Winter up to. 1937, they announced, would be "generally colder." vee known henceforth to the Six Nations | - Indians in war} / for in 4 man," Miss Florence E. Wall, | police at Calgary have been asked to investigate tie other, {Mouse in Bottle Causes Woman to Seek Damages Chicago.--A mouse in the bottle is worth two in the cupboard to Mrs. Iva Gousha.. She found one deceased mouse in a bottle of pop, and alleged the fol- lowing resuMs: A severe nervous shock. A recuperative spell in tarium, A trip to Europe, during which she found it necessary to place her daughter in-a private school. . All of which being expensive, Mrs. Gousha fyled sult against the bot- tling company demanding 335,000 damages. Judge Joseph B. David suggested the company pay her $1,00. The hottlers said they had already offered $1,500, which she rejected. The court gave opposing counsel until October 10 to agree. ] a sani: * 'First Lumberjacks : Leave for Sudbury 'Toronto.--The first contingent of lumberjacks to be sent from Toronto to the Northland in more than two years is now on the way to_timber properties near Sudbury. The group numbers 25. They will be paid $26 to $28 a 'month and board. The employment lists were closed 10 minutes after their opening, said J. F. Marsh, superintendent of the Federal Employment Service's Toron- to 'office. He believed further orders would probably come in, as, the avail- able supply of workers around Sud- bury had been employed already. At one time it was common to send 2,000 or 3,000 bush workers north from Toronto in a season, Mr, Marsh reported increased de- mand for workers in other lines, He has just sent a crew of 30 to the celery fields around Brockville, *e A --fY° Father Is Witness of Son's Horrible Death A despalch from Clarksburg, Ont. says: "While his father and two fel- low workmen looked on horrified, Vic- tor Marritt, 82, was killed instantly when he stumbled and fell on a cir- cular saw which practically cut his body in two. 'The accident occurred at the Clendenan shingle mill where Marritt and his father were both em- ployed. Victor was operating the saw when a cedar slab became jammed in the-moveable frame. In attempting to dislodge the piece of wood he lost his balance and fell across the unguarded machine-operated saw, °°] 'B.C. Co'Eds Desire Real Education Vancouver. -- Miss M. L. Bollert, dean of women at.the University of British Columbia, believes 90 per cent, of the co-eds go there for an education, J oy Conn.--Three sisters, | {Air Programs A Triple Wedding " NowLined Up Divide Symphohies -- Colum- bia Gets Philharmonic Again; National Chain Boston Orch. New York.--In the early autumu Radio plans its winter programs, geta fresh advertising accounts, introduces new talent, decides which of the old has outlived its popularity, says Time, the news: magazine, Now after long dickering another air season was fairly well lined up. Again Radio, which has made strange bedfellows ° before, had brought about marvelous combinations of performers and pro ducts. ; PRIZE COMBINE. Prize combination for this season is a famed oldtime children's laxa- tive,.brown and syrupy, and the fore- most U.S. violinist, artistic to his fingertips. -- The violinist is Albert Spalding, the laxative Fletcher's Cas- toria. These two got together be- cause two years ago Castoria's pro- ducers came to the conclusion that its decreasing sales could not be blamed entirely on the. modern spinach-way of feeding children. They reviewed their advertising, the barns through- out the land which for two genera- tions have: been plastered with their slogan "Children Gry For It," It was all too old-fashioned, they decided, too suggestive of an old-fashioned remedy, so they painted out the signs, discard- ed the slogan, went in for radio ad- vertising. It worked, A short morn- ing program in 1932 started sales up a bit. An afternoon series of dram- atic sketches, called "Pages of Ro- mance" sent them still higher. The contract with Albert Spalding makes Castoria one of radio's first-rank ad- verfisers, = Its programs, to be given Wednesday evenings from 8.30 to 9 E.S.T. will have orchestra music led by. Don Voorhees, three baritone solos by Conrad Thibault, three violin solos by Spalding and two health-talks to mothers in which constipation will be emphasized as the root of all evil. V:vlinist Spalding will start the series wkh "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen." ? : HELEN MORGAN. Almost as striking asthe Spalding: Cestoria conjunction will be the croon- ing of Helen Morgan for Bi-So-Dol, stomach sweetener, at 2 p.m, Sundays Tenor John McCormack will sing lusk Irish ballads for Vince mouthwash. Spinduing Nat Shilkret and orchestra } will provide a background for the Vitamin A in Smith Brothers cough- 'drops. Nino Martini. will' sing for Linit bath softener. 'Actor Fred Stone, a comparative newcomer - to - radio, will have his wife and three daughters with him on a Gulf. Re- fining Company program. ; Broadcasting stations are prepared to say which of the popular high: priced performers have been able to keep sponsors: - Eddie Cantor will clown again for Chase & Sanborn, starting the énd of October, when Ruth Etting's and Jimmy (Schnozzle) Durante's time is up. Jack Pearl will | go on with Lucky Strike cigarets, Amos 'n' Andy with: Pepsodent tooth: paste, Rudy Vallee with Fleisch- mann's Yeast. Jack Benny this year performs for Chevrolet Motor Co, Burns & Allen and Guy Lombardo for White Owl Cigars, Bing Crosby for Woodbury Soap, Al Jolson and Paul Whiteman for Kraft-Phenix Cheese. -- ED WYNN. No sponsor has been able to sign up Ed Wynn, who this week opened his 16-station Amalgamated Broadcasting ' Ford. Predictions are that the Fire Chief will soon be giggling and "so- 0-0-ing" for himself. But he has an- nounced no programs yet comparable to Columbia's and National Broadcast ing Co.'s. Columbia this winter will continue paying for the New York Philharmonic broadcasts, N.B.C. for a Boston Symphony and a-Metropolitan Opera series. ' "No sponsor has been found this autumn for Kate Smith, Morton Downey, the Mills Brothers or the Boswell Sisters, names which were. lately earning up to $5,000 a week, Columbia is. paying them moderate. salaries to perform on sustaining pro- grams, but most advertisers now want more than oné name to show for their expenditures, They are following Hollywood's pattern, staging all-star shows like Fleischmann's Yeast in which Rudy Vallee is little more than a glorified announcer, ; mre fl LOOKING BACKWARDS Musing over thé. dreams of youth and how little. one may have seem: ed .to realize (hem is a dangerous mental dissipation, To. recall gen- erous purposes and high ideals 1s one thing--the thought of them may stimulate and uplift -- but to look back over the lite and think how ait ferent it relght have heen if we had taken this turn or followed that road fs worse than useless, The imagin ary lot we build out of such mate: rials is not ours, never gould have been ours it we believe in agulding Providence, To make the wisest choice as we know how under the She doesn't think their primary object is a pleasant social life: washing, in order to pay tuition ex- penses, she said. X : circumstances, Is to walk [a the right : | path, and for such travellers thera years ,and see what the trend is, And! Some of them are prepared to do are no might-have-baene." Who knows Every housework, even such tasks as dish where the alluring byepaths might 'have led had it be an. possible to fol low them? RAS GB Fre Ls : System, backed; some say, by Henry .