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EE Fe -------------- A CANADA THE EMPIRE THE WORLD AT LARGE CANADA SPEAKING OF THE HEAT Take Kansas, for example, The New York Sun gives an eye.witness' picture of what one. aundred-and- eight in the shade for several days "* means. "Potatoes bake right in the ground," we read, "and wheat putfs on the stalk." : Here are other side-lights. '"Tele- phone linemen say the heat has so expanded wires that they sag dan- gerously low, and many paved streets are exploding, while oiled roadways are running into the ditches." 'Then there is the story of the woman in North Carolina who, see- ing her thermometer register 140 on one side of her house, "carried it to the other side, where it promptly ex- ploded." In another district, frogs driven from dried-up swamps, sought relief by the hundred under urban lawn sprinklers, Winnipeg Tri- bune, NEWSPAPER QUOTATIONS Four times a year the Dominion Press Clipping Bureau of Toronto, 1s. sues a quarterly statement of the number of times in which the vari. ous daily newspapers of Canada have been quoted in other publications throughout the Dominion. The Ot- tawa Journal, whose editorial page I8 beyond compare in this country, has had a strangle-hold upon the first place in this competition for several quarters and for the three months ended on June 30th it retains that po- sition well in advance of its nearest ccmpetitor. -- Brockville Recorder aud Times. WARNING Ethiopians should be warned that the Fascist salute of the Italiain sol- diers in Africa doesn't mean half surrender, -- Winnipeg Tribune. i BETTER TRAINS "The Rebel," a light streamlined train running out of Chicago, is op- erating at a fuel cost of 2.2 cents per mile. One passenger fare pays the fuel bill for the trip. Twenty fares will pay the complete operating cost ot the train, maintenance, wages, pupplies and servicing. The new gtreamlined train" from Chicago to Portland cuts the running time by a day. It makes the trip in 39 hours now sand will make it in 24 when the curves are banked and widened and the problem of a clear track is over- come. These new trains are Diesel- powered, air conditioned, quiet run. ning, clean. The steam train world is not idle either. "The Rcyal Blue" of the Baltimore and Ohio has rounded "roofs, ckirted sides, tapered observa. tion coach, folding steps, and weighs only 55 per cent. of a normal train, «The Royal Blue" did 118 miles an ~~ hour in a test and averaged 94 on a stretoh. -- Vancouver Sun. - MINISTERS ADVERTISE In Ilkton, Md., there were 600 wed- dings in June, and two ministers who had 10 billboards out advertising thelr services have been orderéd to take them down. When we consider some of the eligible. bachelors in this city it seems that a billboard or something fs needed to draw attention to the fact that there are ministers in the place who can perform wedding ceremonies. -- Stratford Beacon, Herald. MUTUALLY ADVANTAGEOUS Cuban imports of American pro- ducts, it is pointed out, have risen greatly. Purchases of steel! products |. are up G1 per cent; of agricultural machinery, 241 per cent; of food- stuffs, from 100 to 300 per cent; of cigarettes, from 800 to 1,000 per cent. On the other hand, Cuban sales to the United States have tripled, and Cuban economic conditions are sald to be better than at any time since the world depression started. "lt trade agreéments can do things like that, don't we need more of them?" inquires an American contemporary by way of comment, And it this is go, where could another such treaty be concluded to better advantage than in Canada, the best natural customer of the United States? -- Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. THE SOY BEAN The soy bean which Mart McDonald {s endeavoring to Introduce into Thunder' Bay district is becoming more and more an article of com- merce and industry. Chemists have found fit useful in many spheres. From It are now made, in addition to valuable cattle feed, paint oll, varnish, enamels, ollcloth, linoleum, buttons, handles, box cov ers, window trim sticks, electrical "parts, printer's ink, glycerine, cellu. loid, glue, soap and rubber substi- * tutes. 4 In the realm of "foods for which the soy bean is useful are 65 differ. ent proddcts, There is even soy bean. jce cream, : Ey ion from the The soy bean'has Beer a farm crop in the Orient for centuries, Chinese |" make milk, butter and cheese from it. It was first grown on this continent in 1904. -- Port Arthur News-Chron. icle, SELECTING A TEACHER A Waterloo County school board, deluged with applicants for the po- sition of teacher, decided the mat- ter in a novel way. They put the names in a box, shook them up, and the chairman pulled out the winner, It may be as good a way as any to declde the matter, and yet there should have been some process of gelection as to what names were put in the box. -- Hanover Post. WAR FEVER It is the lack of intelligence of the common people that makes war pos- sible. They prefer to gather in mobs and permit the official war promo- ters to excite them into a fine frenzy in which all their senses are para. lyzed except thoce that function for disorder and violence. They fail to give themeslves a chance to think. It they did they would realize that the thing into which they are being pleasingly cajoled is one of the most | terrible catastrophies in human ex-|. perience, a senseless shambles in which thousands of human bodies will be tortured, exposed to the most hor- |' | {ble guishing- wounds or blown to pieces, hardships, subjected to an. all to satisfy the bombastic ambiti- ons of an individual who.has become unreasonable through his own vanity and craze for power. -- Welland Tri- bune. CANADIAN BREAD EXCELS Sir Edward Beatty, on dis returi from a recent visit to the Old Coun- r; poy al Mr. and Mrs, Judith Pace Dawson, bride is the youngest monton, Alta., while Mr. daughter of Benson Mrs. Benson sai and Scotland. Spending Honeymoon Aboard ; : 3 gig Clive Gault Benson, the latter formerly Mrs. whose marriage took place recently. Benson, of Sheafhayne Manor, Honiton, Devon, England. led recently to spend their honeymoon in England 3 io 7 The Mr. and Mrs. W, J, Pace, of Ed- is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Mr. and. BIG INVASION a Biennial Conference Will Bring 3,000 Delegates and Visitors To Kitchener Kitchener--Mennonites in Water- loo County Sunday were preparing for an invasion of their' brethren, The advance guards for the biennial gathering of the Genera] Conference of the Mennonite Church have al- ready arrived. By Wednesday, when the influx is expected to reach its peak,' 3,000 delegates and visitors will be in attendance. -3 Three-quarters of the United States' will have representatives here, {while Ontario, Saskatchewan and 'Alberta wil] send mahy delegat- es. Missionaries from the Mennonite fields are expected to come from In- dia, South America and Africa. The conference will conclude Thursday. ; The conference has not been held here for 20 years. Fourteen acres have been secured for parking pur- poses alone, and these will he flood- lighted. The Mennonite brethren in Christ Tabernacle, a mile from this city on the Galt Road, scene of the meetings, seats 2,000 people, but an addition to accommodate another 2,000 was put up free of cost by the Mennonites of the district. It will be torn down immediately the confer- ence is over. Loud speakers have been installed to carry the messages to all parts of the grounds. Between 50 and 75 tents will be put up on the grounds, some already erected, A staff of 200 cooks, waiters and dish-washers are ready to serve be- tween 10,000 and 13,000 meals in the big dining tent, which measures 60 feet by 90 feet. Traffic will be | The Week In Ottawa | try, complained of the poor quality ' of bread to be found there. The editor of this paper noticed the same thing during the King's Jubilee. Other Canadians, accustomed to good Canadian bread, have also complained of the doughy, indigestible stuff gerved up at even the most preten- tious places in England. The reason is that ,the people of the United Kingdom are not buying enough Can. adian hard wheat' and Canadian flour. These products, if too strong for their palates, can be mixed satis. factorily with. their own soft wheat and flour or the similar products of other countries. -- Toronto Mail and Fmpire. Se . ALL FRIENDLY FUN Remarkable how infectious is an example of courtesy among noble minds. Montreal, with pretty wit, has only to start _ calling smaller Canadian centres "Little Podunks." Straightway the Mayor of Toronto yells "Toonerville" in the direction of Hamilton, and the Mayor otf Ham- {lton returns the highbred salute with "Tank, Town," Toronto Globe. THEY COME AND LEARN "The tourist habit is one of the best corrective elements which has made its appearance. When people come and find heat here in Summer they know how limited has been their con- ception of this country. They will probably go. home and tell other people. We can enjoy a good laugh at the expense of those whoscome in Summer armed and prepared for Winter, but the truth is the people frcm the. United States never knew any better. It is well they are finding out, -- Stratford Beacon-Herald. THE EMPIRE WORLD AERIAL RACE . Sydney, the birthplace of modern, civilized Australia, is planning to celebrate its 150th anniversary by organizing an air race round the globe, Late reports show the suggested course starting and finishing at Syd- ney, by way of Fiji, Hawall, Vancou- ver, Montreal, St. John's, London, and thence along the Imperial Air. ways route back to Australia. Meanwhile Adelaide, the capital .of South Australia, ie organizing a floral festival on a mammoth scale, an Empire exhibition, literary and musical competitions and a nautl- cal pageant in honor of its centen- ary, next year. ' The Empire exhibi. tion, which will open on March 20, next year, will be housed in a spe- cially-built Centennial Hall covering two-and.a.half acres. -- Australian Press Bureau. : BUYING MORE FROM BRITAIN We have had occasion In the past to. complain of the poorness of the response of certain Dominions to the provisions of the Ottawa Agreements £9 far as their purchases from the Mother Country were concerned, It i3 with satisfaction, therefore, that to-day we find ourselves in the pleas. ant position of being able to hand a bouquet to Canada, Official returns «how that imports into the Domin. United Kingdom Ins 1] Oltawa-- Senate vacancies all hav ing been filled and only a few de- partmental appointments pending the Prime Minister just about has the decks cleared for the coming election campaign. The last Senat- orial appointment went to Charies Bourgecis, who formerly represent- ed the riding of Three Rivers-St. Maurice in the Federal House. In the Department of Interior James M. Wardle. who was chief engineer of the National Parks Branch, was appointed Deputy Minister. Mr. Wardle is a westerner and before entering the-government service, was engaged in civil engineering with railroad companies. The Dominion election campaign will in the first week in September. Then, the Prime Minister is to con- tinue. his broadcasts , What line, precisely, he will take, has not yet been indicated. He is expected, how- ever, to go on from where he left off; to seek approval for what has been done already and a mandate to do more. The economic situation, the railway problem, questions of trade and revenue, the revision of the British North America Act at least all of these, it is anticipat- ed, will be dealt with. After his broadcast, Mr. Bennett will. start out on his tour, beginning probably 'in the West. The new cabinet ministers have been kept quite busy since their ap- pointments. perhaps one of the busi- est departments right now is works, where officials are working on con- tracts in connection with the govern- ment's gigantic scheme of public has really not got going as yet but works. inal building and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police building in Ottawa, An addition to the Royal Canadian Mint has been under construction for some time. It is anticipated that in the very near future further de- tai's of the housing scheme will be announced. In the Employment and Social Service "Commission Hon. the earliest possible time. } Evidence of the popularity of the Natural Products Marketing Act con. tinues to make itself known at the offices of the Dominion Marketing Board. Twenty marketing schemes have been set in motion within a per- jod of a year and under them more than $4,600,000 worth of products are already being successfully] market- ed. Of the twenty s¢hemes, seven are in operation" in the eastern portion of the Dominion, affecting producers of tobacco, potatoes, berries, dairy products, apples, etc. There is no doubt that producers have come to accept the opportunities offered by these schemes, which are set up un- der the provisions of the Marketing Act, and supervised by officia's of the Marketing Board. The Farmers' Creditors Arrange ment Act also is producing good re- sults. The government offices are re- ceiving reports weekly of settlements effected between the farmer and his creditor, many of them being in the province of Ontario. Numerous pro- posals of settlement also are under advisement, first appeared as a In. 1849 a Pittsburgh druggist found some oil in a near-by brine well, Deciding it was a fine remedy for a variety of ills, he bot- tled it and offered it for sale. Ten years later, the first oil well was constructed and the great boom be- gan, Petroleum medicine. creased from a total value of £1,~ 928,000 in June, 1034, to £1,990,880 last month. We look for this to con- tinue on a still bigger scale. The new Order-in-Council which imposes .a gurtax of 33 1.3 per cent. on all goods: imported into Canada from Japan should help. Statesmen in the Dom- inion may now be realizing that a boy's best friend is his mother. -- London Daily Despatch. 3 hd = § MORE STATIC ; The growth in the popularity of radio in Trinidad in the last few years has been marked, An unprece- dented increase in the sales of radio receiving sets was reported by local dealers last year, and there are in: dications that the demand fs continu- of the fact that for many hours of the day listening.in is anything but a pleasure because of the' prevalence of man-made static. -- Trinidad Guardian, N ! ing and probably increasing, In spite}: Baby's Layette What Every Infant Needs In The Way Of Clothes Several readers have written to ask the modern way of dressing a baby, and what is the minimum one can do with when preparing a lay- ette. Here are the clothes needs: i Three woollen bands, only worn for baby's first ten days. Three little shirts or vests, these to be made.of a mixture of cotton and wool, or silk and wool. Need not be worn in the summer. Three petticoats of flannel open down the back. Three cotton dress.s the 'same- way. Three nightgowns made of fine wool or flannelette, opening at the back, with kimonq sleeves, ! Three one-yard squares of flannel, which also can serve as a shawl .Waopllen booties for winter wear only, and a little knitted coat or sweater for -extra- warmth whén re- quired. jy, LBS Modern babies don't wear bonnets, and on very hot days go nudist, any baby which opening in 43 hat, wearing only & "nappie" and a sun' handled by a staff of 50 men. | Author Of "O Canada" Recalled In Son's "Death. Routhier, who was a chief justice in Some of tie jobs already Quebec, died 'recently at Pincher; gtarted, principally the postal term. | Creek. of '"O Canada" {of Montreal, and Rev. Henri Rou- i thier, of Edmonton, survive. | George S. Harrington and his aides are rapidly putting things in shape so' that the commission may function at RUNNERS o IMAGINE o 26 MILES IN 24 HOURS -- THE FLYING Dave Komonen, the "flying Finn" as many call him, is one of North America's fastest long distance run- ning champions. Dave came to Canada 6 years ago from Kaki, Salmi, Finland. He: en- tered his first race 16 years ago, at that time being in the Finnish army. From 1926-31 he had - to retire from the running game due to a weak 'stomach, Dave is 37 years of age and before taking up running in a serious way he played soccer and won a ski champignship. ~ Mr, Komonen is the holder. of many titles. He has hundreds of medals and trinkets awarded him for his many. spectacular victories. He won the London marathon in 1933 and the Boston marathon in 1934, the Boston marathon being a distance of 26 miles, 886 yards, which he covered in 2 hours, 33 minutes and 63 and 4-6 seconds, He is the United States National A, A, A. 16-mile champion, This title he won in Washington against a field of 128 of the best long distance run- ners on the North American con- tinent. : : Dave is one of those really modest mph, who shuns the limelight, always praising the other fellow. He believ- es that he will be able to capture many: more races in the «future, if FINN | only his old stomach will behave. MENNONITES WAR AGAINST WAR § ive Campaign For Disarma ment: Washington. -- Plans, ed on September 6th, the birth an League for Peace and Freedom. Simultaneous meetings throughou the world are projected for tha agencies for settlement of presen ments ending which breeds war, at Geneva by an international mem orial meeting to Jane Addams, a which world-famous broadcast on_an international hook up Mandate" for signatures will members in where the League is the -- forty countrie rpresented. tries to aid in the work, The co country. The "Mandate" with its signature nations.- 'The commission will "accompanied by national and leading cities, members of the national board. States, campaign - secretary for with headquarters at Geneva. The Women's International League For Peace And Freedom Announce Intens- contemplat- ing the mobilization of a large "army" of men and women through- out the world for an intensive cam- paign against war to be inaugurat- niversary of the late Jane Addams, its founder, were announced recent- ly by .the Women's International date with a view to organizing a concerted demand for the peoples to their governments to end war, The "mandate" which the meetings are to present will call on the gov- ernments of the world to use peace conflicts and to bring about world disarmament and international ' agree- economic _ anarchy The simultaneous meetings open- ing the campaign will be followed speakers will The circulation of the 'People's be carried through primarily by League Women's International League organizers will travel to other. coun- operation of mass organizations and local groups will be sought in each will be presented by an internation- al commission of men and women to heads of governments and to par- liamentary agencies of the principal del be Lethbridge, Alta. -- Jean Charles tions from each country 're Le oga- Routhier, 70, pioneer Alberta ranch-' epresent- "er, a ison of De te Bir Adolph backed 'by = demonstrations for 15 , peace organization in. the' capitals ¢ Active in preparation of the cam- Sir Adolph wrote the words baign are the international officers \ oi : of the league and the national of- Mis, Routhier and six children, ficers in the 26 countries with na- including Adolphe Routhier, K.C., tional sections. Prominent in the. mandate campaign in the U.S. are Mrs. Hannah Clothier Hull, national president; Miss Katherine Devereux Blake and Mrs, Loal Maverick Lloyd, adquarters in' Miss Louise Wier is secretary for the United with headquarters in Chi- cago, and Miss Mary Hoss Wellborn, Europe, AN Sad Soviet Institute 'Reports Tests- Made On Rats And Chickens ' Let ultra-violet rays play on foods and vitamin D is produced--the one that prevents rickets. Has- radium a similar effect? The Soviet Institute for Animal Breeding thinks it has answered the question. V. Sukharev tells the story in Front Nauki i Techniki (Scientific and Technical - front). ' Radium - gives off alpha rays (helium nuclei), beta rays (elec- trons or electrified bits of matter) and gamma rays (super X-rays). Water was exposed to radium, whereupon it in turn became radio- active, so that it could irradiate food--yeast, dried meat, liver and. bone meal. It is evident that the radioactivity came from radon -- a gas which is given off by radium as it disintegrates and which is one of the first products of radium's decay. In hospitals radon is used in the form of thin tubes ('"needl- es"), which are inserted in cancer- ous tumors. : " Two groups of rats were tested-- one with food lacking rickets-pre- venting vitamins, the other with the same food to which radium-ac- tivated yeast, meat and bone meal had been added. After three weeks only one rickety rat of the first or - control group was feebly crawling around, All the rats in the second group were alive and active. Next the Soviet = experimenters tested chickens. Activated meat and bone meal had an 'effect like cod-liver oil. Rickets-preventing, in a word. Moreover, the chickens increased in weight by an amount that could not be attributed to nor- mal growth alone. Control chickens fed in -the regular way were puny. in comparison. Even birds that t t t t after they had been hatched began to thrive on activated food. In forty days they were bigger than the average for their age. ~ Chickens fed on radium-activated diets live longer--much longer than less fortunate controls. When they grow up into hens they lay more. eggs--A40 per cent, more. Then there is the matter of their meat, Much ._ better, the Soviet scientists found it, than that of ordinary pullets. It was richer (less water) and fatter. In all" sich experiments rations are carefully weighed. The Soviet _experimenters noted with ' astonish- ment that their plump, fast-growing broilers were actually living on less than the normal ration. An average chick devours 4.19 kilograms of food to add a single kilogram to its weight. 'But the birds that flourish- ed on food treated with radium emanation needed only 3.06 kilo- grams for the same increase. Pro- bably the activated food is more easily and thoroughly assimilated for «fF You can't go wrong choosing a sailor dress like this for school age daughter. As'to cut, it ig in the best of style and taste, So simpe to av "How shall you* carry it out? Well, if you Follow the inspiring model, you'll choose -printed wasgh- able rayon crepe in pottery rust, s0 new looking and smart, and plain navy for its collar, und tie, No. 25 ' yle No, 2915 is designed for sizeg 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. Size 8 requires 2% yards of 89-inch material with % yard of 39-inch fontiasting. ; ; ¢ HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS ~ Write your name dnd address plaloly, giving number and size of 'pattern wanted. Enclosé 16c in stamps or coin {goin prefer- red; wrap it carefu iv) and ad- dress Jour order to Wilson Pat- tern Service, 73 West Adelaide Street, Toronto. N } Back To School Dress. Q cuffs. some reason still to be discovered. All this is not as original as it may - seem. In 1933 Nadson and Rochlin experimented on the ° effect of radon in forming constant types of yeast; in 1932 Falkenhein tested the antirachitic action of radon on milk, and in 1930 Maisin, Mund Pourbaix and Castille studied = the transformation of ergosterol into vitamin D through radon irradia- tion. , The Soviet scientists make no at- tempt to explain their astonishing results, Either vitamins or com- pounds very similar to them 'are formed by the action of radium emanation. Chemical tests lend color to' this hypothesis. The Soviet scientists make no at- tempt to explain their = astonishing. results. Either vitamins or. com- pounds very similar to them are formed by the action of radium emanation. Cl.emical tests lend color to this hypothesis. Sukharev holds out high hopes. Powdered dried blood, yeast, liver, all 'duly exposed to radium emana- tion, will be used in the treatment of anemia and stomach troubles, he pr dicts. Arctic explorers, who are often laid low by scurvy for lack of the proper vitamins, will call for their. radium-activdted breakfast and dinners and keep themselves .in perfect physical condition. 'And the. cost of irradiation? Dirt cheap, according to Sukharev. About 65 cents in~American money for a pound of food. Rules For Rain Making Finally Are Codified Doniphan, Neb.--There have been numerous = assorted 'rain-making ats 'tempts, but the Doniphan Herald, crusaditig journal of this Nebraska community, approaches the necessity from a different angle. In proclaims ing "rain week" in Doniphan, the Herald listed the following rules: 1. Wash your car. 2, Plan picnics and wear best clothes. Ch i 8, Leaye the:car the washing and the baby outdoors at night. 4, Put' the bedding, the curtains and the carpets out for an airing.. 5. Farmers, cut your hay, stack it , and leave uncovered. is yout were unpromising runts twenty days ---