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VOICE SE ------ 0) THE WORLD AT LARGE CANADA THE EMPIRE the CANADA A Little Too Far And suppose the theatres stopped the show every few minutes to talk about acidity, mouth wash or auto parts.--Brandon Sun. - ' Million Accidents Ontario has® had a million acci- dents since 1915. There; is evident- ly lots of field for such organization as the Safety League to work in.-- Peterborough Examiner, . What Police Are For In the very existence of a revolver are potentialities of tragedy, Tens of thousands of Canadians who now own such weapons would be better advised to depend on police for their protec- tion. That is what police are for.-- Edmonton Journal, } Troubles Would Be Multiplied If government loans were made too easy to obtain, there is reason to fear that the farmer, whose present diffi- culties arise from too heavy a load of debt, would find before long that his troubles had been multiplied instead of being banished.--Fort William Times-Journal. No "Free Hand" Possible How can Britain and France agree to the chief objective of the Hitler regime--a free hand in central Eu- rope? What is meant is annexation of German sections of Czechoslovakia end Austria. France, for instance, has defensive and offensive treaties with the little Entente nations. Niagara Falls Review, Underpaid Teachers It is casy enough to criticize school teachers and to say some: of them have not the necessary qualifications for their duties, but school teachers are human beings who must live like everyone else. And if we think so little of the duties of the teaching profession that we withhold from the members: of that profession adequate rewards for the services they per- form, then the responsibility is not upon the teachers at all, but upon the whole population.--Halifax Her- ald, Ontario's North Premier Hepburn forecasts a far- reaching program of Northern On- taiio development. "We must now turn our eyes," the head of the Government says, "to Northern Ontario and- recognize its potentialities, for the hope of this province lies, to a great extent, in the North." What Mr. Hepburn says Is general- ly recognized. The wealth of the North has contributed in large meas- ure to the progress of this province for a good many years now. It is generally recognized, also, that only a start has been made, that the great- est development lies ahead.-- Windsor Daily Star. - , Dangerous Pedestrians - If a motorist creates a traffic haz- ard by pushing through stop lights, by excessive speed and by erratic driving, to an almost similar degree does a pedestrian create a traffic haz- ard by disobeying traffic signals, dart- ing out from the curb between in- tersections and generally proceeding as though in a mental fog. "If it is fair and reasonable, as it is, to pun- ish a motorist for driving to the com- mon danger, why is it not equally fair and reasonable to penalize a pe- destrian for walking to the common danger? Heaven knows we would not increase the burdens of the average man afoot, who has enough to do dodging careless drivers. But just as there is a type of hopeless motorist who needs to be disciplined, so is there a type of defiant, discourteous and reckless pedestrian who needs to be curbed.--Vancouver Sun. No Such Thing + As "Wind-Burn" When the people talk of wind- "burn they are talking about some- thing that does not exist. Scientists at New York University found by "test that wind does not produce chapping or redness of the skin, but that it merely makes the action of the sun greater by reducing the mois- ture of the skin. Wind itself does not redden the skin, but it helps the sun do it. The ultra-violet rays of . the sun cause sunburn, and these act more violently on skin! that has been dried with the wind. ~ Since the construction of a new road, a railroad, waterway, airway and motor highway all meet at one point in the village of Tushino, near' Moscow. : A--C THE EMPIRE Our Trade With India A feature of the returns for the current fiscal year is the greater trade with the Union of South Africa and with Canada. Neither Dominion en- joys any preference in the Indian market and Canada at least feels aggrieved, as she given Indian pro- ducts preferential treatment. Both the Union and Canads are in a strong position, as in most years In- dia exports much more to them than they send to hej In the first three months of this year, however, Can- ada's exports to India were thrée times their value in the correspond- ing period of 1936 and trade between the two countries almost balances. This situation is not wholly normal, and the Canadian Government is likely to ask for trade negotiations once those in London are over.-- Calcutta Statesman. Democracy at Bay Agglomerations of individuals throughout the world are agitating for justice being meted vut to China. There is not on record an instance of even one solitary body agitating for placidity being the policy in re- gard to Japan. It remains, therefore, for the peoples of the various na- tions to assert their wills. Recently we wrote about the Popular Front coming -to Asia. By that we did not mean Communism in all its crude- ness, What we meant, and we make the explanation in view: of the fact that we have been told that our policy is rather inclined toward the "red" policy, is that we stand first and fore- most for the pure principles of de- mocracy, which actually means equal- ity in all things national and interna- tional. When one throughout the world' there are mil- lions of liberally-minded people, one realizes what enormous power is vir- tually at the back of China. The cause of China is the cause of Democ- racy.--Hong Kong News, Airplane Pilots' Asbestos Suits Will Enable British Flyers to Land Blazing Ship and Escape British alr pilots are to fly in fire- proof clothes--asbestos suits in which -a-man could sit in a petrol blaze with- out serious injury. ) Ground fire-fighting trials with heavy asbestos suits have produced the new flying type, said to be light- er than the lined flying suits now worn by R. A. F, men. The. materlal is closely woven light asbestos. The flyer wearing such a suit has time after catching fire in the air to land his plane and escape. In an ordinary fabric flying suit a pilot cannot, Tests have shown that a pilot can- not stand the heat of a real blaze in his plane for more than a few seconds. An injured man in a fireproof suit -could live some time In a crashed blazing plane until rescuers pulled him clear. The 'suit consists of an over- all "teddy bear" suit, helmet, gloves and emergency visor, Centenarian Eggs Perplex Customs © Australian Officials Are Worrying About the High Duty on 100- Year-Old Ovoids from China. Customs officials of the Australian Government are now -pondering on a problem which is taxing their ingen- unity, They are trying to decide whe- ther they should reduce the tariffs on imported eggs so as to allow the en- try of 100-year-old eggs which the Chinese of Australia badly want but cannot get, These ancient eggs are a great deli- cacy in China, They are encased in a thick coating of dried mud and you can hear the contents of the shell rattle when you give it a shake, Venerable Delicacies Chinese egg exporters say that fit would not be worth their while to send these venerable delicacies to Austral fa while the customs duties are so high. On the other hand, Australian egg producers are protesting emphat- fcally against the importation of eggs, and they argue that they can supply all Australia's egg requirements, But this argument does not help the Chinese residents who, longing for eggs of the centenarian type, say they can only get those which are less than a week old, and so fresh that they up- set Chinese stomachs, Tg And so, while trying to foster trade between China and Australia, the cus- toms officials are mopping their brows in an effort to please all the parties concerned, considers that, Planes Reveal : Unscaled Peak: Climbers Will Study Animal Life on Unexplored Moun- tain Top in Venezuela| An expedition soon will attempt to climb Mount Auyantepuy, hitherto unsealed peak in southern Venezuela, the American Museum of Natural His tory announces, < : Existence of the mountain was re- vealed by airplanes as access to it is shut off to the north by impenetrable forest and to. the south by unexplored Brazilian jungle. No Everest in height --it rises only 8,000 feet--it has a huge flat summit, 300 square miles in area. Enormous Plateau The expedition, now at Ciudad: Boli- var in Central Venezuela, will fly to the base of Auyantepuy, establish a main camp at about the 5,000-foot mark and from there push to the top. Dr, George H. H. Tate of the mus- eum, will, lead the party, Dr. Tate took part in two previous expeditions to neighboring peaks in _ 1928 and 1929, The area is believed to have been at one time an enormous plateau which through the centuries hasbeen eroded into a series of separate) moun- tains, -- J Main object of the expedition: will be to study bird and mammal life on the isolated mountain top. ¢ Christmas Da Programs Ra % = A Vt YN The Canadian Broadcasting. Corpora- tion Schedule For December 25th All programs will be carried over the CBS National Network, (Eastern Standard Time used through. out) 9.50 a.m.--Ofllcial opening of the On- tario Reglemal Transmitter, Inaugural Message from the Hon- jourable C. D. Howe, Minister or Transport. 10.00--The King's Message. 10.10--Continuation of Official Open- ing, 10.30--Music by 'the Toronto Sym- phony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Ernest Macmillan, and the Mendel- ssohn Choir, conducted by Dr. H. A. Freiekr, 11.00 a.m.--Christmas Morning Ser- vice from St.- James Cathedral, To- ronto. ; 12.00 --"The Christmas Stock- ing," {ldren's- fantasy. 1.00 pm.--Special Christmas Day pro- gram from the Vatican. - :2.00 p.m.--Metropolitan Opera Com- pany, Gounod's "Romeo and-Juliet." 5.00 p.m.--"Canadian Christmas," a panorama of Canadian Christmas scenes, 6.30 p.m.--*The Animals' Christmas," a tal by Dan McCowan. 8.00 p.m--"Reindeer Christmas," a play written by Her Excellency, Lady Tweedsmuir; from Toronto. 8.30 p.m. --"Yuletide Music"; from Vancouver.' 9.00 p.m.--N.HL. Hockey Broadcast. 10.30 p.m.--NBC Symphony Orchestra with Arturo Toscanini conducting, 11.30 p.m.--Canadian Press News; weather forecast, Britain Studies Evacuation Plan For Larger Centres -- Air Raid Precautions For City of London ) LONDON.--The air ralds precau- tions bill received third reading in the House of Commons without division and was sent to the House of Lords. Home Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare, defending the bill against Labor at- tacks, declared the "best defence for London ig a strong and vigorous air force, capable of tying down - the enemy's air force to local defence." He announced the air raid precau- tions department would be re-organ- ized along service lines. Sir Samuel said the government re- garded the question of evacuating civ- ilian populations in the event of air attack as 'very urgent." A new clause had been added to the bill, he sald, to permit the government to proceed with plans: for transferring popula- tions in emergency, as well as for the care of refugees. There are more than 600 'broad- casting stations in the United States. CBL. U By VIRGINIA DALE Half "of Hollywood is diligently searching , for giddy comedies, the sort that have made Carole Lombard and 'Irene Dunne outstanding stars. The rest of the film colony figure that the public is going to be fed: up on loony antics soon; and are getting ready to delve into very serious film biographies. Garbo-still wants to do a comedy, but has turned down four stories that the studio has submitted to her. Kay Francis is all set to launch into a laugh epic. Tyrone Power and Loretta Young have started work 'on 'Her Mas- terpicce," hoping that it will be as en- tertaining as their current "Second Honeymoon." In the biograph- ical division, there is the life of Clara Barton in which Irene Dunne will star, the life of Als exander Graham Bell, inventor of the" telephone, in which Tyrone" Power will be featured, and the life of George. Sand, woman novelist, which will star the dainty Annabella, 3 ; Kay Francis In the latest radio poll Charlie McCarthy, to no one's surprise, is voted the most popular radio star, and by a wide margin, too. The great hit of the ventriloquist's dum- my and the growing appeal of Betty Lou, that imaginary character on the Vallee hour, has set radio sponsors to looking for novelties. And the next one to bid for your approval will be a talking patrot. Sketches are all written for the bird, but the feathery star itself has not 'been lo- cated. It seems that all the tryouts havelbeen a failure, } = It takes a long time to score suc- cess in radio, motion pictures, and on the stage, so it is a good idea to start at 'the age of eleven as Joy - Hodges did. She is almost twenty- one now and can point with pride to the months when she sang on the radio with Ted Fio Rito's and Ozzie Nelson's orchestras. You will see. her on) the screen in Universal's "Merry Go Round of 1938" and she is, playing the lead with George Co- han in the outstanding Broadway- hit of the year; "I'd Rather Be Right," which spoofs the New Deal in amiable fashion. She supported herself -all through her four years at Des Moines high school by singing at revival meet- ings and on the radio. ' When you see Carole Lombard in "Nothing Saered," and Barbara Stanwyck in "Breakfast for Two," you imay assume that a course in boxing is a necessary part of every screen actress' training, Barbara Ruts on gloves and goes after Herbert Marshall for all she is worth, pumé- meling and swinging until you begin to fear that' Marshall will' have to play masked /bandit roles the rest of his life, Carole doesn't stop for gloves or any such niceties. She just goes into a slap-happy routine with Fredric March with no holds barred. ---- ~ The M-G-M- radio hour, improv 'every. week; is going to be even bet- . i ter, because it has been decided to con- centrate more on comedy. Ted Healy, who hasn't had 4a chance really to dis- tinguish himself in} their pictures, has walked off with all the honors in. their radio shows, All in- .quiries about. audi- = enge reaction: bring Milton Berle 5 Hodly specialties, You will be 'getting them from now on, Sbéon RIK. 0. will launch a ra- dio 'hour with Milton Berle as mas-, ter of ceremonies--probably late at night so that' it won't interfere with 'Colonists: Under. Balbo Restore ~hard- wheat. 'province of Tripoli alone has yielded "bitious goal already has been attained of choice seeds and- chemical fertiliz- B.C. Introduces Borstal System Refcrmatery For Younger Offend- ers To Be Built At: i Sin VICTORIA. --Premier T. D. Pattullo said last week that his government in- tends to establish 'an institution run on the-lines of the "Borstal System" for British €olumbia's youthful delin- quents, . g ' The: system would be - introduced for delinquents between the ages of 18 and 26 years, the Premier assured a deputation representing 'the John Howard Soclety for'Pénal Reform. He sald: it would be inaugurated in Burnaby « municipality, near Vancou- ver, in the former premises of the Home for the. Friendless, which the Government purchased ' after that charitable-religious institution was closed following a Government inves- tigation, To Promote Good Conduct Headed by Right Rev. H. E. Sex- ton, Bishop of Columbia, |the deputa- tion offered the. co-operation: of the John Howard Society in the after-care work of the Borstal system, whereby youths 'are supervised for two years after leaving a penal institution, The original Borstal system, intro- duced at Borstal prison, Kent, in 1902, divides prisoners into three progres- sive classes to which they: maj be pro- mated by: industry and.good Jconduct: It also. seeks to train. them in a craft they may practice after leaving the institution, . See Ancient Libya A "Granary" Again Fertility to Desert py Guided by the iron hand of Marshal Italo Balbo, the colony of' Libya, Af- rica, 1s slowly but steadily reconquer- ing its ancient place as the 'granary . of the empire," Cyrenalca, with an area of 73,000 square miles long neglected by the plow, has conquered the invading des- ert sands. After the Romans left, Cyrenaica became a waste. During July, the African colony fur- nished Italy with 21,000 quintals of (A quintal {is slightly more than three and one-half bush- els.) Bumper Cereal Production Although 'official statistics for this year's crop are not yet available, agri- cultural experts estimate that the approximately 160,000 quintals of bar ley and 36,000 quintals of wheat. ~All the potential resources of the colony are being gradually exploited to make the production sufficient for its expanding population and to eman- cipate the fatherland from the impor- tation of certain products. This am- for cellulose by the intensive cultiva- tion of alpha, a crop-that-is--particu= larly abundant this year. Italian: colonists hope that, weather conditions remaining . favorable, the production: will reach its peak next year. It is also hoped that the present maximum' of 16 quintals per hectar will be"improved through greater use ers, your going to the theater to see their pictures. ODDS AND ENDS--Grand Nati- onal has ambitious plans to star Tex Ritter, Ken Maynard and Ruth Mix in one big super-Western . . . When you hear a dog barking in the radio serial "Pepper Young's Family," it isn't a sound-effects man at work, It is the well-trained pet of Jean So- thern, regular member of the cast « + + Charlie Farrell, encouraged by, the great come-back of his former: partner, Janet Gaynor, is going to try a comeback too, with Paramount « « . Eleanor Holm had to swim along- side, two aligators in "Tarzan's Re- venge." Two rifle marksmen stood by just in case . .. Latest actor to want Olivia de Havilland to play op- posite him in a Broadway stage play is_Brian Aherne, but_she' still says}: "No" .. . Voting will begin soon for best screen performance of the year: and Charles Boyer is likely to win for his portrayal of Napoleon in "Con- quest" . , . Meanwhile several radio sponsors have voted Nadine Conner, currently subbing for Jeannette Mac Donald Sunday nights, the best wos man singer on the air, tler.--Spanish Government dispatches : reported last week that insurgent air- |: ' Forma tion of men inflicted serious damage and cas ualties in a mistaken bombardment of thelr own field base at Villatranca del Ebro on the north-eastern war-front, "Insurgents 'resumed bombardment of Madrid, damaging Government bar. ricades in the University City and Casa de Campo areas. Government reports were that 15 persons were killed and' more than 30 wounded. ( Has 'No "Treasury" ° REGINA. --, Hon. N. W. Rowell, chairman of the Royal Commission on. Dominion-Provincial relations, warn- ed this week against an apparently widespread assumption that 'some kind of treasury exists at Ottawa from which unlimited sums may be drawn for useful public purposes." "We've pretty nearly reached the point where Canada cannot increase its public debt 'further; rather, it must be reduced," Mr, Rowell said. Fatal Explosion HAMILTON.--Three workmen were killed and one slightly injured by ex- plosions and fire that destroyed the $200,000 benzol recovery unit of the Steel Company of Canada plant. Bod- ies of the three were recovered. Will Challenge Validity TORONTO. -- Premier Hepburn of Ontario announced 'last week-end that unless the Federal Government agrees to permit -the Ontario Hydro-Electric -Power Commission to export surplus - power to the United States, the On: tarijo Govprnment, with support of Quebec, will challenge. the validity of federal legislation imposing the prohibition on export. I Spy Condemned PRAHA, Czechoslovakia.--A Czech military court this: week: pronounced the first death sentence for military espionage since intrdduction of an espionage:law in May, 1936. The man condemned was Josef Bra- di, minor official of Asch, a town in Northwest Czechoslovakia. The coun- try for which: he was: convicted . of spying was not disclosed. ~ . \ Record Gold Production OTTAWA.--A record Canadian pro- duction of gold aggregating close to $145,000,000, is reported by the Depart- ment of Mines for the year now end- ing. Last year the output totalled: about $130,000,000. Experience shows that in December the production is. always stepped up, 'the companies cleaning the mills of all the ore .on hand. Professional' 'Murders PARIS.--Two women who had' an- sweréd help wanted advertisements inserted in newspapers by Eugene Weidmann, confessed executioner for -a-murder-for-profit ring, are now re- ported missing. Investigating police sald they feared that the two women may have met the same fate as Mme. Jeanne Keller, sixth of Weldmann's known victims; whose body was. found in a Fon- tainebleau_forest grave. His confes- sion that he had killed Jean DeKoven, young Brooklyn, N.Y., dancer, start- ed the prolonged investigation; British Note to Japan LONDON.--Great Britain last week- end sent a formal protest to Japan, demanding "actual measures" to halt: attacks on British vessels, The note, which turned out to be milder than the American protest, which President Roosevelt sent to Japan, over the sinking of the U.S:S. Panay, asserted that the Tokio Government failed: to carry; out previous promises to res spect British lives and property in China, The note was despatched after For- eign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that Britain would not be satisfied with the mere note of apology delivered by Japan, South China Conflict, Expected SHANGHAI -- Leaders of Japan's armed forces were reported this week to ba, preparing a great 'drive into South China to complete their con- quest of this war-ravaged nation. Re- ports of the impending. South China invasion, which would bring Japan into even graver collision with British interests, came from many: quarters. Brit'sh railways now employ: near- ly, 600,000 persons. The Imperial Airways huge flyin don from Karachi, India. Fatal Plane Crash in Harbor of Brindisi, Italy A member of the crew and six were boat "Cygnus" crashed and sank to the Jlton of the harbor at B "ile daar. N= 1 vent! was sted week leans in a study of suc: ment of the habit by two offic the U. B. Public Health 8 71 Sympathy Required fy Reporting to the Southern Medical Association, Dr, Lawrence Kolb, medt. cal director of the service, and Dn W. F. Ossenfort of the National Nan cotic Farm at Lexington; Ky., ahd many addicts can be restored to nor- ~mal life by proper treatment and a 'sympathetic attitude from the publio, Many persons have been "cured of the narcotic habit" by being treated 'ag patients to be cured," instead?of farm was opened in 1935, Dr. Kolb de- clared. Society must' recognize, he said, that it will, benefit economically as well as socially in treating narcotic addiction as a disease. , Gradual Withdrawal™ The 'rational treatment" evolved-by the service after long experience con- sists of gradual withdrawal 8f the nar- cotic from a patient, restraining him ag lttle as is possible, and providing work and recreation which will restore normal physical strength and Nim- inate' the need for stimulants, Dr. Kolb sald. } inations are made on every patient in "order to stimulate mental resistance - to narcotic temptation after release, and every effort is made to placa pas. which they can work normally and $s *free from tendencies toward their old habits, > ; N Many cases of narcotic : addiction "seem to be hopeless, but in the ab- sence of organic deterioration one should never despair . of Stfecting eventual cure," the public health sut- geons declared. J Threw Tomatoes At Men Dancers But Later -Discovered That Male ~ Ballet. Artists Are Not Sissies After All Note to the man in the second row Don't do it; you've got those gentle- men toe: dancers all' wrong; not' sissies; just a bunch ¢f reformed wrestlers, footballers: and track men, That's right--put your vegetables away and listen to the. story of Ted Shawn and his barefoot boys. Twenty-five years ago Shawn start- ed his dancing career. He was 21 and a good. dancer, Fooled Them With Missles of giving the public something ditfer- ent; male: ballet dancers. Warnings came from everywhere. It would be murder, they told him, to skip eight young men through a routine usually ® accompanied by the rustle of skirts. - But Shawn fooled them, He dug in- 'to colleges and came up with a wrest- ling champion; prize pole vaulter, foot- ball players, crack swimmers=musc- led, handsome youngsters. "Sir, that first year of pioneering was a trifle difficult," Shawn' remin- isced this week. "There were times when it looked as if the boys were in for a bit of a fruit barrage. *> Collected Vegetables _ "Well do I remember the first time the troupe went into Texas. weeks in advance 60 cowboys had gone about collecting eggs and veget- ables. The night of thé show the house manager. was in agony. Our 50 friends were out front and well-equip- ped. went out, Signs of restlessness in tha first two rows caused the boys to brace for the worst. Nothing hap- pened. friends actvally became interested ahd took their vegetables home with them." \ "About 20 per cent. of our audiences were male on the first tour," said Shawn. "Now it is about 60 per cent." Heaven's Window Monuments - have: been greeted in, memory of all sorts of eveiits; achie- vements, animals, birds and' insects!" There 'is also' one in honour of a Christmas carol. This was raised to 'Silent Night," and depicts Pag Mohr, the writer, seated at a of Heaven listening to the: sweoct singing of those on earth; it is obvi- ous. from: the expression on his face that he recognizes his own so%-. 'This monument, the only/one of its kind, stands in the Church. of St. Nikolaus, Obendorf, Salzberg, A%g. tria, In the sculptor's mind Healn was evidently 'a very worldly. place, strel strumming on what looks very much like a mandoline, In the last three years 700,000 "married subsidies" were granted by the 'German Government to married women who agreed not to salaried work, ; SHRI i ey of ihr: accept any * a society for the prev oF being imprisoned, since the: narcgitc « 1 iy A § £, tients in better social surrounding in; They're' . 1 Five years ago he hit upon.theXdea TS Two - "The curtain went up and the boyg . "Of course, the boys felt ag if they had been on the stage a couple of Bf = weeks when that show ended, but ur.' Ati" a, 4. commemorate: the well-known carol, wl io for behind Pastor Mohr stands a min-%. ie In addition to this treatment, he ® § "¥ - added, thorough psychological exam. with the sack of throwing tomatoes: oN : AI en eH DD ED ADT TE En ee an a 4 1 0 thd on en o& =