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> 4 Fall Silent Films Teach Troops. | Cenadian Soldiers Pick Up. Leas on Drill,' Arms in Easy fay. Canada's Hehting men are now learning the tricks of their new trade in the most up-to-date man. ner possible and training includes the . viewing of moving pictures that show in detail the right way = for things to be, dane : - These ilms of the silent variety, are one-reel pletures, which cover about 100 subjects with which the' various arms of the Canadian Act ive Service Foree must be familiar, Cover 100. Subjects Ln For Instance there is one reel on bayonet drill. There {s another for machine gun practice and oth. ers covering such things as the platoon in Attack, handling of var: foug arms, tank work, signalling and methods of fighting in varlous types of country-side, 2 The reels are made In the Unit- ed Kingdom. To dato the silent films have been found satisfactory for instructional purposes and no consideration has been given the use of sound films, Fall Minus Snow: All-Time Record Set in Ontario This Season -- For One Reason; It Hasn't . Been Cold Enough Lack of snow In Toronto and dis- trict this fall and "winter" bas set a 'record for all time since weather data first first kept in this city, ninety-nine years ago, the Meteoro- logical Bureau has apnounced. There was no-measurable snow-- Just odd snow-flurries up until Dec, 16th. 1 1's an Involved reply when wea- thor experts take many factors into consideration to answer the ques. - tion, "Why no snow this winter?" Prevailing Winds From Pacific The crux of the reason scems' to be that to a most unusual extent the prevalling' winds (n Ontario. this season have been from the Pacific Ocean, "By the time these winds from the Pacific cross the Rockies and drop their moisture there they are both warmed and dry when théy reach here," the weather expert sald. : Similar Conditions To 1850 The year 18560 was the nearest - approach to this season's lack of moisture, which has been regarded as serlous by farmers whose wulls bavg gone, -and are going dry and who need more rains for proper nu- trition of the land. : ' 'Heart Disease So .." We are ablo'to giake plans FoundNo.1 . Death Cause In Canada. During the First Six Months of 1939 - Heart' diseases were death's greatest ally in Canada during the first six months of 1939, according to figures released: by: the. Domine. fon Bureau of Statistics. Of the 57, 949 deaths during the perlod, com- pared with 64,726 in the corres- ponding period of .1938, heart dls- "eases caused 9,780, ; Many Violent Deaths Deaths as the. result of specified -- causes, with figures for the oorres- ponding period of last year in brac- kets follow: Heart diseases, 9,780 (9,172); cancer, 6,119 (5,868); "au. tomoblle accidents, 488 (549); oth- er violent deaths, 1,964 (2,152); discases of the arferles, 6,785 (5, 183); tuberculosis, 3,225 - (3,272); influenza 3,241 (1,633); pnoumonia 4,213. (4,485); nephritis, 3,628 (3, 490); suicide, 479 (496); homicide, 83 (74), Investment In ~~ Canada Urged U.S Agriculture Secretary : Stresses Opportunities Here Henry Wallace, Secretary of Ag. rlculture, declared. in a 'recent ad-. dress that Canada and Latin-Amer- ica, ag fields for Investment of United States capital, offered an economid substitute for the coun- try's vanislied land frontier. Destiny in This Hemisphere "We must recognize," he sald, that our destiny lies increasingly in this hemisphere, and insofar as for the investment of funds; we 'can well consider laying Increasing empha. sls on Canada, Latin-America and possibly Australia," The Cabinet 'ofticer, in a speech prepared for a joint session of the American Political Bclencoe Asso. clation and the Soclety for Public Administration, blamed many of the world's present ills on United Btates policies after tho first Great War. + -------------- 3 It is officially reported : that there are more horses on. Canad- fan farms this year than last, The 1989 total is 2,824,340, as com- pared' vith 2,820,700 fa fncrease of 8,640, - 1988, an 3 "" "the Germans the 'speedy, : hand; and commercial trave PARADE ...| Christmas and New Year's ex. citements over, European war news threatened to fall as flat as the proverbial pancake . . . front Dage news here suffered 'from a surfeit of diplomatic .heersay, un. reports and false rum ors ;, ,"i the Russo'Finnish affair "was magnified beyond all propor + + the newspaper reading tion populace were beginning to exper: fence a let-down feeling when along camo, that sensation, the "Mystery of the Disappearing Cabinet Min. ister." Boredom was: banished. Was: the War Seoretary's resig: nation due to his extensive demo- cratization of the army, a. conflict with "his generals, disagreement with the Prime Minister, or fnabil ity to get along with Winston Churchill? Would public indignas tion at the demotion of this most popular Minister grow to the ex- tent of driving the government out of power? Only a week previous, a prominent British daily had called for the clearing of all "deadwood" out of the Cabinet . . . Sir Oliver Stanley's name was mentioned for the discard, but now Sir Oliver elts In Hore-Belisha's chair, BUSY DIPLOMATS In the eighteenth week of the war the world discovered that Eur- ope's 'diplomats had been spending a busy Yuletide . . . Foreign Min- isters of Italy and Hungary appear- ed to have agreed upon a defensive. alllance between the two countries, assuring Hungary full Italian sup- port In the event of attack either by Germany or Soviet Russia, said pact to be kept secret . ., Russia signed a three-year commercial and 'navigation agreement with Bulgar -1a, ratified a trade treaty with China, and continmied negotiations for a similar compact with Japan, The Balkan pot kept: bolling throughout the week . .. King Car: ol shook his fist warningly at both Russia and Germany, but it be- came more evident that should the war on the Western Front remain deadlocked, southeastern Europe would' become the. new battle. ground . , , Conditions tacre fave ored a war of movement, such as waged in Poland, which would give ample scope to 1940. Ea . PUSH IN THE SPRING? Writing from Paris; New York Times' correspondent Archambault sald: "At present the nature of.the Allled campaign that will develop 'in 1940 turns on. the answer to the question: Will the Germans. at- tack in the spring? There is a very general assumption that they will. It is argued here that the Nazi leadership might strive to defeat France before the main British army enters the lists, and before _ certain neutrals may decide to take sides." In the same week: Hermann Goering became absolute economic dictator of Germany . .. President 'Roosevelt recommended to Con. gress.enormous additional expendi- 'tures for the U, S. alr forces and coastal defences . ,. Premier Eam- on do Valera of Eire, sought to. put 'the kibosh: on the Irish Republican 'Army , ., the Russian military ma- chine stalled in Finland . . .. . Canada's Parliament.got ready for a session which will doubtless be filled with acrimonious debate and lengthy inquiry, .". | ; : Chatham Once Had Fifty-two Blacksmiths That Was In 1885, Old Direct. ory Shows; Autos Also Stole Jobs of Hostlers and Livery Owners Invention of the automobile un doubtkdly helped expand Windsor and Detroit, but just think' what happened to Chatham and its 62 blacksmiths listed in the city dir. ectory of 1885-86, when gas bug- gles started chugging down the muddy streets, says the Windsor Daily Star. Stylish' Rigs, Then When this rare 'Chatham City Directory and County GaZeteer" was published and compiled by James Soutar in that golden, pre- automobile era, there were "still more 'than a half:humdred men making a good living as "horse- shoers. and blacksmiths. In the unmechanized town of that remote date, quite a ribmber of the men were still going to daily work as hostlers, or in liv- ory stables where "comfortable a stylish rugs" were' A, s)at as described as "a specialty." Only "lamp-lighter" in Chatham was Frank Hargreaves, and Hany Marshall and Michael Dyer ghared: duties as'the "bridge-tender." No editorial note was added to the dir. ectory to, explain what a "tomb- stone traveller' was, but one cit izen was listed as filling that post. 6) The arrival f the first division of the C.A.S.F, has won the enthusiastic acclaim of the Britishers, sawing smartly past during route marches, TOM, as they swing along an English countr shown lining up. for inspection, TOP, idl Scottish troops « under the leadership of Maj.-Gen. A. Gok. McNaughton, who never tire of watching the Canadian troops as they of the first division receive a hearty cheer. BOT- y road. V/earing' their battle dress, ES ------------------ the Canadian: "Scotties" are VOICE of the PRESS gO after what they want while the good: wonder why somebody' does not 'Chronicle « Telegraph, to take place on November 11 in '1940 and we can think of a couple ot Individuals In should be in similar state by that time, = Peterborough Examiner, million people are agreed that far. mers ghould get more for their pro- duct, but amongst the eleven mil- lion people there Is not one who «can tell us how to do ft, -- er's Advocate, [ our time judoors. our homes to a closed automobile or street car and then to a stuffy office, For days at a timo we spend hardly an hour in the fresh air and sunshine. Is it any wonder that an outbreak of the commor cold dods strike so many of us? It Is well es- tablished that fresh~ady and sun. - shine are essential to good heaith, Many, of us fall to get anything like a proper quota during periods of cold weather. -- Halifax Chron- icle. THE INACTION, OF VIRTUE The wicked thrive because they do something, Quebec HERE'S HOPING Partial eclipse of the sun is due Europe who HELPLESS CREW The whole population of eleven Farm. GET A LITTLE AIR Many of us spend- almost all of Wo dash rfrom The Book Shelf "MOULDERS Of NATIONAL DESTINIES" by F. H. 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'Many Microbes Are Evacuated From Pasteur Institute in Paris -- They're Not Harmful So Long As-They- Remain in Glass-Vessels _ Literally __bililons "of - 'mierobes - have been evacuated from Paris by the Wasteur Institute. Collec ed from every part of the world, they represent all. the 'known dis. easeg caused by germs, While seal. ed in thelr glass vessels they can do no harm, but a homb could scat: ter them far and wide, . Collected From All Over World Even then they would be harm: less unless some of the worst fell -. on a passerby. If, however, they fell into»a fountdin, they could do fmmeasurahlo damage. The disas- ter of thelr loss by bomb or shell fire would be of a different kind, They have taken years to collect, and sclentific men have spent thousands of hours to study, clas- . sity and grow them. It all this knowledge were lost" many - years: would be needed to make It good, China is one of the largest wheat-growing nations. : Guesswork Recently a banquet for gour- ments was held in Paris. A prize was offered to the guest who could name correctly the vintages of the wines and the names. of the dishes served, The winnesg placed five of the wines, but could only name three of the seven dishes, And the greatest food-specialists in France could not differentiate between venison and hare. MICKIE SAYS PROMOTERS OF HAND BILLS'N ADVERTISING | SHEETS KNOW BETTER'M TO TEST THEIR ALLEGED POPULARITY BY TRYIN' TO CHARGE MONEY Ee Oluario Qs? UTDOORS By VIC BAKER THE SPORTSMAN AND WAR } A) The declaration of war created a problem for most of the proviico's sportsmen's organizations who were undécided whether to relax most of their activities or Increase them to meet the emergency, A ro cent statement from the province's leading conservation organization the Ontario Federation of Anglers, indicates in a very forceful manners what stand should be taken in these times and we report it in this cor- . try continues to make steady pro- - Bear.Lake, NNW.T,, has passed the + 100-gram mark, and the output of ner as an example for other organi- zations of anglers and hunters who may. still feel undecided, At a critical time, such as this in tho history of our Dominion an out- standing opportunity is presented in which organizations such as the Ontario Federation of Anglers can plan and carry out a programme for tho promotion of conservation of the natural resources of this pro- vince with far-reaching and lasting benefit to Canada. Conserve Fish and Game Wars are now more than ever a question of endurance and finan. cial resources are a factor of- the greatest importance, Itinanclal res ~ sources aro dependent on the main- tenance of trade «t high levels and continuous progress In all {n- dustries. The tourist trade of Ont- arfo is one of her greatest induse tries and, important as it has been in the past, the closing of Europo . to tourists on account of thd war promises considerable augmeuta- tion of this trado in the future, it we seo to it that the supply of na- tural resources of fish and game are not allowed to become deplet- ed. Canada's Radium Industry Grows Makes Steady Progress up on™ the Edge of Arctic Circle; Mines on Great Bear Lake, Refinery at Port Hope, Ont. Away up on the edge of the Arc- tie Circle, Canada's radium indus- gress, according to reports recolv- ed by the Doparlment of Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Production of radium from the property of Eldor- ado Gold Mines Limited on Great uranium oxide and other associate minerals has ylolded a further sub- stantial return, Pitchblende -- 135 Tons Daily Reserves of pitchblende ore have been increased, and the capacity of the mill at tho mine has been step. ped up to 135 tons dally, with re- covery Improved and costs lowered; The refinery at Port Hope, Ontario has a productive capacity of 108 grams of radium per year with fac- 1lities. for processing from 8,000 to 10,000 tons of uranium compounds, and for extracting radlo-active lean and silver, also sulphide, and other materials, Although the mine and the refinery are more than three thousand miles apart, the output at the two points is carefully corre- recently completed now gives the industry economical processing fa." cilities which can be geared to the world demand, aud production largely solved, the Canadian radium industry' Is now directing attention to product re- search, market research and mar- ket developinent. Although widely used for the treatment of cancer, the possibilities of radium as an fndustiial mineral are still largely unknown. It is now being used in lumingus compounds and in radio- grapay -- the "x-raying" of heavy castings and metal parts to detect flaws --- but means exhaust the probable field of service of 'the minaral. vested a when the production amociinted to 108,770,100 with 101,394,000 pounds in 1938, and 72,093,400 pounds in 1937. grown in the United States are- used on the farms where grown, Develop Uses for Radium With problems of development Brucite Find Helps Canada Expected to Make Country In. - dependent of Foreign Sources -- Discov Ontario and Quebec ly Recent discoveries of brucite in Ontario and Quebec quent research by ¢ mines bureau may make Canadg in. dependent of foreign sources of the high" grado refractory materlale, tho mines department has announce. ed at Ottawa. x From brucite magnesia is obtaln- and subse. . the federal. ed. for the making of basic high 3 grado refractories essential for use in the steel and other metallur- gleal Industries so vital in time of war, * Get Magnesia From It Commercial deposits of brucite were first discovered in Canada in 1937 at Rutherglen, Ont. by M, F, ° Goudge of iho mines bureau, Subse quent fleld work has disclosed oth- or deposits all within easy reach of transportation, At present Canada obtains most of its magnesia from the United States, Europe and Asia, In Canada the brucite occurs as small crystals or grains In crystal lino limestone and comprises about 25 to 30 per cent, of the rock, A process has beon developed where- by a product of almost pure mag- nesia can be obtalued and the pos. sibilities of producing the maghes- fa at cost low enough to compete successfully with that of the im- ported material is now under con- sideration. : theso uses. by no Canadian tobacco growers har- record crop this year pounds compared About one-third of the potatoes l#ted, and an expansion program "I Won't Give Nurse a Kiss, LIFE'S LIKE THAT b=) . + + 1 Don't Want My Face Slasped Like Pop's Was." ; REG'LAR FELLERS--Very Serious VY CERTAINLY, PINHEADT/ I GFF By GENE BYRNES WHATSAMATTA PINHEADT YG RIEUMATIINY ) Al FIEARLY LOST A NICKEL! 2 ) Reg. 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