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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), August 9, 1928, p. 3

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canadian ladies add beauty and points to canadas glory at olympic games photographs above show 1 miss ethel catherwood tho jumping saskatchewan lily in action in the amsterdam stadium her style in clearing the bar and her boauty made uer a popular subject with tho press bad ismteur photographers 2 la another viow of miss catherwood wearing tho official costume adopted by tho canadian ladies team 3 shows tho canadian ladies team in thoh- official sweat suits from left second and third places captured in trial of 100 metres to right they are myrtle cook who was disqualiled for false starts in the final ot tho hundred metres fanny rosenfeld who was second florence bell eliminated jean thompson penotang pansy wtoso specialty is the 800 metres but who has not been feeling well since hor arrival in holland and another view of ethel catherwood miss ethel smith who is not shown linishod third victory of the usa hope miss robinson over the canadians was a distinct surprise her time in tho trials was considerably slower than that made by the canadian sprinters although she won the heat in which miss bell was eliminated whllo fanny rosenfeld equalled tho worlds record it was on mystlo cook that canadian officials pinned their groat hope of victory her disqualification was a serious blow to canadian aspirations peiping finds its new status as singular as its latest name no longer capital of china and reduced to provincial center imperial city tries to reconcile itself to new role x peiping peiping peking is hav- though the ministers wero mere pup- lng difficulty in adjusting itself to pets of successive warlords have the idea that it is no longer the capi- been promptly given over to new tal of china but is merely one of purposes tho ministry ot finance several large cities which are centers has bocome tho headquarters of tho of special administrative areas und- j district kuomintang or peoples com- der the nationalist government yet mittee the mmiste of war serves as tho first nationalist leadors who have th residence ot the defense corn- entered tho city insist that the ar- missloner the foreign ministry as rangement is permanent and it will tho headquarters of the commissioner not again have any great political im- of foreign affairs the old parlia- portance ment building and various of the chinese who havo lived horo undor manchu palaces are being used for the manchus and during the early now and perhaps less dignified pur- days of tho republic greot this no- poses tlon with somewhat amused incredul- such older statesmen as tong ousness for a timo tho national- shao-yr- and tan yenkai insist that ists may keep their capital at nan- dr sun yatsen was thoroughly justl- king thoy declaro but sooner or fied in his contention that a peoples later they must come back as all government cau never bo establish- others havo done for 800 years ed in the monarchical atmosphere or these observers point to the citys this city in nanking no foreigner vast government buildings its great lias over ruled china while this city hotels and chinese inns its guild j has been the seat of government for centers representing- every province many invaders the tartars the in onlna its dozens ot schools its mongols and the manchus from sheltered legation quarter nan- nanking as a baso these invaders king has none of these things tlioy havo been successively driven out a new resort ojibway indians surrender snake island to govern ment to be sold funds to be added to in dian reserve snake island lake simcoe a sec- tion ot the ojibway indian reserve is for sale located about ten miles south of georglna island the head quarters of the ojibways and two miles off lake simcoes eastern shore it consists of 328 acres ot heavily wooded and fertile land no longer do the ojibway indians need it for their own use they have surrendered it to the governmont which is now attempting to sell it for them the sale price which will likely be around 250000 will be ad ded to the indian reserve fund for tho maintenance and care of the jibway tribe only in tho summer months is snake island now habited two girls camps have their location there re ceiving the use of the island gratis perhaps half a dozen cottagers havo realized tho beauties of the spot and return each summer to make it their home tia a famous island this here sat tho council ring when the braves of the ojibway and iroquois trlbe3 waged ferocious warfare on the green banks of lake simcoe many of tho famous ojibway chiefs first saw the light ot day on snake island thero 97 years ago beneath a gnarled oak old big canoe was born tho oak re structlon of the country bodyguard dispensed with argue how can a central govern- legations also a factor ment be maintained in a city where while these sentimental consldora- thera is no government machinery tlons have muchweight with chinese poiplug has evorythlng which a gov- j of all classes they appear to appeal eminent requires nanking has al- more to the older kuomintang lead- most nothing the nationalists ors than to the younger the latter have no money to spare on the majdo not appear to relish the idea of j mains just as gnarled and stately as chinery of government and will not living in nanking with its entire lack ever but big canoes fighting days have- for many years they need of convenience and refinement tho aro done ho lies at georglna frail every- penny they can get tor recon- material advantages of poipiiig inland weak bolovod by all who knew press them i him whatever the ultimate outcome it with tho sale of this island one appears probable that the national- moro landmark is passing from the in spite of all these evident facts ists will keep their capital at nan- j hands of tho redskins however the procedure ot turning the j king at least for a year the can- one more old stamping ground hasr city into a mere special admlnlstra- tonese and tho wuhan faction hayo disappeared tho indians are grad- tivo area has gone steadily ahead i vehomontly expressed disapproval of ually becoming canadlanized the the involved retinue and mimic gov- moving the capital to peiping they young braves aro not now content to ernment of chang tsolin and of do not want tho capital so closely live as their forbears did but now other pseudorepublicans before him under tho domination of feng yu- desire to live as their whlto cousins has been quietly but steadily xhsiang as it would bo in this city j telegram changed for the unostentatious slml the legation quarter is another pllcity of marshal yen hsishan and j argument used against moving the in a smni1 way 1 anl a journalist his shansi men on his first day in capital to peiping ardent national- the city marshal yen set tho koynoto ist disliko this foreign village ruled of this new government ho took up by foreigners in the heart of tho city his quarters in the ministry of war which has been the capital of tho instead- of in tho presidents palaco chinese republic they point out where chang tsolln lived in well- that if the capital is kept in nanking guarded splondor in place of tho this troublosomo problem will bo auto- elaborate bodyguard which watched matically solved eventually thoy all approaches to the mukden war- say the legations will be compelled lords residence a few poorlyclad to removo to nanking on tho samo men from tho shansi hills stood idly basis as in any other world capital around marshal yens door lb which in the meantime tho foreign diplo- all visitors wero admitted without mats will doubtless remain here but very closo inspection the nationalists say it is just as woll tho commodious buildings of tho to have foreign representatives at a various ministries which have been little distance from their evolving reserved for their original purposo government christian science moni- on all previous occasions even tor myself sir arthur conan doyle their country rather than shift tho responsibility onto others tho mob may howl for another champion and get him that is inevi tablebut ho will not bo of a higher type of manhood than the present tilleiiolder and gene tunney will ho a splendid citizen when he is no long er a ring champion from tho cincinnati enquirer and it also can bo claimed that tunneys brain as well as his hands contributed to his victories it is in that particular as well as in fistic the master boxer from the toledo blade despite tho undercurrent of deslro to havo ono champion dethroned and another set up in his stead the longer geno tunney retains tho title he holds the better it will bo for the youth of america if wo must havo pugilistic champions tunney is the most dcslr- ablo type ho is irahy mentally and physically inspiring ho 11cs cleanly and thinks clearly geno tunney is the outstanding ex ponent of selfdefense to him a sci- skm 11nt ll0 stands above most cou- enco not only is he tho master toslants the public of tho prize ring boxer of today but is conspicuously j wants a champion who llvos his part the master of himself tho result of nlrt doe flnrt much inspiration in thursday nights contest was never 01 wil 01t ot tho ring would rather in doubt tho champion had prepared reatl books aul taik shakespearo than himself for tho nights work self- discuss piizo fighting thoro always trained to ac ho job with deferenco j has been a rivalry between brain and to the rules of tho game thero wero i brawn a mosi often the victory has no accusations of low blows or been lo thc form or to the one who rabbit punches it was uninspiring possessed both tiinnoy possesses to any who aro without taste for black j ioth larb0 measure and someono eyes ami bloody noses but it was a bettor ho in both must bo found fair llgll- foupjit with tho kind before thero is llkoly to bo a now couratro oua lotos men to batyouii air development with development work on the walker airport being rushed ahead there comes word that air mail ser vice between windsor and toronto with london as an intermediate point may be established within a fort night this intimation follows an nouncement ot a pending merger of nearly all canadian companies en gaged in passenger and freight carry ing by air the torontowindsor line is expected to be one ot a series of air links between various canadian cities and connecting also with many american oiuts the next five or ten years will see a tremendous development in the business of flying travel by air and tho handling of malls and freight aro bound to become common the safe ty factor is being continually em phasized and the saving of time that it is possible to effect in handling both people and goods in this modern fashion is something that commends the airway to efficient business peo ple the world over it is satisfactory to know that tho border cities with their new airport are shortly to bo in on the ground floor of the flying industry and local business men aro looking forward to the day when this community will be the centre ot airplane manufacturing for the dominion a development that e only natural when one considers its close relation to the automotive in dustry and the position we occupy in this respect that the border cities will havo not ono but several air ports in operation during the next few years is not to bo doubted italy under fire washington post those who have made it their business to turn the italia disaster to the discredit of italy have done a good job their proposter- out tales have taken rcot eventual ly it will be recognized that general nobile sorrowfully returning to re port to his countrymen was a most pitiful figure as he was forced to shun the public in this journey for the time being ho is an- outcast despised for an incident over which he ha1 not tho remotest control lights that fail jam quincy traffic crowds from beaches honk but wait until waved by red signals quincy mass quincy motorists have a new commentary on the opera tion of automatic traffic signals in a recent experience which tied up long lines of cars on several miles of the citys principal streets and highways during an afternoon when pleasure travel to and from tho beaches was especially heavy it was a new version of the light that failed a trolley wire in city square fell across the wires which regulate the signal lights throughout the auto matic system recently installed by the city tho result was that every light stayed just as it happened to be when the wires were shortcircuited at every red light taf fie stopped and waited it waited a long time and then waited some more- the lines be- hind lengthened and honked by that time police sergeants were rushing patrolmen from their homes to take traffic posts and beckon to the drivers to pass red lights it was somo time before the conges tion was cleared one officer reported an unbroken line of automobiles at one time extended from quincy square to north weymouth a distance- of four miles the police commented that the incident was proof of the obedi ence motorists give to the signal lights four spanish airmen off on li world cruise expect to circle globe in 45 days get away after three attempts nicaragua and peace detroit news not one citizen of the united states could give any justifi able explanation of the presence of tho bombing planes in nicaragua or furnish any justification for their kill ing nicaraguans and an extremely humiliating feature of the whole busi ness is that the people of european countries whom at tho present mo ment we are persuading to sign treat ies outlawing war dont know any more than wo do why we are fighting with the nicaraguans adamsons adventures by o jacobsson cadiz spain with guitars strum ming a farewell four spanish airmen hopped oft recently in a fourmotored seaplane on the first lap of a flight around the world in fortyfive days two attempts wero necessary before the plane named numancla rose from tho waters after part of its load had been lightened at 715 am on tho third attempt the plane took off and headed for the azores some 1200 miles away from there the airmen intend to head for halifax and then new york before leaving ramon franco pilot and commander informed the as sociated press correspondent that he hoped to be back in cadiz in forty- five days captain ruiz do alda who was with franco on tho first flight across the south atlantic in 1926 was navigator aboard the plane tho other members of tho crew were bmlllo gallarza copilot and pablo rada mechanic a picturesque crowd gathorod on the beach to see the airmen oil men women and children had bean as sembling since midnight some had guitars and by two oclock in the morning many couples were dancing in the moonlight while tho children sang r meanwhile the four airmen were aboard the plane anxiously awaiting the moment of departure at 615 the numanclas four 500 horsepower motors added their roar to the muslo which camo across the water from tho shore a few minutes later the gray sea plane with a spanish flag painted on its side sped over the waters ot the harbor it was unable to riso an other futile attempt was made and then the plane was lightened on tho third try the plana rose grace fully from the water it circled over pureto real nearby and then disap peared toward tho azores the plane will be navigated by directional wire less canada attracts attention canada could hass no finer na tional advertising than that contained in a handsome circular recently is- sued liy tho messrs frazler jolko company wellknown new york brok ers the circular contains a survey of the dominion investment held and a great deal of useful general inform- i a tlon concerning our counter it la appropriately captioned tho land of promise i here is a sample quotation from the new york firms summing up ol tho canadian situation i canada is growing in importance as a land of opportunity for american investment since the war canada and tho united states have develop cd their mutual interests in finance in industrial production and in com mercial intercourse this inter dependence is more marked than that of any two countries which aro not related politically investments of the united states in canada since 1920 are estimated to have exceeded 2800000000 and aro now said to bo greater than thse of all other countries combined canadian investments in tho united j states are estimated auproxlcatoly 730000000 compared with 113000- 000 in countries of the british empire other than canada i sometimes it taker an outsider to see things that 1iose in tho heart of j a country or a community fall to ap- 1 reclato tiis ha3 often bcon tie case so far as canada is concerned happily however canadians aro now i showing a koiior appreciation of tho greatness of their own nation and it j is good for canada that ms so

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