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statistics show twenty million are unemployed in world canada looked on as suffering lightly germany double number found in great britain united states heads list has washington figures collected here and abroad indicate there are perhaps 20000000 persons in the world who ore willing to work and have uo jobs students ot economics and politics be lieve this is by far the worst feature of the present depression mr mag- nusson of the international labor oitiee says it is uo exaggeration to say that unemployment has been the overshadowing problem canada is looked upon here as suf fering lightly from this economic plague on the whole new countries and countries which depend to a con siderable degree upon agriculture are liappily situated in times of depres sion one expert said there are always a few potatoes on a farm and there is undoubtedly not the actual want iu canada that may be found iu highly industrialized countries he added it came as a shock to the people of the united states when the official figure of 0050000 unemployed was re- ceutly announced despite the fact previous unofficial estimates had ruu as high is 7000000 these figures place the united states well up in the international unemployment list tho enumeration of unemployed is made on different bases in different nations and as a consequence it is impossible to make accurate comparison official figures tho latest official statistics available for th5 principal countries are as fol lows united states 6030000 germany 4383843 creat britain 2014209 italy fi 12169 japan 3sg391 austria 331239 australia 102900 netherlands 10372s sweden s037s dei mark 70961 belgium 63540 france 28536 these figures represent registered unemployed wholly unemployed and those receiving benefits there is no doubt they do not reflect the situation in any adequate degree it is noted france which is well balanced as between agriculture and manufacture stands at the bottom ot this list as the least affected country in europe famous lawyer dies in england sir edward clarke had figured in many sen sational cases staines eng sir edward clarke gland old man of the british bar died on sunday last at the age of 90 he retired from active practice in 1914 sir edward figured in some ot tho most sensational cases of the last century including tho famous bacca rat cheating case in which edward vii then prince of wales gava evi dence he also defended dr jamesou ot jamesons kaid boer war fame jvlien he was tried in 1s9c sir edward was knighted iu 1ss6 when he became solicitorgeneral he also was noted for his writings which included works on legal biographical and religious topics ho was married twice his first wife the former amy mitchell died in 1881 hi3 second wife was kath arine mathilda bryant argentina plans exhibit at cne entire block burns in callender ont north bay ont within three hours mi entire block in the busi ness area of the village ot callander eight miles south ot north bay was levelled to the ground by a ore which originated in a mysteri ous manner in the basement of the pacific hotel on the main corner the hotel the canadian national railway station and freight sheds three business structures and ad joining buildings were left in em bers the net loss is placed at 60- 000 outlook is fair in drought area washington receiving just a fair break tho wide sections ot the country which suffered from last years drought will get through 1931 all right j c hoyt expert on surface water tor the geological survey said av erage rains during tho growing sea son and midsummer will he adequate iu view of the rainfall of the past alx weeks both for crops and for water supplies of communities spectacular parachute drop made by rcaf men ottawa as nonchalantly as bath ers taking a morning plunge 12 of ficers and nouconimisloned officers ot the royal canadian air force tumbled into space from a height of 2000 feet hero last saturday in one of tho most spectacular exhibitions of parachute jumping ever staged in canada tho display was remarkable iu that very filer who went aloft completed what is probably tho most hazardous part ot tho air force training with landings that wcro perfect or near perfect floating show of products reply to trade overtures buenos aires argentine commer cial aud industrial organizations are planning to send a floating exhibition of argentine products to canada next year in response to an invitation from the canadian manufacturers associa tion it is probable the arrival of the ex hibition iu canada will be timed to coincide with the canadian national exhibition at toronto canadians are making a strong bid for argentinas trade their section of the empire trade exhibition lias been one of the most successful and their invitation to argentina is an effort to stimulate northbound trade without which they feel they cannot successfully sell canadian goods to argentiua iu large volume canadian boys win penn medley relay event brilliant finish by moore of j hamilton quells brooklyn challenge 26 teams i complete j fraufeiin kied philadelphia ham- j ilton out central collegiate lasti- i tute for years a strong contender for i inteischolastic honors at the pennsyl vania relay carnival scored a notable victory last friday iu the intersclo- lastic medley championship race the quartet of canadian hoys tri umphed ii a field of 26 teams one of the biggest in the history ot the race and did it impressively as they registered the sixth victory for hamil ton collegiate since 1922 the school won the high sciooi one- mile championship three times in 1922 1923 and 1929 iu addition to j twice winning the interseholastic two- mile race iu 1922 and 1923 with shaver winfield pearaou and captain moore ruuuing in order on i relay legs ot ssoyards 4 10yards 220yards and one mile hamilton took an early lead and set the pace most of the way shaver took the lead on the second lap ot his half mile and when captain moore took tho baton for the final mile he had a lead of a good 30 yards over j didie of st james academy brooklyn the outstanding contender all the way didie closed this gap and passed moore after going into the gnu lap but the canadian hoy had a good kick left after running stride for stride with didie on the back stretch moore shook off his rival with a good finish and won goiug away by fully forty yards the canadians time of 750 s10 was only two seconds short of the record set by lakewood high school of ohio in 1929 the second canadian entry delta collegiate also ot hamilton after a good early showing finished tenth with downes woods dann and hurst running in that order chicagos new mayor the markets anton j corniak chicagos recently eiacted mayor with his daughter mrs frank j jirka and her children mariella and frank during recent postelection vacation crossing warning radio net to be given test will soon span produce quotations toronto dealers are buying produce at the following prices eggs ungraded cases returned fresh extras isc fresh firsts 15c seconds isc butter no 1 ontario- creamery solids 24c no 2 23c churning cream special 27c no 1 2gc no 2 23c cheese no 1 large colored paraf fined and government graded llmic quotations to poultry shippers are as follows poultry a grade alive fatted hens over 3 to 6 lbs 20c over 4 to 5 bs 18c under 4 lbs 16c old rocs- leis over 5 lbs 12c ducks iver 3 lbs 27c over 4 co 5 lbs 25c muscovie ducks over 5 lbs 23c over 4 to 5 lbs 19c spring broilers litocksl over 2 lbs 27c leghorns over li lbs 2c poultry a grade dressed fat ted hens over 5 to i lbs 24c ovr 4 to 0 lbs 22c under 4 lbs 20c old rooster over 5 lbs 17c ducks over 3 lbs 28c over 4 to 5 lbs 26c grain quotations grain dealers on the toronto boad of trade arc making the followiivrj april 20th american aviatrix plans solo atlantic flight jcei york ruth nichols who ua four air records to her credit win shortly attempt the first womans solo flight across the atlantic col clar ence d chamberliu her aeronautic advise- announced recently iu the red monoplane which sin flew at a speed ot 210 miles an hour at detroit she will take off from har bor grace nf to follow tho lind bergh trail to paris tho airplane which belongs to the crosley kadio corporation cincin nati is beiug overhauled at the new jersey aircraft factory ot colonel chamberlain who it is said vatnlj tried to dissuade her from the at- npt miss nichols toll slender aud in her kiddle 20s started hying lea than five years ago before that she was known only as a society girl snowstorms greet daylight saving in europe london most ot western europe which switched to summer timo on ot alrost its first real c 3c quotations for car iots manitoba wheat no 1 hard g no 1 north gjvic no 2 do iv- no 4 do ocvic cif bay ports manitoba oats no 1 feed no 2 feed 29 tic manitoba barley no 3 cw no 4 do s4ic feed 33c argentine corn 53c may shipment to arrive millfeed del montreal freights bags included bian per ton 52225 shorts per ton 2425 middlings 2725 ontario grain wheat g8 o 70c barley 28 to 32c its 20 to 30c rye nominal buckwheat nominal live stock quotations heavy beef steers s550 to 050 butcher steers choice s575 to sg do fair to good 8525 to 550 do com new plane motor proves successful berlin the junker companys new dieel airplane motor whose builders claim for it a wide margin ot advan tage over the gasoline engine recently drove a ninepassenger monoplane in a successful trial flight from the tempelhof airport it had been built into a ship ordlnj arily powered by three gasoline mo- j tors officials of the transport minj istry and the lufthansa airline were aboard for the test tho engine is t go into tlie lufthansa freight serv ice and after extensive tests will be i mounted in passenger planes it has no spark plugs or other eleci trlcal ignition compressed air fedj from a special tank starts the motor j and in fight a small auxiliary diesel britains railways to be electrified london the daily herald semi official organ of the labor govern ment said recently that a scheme unparalleled iu the industrial his tory ot any country would be out lined in the report of the special commission which has been consider ing railway electrification the report of the special commis sion will recommend electrification of the entire 51000 miles ot british railways at a tost of nearly 2000- 000000 said the daily herald ad ding that it was estimated that the development would mean an annual saving of 62600000 the newspaper claimed that the scheme had received the approval of the railways which it said had al ready prepared new timetables carrying out ot tho recommenda tions would mean employing another 60000 men for the next 20 years and thus it strongly appeals to the gov ernment the herald concluded recharges the tank combustion n tho cylinders takes place when a jet of fuel oil is sprayed into a tempera ture raised by high compression to 752 degrees fahrenheit tho motor weighs 1700 pounds and its builders say it will increase the flying rango by 40 per cent and will double the payload windsor invention makes loud noise as auto nears tracks windsor the ontario department of highways will shortly test a device to warn motorists and other users of highways that they are approaching a railway crossing the device invented by w j hyatt ot windsor is of steel plates and is built into the pavement and is so ar ranged that occupants ot a motor car will think that the car is falling to pieces when they cross the alarm the noise is similar to but much louder than that produced by the old plank bridges mr hyatt has been advised by pre mier george s heury minister of darkest africa it t5s5 h of winter weather this year heavy snow fell in switzerland aud northwestern sections ot tho conti nent gales whipped up the english channel and gave mail boats a rough crossing aeroplanes were held up at la bourget and croydon shipping waa driven to harbors along the north coast ot france iu the london area rain fell and id weather such as not been re corded here in fifteen years at this on kept city dwellers at their flre- s there ws hail in many parts of southern england while at the reashore resorts hardly a person ap peared on the dreary frostbitten promenades loudon it will not be long before the continent known only 50 years ago as darkest africa will be linked lip from end to end by a chain of radio stations stations have been ordered by the administrations of uganda kenya tanganyika northern aud southern rhodesia and the union of south africa they will lie used both for tho new capetocairo air route and in many cases for general communication these stations will link up ali the airdromes highways that a trial installation is to be made near ridgetown patents i i canada and the united states have been secured by mr hyatt who is president ot the hyattjumbo roofing company i georgia schools go on farm schedule milieu go there are thousands of georgia children who can go to school all winter but when spring conies and tho ground is ready for corn and cot ton planting they have to stay t home work comes first on many farms so this year the principal of the red hill high school has worked r iti i out a sc by which the children 7 passengers killed in 1930 avoid losing all day at school ac- lowest american rail record cprdingiy school now opens at sso am and closes at 2 pm the child ren can then work until 7 oclock as new forest fires in new york state albany ny the forest fire haz ard had conservation department of ficials worried last week thirtyeight now fires were reported during ono day to bring a fourday total of 175 fires most of the fires were relatively uu- important being quickly controlled but tho steady nin ot new ones was considered an indication that tho woods were drying out moro and more and the danger therefore becoming greater it is statewide powder on sealing ships to break ice packs an explosion ot powder caused the destruction of the sealer viking and it might be wondered what use a sealer had for such destructive sub stance every vessel which goes regularly into the ice carries powdor or dynamite in her supplies and it is frequently used to free the vessel from the ice ships frequently gel stuck in the ice when trying to penetrate the floes aud cannot be backed out when this occurs a few charges of powder or dynamite are placed under the ice near the ship and exploded then with engines going astern she can be freed also when a ship is be ing jammed by the pack it is some times possible to reduce the pres sure by smashing the surrounding pack with explosives airmen fail to make nonrefueling mark jacksonville beach fla walter lees and frederic brossy detroit air men seeking a worlds nonrefueling endurance record in a dieselmotored plane were forced to lapd recently i after flying 74 hours and 1 minute they failed to equal the present re cord held by lucien bossourot and aime rossie french fliers who set the mark ot 75 hours aud 23 minutes over algiers early in march the present american record held by eddie stiuson and george halde man weut by hours wnshingtonfower deaths of pas sengers in train accidents in 1930 than ever before in the history of american railroading were reported by the american railway association carriers listed only seven killed the association said three less thau the previous record of ten in 1927 and twentynine below the figures for 1929 for each 1930 fatality the railroads carried 101571000 passengers only 790 passengers were injured in 1930 against 1742 in 1929 and 1401 in 1928 sisting in planting the crop- 3411910 radio licenses issued in britain 1930 london almost 3500000 radio sets are in operation iu tho british isles 3411910 licenses having been isued up to january 1 the 1930 total of sets was 155171 greater than iu the preceding year december issuances due principally to tho boards it was 57 christmas gifts of licenses were 85- 1012 arizona apricot tree 3 feet in diameter 52 years old washington arizonas entry in the biggest fruit tree contest is an apricot tree planted by scotch settlers on top of natural bridge near the village of payson the tree was planted fifty- two years ago charles e resser curator of stratigrapliic paleontology at tho national museum here discover ed it he says its trunk is now more than three feet iu diameter with a spread ot branches exceeding 100 feet and this summer tile tree bore approximately 100 bushels of fruit air mail for jamaica loudon air mails from great bri- taiu are now accepted for jamaica these go by sea to new york and then by air to kingston via miami 550 to 575 do fair to good 525 to 550 do com 4 50 to5 butcher cows good to choice 375 to 425 do med s3 to 350 canners and cut ters 1 to s2 ulcher bulls good to choice 375 to 425 uo bolognas 2 o 3 babv beef 6 to 8 feeders good 5 to 550 stockers 450 to 475 springers 50 to s0 milkers 0 to g0 calves good and choice 8 to 850 do nud 7 to 750 do com 4 to 5 lambs choice 1050 to 11 buck lamps 350 to 9 spring lambs 5 to 11 sheep 2 to 6 hogs bacon tob 8 do do woc 65 to 75c above fob do selects 1 per bog premium do butchers 1 per hog discount fire protection association plan fourday conference new methods of reducing the annual fire loss to canada of hundreds of lives and millions of dollars in prop erty will form the basis for discus sion at a fourday conference on problems of fire prevention aud fire control by technical engineers and representatives from wide range ot industrial activity at the 35th annual meeting of the national fire protec tion association to be held at the royal york hotel toronto may 11 to 11 inclusive right hon sir thomas white ivcmc vicepresident of the cana dian bank of commerce and franklin h wentworth managing director ot the association will speak at a dinner mlnesday evening george f lewis canadian director of the association and deputy fire marshal of ontario is chairman of the toronto committee revised standards and codes for the control ot specific fire hazards and new methods ot fire extinguishment form the basis of over a score of tech- liical reports to be presented these reports which apply to a wide field of commerce and industry are prepared ly expert members the work ot these experts and their committees carried on in cooperation witli the industries affected is re flected in the growing number ot pro tective codes adopted as standard predatory seals to be hunted in plane and killed by rihes anchorage alaska alaska3 preda tory hair seals will be killed from the air by bombing plane equipped with rapidfire rifles by john oneill and harold gilman aviator3 hair seals gather on sandy islands by the thous ands to sun themselves and a hundred could he bagged iu a few minutes by a surprise attack declares gilmati alaska offers a 5 bounty for each hair seal killed because they are al leged to devour large numbers ot sal mon during the summer runs hungarian women in majority r pest incomplete returns from the hungarian census show 1048 wo men to every 1000 men among the countrys 86s8740 inhabitants but ia budapest which has a population ot 1oo1s00 there are 11s9 women to 1000 men egg found by road builders produces california eaglel embank calif an egg speckled and about the size of a goose egg was found by workmen employed on a road i little tuijunga canyon near here amid much speculation as to the kind of egg it was the men took their find to hatchery after a month of incubation a fluffy white egglet picked its way from the shell cold stare drives robbers away st louis james morkides night mauoger of a restaurant here remem bered from his natural history book that a lion could be frightened away by a cold unswerving stare so when a bandit entered the restaurant when morkides was alone the manager merely stared intently at the thief who thereupon lowered his revolver and ran out to study grain problems meteor falls in nebraska herman neb a small meteor fell into a pasture near here recently and burned for two hours flames at times leaping 40 feet in the air tho largest ploco was found to be about ii inches long and eight pounds in weight 1500000 creamery windsor out essex county is to havo a big creamery the largest in tho british empire with a capital ot 1500000 following an agreement reached between tho minnesota valley canning corporation of lesueur minn and jolin wall and associates of wind sor mr wall is to be president and general manager champion cow halifax nova scotia colchester county has produced the latest can adian champion cow with a record ot 11949 pounds of milk 553 pounds ot fat in tho two year old class the new canadian champion is a product ot tho beech hill farm prlnccport road colchester county and owned by f v swindells practice by they apply the industries to which ask ordination of women glasgow scotland barriers to wo mens ordination as ministers of the church of scotland would be broken down under a petition prepared tor the general assembly in may soma 350 prominent women attorneys have signed the petition simplified english as world tongue stockholm english with a simpli fied spelling would make an ideal world language according to it e zachrlssen professor of english at upsalaunlverslty who has conducted j tyj 100th birthday extensive tests with anglic tho rou france divorce and death simplified form he has prepared pu- j h witli inhabitants ot this pits studying under him have been able to read write and converse flu ently iu anglic after 20 lessom of 90 minutes each the new tongue is not an artificial language but pure eng lish boiled down with simplified spelling so that ono method takes the place ot several now in use j dogs assist detroit police i in patrols of outlying areas dogs play an important part in anti- crimo activities among the most ef ficient members of tho detroit police i department says popular mechanics magazine aro seven shepherd dogs i which have a perfect record in stamp ing out crime in the lonely sections which they patrol every night each dog walks a beat with a policeman and region two diamond and eight golden weddings and two 100th birth days were celebrated here this month with ceremonies at the city hall sir joalah sump chairman of the indon midland and scottish railway with his wife and sen colin and maxwell leaves london for canada to inveitigato grain marketing problem opening bottle with teeth fatal anso au beaufils attempting to open a bottle with his teeth proved fatal for william g couture ot this town when he swallowed the cork which caught in ills throat cou ture was rushed to gaspe hospital but died shortly after his arrival there he was 24 years ot age mouse imperils plane pilot ralcigut noc oscar dawson aviator nearly lost bis life beeaua socfllclent have the animals become lot a mouse whilo in midair be dls- that not a single house prowler has covered a largo section ot wing fabrio been reported in their district bad been pulled loose from his plane o workmen discovered a mouso had hamilton ont building permits made a nest of tuo fabric threads for tho first three months ot 1931 in hamilton totalled 126 1550 as com- toronto ont fall wheat and al- pared with 1862450 for the similar falfa and clove secdings aro in bettor quarter of 1930 which is considered a condition this year than last according favorable showing iu view of general to tho weokly crop rjport of tho on- world condition i tarlo department ot agriculture