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daring robbers subdue five loot safe of 5000 five bandits invade toronto bread plant barricade occupj ants in storeroom four healthy london babies greet 1932 make escape in gar break way in and out of bakery at point of gun3 hold prisoners toronto equipped with two stolen one mac believed to have been the acetylene torch outfits and operating leader and a second man both armed with a speed and daring apparently set out to round up tho employees be- boru of a firsthand acquaintance with fore beginning actual operations ea- the plant fivo armed robbers boldly tering the wagon shed they warned drove a big sedan automobile early the two washers to keep quiet and to sunday morning into the canada tand together bread companys factory at no 2 the apparent loader wm a man ot bloor street west at dtindas street about 30 years of age the police were while two of them rounded up and btood guard over the five occupants of tho building three bandits carried the heavy torches and tanks up to tho main offices on the first floor cut open tho builtin safe and escaped with about 5000 locking their prisoners in a storeroom told about 5 feet 10 inches in height and wore a dark overcoat a grey fedora hat aud a red handkerchief over his face he carired two guns the second man was described a3 about 25 years of age about 5 fee 1 inches tall weariug a gey cap and coat and a white handkerchief over working with a minimum of con- his face he wa3 slim aud fair and car- versalion aud an absence of bluster ried ono gun or threats that amounted almost to j the prisoners were marched into the ultrapoliteness the gang seemed to know that saturday night and early sunday morning is the one period when the plant is not on full operating schedule and staffed with at least 40 to 50 men they also must have wait ed for the usual police patrol to pas3 by for the officer on the beat had tried all doors of the plant only 20 miuutos before the robbers broke in without finding anything amiss entering the place about 120 am driving shed uuer the direction ot terso orders whereupon the tall leader displayed knowledge ot the plant lay out and operating terms by remark ing well ill go and get the rack man referring to gilbert up in the harness room ho returned shortly marching gilbert ahead ot him at the point ot his pistols and carrying a number of straps from the harness room police investigators were also told i that when the twogun man went up- tb9 confidently moving masked ban dlts did not take more than 40 or 50 j stairs he remarked to his companions minutes to hold up the four employees remember now no shooting and and a youth within the factor cut in- to the prisoner dont start any- to the safe abstract the money within thing and escape in the auto also believed j abandoned car found to be stolen after locking up the men j hamilton jan 17 an auto which working in tho plant and breaking might liave beea u3ed ia the cana open a rear door opening on to viu- bread robbery in toronto saturday cent street money in mahogany box night wa3 found abandoned on the guelph road near the clapison cut at the sum total in tho dashing in- 5 oclock this afternoon but toronto vaslou of the bakery represented tho and local authorities are of the opinion entire receipts from sales of the that the machiue wa3 not involved in plants products on saturday and was the crime in a stout mahogany box containing j the hamilton officers were advised bills oe small or medium denomina- that a sedan had been used in tho tions and a quantity of silver toronto holdup some time before 11 the only occupants of the plant at oclock last night a machine of that the time of the robbery were two type owned by boyce kelly ot 207 ot- wagou washers harold roberts of 41 tava street south carrying liceuso lvne avenue and robert gardiner ot r7651 was taken from in front ot 3 red hill avenue a harness cleaner the ioof temple the stolen car william gilbert of 4s jesmond street j which the bandits used was 9aid to be tho night watchman john alnsleo ot fawncolored but the auto stolen hero electric light beams spot plane the silver lining speeds growth at 16000ft height these babies held by a nurse at the city of london maternity hos pital will celebrate their birthday each new years day they are tha first youngsters bora at the hospital this year 343 crawford street aud sidney win ter of 2409 dundas street we3t win ter is not an employee ot the company but was friendly with several of the night employees and had been in the habit for some time past ot dropping in for a chat or to give occasional as sistance to his friends was deep blue almost black the toronto police were immediately ad vised and while they did not consider the discovery ot importance local de- tootive3 removed the car to central police station and it will be examined tomorrow by william pinch local fingerprint expert larger wheat exports forecast signs that native supplies in europe need sup plementing fort william likelihood of stronger foreign demand for cana dian wheat before long is intimated in the report of the statistical branch of the board ot grain commissioners on the movement of western cana dian grain for december 1931 rus sia has almost disappeared as an im portant factor for the present the large wheat crop of alberta is tend ing to throw a great deal ot the pres ent export movement to vancouver tho report states it is reported that an arrangement has been negotiated between ger many and russia by which germany will accept shipments ot wheat and rye from russia in exchange for ma chinery this will have the effect ot providing a market tor muoh of the balance of russias surplus anl any future shipments will not have much influence upon the worlds markets whilst there is no indication at present of an immediate improve ment in the export demand for can adian wheat particularly whilst ship ments from the southern hemisphere are at their heaviest it is encour aging to note that the export ship ments to dato indieato canada is enjoying a good share ot the worlds demand for wheat thero are signs too that nativo supplies of wheat in europe will hnvo to be supplemented by largor imports before very long and that italy and franco may be taking stops to allow of such in the near future burma promised a constitution trappers bag large premier macdonald gives a pledge of responsible government london burma has received a pledge of responsible government by evolutionary process from prime minister ramsay macdonald at the concluding session of the burmese round table conference- it burma decides at a national eloction to separate from india brit ain will grant her a constitution pro viding for a legislature and for a governor to bo appointed by the british crown who will exercise wide reserved powers in dealing with foreign affairs defence and finance potentialities of autonomy mr macdonalds pledge was call ed neither homerule nor dominion status but it carried with it what tho prime minister termed the po tentialities ot selfgovernment tho whole genius of british ad ministration he explained ls to load up peoples who come under its rule to a position where they can assume responsibility for their own government u ba pe spokesman for tho bur mese delegates in responding to mr macdonald said that any constitu tion for burma must reflect the feel ing ot the burmese rather than the feeling of the british the history ot burma will show that burma until she came into con tract with the british held a prom inent position in the east he said and it is really a thing which i can not understand that it should ba said that a country which wag independ ent just 46 years ago is not flt to en- joy larger freedom under british rule gold particles found in bulgarian city i borisovgrad bulgaria hopes have beea aroused by american engineers who with the help of 50 laborers are digging ii gold valley in this tit- tie city ia southern bulgaria care fully washing the sand and gravel they uncover and minutely testing the bright particles they find their discoveries eem to be en couraging inasmuch as they have ordered machinery to enable them to make more extensive excavations in fact the first assignment of pipes drills rived filled the people with expectation for mora than halt a century the inhabitants of this county have be lieved that there is gold here it ia related that once a viilage wo man carried a bag ot sand home and dumped it in her yard for her ohickeus to scratch in and that fol lowing a heavy rain the ground was covered with small shining specks after that adventurers came from far and near to discover the source ot the golden sand but none before ever found enough wealth to make digging worth whilo januarys charm theres colour in the country tho its january not may and wan mists drape the hillsides and shorts the sullen day tho the streams run high raiuswol len and the wiud wails la the eaves theres colour in beech hedgerows in the bright dead leaves the gorse glows gold in patches the hollys green and red the yellow jasmines flowering by the barren brown rosebed and hips and haws twine scarlet oer the crinkled brackens tan and sluices has already ar- a grev reen hchened oak trunk bears and the sight ot them has orange fullgus att theros a wealth of colourmagic by the quiet winter way in bird breasts iridescent old red i barns and closestacked hay the deep soft snow spreads silver ueath a curled yellow moon aud tho rare blue sky seems bluer when its january not juue id in answers loudon a man is by nothing 30 much him self as by his temper and by the character ot his passions and affec tions if he loses what is manly and worbhly in these he is as much lost to himself as when he loses his memory and understanding earl of shaftesbury rio has 285 miles of car lines rio de janiero rio de janiero has 285 miles of streetcar lines over which are operated 1152 passenger cars wheat crosses produced two years quicker by australian plan melbourne vic successful experi ments in the use of electric light in speeding up the growth of wheat plants are being continued at the vic torian state research farm at werri- bee near melbourne- the results are proving of practical value in wheat raising and in the introduction of varieties from other countries accord ing to a news item in the christian science monitor- ordinarily 10 years are required to produce new crossbred wheats from the time of cross fertilization until distribution to the farmer by inclos ing tho plants in a cage suitably il luminated with electiic light it is pos sible to grow the first three genera tions of plants in ono year and thus reduce the total time by two years sometimes late varieties possess qualities such as size of head or grain- which it is desirable to introduce into early varieties as these two types will not flower at the same time it is often impossible without artificial aid to cross them the use of electric light at a suitable time makes it pos sible to hasten the development of the late types sufficiently to allow the cross to b made the australian experiments were begun by professor wadham in 1929 as a result of observations on the growth of australian varieties of wheat in england and of english varieties introduced to australia the australian varieties in england pro fessor wadham noticed produced very short pale shoots with early heads on the other hand english varieties in australia remained immature and green until late in the season and were thus adversely affected by the hot winds in november and december experiments showed that the period of light which the plant received daily had an important effect on its devel opment by increasing the daily daylight period with weak electric light it was found the maturity could be hastened similarly by inclosure of the plants in a specially construct ed box limiting the period of daylight tho growth could be retarded 1000 years to make soil massachusetts state college- geolo gists have figures that it takes 1000 years of weathering to make one inch of soil the pathfinder swedish princess remembers small patients bag large number of wolves up north bay ont applications for bounty on 13 wolves were received recently by g m parks district sup- opened in glasgow glasgow tho now albert higher erintendent of the department of grade school in tho sprlngburn dis- gamo and fisheries here an average trlct ot glasgow which was recently of three applications a day are made opened cost approximately 79000 to hu office mr parks stated ten it contains two chemistry labor i- pplications were made one day in torles a cookery room laundry ami oecembor- the open winter exper- fu equipped housewifery depir- ienccd this year mr- parks believed meat with furnished hat was responsible for the trappers sue- eess in this respect there is one redeeming feature- about a chronic borrowor of money lie nover poster a maa when h is down ho who has reined in and curbed his pleasures by aobriety and torn- perance has procured for himself much greater honor and a greater victory than ha who conquers an enemy lwy cooperation is urged between doctorsdentists toronto dr boyd s gardener head of the dental department at the mayo clinic rochester new york stressed the point that the origin of many diseases could be traced to faulty teeth in a recent address at the meeting of the academy of den tistry here and therefore dentists should have some general knowl edge of medical praotice he also stated that doctors should sometimes call dentists into consultation in mak ing a diagnosis tiie use of xray as a routine pro cedure both in diagnosing and ex tracting was strongly upheld by the speaker there were approximate ly 70000 dentists in the united states only half of whom are good diagnosticians because only about 35000 of them have access to xray machines or caro to use them taking as a specific example of j the progress made in the use of den- tlstry in making a diagnosis he told the gathering that in tho past extrac tion of teeth was encouraged as a cure for arthritis but that in recent years four different kinds of arthritis had been discovered the cause of only one of which could be traced to the teeth dr gardener illustrated with lan tern slides modern methods of ex tracting teeth by surgery which he declared was far superior ot yank ing until something conies in speaking of a european tour he had made he said that in finland 90 per cent ot tho dentists were wo men and in norway 40 per cent in opening tho discussion which followed the address dr harris mc- phedran president ot the academy i ot medicine in toronto was in agree ment with dr gardener in the closer i cooporatioii ot the two professions patterns altered in latest huge british search light loidon a searchlight of chaleng- irgpower has beea invented by maj john savage whose name is well known in britain as the leading ex ponent of sky writing in the beam cf this light an airplane has been spotted and its height and course ac curately plotted at a height of 1goo0 feet the intensity of this great light is estimated at 3000000000 candle- power the difference between this and an ordinary searchlight is that it consists of coo parallel beams each of which is deflected by a mirror along the path it is to take in the whole team the pattern thrown on the sky can be varied at will so as to take the appearance of a grid circle oval or other pattern as desired in the first public demonstration the pattern was in the shape of a square grid divided iito nine smaller squares but major savage told an interviewer that a 16square grid would generally be more useful- a sound locator gives the direction or an approaching airplane which can then be picked up quickly by the light- the pilot might think that he had evaded the light as he entered the darkness of one of the grid dividing lines only to find himself in the bril liant glare of the next square when used as an airdrome ground light it gives the most brilliant illumination and as the depth of the beam is com paratively shallow it does not darde a landing pilot the invention has been described by experts as the most striking develop ment in searchlights in the last 20 years the whole appfratus which is divided into parts can be mounted on a petrolelectric lorry in one part is the mechanism for generating the light and in the other it is broken up into its 300 rays and transmitted the light can be traversed round the are of a circle and raised or lowered as necessary fair weather ahead the new outlook toronto cinda has been fortunate in main taining her production and general business activities at present levels when other countries are faced with conditions of the greatest difficulty unemployment and its accompanying hardships have been felt less in can ada than in most countries promis ing features in the present economic outlook include the healthy condition of savings deposits the strong techni cal position of canadian manufactur ers and a prosperous gold mining in dustry the most difficult situation in canada is that of agriculture a revival of world trade and a return a s boyle company propose to erect a plant in windsor early this year calgary alta model oil co hava bought and will resume active opera tions on the old anaconda well other wells which are expected to be pened up again are alberta superior rand midroal livingstone and turner basin dominion bureau of statistics re port that in spite of the many diffu culties resulting from economic condi tions surplus stock of wheat are mov ing into consumption at a rapid rate- philippine islands a radio report is to the effect that the largest gold uiscovery was made just recently oo one of the islands stratford cnu men are to start on 40hour week plan dating frm january 4th instead of 36hour we-k- brantford chicago firm to take over by january 15th the old plant of the brantford specialty and start operating again windsor mr justus miller secre tarymanager of the border chamber of commerce is authority for the news that 33 branches of amerieaa firms haw been secured by the border cities during last year- two to build new premises- nineteen were secur ed in windsor six in walkerville three to sandwich two to ardertou township one to tecumseh one to east windsor and one to riverside- it is estimated that the above new in dustries will employ 2000 in normat times hamilton mr f p healey man agingsecretary of the hamilton chamber of commerce intimates that through the acquisition of the beech nut company by life savers- incor porated of canada should result ia increased business a program of expanoion is under way and when completed it is expected that many new hands will be employed- st john nb mr f macluro sclanders commissioner of the saint john board of trade writes it may- interest to mention that our st john merchants report this years christmas business to be fully up to and in many cases considerably ahead of last years and our retailers aro feeling quite happy there is a persistent rumor in bank ing circles that more than one u s senator is agitating to standardise the canadian dollar on a parity basis to the american dollar simrall refining corporation ex poet to erect an oil refinery in ander- ton ont- this year- owing to the loss through exchauga on the canadian dollar gas compan ies will lose this year a cool half mil lion dollars if not more for gas pr- ducing coal from the states mr s frank wilson large canadian pub lisher is of the opinion that it woild bo better to pay for long canadan freight haulage and leave the half of profits to agriculture must precede any general return to prosperity to million dollars to canadian railways this country but canada is weather- rather than to pay it to american coat mg this period of difficulty in a favor able manner and will be in an admir able position to participate in the first material advance british workers aid unemployed birmingham eng one hundred un employed allotment holders of the staffordshire town of walsall as an expression of their gratitude for gov ernment and private help given them during the last season have decided to subscribe a penny a week each from aow to next spring so that 100 other unemployed walsall men mav be able to have allotments the mouey thus subscribed will buy the seeds needed for the new allot ments and it is expected that the society of friends allotments com mittee will pay the rent of tho whole 200 for the coming season economic court proposed j to settle world disputes genova a sort of hague court for the settlement of economic disputes between nations is rooa to be estab lished by the league ot natlous j under the terms of the projeot as i now prepared the tribunal will have 1 the right to grant merely advisory opinions when those are desired to mako arbitral awards or to serve as a body for conciliation tho leagues permanent economic j committee which is completing the details for thi3 new international trij bunal suggests that it be composed of j some twclvo to fifteen experts chosen from tho most varied fields ot indus- i try commerce international law and virtually every branch ot international economic relations motors in use could carry total population of nation new yorkevery man woman and child in tho united states could bo placed in the automobiles now in operation and transported simultane ously according to a w chllds chief of the automobile divis on bur- frit eau ot foreign and d lur z f l of snare on their stocks barons hamilton firestone tire company will have full staff working for the remainder of the winter hours to bo j increased from six to eight per day j tilsonburg a tobacco redrying piant large enough to handle goooooo lbs of tobacco per year is under pro ject the town council and the board of trade has heartily endorsed the project bell telephone co are considering sweeping changes in their system in volving additions of over 15000000 in ontario and quebec alvinston out local investing public bought their one 15year 5 pec cent serial debentures dated decem ber 21 1931 ottawa 523000 radio licenses were ssued for the first eight months of the fiscal year an increase over lho same period last year automotive plants of the border cities are hiring several thousand to work immediate ly silk woollen and hosiery mills ara increasing business gold mining u active- orelgn and domestic com merce today one automobile ls register ed for each 46 persons in this co-n- iry mr childa sots forth al though many motor cars are deign ed to carry only two passengers he aaya the number which will seat more than ave offsets the limitations of the smaller vehicles prairie provinces reports of cht christmas business was that its vol ume was equal to that of last yeaiv canadian industries limited declar- a dollar per lae of the small patients in stockholm hospital who princess ingrld eleu remembered at xmas she vidently views her dolly as a ou possession royal chef serves bread line madrid a year ago chf francis- c arroyo was preparing dainties for i imp and queen princes and prin cesses today he labors over spanish lew for the city bread line- he n- ies to questioners with graceful spanish easualrcss as he manipulates pots and pans in the free kitchen maintained by the city record wheat crop seen in south africa cape town s af conditions all point to a bumper wheat crop this year for the south african farming community many farmers who formerly de voted all their attention to sheep have since the fall in the wool prlcos sown their lands with wheat nothing is more likely to relieve the economic pressure in the rural areas than the bounteous harvest now being gathered in lljrctsre warrant found an order made out 355 years ago for the arrest of william shakespeare has been found in f-ngland- a goodsteed diningroom is ilkoly to he found in an empty stomach i john northway and son limited ot toronto recorded the biggest christ mas business in the stores history woodbridge local ratepayers sub scribed to their own town debenture amounting to 511275 and did it i iess than ten hours j national library of wales plan further improvement j aberystwlth wales the national library for wales is being extend- od and improved the roport foe tha year 193031 describes the prog ress of the work ot providing book cases and cabinets in the print room further accommodation is to be pro- vided for manuscripts more than 5100000 has been subscribed to tha building fund and tho debit balanca has been roduccd from 70000 la 125 books issued during the year num bered 35315 and manuscripts 24jx moro than 10000 readers visited tho library in addition 7328 books wero lent to adult classes in waiaj if two people can live on less than ono its because they have- to