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voice of the press canada the empire and the world at large newspapers lead the president ot the- firestone tire nd rubber company announced the other day that hl3 company intends to increase its advertising appropriation during 1933 particularly in the daily newspapers many striking demonstrations have been offered of the fact that there are plonty of buyers in the country if those with something to sell at the right price and of the right quality will give the public their message in th proper form it has also been demonstrated that no form ot publicity pays a3 great a dividend as newspaper advertising certain sections ot the public may read a magazine announcement or many hear an advertising program over the air but a newspaper message g0o3 to all the people border cities star i siams economy lie more the ve3tern world learns oout slam the more firmly it is per suaded that the siameso are a re markable people not long ago they changed their system of government without making much of a fuss about it on that oullghtened kingdom a re volution take3 place with the utmost of restraint and amiability on all sides yet that is not the most wonderful thing about slam it has learned to cut budgets and discharge useless pub lic servants iu a way that is astonish ing to western mind3 frederieton gleaner danger in turning corners it would naturally be imagined that one of the first things every motorist learns is how to turn corners correct ly that bit of driving technicality euiely belongs in the abcs ot the art of handling an automobile however recent figures show that during the first six months of 1932 there were in ontario 123 accidents in making right- hand turns with two persons killed mid 80 injured while iu the same period 444 accidents occurred in ne- totlating lefthand turns with ave kill ed and 2c5 injured peterborough pxaminer wale adornment the depressed canadian dollar i3 a biossiug to canadas atlantic ports tho railways which serve thom and the shipping companies and sailors rho convey goods to and from them by sea thanks to our depressed dol lar it is now cheaper to ship wheat bversea by way ot halifax or st john uiaa by way ot the united states port3 of the atlanticrfoast canadian freight rates are paid in canadian money us rates have to be paid in united states money the 12 to 14 per cent exchange makes the us routes too costly to be competitive such canadian grain as is moving eastward is going to tho canadian ports edmonton bulletin paper 1000 years old a chinese newspaper has published continuously for 1000 years fancy having indignant subscriber write in this is not tho position you assumed in 1011 ottawa journal germany recovering through all the gloom that sur- roudds international finance and the budgets of the nations one gleam of light has pierced that is calculated to give encouragement where it is sorely needed germany is on tho upgrade definite proof of this was given the budgetary committee of tho reichstag the otfir day by the gorman minister o economics professor hermann warmohl the minister presented three factors indicating both improvement in indus trial conditions and incroase in public confidence in the first place he told tho committee that industrial produc tion in germany had risen to g5 tak ing the 1929 level ot production as a unit of 100 after a decline to 52 in 1932 at the same time the increase in seasonal unemployment today 13 only onethird ot what it was a year ago and in tho third place stock and bond averages have advanced respec tively from 39 to 51 and from 46 to 69 lie ragards those as accurato and significant indicators of business ac tivity which should give germany wound ground for optimsm montreal pally star physical culture wo made a mlstako in entrusting hysical culturo to people of inferior ucatlon they ought to bo people f high education as they are in sweden for examplo they ought to enow that tho human body is not ftierely a machine for digesting food pnd circulating blood and doveloplng muscle but a marvellous crcativo in strument a thing that hungers for fjkilltul activity in every norve and fibre of it so that oven its physical lioalth is not attainable until you have bfttlsflcd its hunger for skill by one jjneans or another your drillsorgcant your musclo trainer your professional pymnast your football coach may be good fellows enough for tholr busi ness but as exponents of physical education may tho lord deliver u3 from oil such dr l p jack3 in laucel london modern pioneering it has to be recognized that under presentday condition land settlement cannot necessarily be promoted simply by finding the land and men who are prepared to try their fortunes on it it is cot much use quoting examples of pioneer settlers who taking up land facing the future with little equip ment beyond two strong arm3 and boundless courage and optimism won their way eventually to success con ditions are different now farming technique has been much elaborated the occupation has been divided into specialized branches and overhead costs accumulate far more rapidly auckland weekly news lost english villages during the centuries miles of bri tain have disappeared into the sea a strip half a mile wldo has been taken oft the coast of yorkshire in the last 130 years and at least thirty villages have been submerged lower down tho coast at dunwlch a whol medieval city has disappear ed and yearly services are still held at the seas edge in memory of tho cathedral and eight churches which are now below the waves grimsby farmer patents power tribute to canada canada looks back upon 1932 with pride the nation retained world leadership in tho export ff wheat printing paper asbestos was second in gold platinum cobalt was third in wheat flour fourth in automobiles and wood pulp fifth in rubber tires canada winds up the year with a fav orable trade balance of 50000000 contrasted with an unfavorable bal ance ot 10000000 in 1931 there have been troubles but they are being surmounted canada is a huge coun try with only about 10000000 popu lation but the canadians are an ex ceedingly hardy handful christian science monitor england on the air who can make a list of the things that are england the monarchy parliament the navy the derby and tho boat race henley regatta tho trooping of the colour picadilly big ben the londonjbuses hunting foot ball these aro tho soil of raw ma terial of which englands esteem and affection in the world are composed justice disinterestedness in interna tional affairs coolness fair dealing a reputation for quality in manufacture these are among the virtues of her character let the empire broadcast ing station reflect these events and these qualities and it will earn the gratitude of all members of tho family it will render also an out standing service to the world cape argus mild class war the london bus strike is over it simply is not in tho british nature to let ordinary strikes pass into crisis and general strikes into revolution the present stoppage an outlaw move in an case was brought to an end when nearzero weather descended up on england and the head of the oper ating company appealed to the strikers not to subject the public to serious in convenience v what was there the london strikers could do after all they are of the same blood as tho pirates of penzance who with all their faults loved their queen it tho social revolution ever does como in britain it will be only when its leaders have shown their fol lowers how to overturn tho existing system without ceasing to be good fel lows new york times canada names two for london parley ottawa canada will bo represented by dr o d skelton undrsecretary of state for external affairs and lieutcol g p vanler secretary of the high commissioners office in lon don on a committee to consider means of facilitating economic consultation and cooporatlon between tho several governments of the bitlsh common wealth which meets in london on february 14 next empire marketing boards london one of tho most important items to bo considered at tho meeting ot tho empire consultation committee is that of tho future administration of empire marketing boards which will bo instituted in each section of tho empire the mooting will bo hold in canada house and will bo opened by a speech from hon howard ferguson canadian high commissioner to the united kingdom bananas strongly affected by canadian apples a troupo of canadian apple3 placed iu tho presenco of british west indies bananas will hypnotize tho latter and cause them to ripen much more rapid ly than otherwise this amazing fact is set forth by sir william b hardy in an addres he gave recently in london england fco- fore the british association of ro- frlgcratlon he said that a stream of air that ha3 passed ovor the apple con tains subtle emanations which pro foundly influence other vegetable forms james mitchell 60yearold farmer of grimsby ontario has been tinkering with levers pulleys and motors claims discovery of new mechanical laws which save 50 per cent in power cent in time and 100 per britain to build 3 new cruisers orders to be placed in few days lord stanley tells a delegation london lord stanley parliamen tary secretary to the admiralty told a deputation of engineering and ship building trade unionists that orders for three new british cruisers will be placed within the next few days the contracts under original plans were not to have been awarded until lato in march the secretary said last week the projected vessels were planned in the 1932 british shipbuilding pro gram and are allowed under treaty provisions lord stanley also told the deputa tion that contracts for 23 other naval craft will be awarded within a fort night he estimated the new work will entail contracts aggregating 7000- 000 currently about 23730000 for the shipyards the 1932 naval construction pro gram announced in march 1932 was much like that of 1931 it consisted of plans for two cruisers of the lcau- der class one of the arethusa clas3 5000 to 6000 tons one leader and eight destroyers four sloops three submarines one gunboat one destroy er depot ship and various smaller craft belgian military budget to be decreased 10 pc brussels belgiums military bud get is to be slashed 10 per cent from last years 30000000 and the most energetic efforts of flemish and so cialist opposition leaders for larger cut are meeting blunt refusal a purely defensive fighting force it must be efficient said albert deveze minister of national defense speak ing in the chamber gt britainpersia reach agreement will settle dispute by direct negotiations removal from league geneva an agreement to attempt to settle the anglopersian oil com pany dispute by direct negotations was reached by great britain and per sia last week the accord was reached during dis cussions of the concession dispute un der the auspices of the league of na tions the two countries agreed to sus pension of all proceedings before the league council until its may session with the option that this may be pro longed then by common agreement should the negotiations for a new concession to succeed the one arbi trarily cancelled by persia recently fail the issue may again be brought up before the council persia had maintained throughout the hearings that the dispute had no placo in the league but should be set tled by private negotiation increase in sales by general motors oshawa reassuring to sales execu tives- of general motors products of canada limited are the figures reach ing head ofllce following the holding ot the national motor shows at tor onto and montreal according to c e mctavish gen eral sales manager passenger cars and trucks sold at the national motor show iu toronto were 25 per cent more than for the national show iu 1932 prospects were also relative ly more numerous figures just received from the mont real show indicate encouraging ac tivity in eastern canada sales at the montreal show and at the general motors salon held concurrently show ed an improvement over last years total four youngsters women live longer new pneumonia die in tragedies statistics show cure discovered brothers perish by fire and official records of london capable of building up im- in river waters ontario fatalities burned to death rene lebea 5 north bay lucien lebeau 3 his brother drowned desmond lackie- 3 carleton place a doctors munity in rabbits against disease washington dr edwin e zeiglei of the united states veterans admin 1 hy do women live longer than jslratioll has rei discovery oi i a new treatment for pneumonia whicl the fact seems to puzzle scientists prov to be uiipumonia whal show woman has four more years of life than man do for everv year that carey lackie 4 his brother north bay lucien and sene io- beau three and five years of jge re- spectively were burned to death their mother mrs rene lebeau is in st josephs general hospital burned i about the head shoulders and arms frank and michael iafortune 23 and 20 respectively uncles of the chil dren are suffering from cuts and a wome vver the a and of burns and the childrens grandmother th women outnumber the men quinine is to malaria cr antitoxin tc passes makes the disparity more pro- diphtheria nounced tn6 treatment a substance called eighteen centenarians died in 1932 according to british official records of these fifteen were women and only three men satistics of the registrargeneral show that there are now alive in eng land and wales more than 91000 men b nearly two to one a mans average expectation of life is now 50 years and a womans co dont feel so old the manager of the life insurance branch of one of the largest british insurance companies said the greater longevity of women is an accepted fact by all insurance companies who perils of a fireman just as the shutter clicked tho enllre front ot the ponnnpapor and stock building at philadelphia collapsed narrowly missing those attempting to rescue chief douglass trapped ia the flaming maaa poland beats the world in her crop of babies warsaw poland theres no de pression in tho baby crop in poland tho annual statistics showed provisional figures showed tha popu lation incroase last year was over 500000 greater than in any other country in which data wore available this figuro was 200000 more than in germany polands neighbour with a population nearly double that of this country feel so old as old men the deaths recorded last year also confirm the statistics of past years which irove that married women live longer on the average than single women here are some ir re facts quoted i the british new health society to prove that woman is really the stronger vessel each year about 1045 boys are born to every 1000 girls yet when both boys tind girls have grown up there are nearly 9 per cent more women than men a surplus in fact of nearly 2000000 females in the population out of every 2300 children still born 1300 are boys and only 1000 girls nearly twice as many men as wo men have to wear spectacles stammering and other speech de fects are three times as frequent am ong men as among women mrs mary lafortune g4 years of age is burnt about the head and arms as the tragic result of an early morn ing fire here sunday which destroyed their home at 47 duke st east the only one to escape injury was albertine a 16monthsold baby all seven persons vere in bed and awakened only when the flames were sweeping through the house in night attire those who escaped were forced to leave the house clad only in their night attire the fire is attributed to an over heated stove which was lit shortly before mr lebeau the father left at five minutes after seven to go to church about two blocks from the house he had been in church only about ten minutes when his nephew inform ed him of the fire when mr lebeau returned to his home it was a roaring nass of flames and hope of saving his two young sons was abandoned mrs lebeau in a downstairs bed room at the back of the house with the three children wakened before her husband left for church but fell asleep a couple of minutes later when she awoke again flames were roaring through the house her screams rouse tie other mem bers of the household the two la- fortunes upstairs and mrs lafortune sleeping in a downstairs bedroom at the front of the house frank and michael iafortune at tempted to escape down the stairs but tl flames forced them back into their bedroom with their bare feet they kicked the glass out of a window 20 inches square and jumped out into the snow both received burns about the face before they could escape their feet were severely cut in break ing the window mrs lafortune wakened by her daughters screams tried to get back to help her with the children but the heat forced her to flee out the front door mrs lebeau alone with her three ciildren made an attempt to get out through the kitchen a wall of fire barred their way seizing a burning pillow she smashed the glass in her bedroom window quickly wrapping albertine the lgmonthsold baby in a blanket she threw the child out into a snow bank it escaped injury the mother made a vain effort to save the other two children but it was too late seriously burned she escaped only a few seconds before the house collapsed the injured were attended by dr joyal coroner dr a e ranney was summoned and the two bodies were removed to the mcguinty nnd heav- ener undertaking parlors an inquest is unlikely brothers drown carleton place ont desmond lckie aged three and his brother carey four were drowned in the mississippi river when they broke through the thin ico here saturday both bodies were iecoverod the children were last seen alive playing along the shore of the river and when they failed to return their father wont alone to search for them unable to locate them ho returned and with other villagers formed a search party lato in the day tho searchers came upon a hole in the ice where they dis covered the bodies in about six feet of water girls are returning to domestic work new york in former years wo men went out of the home into indus try and business today they aro be ginning to return to the kitchen ac cording to tho girls service league which has started a course of train ing in domestic service last year the organization placed 13000 girls onethird of whom went into resident positions in homes now says mre alexander m hadden president of tho league there still are positions open for girls who are properly trained and the intention i3 to turn to these jobs poorly equipped office and factory workers who are not finding employment in a period of keen competition leadora in household economics from teachers college- pratt insti tute good housekeeping institute scientific housekeeping inc and i manhattan trade school have formed an advisory committee to supervise the training in homomaking tho dl3armamont follow security it leagues plan calls for unlta of from cannot bo achlored under any other 15 to 20 glrla to rooatvo on months circumstances col blwam mliatonslv training itt atl branches of houa domestic vroxi pueumocholln has been found cap able ot building up immunity iu rab bits against type one pneumonia so that they are able to resist attacks of this disease which ordinarily would prove fatal says dr zeigler in the ed- ministrations medical bulletin pneumonia in rabbits runs much hit same course as in human beings the treatment has not yet been tried or humans so tar it has been used only for type one pneumonia but experi ments with other types are undo way it takes about four days for rabbits to develop immunity to pneumonia when given injections ot pneumocho- lin immunity in one case lasted to are compelled to give less favorable d terms to women than to men it annu- j pneumoehohn also- apparently can tes j i use as a specific cure for type if the disparity continues as it has one pneumonia if it is injected after been lately to become more and more onset of the disease provided the pronounced it may be necessary for patient can be kept alive for four or the companies to revise their tables fl to give time for the treat- still further to the disadvantage of me to take effect women j n might be easier to keep human medical men generally gave two patieuts alive for this length of time reasons for the greater ages of wo- j than rabbits dr zeigler explained men that in man death from lo- 1 women are subjected to less bar pneumonia seldom occurs before mental stress than men they do not the fifth day and is often delayed for worry so much three weeks or longer this slower 2 women almost all through life course in man would give are stronger physically- than men i time for the pneumocholin to induce this disposes finally of the old say- immunity ing about women being the weaker he suggested the treatment might vessel be used in schools and army camps to sir humphry rolleston say that of build up immunity against pneumonia people over 99 there are nearly three in case of threatened epidemics such women to every man he adds the as influenza and for nurses treating significant remark that old women d vast areas of canada still unknown report says ottawa in the northwestyukon territories there is twofifths ot the area of all canada stated r r ross presenting the report of the legal and topographical surveys committee to the annual convention ot the associa tion of dominion land surveyors this vast field with its stupendous possibilities for natural resources of fers a future field of endeavor for do minion land surveyors we continual ly hear people making statements to the effect that our country must be nearly all surveyed the surveyors soon will be out of a job this is un true as very little indeed of the north west territories has been surveyed one of the principal surveys last year was a restoration survey of a por tion of the ontariomanitoba boundary tho reasons for which wore that the monuments and the former lino had become so obliterated that they could not readily be found in places tho survey revealed by reason ot the greater accuracy possiblo in use ot modern instruments an accumulative discrepancy ot 430 feet in co miles bg season expected on the great lakes sault sto mario ont expectations here aro that iron oro shipments down tho great lakos noxt summer will far exceed those ot last season estimates range from 13000000 to 25000000 tons but stool and transportation men refuse to make a more definite fore cast pneumonia eases pneumocholin is produced by dis solving penumococci pneumonia germs in soduini taiirocholate de rived from bile bg jump in exports of canned tomatoes otawa exports of canned to matoes took a sensational jump in 1932 amounting to 13238203 pounds as compared with 6414390 pounds in 1931 according to a report issued recently by the department of tralc and commerce this marked in crease was due to shipments amount ing to over 10500000 pounds to the united states where there was a to mato shortage in 1931 canada ex ported only 133914 pounds to that country exports of canned fruit particular ly pears also showed an increase from 53293032 lbs in 1931 to 10- 289295 pounds in 1932 this was mainly due to increased shipments to the united kingdom which amounted in 1932 to 9329780 pounds as com pared with 4911078 pounds in 1931 exports of bacon and ham to the united kingdom increased from 109- 017 cwt to 300934 ckt and exports of planks and boards to that country in creased from 112038 m ft to 172454 m ft exports of canned salmon to aus tralia and new zealand increased from 71524 cwt to 97114 cwt and from 10833 cwt to 15740 cwt re spectively fresh canadian apples found theii way to 32 couitries of the world last year and total shipments amounted tc the equivalent of 6421992 barrels as compared with 1594221 barrels in 1931 says a report issued by the de partment of trade and commerce this remidbe increase in cana iian apple exports was due mainly tc increased markets developed by cana dian trade commissioners to contin ued high quality to improved pack ing and grading and to reduced price placing this delicacy within reach ot the buying public in foreign coun tries pensions paid with chocolate bucharest chocolate is generall welcomed at christmas time but its inclusion in certain holiday parcels al oradea marc caused bitter indigna hon and a criminal investigation the discontented recipients aro state pen slonors with big arrears to claim and tho chocolate was received in place ol cash it was found however that in stead of go pieces each of 20lcl value half tho coins were tablets ot choco late of tho same size as 20lei pieces done up in silver paper an investiga tion has been started by tho police the money rolls were drawn direct by the ministry of pensions from tho bucharest national bank plan defense against bombs klol for all that war has been outlawed systematic work is being carried forward here as elsowhero la germany for developing measures of dofense against poison bombs dropped from tho air in the noxt war tho medical faculty of the university con templates instituting a special course on gas thorapy people cannot be foroed into good ness exhorted into it or legislated vio it harrr bmeraon fosdlcv