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news in brief cattle shipped from west for feeding cuelph lush pasturage here combined with marked increases in meat prices generally ha3 been rc- uponsible for large importations into wellington county of beef cattle from western canada according to farm ers throughout this district the first group of western cattle brought here for feeding was readily disposed of ned sparks big attraction st thomas 1assing a big auto- tnobilo owned by ned sparks tho mo tionpicture comedian on the long winding hill leading into the water works pak a youth drove his old automobile into the fenco along tho hillside nd smashed into a pole car rying hydro power to the citys pump ing statio- the accident snapped the jolo and cut off tho power to tho sta tion for nearly two hours until public utilities commission linesmen could ax up an emergency service the pouth is believed to have beer looking t sparks and his auto so intently that he failed to see where he was go ing until he shelved oft tho sido of tho road damage will teta about foo loose gravel causes injuries to thirteen saltcoats sask thirteen chil dren between six and is years of age tire recovering from injuries received in a highway accident five miles south of this town 125 miles northwest of regina all were occupants of an automobile that struck loose gravel on a curvo skidded broke its steer ing gear and rolled over most seri ously hurt were peter wilson 13 broken leg travis thorvaldson 9 broken wrists walter thorvaldson fi severed eg artery more luxury spending shows times are better washington agriculture de partment economists declare a sharp increase in sales of luxury items the first part of this year indicated the unite i states public had more money to spend they reported sales of furs nechanical refrigerators liq uors toilet preparations cameras and lenses the theatre admissions in the first live months of 1037 ranged from 10 to 75 per cent ahead of the same 1b3c period twin wives worries haunt them in paris los angeles marital difficul ties continued simultaneous visits to lois and louise coats identical twins the twin brothers they mar ried dec 2s in marian ark filed suits for annulment the plaintiffs hubert o and herbert m sharp charged that their brides had not received final divorce decrees from their previous husbands roy and ray sabring also twins accused makes a clean breast of his innocence los angeles asked if ho could identify harry geer in court on a forgery charge as the culprit wit ness harry greenberg replied i cant tell definitely unless ho opens his shirt at the neck the man who forged tho cheque had lots of hair on ills chest geer opened his shirt bared his chest it was as smooth as an onion case dismissed said the court walker not candidate for new york mayoralty new york the name of james j walwor was mentioned in somo tammany quarters as a possible can didate in new yorks mayoralty cam paign but tho dapper former mayor quickly eliminated himself from the picture im on tho jury now wal ker said upon leaving a white house chat vlth president roosevelt in washigton i only listen to argu ments and dont intend to take part in any of them mary and buddy leave honolulu on the clipper alemela calif panamerican airways said that mary plckford and buddy rogers returning from a hon olulu hrnevmoon wcro among seven passengers aboard when tho philip pine clipper left honolulu for san francisco grocerymans watchdog brandenton fla h e mow er brandcnton grocer objects to tho persistent casting of tho snake as tho villain in fiction and says his ten- foot boa constrictor was tho hero of a real llfo crime story mower said thloves pried open a rear window of his store and entered tho building thoy left in a hurry without loot and oven forgot tho crowbar they used to open the window mower says hes convinced tho gleam of tho serpents eyes in a flashlight beam with per haps a hfss thrown in caused tho flight westerners to help harvest kitchener things have chang ed a few years ago waterloo co youths used to go west on tho har vesters excursions now it was learned hero that two saskatchewan c n youths 21 and 20 will leave their homes thre next week seeking farm work in waterloo county thoy will probably get it employment bureau officials declare new trick north york a new trick of hitchhikers to obtain rides into the city was revealed this week to a mo torist on dufferin street pc weller 412 of toronto and mr3 weller were driving on dufferin street when they spied a lad of about is lying on his back with both arms outstretched and his legs about three feet on the pavement in the path of their car as the prostrate boy was motion less they presumed he had been the victim of a hitandrun driver and was either unconscious or dead stop ping their car quickly they hurried to him only to have him jump to his feet and ask for a ride into the city apparently he had been unsuccess ful in thumbing a ride and tried this new way of getting some motorist to stop commented pc weller who added that the incident had rather frightened and upset mrs weller second plane to cross sea montreal sister ship of the hugs flying boat caledonia imperial airways cambria will take of from foynes ireland during the first week of august on a north atlantic cross ing transcanada air line officials announced here this week cable advices received here by the company aid the cambria would fol low the same trailblazing course of the caledonia which completed its westward crossing in four legs from southampton the cambria would go to foynes then to dotwood kfld on to montreal and from there to port washington ny the pan american clipper hi which completed a twoway flight of the north atlantic at the same time as the caledonia but in reversed or der also will make the crossing some time in august the cambria after completing the fourth let of its journey may visit windsor toronto and hamilton if the cambria is unable to do so the caledonia will visit the three ontario cities when it makes its third atlantic flight roundworld flight hirted edmonton aviation officials here speculated on the possibility of a secret roundtheworld airplane flight being made in the near future with a refueling stop at edmonton where a consignment of more than coo gallons of hightest gasoline ar rived from new york and san fran cisco and fortyfive gallons of special oil from germany identity of the flier who is believed planning a world- girdling flight with a scheduled take off about the first of next week was not learned persistent rumors in fly ing circles here have indicated such a flight is pending forced landing without mishap belleville robert newman and chick dixon of akron o made a forced landing in the village of shannonville five miles east of here when their plane ran out of gaso line after filling their tanks from the pumps of a local garage the two fliers continued on their way eastward the fliers wer unhurt and their plane was undamaged new giant eggs a giant egg eight inches in cir cumference one way and six the other three and a half inches long and two and a quarter in depth was produced by a hen in the flock of joe ciroti blakeburn bc poison ivy is not always throc- leavcd occasionally it has four leaves it has been estimated that the number of families on american farms during 1936 totalled 7-104- 000- weekend accidents take toll of 13 lives sudbury magistrates wife among victims of road fatalities two killed in crash near windsor two torontonians drown wesley clow 71 near blenheim toronto thirteen persons were killed and more than twenty injured in highway and water tragedies in ontario over the weekend four women including the wife of magis trate j s mckessock of sudbury were among the victims who met death on the open road there were two drownings both caused by heart seizures the dead arc mrs j s mckessock go sudbury mrs frank searles g9 wisconsin mrs cypriss gauthier 55 outrc- mont que mrs margaret campbell 54 co lumbia south carolina stanton w berkey 22 highland park mich paul stefua 33 near smithviue margaret sterling 3 sarnia clifford west 20 carleton place thomas harris 57 of 39 maitland street toronto thomas carey 52 of 2053 daven port ed toronto v arthur taylor 25 of 295i vic toria park ave toronto the markets poultry prices paid to country slvppers dressed milk sel- a sel b fed a spring chickens 1 to 2 lbs 1g 14 18 2 to 3 lbs 18 16 20 3 to 4 lbs 19 17 21 4 lbs and ove- 20 18 22 dressed sel a sel b fatted hens over 5 lbs 15 13 4 to 5 lbs 14 12 3v- to 4 lbs 12 11 3 to 3 lbs 11 10 old roosters over 5 lbs 12 10 red and black feath ered birds 2c per lb less than above prices other fowl guinea fowl per pair 75 00 note c grade poultry 3c below b grade dairy produce butter quotations to wholesale trade creamery solids no 1 2gms to 00 do 38 score 25 to 00 do 37 score 24 to 00 do 36 score 24 to 00 cheese new large paraffined 14 vi to 14 do twins 14 to 15 do triplets 15 to 15 average price paid to shippers fob country points new lge paraffined 14 to 00 do triplets 14 to 00 attacking rabbit pests canberra australias council for scientific and industrial research has laid plans for a new attack on the commonwealths rabbit hordes with a new virus disease developed in england by sir henry martin the attack will be launched on clarke island off tho tasmanian coast and if successful there will be extended to the mainland first tests will de termine whether the disease myxoma tosis is fatal only to rabbits as sir henry claims if such is the case infected rabbits will be turned loose on the island to spread the disease among their entire species harold faber 21 tavistock magistrates wife killed mrs j s mckessock coyearold wife of magistrate mckessock of sudbury died in sudbury hospit- ten minutes after she was admitted with critical injuries suffered in a highway accident one mile south of trout creek a short time before she was in the back seat of the car driven by her daughter jean and was hurled with terrific force against the front seat when the car skidded on loose gravel and crashed into a pile of rocks at the base of a tele phone pole wisconsin woman dies a cciision between two cars near ingersoil brought death to mrs frank searles g9 of broadhead wis consin her husband 71 is said to be in a critical condition they were accompanied in the car by their son charles and mrs seniles of clandford nj and were proceeding west at the time of the accident mrs cypriss gauthier 55 of 107 st catherine street outremont que was killed and her soninlaw and daughter seriously injured when their car became involved in a highway accident 1g miles east of mattawa on saturday cypriss gauthier and car men gauthier husband and daughter of the dead woman were only slight ly hurt two killed near windsor two were killed and eight injured when two michigan cars collided at a road intersection eight miles south of windsor saturday afternoon stan ton w berkcy 22 of highland park mich driver of one of the cars was instantly killed ho died of a broken back mrs margaret campbell 54 of columbia south carolina died from injuries shortly after being ad mitted to hospital her 17yearold daughter clary suffered a fractured pelvis toronto fisherman dies a heart attack suffered while fishing in georgian bay off wau- baushene proved fatal for thomas harris 57 of 39 maitland street toronto sunday harris was fishing with a friend george collins of to ronto when he was seen to collapse and fall in the water the body was recovered an hour and a half later the victim was a widower and has relatives living in toronto it was learned an attempt to get in touch with theri was made by toronto authorities a drowning under similar circum stances was that of thomas carey 52 of 2053 davenport road toronto who was drowned in the severn river he dived into the water and failed to come to the surface it is believed he suffered a heart attack on hitting the water as he was be lieved to have had heart trouble be fore arthur taylor 25 of 295 vic toria park avenue toronto was fatally injured late sundav afternoon on the niagara parkwa above chip- pawa when his motorcycle skidded during a heavy rainstorm he was picked up by a passing motorist and taken to the niagara falls general hospital where he died at 930 sun day night without regaining con sciousness death is believed due to a fracture of the skull motorists near by at the time said his motorcycle skidded to tile left and threw him on the pave ment he was alone on his motor cycle going towards niagara falls the body was removed to the morse funeral home where coroner e t kellam will open an inquest news parade commentary on the highlights of the weeks news by peter randal the world this week saw the span ish war sweeping to a climax while in the far east tho first rumbles of a new conflict wero heard lashing cut from madrid ceneral jose miajas reorganized loyalist army executed its first great offen sive in the yearold civil war and struck fifteen miles into tho insur gent ring which almost surrounded madrid and threatened general fran cisco francos lino of communication with the sea franco struck back with a violent counteroffensive in an attempt to regain lost territory before the loyalists could strengthen their newly won positions hundreds of planes tons of high explosives and a quarter of a million men were hurled by both armies at the point of tho loyalists newlywon salient i tho mountains at brunete 12 miles west of madrid this may be the deciding battle of tho civil war if the rebels are driven back from the position they have held for near ly a year at the gates of madrid it is likely that new agreements will bo formed by the great european pow ers with germany and italy with drawing much of the support which has so far bolstered the rebel attack one million men women and chil dren have lost their lives it is esti mated since the 19 1937 war began oa july japans militant imperialist govern ment which has held the nation in readiness for war for several years made its first move in north china this week when nipponese troops en tered mopei province which adjoins japanese territory iu uewlyconquered mauchukuo japanese soldiers wero repulsed however k unexpected and determ ined opposition by chinese commun ist and bandit troops united against tho japanese threat under tho nan kin government peaco overtures have been made by tokio and an armistice is expected to relieve tho troubled situation in the far east with soviet russia disturbed by es pionage trials and the execution of army leaders it is not unlikely that japan vill push forward in her march toward the rich stores of war ma terials in the heart of china death claims noted scientist sir charles saunders who devel oped marquis wheat dies in toronto was dominion cereal ist sport reporter by ken edwards speaking of fish wo have our own canadian waters and journey to bermuda from whence comes news that a new record has been established harry j tucker of flatts ber muda has just established a new atlantic ocean record for wa- hoo it weighed 91 pounds and was six feet two inches long tucker fought it tor 20 minutes before land ing it he used a 12ounce tip and a 21thread line an sgpounder caught by vv e carlin ill 1911 was the prev ious wahoo record for those waters what player on a baseball team touches tho ball more than any other the pitcher did you know that way back in 1ss7 or thereabouts the nigger pitcher geo storey of newark won 35 games the most ever recorded lefty grovo had 330 strikeouts for baltim e in 1923 tighten control over adoption london recommendations aim ed at tightening control over the adoption of children in great britain were made by the majority of a home office committee appointed to investi gate the methods of adoption socie ties and agencies after reviewing several casts of indiscriminate trafficking of children the committee suggested adoption organizations should be licensed by local boroughs or county councils they should be forbidden to ar range adoptions abroad by any for eigner or to let a british subject take a child abroad until a magistrate has granted in open court a license per mitting it they should insist that all adopt ers apply to court for confirmation of the adoption after a probationary period hope died this week in two widely distant parts of the world in the pacific oceans wide southern expanse where the united states navy com pleted its two weeks 4000000 search for amelia earhart and geo noonan and on the wide stretches of western canadas wheat country where farmers faced the greatest crop failure in the history of the west the united states navy after comb ing 200000 square miles of trackless ocean for the lost fliers gave up hope and pronounced thepi dead the only gain from their attempted trans- pacific flight being the u s govern ments raining such flights will not be permitted in uture federal minister of agriculture james g gardiner predicted this week in ottawa that this years wheat crop ould be not over 150 million bushels the smallest since the west first became a great wheatproducing area saskatchewan bore the brunt of the drought and 111 degree beat and gardiner estimated that liooooo or co per cent of the population would need government aid of some kind before the winter was over following his announcement the federal government led by recently returned premier king promised im mediate and planned remedial action and better still heavy rains fell for several days in most parts of the southern katehewan dust bowl as well as in the northern parts of the province hardy westerners immediately washed off their sense of humor and produced drought jokes of which the following is a sample the rains were so heavy around shaunavon dust bowl centre that a large drop struck a farmer on the forehead and knocked him to the ground unconscious and the hired man had to throw three buckets of dust over him 40 revive him vessel will carry evangel to arctic region the picture shows the dicsclcngined m- f thcrcse which wilbarry bishop turquctil and other missionaries to stations in tho far north tall girls all over the laud rejoiced when they read that miss toronto 1937 chosen after a weeks elimina tion was statuesque 17yearold billie hallam five feet ten and a half in ches in height and weighing approxi mately 150 pounds she wasnt quite sure this fine canadian lassie is an accomplished softball pitcher and says she owes her success to her irish mother and english father also she eats anything she likes and hopes to get into the movies the 20000 spec tators who attended the police games at which miss hallam was chosen as torontos loveliest all agreed that the judges picked a typical and admirable canadian girl and one well qualified to represent the city in hollywood three day sensations in canadian newspapers were many this week featured by the discovery and convic tion on bigamy charges of george roediger a modern bluebeard if there ever was one this dark and handsome 55yearod german had married robbed and deserted at least ten women in all parts of canada in the last ten years ho pleaded guilty and received nine years in stony mountain penitentiary but alert pro vincial policesergeant mckay of to ronto thinks that the case is not yet closed for roediger is alleged to have caused the disappearance of mrs christina mackcnzie whom he mar ried in barrle ont in 1935 mrs mackcnzie has not been seen since sho loft a house on vauhan ltd to ronto a few days after her marriage outside of a postcard allegodly from her but thought to bo a forgery that her relatives received in december 1935 there is no trace of the missing urhlcw two of uoedigers former wives died violent deaths one by poisoning the other by drowning in a well in the latter case roediger was charged with murder and acquitted although he served two years in a new york prison for bigamy in the same case the finding of sharp butcher knives and quantities of arsenic in his lug gage by police after his recent arrest increased suspicion that this sinister and handsome fortune hunter left many mysteries unsolved in his ob scure ast roedigera son is being sought by police in california for questioning on his fathers activities and the flybyniglit german romeo may yet faco changes mora serious than bigamy toronto sir charles saund ers who von odwicc recognition let his development of marquis v neat died at his home 45 munro park sun jay in his seventyrust year he had been in ill health since the death of h s wife one year ns and for the ast two months had been seriously as dominion cercalist sir charles vho was knighted in king georges bmhday hoi ors in 134 was respon sible for developing many varieties ot canajan grain but it was for lis development of marquis wheat that he won worldwide attention it is siid that lc rdded more to canadas wealth by this discovery than has any other individual and that what ever honors he received during his ife the value of his research has been but dimly locognized by this genera tion- of encrmous value marquis wheat succeeded red fife as the most widely grown wheat in canada and it is mow griwn in western canada almost to the exclusion of any other variety thousands of square miles of wheat fields in the western half of the con tinent are his monument and tho value of his discovery in dollars is up in the scores of millions the value of marquis wheat to the west ern farmer was its early ripening quality its larger yield and its bet ter milling quality in appearance and manner he was the typical scientist he was slight greybearded quiet and retir ing almost shy and shunned publc- ity he had a passionate devotion to his work and to music to which he had intended at first to devote his life he was born in london ont in confederation year the son of dr william saunders cmg who de veloped the dominion system of ex perimental farms and sarah agnes robinson he graduated from the university of toronto in 1sss with honor in science for a year he va processor of chemistry and geology at cenlial university kentucky and then turned to music he studied in new york and boston and taught music at havergal and st margarets won ns colleges in toronto fashion terms seme of them are quite familiar to the average person new york in order to famili arize oneself with the terms used by glib fashion reporters it may be well to take a look at the definitions herewith some of them arc quito familiar to the layman or should one say lay woman while others aro not for instance ajour is the french term for drawn work that is drawn out threads from the fabric formerly as sociated with lingerie but now fa vored in lightweight woollens as well as crepes punch work is an openwork em broidery the holes made with a punch needle both terms have been used re peatedly in describing summer frocks blouses and accessories what is more generally known as openwork embroidery is really bro- derie anglaise with numerous pierc ed holes or eyelets in round oval flower or leaf shapes combined with solid dots or other motifs or open work spaces varying in shape and size cut or punched with a stiletto then overcast at the edges- another frequently encountered term is petit point an embroidery in which only half of the crossstitch is repeated producing a solidly filled pattern gros point is a heavier version crewel embroidery is a technique which sows stitches placed next to each other to inmitate the twist of a rope in a loosely twisted fine two- ply worsted yarn beauvais embroidery takes its name from the town in france where it was first an important type of hand work it is usually a mas sive of chain stitches in fine threads usually in delicate leaf and flower motifs with pastel colors character istic it is now copied by various embroidery machines it is popular form that is invariably produced when as this year embroideries are scheduled- faithful unto death was a mo ther elk of upper naches washington says the northport news of that state a month ago her calf was khdd by a logging truck and since then she had not moved from the spot where he baby was knocked down beside the road she died from a broken heart authorities said as she had ample food supplied her dur ing her long vigil natives of east africa churn milk into butter to use it as a dressing for their hair and not for eating