The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

VOICE CANADA THE EMPIRE of the THE WORLD AT LARGE PRESS COSTXY PROPAGANDA It is tstimated that the Nazi Gov- •rrmipnt spPnds one hundred million dollars iinnually for propasranda at home and abroad. â€" Brantford Expo- sitor. COMPULSORY HEADWORK The sucfjestion waa made at Otta- wa that Canada adopt a compulsory â-¼otinp .'icheme aimilar to that used by Australja. There would be much to cotniTipnd the proposal If provision couJd bo made for compulsory think- ing on the part of tho electorate aa well. --London Free ^>l•:^^.. SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT Employees over 40 are found hap- pier on their jobs than those under 40, some great United States intelli- gence has di.scovered. Of course, It doesn't mean anything to him that thoRe over 40 have survived a war, a couple of doprcsslons and are still at woik, doea it? â€" Hamilton Spec- tator. $60 ".rno APIECF. With Britain and the United States both (utrapcd in rearmament pro- grams, one of tlio fp^ures of tiaval construi tion l.s the return of the bat- tleship. For a time it wa-s arpued that the advent of tho airplane and the development of the submarine had r>i:idc battleships too vulnerable and th.it they were a thing of the past. Hut the battleship is back â€" at a co,-t of S'ii.ono.OOO apiece. â€" Sault. n.iily Star. BROADENING THEM OUT As we have rem.irked on other oe- casictis, wc .should like to see our public men, members of the Com- mons and Senate and the I/egisla- tures, do more travcllinfr- Many of them, lu' fortunately, seldom stir from their own dLstricta and ar« therefore unfamiliar with the atmo.s- phere of other areas. We believe it should be part of their d\ity to thor- oughly familian7,<' themselves with all sections and Ihu.^ be in a better position to intollitjciitlv consider na- tional and intcr-piovincial problems, and, in the Ions run, to promote that cause for which every pood citizen ehould be strivintrâ€" national unity. â€" Windsor Star. NEW.<;rAPERS WIDELY READ Stati.slics reveal that there are 2,- 252, "1^'' housiholds in Canada. The circulation of newspap<'rs all told in Canada is 2,24G,.'?(11. So one isn't far out in sayinp that practically ev- ery bonie subscribes to a newspaper. Over the same neopraphic area there ate 1,059.101 radios. All of which Koes to show that more than half the homes do not hear broad- casts. There arc I1R,!)!»0 radios in Onta- rio '' . ;in(l 27!.:n:: in Quc-lifc. The fact that practically everyone reads the now.spapers puts them at the head of the list of the various publicity media. That is why shrewd advertisers favor the newspapers to get their mossEKe across to the greatest number of people. â€" Kitch- ener Record. HIGH COST OF CRIME â- â€¢\ s' ' â-  "i I* i-(| f : <ini a Gov- ernment department at Ottawa .shows that the average co.st of a prisoner in the penal e.itabli. hments of the country is over J2 a day, or in round figures about $750 a year. The $2 covers foods, clothinj;-, healing, build- ings, salaries of warden.s and guards and other maintenance costs. Many a young man and woman living an honc.-it life and doing a good day's woik has to exist on loss than $14 a week. There are thous- ands of prisoners in the state institu- tions, so that the cost of crime to the couMlry is a \ery sei-i''is matter indeed. On top of that there are provincial farms and reformatories, •nd a • â-  (• force in every town and city. iblic has a deep interest In kr down crime, and every preven;. , method should be tried. â€" St. Thoma.s Times-,Journal. Mule Carts Banned Under Rio Ruling RIO l)i: .lAXKino, Brazil.â€" Rio. de Janeiro is likely to become a' horaelesi! imd mulelc's city if a new municipal rul'iig is obeyed. The horse and bugf^y wa» pushed out by the automobile, leaving only the mule and cart, used prinnarily for the hauling of coffee from the w.ire- house to the steamer. This conveyance, under the new rulinp, no longer will be allowed in the (cntral fclion of Ihe city stall- ing ne.vl mo' I'l. Mori -cr, tiie rf i:i'- lation prohibits stables within the city. A-0 "~ THE I, -IRE WHAT PRICE NEWS? Think of the p.icu of news. Two .'ournaliats arc blown to bits at Ter- ;el by a shell hitting their car, and, in tho last few months, two journal- sts have been killed, six wounded, getting the news for you in China. Do lot forget, as you road your ncws- [lapers, that all over the world news- paper men are taking chances to fill these columns for you. â€" Sunday Ex- prcs.s, l.onrlon. POOR LITTLE TURKS! The schoolgiils of Turkey are in for a dull time if the Association of Head Masters and Head Mistresses has its way. According to its recom- mendations no girl may go to the cinema except with ar adult relative; she may net talk to any young man in tho street except her brother, and if any swain attomnts to talk to her the nfTront should be reported to parents or the head master forth- with One might be tempted to t'link that l'a.sha C.rundy or his wife had comb-d the Stalui.'s of Oxford Uni- vei..ity for their list of pidl.ibiHons. In Oxford stdl, no donht. the pror tors ask politely to be introduced to any (lamrcl with whom .^.n nnd''rgrad"ato is seen in public converse. All this, of course, is done to piotect the male from the predations of the intriiru- ing sex, and it would be little wonder if Turks, with their queer inversions, had simply reversed tho rules in a mistaken effort to shield schetning girls from innocent men. â€" Cape Argus. Says Ciiv Darifijers Worse Than Jungle "Bring 'Em Back Dead" Speci- men Collector Describes Being Bitten By Vampire Bat. A scientific specimen collector who "brings 'em back dead" recounted a '.lie of modern adventure on a 13 onths' safari into the South Ameri- an jungles. Emmett R. Blake, as- istant curator of birds for Chicago's field museum, with a grin minimized lie dang.-)rs to life and limb aa he 'accd and declared the jungle from hich ho has just returned was less crilous than big city traffic. Rut he â-  Id how a jaguar trailed him, he aught malaria and a blood-draining ampire bat bit him. "The jaguar was just a curious fel- "W," he said. "I've made six expe- Mions in seven years and this was â- ly fir.st touch of malaria, not a seri- iiis case. Bitten While Asleep "The vampire bat bit my toe while I was sleeping. I awoke a gory sight lut didn't really lose enough blood o endanger my life." With 10 natives, Blake travelled IT), 000 miles and brought back 8,099 ^pecimen.s, including 1,600 birds, rep- tiles, fish and mammals. The princi- pal purpose of the expedition, he said, was to obtain specimens and back- ground for three "permanent habitat" exhibits of uncommon birds at the museum. He brought back specimens of the Hoactzln bird, dubbed by scientists "Stinking Hanna," the only known bird showing remnants of reptilian ancestry in tho form of finger-like aiipendjges on the wings of the young. On the lighter side, Blake said he ftecpiently joined the natives in a repa.st of monkey stew, and liked it. Because other countries would not reciprocate, Belgium has ruled that buses entering the country with for- eign tourists must pay an entrance tax. Says Betterment of Race Is Important For Canada s y«« â-  »< J News In Review { Improvement of Stock Necetiary to Offset Trend Toward* Poor Quality, Claims Principal of Queen's University â€" Awaken- ing Is Urged. I'ublic consciousness must bo awakened to the need of development of an Improved stock. Dr. 11. C. Wal- lace, Principal of Queen'g University, emphasized in an address liofore the Community Health Association of Greater Toronto In the Academy of Medicine. '•Sometimes, we worry about the propaganda spread in other countries for the purpose ot training the young people to provide a strong race. Tho motive Is not always the best, but I am not sure but sonietlilnK of tho sumo consciousness is needed here," commented tho speaker. Colleoe Graduates' Few Children "Recently, a si.rvey was made of the women graduates of a United States' college. The average number of children of each woman graduate was .8 and In caso of Ihe married graduates' just slightly over one. That meant that many of the women grad- uates had not married. Tho average number of foroi;^n-born In Toronto Is four and five. Now, wo are not snobs. Hut It Is the case, statistically prov- en, that tho sons and daughters of professional men and women havo done muoli better on the average than the children of parents less well e(]ulpped. "Here's a problem that is not easy to deal with unless by developing a civic consclourupss. We are breeding av.ay from one typo of stock into an- other," said tho Principal, adding that he was not sure but that this problem of Improving the race was tho most profoundly important. ".\t lease we should see to it that as far as possible there is a leavening ot the race," he continued. "Leavening of the Race" Man had no hesitation iti attempting lo produce the best stock possible when it was a matter of cattle, dogs and sheep, but when he himself was involved, he was loath to do anything about it. Of course, said Dr. Wallace, man «vag primarily a spiritual and mental animal, and there was as yet little known Kcientillcally about his spiritual and mental development, so tho problem was greatly complicated. Hut, he urged, "the thoughts of all of us Hhould be turned in the direction of producing tho best race that it Is possible to meet tho problems that are to be faced." Skin From Body Makes New Heel Girl Is Able to Walk Again After Six Years of Surgical Treatment Napoleon's famous remark that an army marches on its stomach has a very real meaning to 18-yearold Ellz- eth Oarrie, of Windsor, who walks to- day on what was once a part of her abdomen, says the Windsor Star. To explain this seeming riddle, Miss Oarrie lias successfully come through lengthy and Involved surgical treat- ment that has provided her with a now heel, fashioned of skin and flesh grafted from her torso. No Ordinary Tissue Graft But this was no ordinary skin graft, not jUBt removal of skin and fat from one spot to be attached to another part tliat needed it. The process took more than a yoar because du-'iig the entire operation tho skin to be graft- ed was never soparated from her body. Now, after being an Invalid for six years, she can walk again and take up the normal life Ihst waa so painfully interrupted in 1931 when a truck ran over her left lieol. tipping away the akin. The heel was bared almost to the bono, as far forward an the middlo of tho foot. Tli(! indicated treatment was a skin graft, and one was applied shortly after the accident. But it would not stand her weight, failed to New Economic Dictator BERLIN.â€" Adolf Hitler this week established one of his closest advis- ers. Propaganda Chief Walter Funk, as Economic Dictator to work with Field Marshal Hermann Wllhelm Ooer- Ing in regimenting German Industry. Goorlng, who temporarily took over the Economics Ministry last Nov. 2S when Dor Fuehrer accepted tho resig- nation of Acting Minister HJalmar Schacht, handed over the office to Funk, but it waa evident that Goerlng would continue to play a major role in building up a military dictatorship to dominate economics and Industry. Dies In Greece ATHENS.--Prince Nicholas, father of tho Duchess of Kent and third son of King George I of Greece, died last wi'sk content his long exile had end- ed. Ho was 6G. His last words were: "I am happy to die in my beloved country." Argument Over Padlock Law OTT.^WA. â€" A suggestion made by Opposition Leader Bennett that the Government liear legal arguments be- fore reaching any decision on disal- lowance ot Quebec's padlock law, waa promised consideration in the House ot Conimons this week by Justice Min- ister I.apointe. So far as ho was aware, Mr. La- pointo said, it had not been the cus- tom to hear such argument, but he would "look Into the matter". No Labor Legislation Yet TORO.NTO.â€" Efforts of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada to havo the Hepburn Government spon- sor legislation that would protect workers In organizing Into trade unions and bargaining collectively are unlikely to meet with any more suc- cess this year than they did a year ago. It was reported last week. Women's Skating Crown STOCKHOLM.â€" Megan Taylor, of England won the world women's fig- ure skating championship, edging out her favored countrywoman, Cecilia Colledge, before a crowd ot nearly 20,000. Blss Taylor scored 1997.6 points to l!tfi0.7 for her rival. ILedy Stenuf, Austrian born star now living in the United States, was third, trailed by Gladys Jaggor of England and Lyda Veicht. Capone Loses Mind SAN FRANCISCO. â€" Scarface Al Cai>one, the swarthy pudgy No. 1 gangster and racketeer of the prohibi- tion era, has lost his mind under the storn discipline and monotony of Im- prisonment on Alcatraz Island. Capone, who once ruled the Chicago rackets so completely that he was vir- tually Immune to arrest, today spends his time making and remaking his bed. To Visit France LONDONâ€" The King and Queen will visit France for four days this summer, marking the first State visit by their Majesties to a foreign coun- try since their accession. heal properly and ulcerated when Miss Gerrie walked. Transfer of Skin In this condition two years ago she coM.suited a prominent Windsor ortho- pedic surgeon, who prefers to remain anonymous. He decided that the only couvse of treatment was a transfer of skill and Its underlying fat from ab- domen to hool. That was necessary because of the large area of the scar. First step was to fashion a tube of the do.sirpd amount ot abdominal skin and flesh. When It had healed, still attached to Ihe body, the transferring process began. The upper end ot the lube was dot ached and sutured, or stitched, to a now site on tho loft log. King George Flew Here To Inspect R.A.F. Cadets i .; I. . King (;.'«. lire VI insp< lis ihc (.â- ulets i.r Mil' lioynl \\\ l-'m residence at SandrinKhnm, th« Moond (light of his reign. ii Cianwell, l\iig., a'ti'r ha\iiig flovii from his ^^5 ^(^tA/^uCls Commentary on the Highlighto of the Week's News . . . by Peter Randal NOT FOR CHILDREN: In New York the critics raved about "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", hailing this first feature-length animated car- toon as the movie of a decade. Aba', we all thought, the perfect picture for children at last! But no, over in Brit- ain it was given a certificate declar- ing it suitabla 'for adults only." Rea- son for the action; some of tho scenes might frighten children. * * • BRITAIN BLAMED: A Japanese naval spokesman declared last week that the British and United .States by their heavy rearmament programs "incite other countries to take up the naval-building race." Tlicre may bo something in that too it we examine the problem more close- ly. When the "have" nations seem to llnd it necessary to build tremendous battleships, what docs one expect the "have-nots" to do? « • • NE.\T BATTLEFRONT: A world war is raging right now l)etween democracy and fascism, in Spain, and in Cliina. At any moment the conflict may spread to involve each of us di- rectly. (We ari, involved Indirectly already.) International experts predict that the conflagration will flare up next in democratic Czechoslovakia which country Adolf Hitler alms to march through on his push east to capture the grainfields ot the Ukraine. With the purge last week in Ger- many of all the moderates and con- servatives and pro-British from tho Government and the Army, an import- ant check to Hitler's plan for an early coup In the oast has been removed. Watch Czechoslovakia. Something's going to happen. * * • NO ROYAL VISIT: Hopes raised by tile rumor that the King and Queen might visit Canada this year were dashed by tho declaration in London this week that there was no founda- tion to the report. It Is a precedent that the King first honor India after l^s Coronation. Only If the Indian visit were postponed might Their Majesties come to Can- ada. * * * BRO.VDCAST RUMPUS: The pro- posed 11.00 Increase in Canadian radio license fees started It. The rumpus raised over that guggostion cut the proposed Increase to 50c. but once be- gun, the attacks on the Canadian liew Kind of Corn In the hope of producing a new type of wheat hardy enouRh to resist the severe northern winters, scien- tists at a Swedish biological institute have succeeded in crossing wheat with rye. The new grain is suitable for nor- Ihovn areas as it l-il;ea nuiidi le.-s out o the soil than ordinary wheat, and it ripens earlier in tiie year. .Another experiment, at the same institute, is crossing wheat with coucli grass, to produce a plant that would not only yield a normal crop of grain but would also bind the soil together. Religious Persecution ^'.V.W YORK. â€" Religious freedom, iiwi'lving tho futnro ot Christianity itself In Germany, has been placed on secret trial in Berlin. Tlial was the real meaning ot tho Nazi Government's prosecution of Rev. Martin Niemooller. Lutheran pastor who has led the Protestant re- volt against attempted roglmrntation ot tho Church, and a tendency to sup- plant Christianity with Noo-Paganism. The battle of Gettysburg was an accident in that neither army expect- ed to fight there and neither had any desire to do so. Broadcasting Corporation continuerf, and are continuing. Basis of the general denunclatloft ot the Corporation's doings: We are paying good money for programs that our American cousins get for nothing; the Corporation, pledged to preserve llie r:idio as a national agency for tlla honellt of Canadians, has sold its fac'il- Ities wholesale to American advertis- ers; programs originating in Canada havo not improved, canned music. Is Btill used to a great extent. An approach to the ideal British system is wliat we all thought . we were going to got. Now everybody's up In arms. It will take a while to calm the country dov.n again. * • • ITALIAN PROPAG 'NDA: ite world is just waking up to the fact that for the past few years Mussolihl has been spending millions of lire tn flooding Europe. Africa, the Near East and South America with Intensive Italian propaganda, for the most papt anti-British. It is now pretty generally believed that the troubles Britain Is experiencing in Palestine are a direct result of this propagandizing; ani! that the now Fascist aet-up In Egypt (after King Farouk dismissed his pro-' British minister) Is directly tracea"ble. to the hand of Mussolini. Latest spectacular touch of Italian^ propaganda was the magnificent flight ot three Italian military planes (led. by Mussolini's son. Bruno) all the way from Italy to South America. Writini? in tho Now York Times, Mr. John W. White calls it tho most recent chaptei» in "an intensive campaign ot intelli- gent, well-managed propaganda â€" poli- tical, cultural and commercial propa- ganda which is succeeding in all three* phases" In South America. Other features of the same South American campaign: daily broadcasts from Rome; visits of prominent Ital- ian lecturers; invitations to South American Fascist sympathizers to vis- It Rome at the expense of the Italian Government; maintenance ot close . cultural ties with Italian colonies In the South American republics; Ital- , ians own tho largest and most influ- ential bank in Peru, train the Peruv- . Ian Army tilers to pilot Italian-made fighting planes; new trade treaties with Argentina. "The result is," declares Mr. White, ^ "that all South Americans are more conscious ot Italy tqday than of any other country, excepting their own." » « • • SPRING IS COMING: "The drear- i lost month ot the year, love, is short- < est and nearest the spring," sang the . poot. And aren't we glad! » February is halt over. Winter will , soon be done. Time for crocuses and things before we know It. • • • SETTLING DOWN: The Duke and Duchess ot Windsor have apparently given up all thoughts ot visiting the United States, for the time being, and are settling down in a chateau near . Versailles, France, which they have â-  leased. Reports run that they have also purchased a home in the Ba- hamas. In any case they are attempting to eHtabiish a private life of their own, are tired of living in the goldfish bowl of publicity. LISTEN. „ rCANADA-1938/1 ^% IM or RIAL TOBACCO'S ^ ^ ^ IMPERIAL TOBACCO'S INSPIRING PROORAM EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT On a National Coast to Coast Network GRflV ROC t(i<te<^l^ijfofie7Wtl Try iha fast, wide trails at Gray Rocks â€" 125 miles ci tham â€" the Kandahar, th* Taschereau, the Mt. Tremblant Sector â€" «U fully mapped and marked. 3S metre jump. Imtruclor lu attandanc*. Equipmaal Mayb*J«at»d. '/*^v>^ St«aiii-h«atsd looms â€" •.i.'ulUat mMlc PlaatJT â- J^t A\^ oloUi»i apotli. Saiid fo« toldac â€" and mmi** "'il TERRAIN IN EASTERN CANADA... OVI TE BEC