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~onen~ Mr. Greenham, a former professor at â€"Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, and member _ of both the Chemical Society of Engâ€" land and the American â€"Chemical Society, has sent his findings to Otâ€" tawa and applied for patents. _ Halifaxâ€"Farmers, ranchers _ and orchardists, still smarting from â€"the ravages of drought, may have rain to order in future if the formula compiled by John Lawson Greenham is effective. N. S. Professor Has Formula _ For Making Rain to Order Those who have troubled to inâ€" quire about this man have seldom failed to comment on the irony of destiny which made him the invenâ€" tor of dynamite, most deadly instru. ment of destructionâ€"and at the same time the founder of prizes de. signed to promote universal _ peace and intellectual brotherhood among the people of all nations.â€"Marianne Oppesaard. Quebec. Mrs, A. B, Buchanan, _ of Montreal, 103; July 3. Manitoba, Mrs. Sarah Swears, of Winnipeg, 102, Aug. 2nd. British â€"Columbia, "Old Katie," an Indian Princess, Saanich, 107, March New Brunswick, John Ezra son, St. Stephen, 102, March 21 Mary Perley‘ Chatham, 104, De Nova Scotia: Catherine Chisholm, Antigosh, 104’ Jan. 28; â€" Mrs. Elizaâ€" both L. Batts, Wallace, 102, Feb. 3rd Mrs. Elizabeth McKenna, Dartmooth 100, March, 6: Rov. Williamâ€" Rvan Barbara April 9, Alberta: Mrs, Marizi monton 108, March 21; bald, Banff, 101, July 13 Ontario: Jomh Minard, West Oxâ€" ford Township, 109 Jan. 4; Mrs. Slizabeth Graves, Stratford, 105, Jan 27; William Rushaw, Gananoque, 111 Feb. 11; Hiram Wallace Guelph 105 March 22; Mrs. Mary Rose, Picton, 101, April 8; Mrs, Elizabeth Shales, Oshawa, 103, April 9, Mrs, Anne Moore, Toronto, 101. May 4; "Auntie Catherine Devaux, St. Catherines 103 June 23; an Indian widow at Parry Sound, 106, June 26; Catherine Laâ€" lond ("Aunt Kate") Cornwall, 102, July 3; Mrs. Russell Gage, Simeoe, 101, August 26; Adam Halliday, Clinâ€" ton, Sept. 16, Jemma Waldorf, Ot. tawa, 101; Sept. 24; Mrs. Margaret Seyffert, Preston, 103, Oct. 22; Mrs: Alexander Cameron, Ottawa, 100, December 4; John W, Martin, King: ston, 108, Déc. 30. Toronto, _â€" Death cut a wide swath in the ranks of longâ€"living Canadians during 1934. Of the 28 centenarians who died during the year 20 were women and eight woere men. Ontario lost 16 centenarians, Nova Scotia five; New Rrunswick and Alberta t‘,@'o each and Quebé noad Oy ~xss , one apiece, The rgé Available â€" records â€" indicate that the most important early activity: of farmers in the field of coâ€"operation was directed towards the marketing of farm products and today marketâ€" ing associations, both in terms of places of business and total memâ€" bership, outnumber farmers‘ purchâ€" asing associations by ten to one. In the matter of yolume of business, marketing associations transact twenty times the business . handled by purohasing agencies. Membership in the coâ€"cperative marketing assocâ€" iations which reported to the â€"Domâ€" inion Economics Branch numbered 818,597 persons, as compared with 20,546 members in purchasing organâ€" izations The total annual business amounted. to $138,025,004 â€"for the marketing companies compared with $7.278,950 for the purchasing group. Interest in the coâ€"operative purâ€" ciasing of feedstuffis equipment and supplies for the farmy however dates back to the early years of coâ€"operaâ€" tvyeâ€"devolopment in SCanada, At Coâ€" burn in York County, New ~Brunsâ€" wick, the Harvey Farmers‘ Trading Company started business in 1892, for the coâ€"operative purchasing of feods and general merchandise, and is still cariying on an aciive businâ€" ess. Very early in Saskatchewan‘s coâ€".operative marketing history, the f:rmers organized for the collective buying of farm supplies. The compâ€" any reporting earliest activities amâ€" ong those now operating is the Wauâ€" aiope Coâ€"operative Association Ltd., organized in 1908. Between 1908 and 1915 fortyâ€"one coâ€"operative purchasâ€" ing associations which are still actâ€" ive, were formed and their number has steadily increased to over 200 associations. â€" Farmers‘ Business Organizations in Canada Bulletin, Now he is perfectin‘gflafi machine ITwenty Were Women and Eight Were Menâ€"Onâ€" fario Lost 16 28 Centenarians Died in Past Year supp.le: back tC tvyeâ€"dei burn in Marketing â€" Groups Coâ€"Operation in Marketing Farm Products Dates Back Many Years Auburn, beth McKenna, Dartmooth , 6; Rev. ‘Williamâ€" Ryan irn, 101; March 7; Mrs. McInnes, Kentville, 103, Maria Galnick, Ed Andrew Sib izra Jack h 21; Mrs , Dec. Tth Announcing the completion of his formula, Mr. Greenham said that it was reached through the application of wellâ€"known principles of chemâ€" istry and physics. Theoretically, it was perfect, he declared, expressing confidence that rain could be proâ€" duced as long as there were clouds to attack. which he plans to take up in an airâ€" plane next summer to spray the clouds. He estimates the cost of producing a fall of 5,000 tons of water at $20 to $50. "The attention of Hon. W. A. Gorâ€" don, minister of labor, was directed to a despatch from Geneva which stated that unofficial reports were in cireulation there that Canada and Belgium would be asked to give up their permanent seats on the governâ€" ing body of â€"the International Labor Organization in favor of the United States and Russia, which have reâ€" cently become members of this orâ€" ganization. The despatch went on to say that Canada and Belgium are directly affected by any move to elect any new members of the govâ€" erning body, since both are ranked Does Not Plan To Relinguish Seat On Labor Executive â€"Sends Arguments. Ottawa.â€"Canada will not willingâ€" ly relinquish the seat which she has held for so long on the executive body of the International Labor Orâ€" ganization of the League of Nations, Dominion Minister of Labor W. A. Gordon stated Saturday. The Canaâ€" dian Government was closely in touch with the situation in Geneva, added Mr. Gordon, and has submitâ€" ted to the authorities their arguâ€" merts in support of the Dominion‘s right to continue on the governing bodv. A statement issued by the minisâ€" ter states: The rescue cof the passengers, routed out of their cabins when the Havana jarred against Manzanilla shoals, was effected in rolling seas. Upholding the traditions of the sea, the Havana‘s master refused to desert his leaking, seaâ€"battered craft. The. weather, which had beek_ thick Ts‘ rescug, was _ clearmg and no immediate fears were felt for the stranded vessel or her remaining crew. "Weather â€" moderating; resting easy," reported Captain A. W, Patâ€" terson. Canada to Hold Place at Geneva The tuss Carrabasset and Warbiâ€" er will attempt salavage operations, the coastguard was advised, but reâ€" ports from the Havana indicated the ship may be badly damaged. The El Ojpmano was the f arrive, but w4®" followed wi short time by the seaplane. rescue operations could be the steamer Peten arrived. The coastguard â€" seaplane, three coastguard boats and four steamâ€" ships immediately sped to the scene. The Havana was southbound to Havana, Cuba, when it â€" went aground «on Manzanilla shoal at about 4.30 a.m. The captain did not send out an S.0.8. until 7.08 a.m. The first report told the grounding and asked the coastguard to stand by. The second said the ship was "pounding badly" and asked for immediate help. The Peten, a United Fruit Comâ€" pany vessel, expected to dock in Havana, Cuba, at midnight, while the master of El Oceano, a freighter bound for Galveston, was trying to arrange landing his list of refugees at Miami Sunday. The S.S. El Oceano repcrted it picked up life boats with 37 pasâ€" sengers and 30 of the crew. Eleven passengers and 13 members of the crew were aboard the S.S. Peten. Coastguard craft were standing by ready to take off the remainder of the Havana‘s crew if necessary. The number of the crew removed was estimated by the coast guard at between 45 and 55. The remainder stuck with Captain A. W. Peterson aboard the Havana. Of the 51 passengers, one Robert Rittenhouse, 50, of . Brooklyn, N.Y., was dead when taken from the lifeâ€" boat in which he ~and. his comâ€" panions had bobbed about on heavy swells for more than four hours. He apparently died of apoplexy. A memâ€" ber of the crew was unaccounted for. 4 ~ Lifeboats Resene Passengers Of Stricken Liner Havana Steamer â€"Hits Florida Reef Jacksonville, Fla.â€"In a thrilling rescue 60 miles off Jupiter, Florida, all passengers and members of the crew of the Ward Liner Havana Sunday were picked up by vessels which dashed to the aid of the stricken ship, aground on a dangerâ€" ous coral reef. ~ rst: to Ein a Before started "Passenger traffic,‘ he continues, "by airplane, across the Atlantic or Pacific, I fear is not a development of the immediate future, Dirigibles are far more comfortable and for that reason will probably get the bulk of the passenger business; while the faster planes will carry the mails, and a few passengers who will sacrifice comfort to cross in one day." But transâ€"Atlantic mails by air, he notes, "will not become common. place until it is assured that theyh can better regular steamer #chedules consistently and considerably. The fastest boats conceivable will never equal the speedy airplanes, nor even the dirigible, We can fly mails to Europe today on a oneâ€"day schedule if we want to take a chance, Before longâ€"much before The Man in The Street realizes itâ€"we will not even ha‘ve to be taking a chance." Regular and dependable mail serâ€" vice across the Atlantic by airplane not only is feasible, it is possible, now, with present flying equipment, says Clarence Chamberlain, veteran ocean flyer, in the current Rotarian Magazine. Ottawa â€"â€"â€" Instructions for fuil speed ahead on the printing of the voters‘ lists have been issued to the Government Printing Bureau lendâ€" ing a measure of support to rumors of an early general election. The bureau> was told to have the lists ready by April. Some 100 printers are being engaged along with the necessary number of proofreaders. New typesetting machines have been installed and everything is being made ready for the gigantic task of printing the names of 6,000,008 voters throughout Canada in add;â€" tion to the routine work of â€" the bureau. 1â€"Day Air Mail To Europe Possible throgghout _ tha umorldâ€"biyâ€"secvermat pnâ€" "Ar"Akreement and legislative actibei The : Dominion of Canada has bed most active as well in the work of the International Labor Conference antl of the governing body since their inception 15 years ago and will not willingly relinquish the seat which she has held for so long on the executive body of the Internaâ€" tional Labor Organization.. The Canadian Government is closely in touch with the situation in Geneva and has submitted to the authorities there our arguments in support of our right to continue on the governâ€" ing body." â€" ing the labor part of the peace treaty under which the International Labor Organization was set up alongside the League of Nations to promote the improvement of labor condi ions thrommthwm "The representatives of this counâ€" try took a very important part at the Paris Peace Conference in draftâ€" Dominion Voters‘ ‘"The statement that Canada ranks at the foot of the list of the cight chief industrial notions, however, is quite inaccurate. The list in questâ€" tion was determined by the council of the League of Nations in 1922 on standings previously sanâ€"tioned by the council. On one basis of comâ€" putation, Canada stands fourth in the list. and on the other basis of calculation, sixth, at the foot of the list of eight counâ€" tries of chief industrial importance which hold permanent seats on this bodv. "IT‘S TRUE! that friends off the screen, although rivals for Joan Crawford‘s love in "Forsaking All Others," new Mâ€"Gâ€"M hit, Clark Gable and Robert Montgomery have invited each other to a deciding match at skeetâ€"shooting. At present both have tie scores, each having won his gold medal, with the prize diamondâ€"studded one within reach "Forsaking All Others" will soon be at Loew‘s, n Voters‘ List Ordered Speeded Up AVORITE STAR TRIO APPE&AR TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCREEN HISTORY, &n "FORSAKING ALL OTHERS 1 e P â€"â€"MILL CURPPHQ{-\ THE _ FANS WHEN HE SINGS IN THE GAY LOVE TRIANGLE FORSAKING ALL OTHERS About 250 frogs took part in a jumping contest at Angels Camp, California, and 20,000 spectators watched them jump. _ The contest is held annually to revive memories of California‘s go‘dâ€"rush days, when frogâ€"jumping was a popular pastime among miners and prospectors. The record jump of 13 ft. 1 in. was made by a frog named â€" Budweiser." The smallest monkey ever seen in this country has just arrived in Lonâ€" don. It is a midget marmoset from South America. Although almost fullâ€"grown, it weighs only 1% oz., and is valued at. one guinea an ounce. 3 Tenants of a block of flats at Biella, Italy, are encoaraged by their landlord to have children. With the advent of each baby, the parent is let off a month‘s rent, while the child receives a moneyâ€"box containâ€" ing 8s. 4d. Following an appeal at Melbourne for men with twisted noses and women with pale faces to take part in a film, 600 people responded. Every devotee taking part in an annual religious célebration at Elâ€" lore, Madras, has to write the name of a god 10,000,000 times in spec ially ruled books. At the age of 106 a man is lookâ€" ing for work. He inserted the folâ€" lowing advertisement in a London newspaper: "Man, aged 106, active and of youthful appearance, highlyâ€" educated _ linguist, needs employâ€" ment." Shaw writes for maney. and there is no. nonsense about his attitude. That is the correct‘ position of the professional writer as it is of the arâ€" tist, the grocer, the laundryman. If fame and glory come they are wel. come, but a cheque in hand is worth more to most of us than the acclaim of the intelligentsia or a place in the next century‘s text books.â€"Ottawa Journal. ers know how far from the truth is this â€"conception. They labor over their words, they try to make big to say he thinks he‘ll make a writer out of his boy, theilad‘s so good at thoughts out of little ones, to make two ideas grow where only one had existed, and then somebody drops in composition, agines they have a vision of a typeâ€" writer that goes on automatically from one sentence to another once a subject s found. Unfortunately writâ€" Nobody expec*~~4_ builder toâ€" give away dog k¢ /fiplefii of his wa give away proâ€" fess, in i fiéfi* cook â€"toâ€"give away=prés a‘f‘i@ But many peoâ€" ple do not rewh#ge that â€"a professonal wamtess" Wwords Fave a cash value or am«éas words Tave a cash value or he isn‘t a professional writer very long. If they thinleabout. it at all, they imagine that writing isn‘t realâ€" Iy work, like: shingling a house or arguing a case in court, and one im "will you pay me?" Words are Shaw‘s. sole marketâ€" able commodity, as they are in the case of every ma and woman making a living out of writing. He has learnâ€" ed the trick of putting words togeth. er so that people will pay money for the pieces he writes, He has made a lot of money, but that is no reason why he should not continue to make money so long as the demand exists for the goods he produces. George Bernard Shaw, gsked by an interviewer what he thought the new year might bring to the world, had an apt reply. "How much," he said. G.B.S. Wants Queer World To Be Paid Constituted 10 years later to hear suits in which the Crown was inâ€" volved, the Exchequer Court has been occupying its present quarters, in the northâ€"end of the structure, ;; since its inception in 1887. A collecâ€" | tion of paintings, the ~property in | __ those days of the National Museum, ‘ 18 For more than half a century, the court of last resort in Canada as adjudicated upon appeals from every province in this building of humble origin, Its earlier sittings were in a committee room of the House of Commons. Ottawaâ€"The highest court in this land â€" the Supreme Court of Canâ€" ada â€" administers justice in (a former carpenters‘ workshop near the Parliament Buildings, sharing another part of these unique judiâ€" cial premises, the Exâ€"chequer Court of Canada functions. Highest Court in Canada Deals Out Justice from Old Workshop "Out of the depths of this depresâ€" sion you have struggled. By any economic test you may employ, Canâ€" ada is more prosperous today than it was two years ago. Agriculture, a double victim of "When my government came into office, our trade had alread fallen off. As the depression deepened, our trade further diminished. In 1932, it was undoubtedly in a very bad state. In 1930, conditions were far from satisfactory. In 1982, they were very much worse. "In 1930 there was serious unemâ€" ployment. Unemployment became greater and greater in the two years following. During the last year we have been able to put large numbers of men to work. That was a real achievement. â€"It is a fine beginning, but it is only a beginning. "I told you in 1980 that I would end unemployment. â€" That was â€"a definite undertaking. By it I stand. U’fif}__{nploymént‘ifl“Cfinfi'&a Reday is one of the consequences of this awful and unprecedented _world depression. The continued faulty operation of â€" the _ international economic machine has made reâ€" employment impossible. _ I do not offer that as an excuse. I state a fact. Therefore, now that the time has come, I am determined. to try with all my strength to. correct working of the system in. Canada so that present unemploy#ent conditions may be put an end to. "When I say I will correct the system, I mean that I will reform it. And when the system is reâ€" formed and in full operation again, there will be work for all. We can then do away with relief measures. We can then put behind us the danger of the dole. I am against the dole. It mocks our claim to progress.. Canada on the dole is like a young and vigorous man in the poorâ€"house. The dole is a conâ€" demnation, final and complete, of our economic system. If we cannot abolish the dole, we should abolish the system. "There must be unity of purpose There car be no success without it 1930 PLEDGE "And, in my mind, reform means government intervention. It means government control and regulation. It means the end of the laissez faire. Reform â€" heralds certain recovery. There can ke no permanent recovery without reform. "It will then invite your considerâ€" ed opinion as to whether reform is in fact necessary, and as to whether my program of reform is wise. After you are fully acquainted with what has taken place and with the conditions of today, I am conâ€" fident that this policy will receive your enthusiastic support. Without your support, I am unable to carry it out. Therefore, when you have had an opportunity to thoroughly exâ€" amine the whole condition of afâ€" fairs, I will ask you for a decision. "To accomplish this, I have de cided upon a series of talks. CONFIDENT OF SUPPORT "This discussion of our national affairs will take time. It must be thorough, All phases of the situation will be dealt with, for it is vital that you be put in complete possession of the facts. "The world is searching patheticalâ€" ly for safety and prosperity. It will find them only when each nation, resâ€" olute to effect its own regeneration, will come to a meeting place with all the others, in the spirit® which deâ€" clares that even the most powerful among them has no real economic independence of the rest. "That time has not ye Meanwhile, dangers abound. "Canadians are not those from whom unpleasant facts should be concealed The people of this country were born optimists, but they were born realists as well. & The following are the highlights from the Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett‘s cast addresses. We read:â€" two of a series of nationally broadâ€" Rt. Hon R. B. Bennett Outlines Economic Reform Program Highlights Of Recent Radio Broadcast â€" Intervention And Control Policy For Trade And Industry â€" Definite Curb Of Unfair Practices Held Vital To Recovery. CONDITIONS IN 1930 not â€" yet come It never materialized. But hope has not been abandoned as eminent judges andâ€"members of the legal profession cortinues to enter the portals of the former carpenters‘ workshop. A new court kuilding in : Ottawa has been mooted for the past three decades. The proposal reached the stage 15 years ago of the preparaâ€" tion of plans for premises to house the two courts and the Board of Railway Commissioners. had to be removed to make way for the tribunal. Years ago a sorely needed addition was built to the old stone building. In this the chambers of the seven judges of the Supreme Court of Canada and court officials were housed and the cramped library acâ€" commodation extended. Out of nearly 2,000,000 in Engâ€" land and Wales only 1L.1 per cent were found to be "malâ€"nourished" in 1983, while 1.2 per cent were found to be undernourished accordâ€" ing to the report of the Board of Education‘s chief medical officer. In London, the proportion of "poorâ€" lyâ€"nourished" children was 4.7 per cent, but that was the lowest figure London had ever produced. Free meals to the number of 68,â€" 800 have been provided during the last year, which represents an inâ€" crease of 6,500,000 over those of the previous year, and the number of ‘children who have received them has risen from 399,400 in 1982 to 414,800 in, 19833. "The present Old ‘Age Pensions Act is unscientific and obsolete and must give way to something which will serve you better." Children Better Fed f â€" Despite Depression London. â€" In spite of. economic depression, Britain records an imâ€" provement in the nourishment of its children "We are going to do away, as quickly as possible, with emergency relief measures and put in a perâ€" manent system of sound and scienâ€" tific insurance against â€" unemployâ€" ment." : "I believe there should be a uniâ€" form minimum wage and a uniform maximum . working week. There must be an end to child labor. There must be an end to sweatshop conâ€" +i les 32 dw» iiiebnnnenitt se oS sooctnacdh "However few or many unemployâ€" eiâ€"we normally may have, o man must be left to the uncertainties of private charity or to the humiliaâ€" tion of government gratuity." "I think there is, from all worthâ€" while points of view, an â€" inequality in the distribution of income." "Clearly, it would be unwiseâ€" to cireumseribe cour act‘vities by â€" any attempted forerast of all that should be done, we can but move forward carefully." "All I can tell you is that we will go jut as far as is necessary to reform the system and make it efâ€" fectively work again. I cannot bring myself to agree that there is anyâ€" thing radically wrong with the system which adjustment and _ reâ€" form will not remedy." "When in the past I praised it (the capitalist system), I did_ so with knowledge. When now I analyze it and point to its defects, I do so also with knowledge. Bear that in mind." The following are the outstanding quotations from the Prime Minâ€" ister‘s second speech outlining the planned reform: "As a lawyer I had to do, for more than 30 years, with big busiâ€" ness . and finance. I have some knowledge of finance." "I did not have a chance to effect reforms before the days of the deâ€" pression, I will be perfectly candid and tell you that, in those days,. I doubt whether anyone fully realized the need of reform. How much I wish ‘at in this country or in the world there had been a man with vision to see the abyss upon which we were rushing and with power of action to arrest the movement. I say, I did not have a chanee beforei the depression. This is my first opâ€" portunity. ‘ "This government was not long in office before demands for reform were made upon it, Such demands were natural. But, in your interâ€" est, they could not then beâ€"heeded. economic and climatic conditions, is entering upon more promising days. PROGRAM OUTLINED REFORMS DEFERRED 11 Getting a liner into dry dock is exâ€" pensive, The fees for tugs may amâ€" ount to £200, and the hire of the dock costs about £2,000.â€" An excesâ€" sive accumulation of barnacles can have a marked effect on a ship‘s speed, and an army of men first got to work clearing the ship‘s bottom of them. ‘Then come painters, who treat the hull with compounds to prevent corrosion and fouling by weeds. This item aluone may cost another £1,200. Machinery, propellers, rudders are examined, and, simultanevously, an army of carpenters is busy effeciing repairs. â€" Though a minor stocktak. ing is carried â€"out at the end of every vyoyage, a period in dry dock is ut ilized for a general overhaul of cutâ€" lery linen and other equipment. A large. lines carries some 200,000 pieces of linen, about 15,000 knives, 10,600 forks and 280,000 pieces of crockery and glass. Resignation of H. H. Stevens from the Ministry of Trade and Commerce was rated equally with the Ontario election . result, which in several cases wasâ€"lumped with the Saskatâ€" chewan outcome. STEVENS.. RESIGNATION Canadian stories which were at no time close to the top but well repâ€" resented in the selecting included the case‘ of ~Harold Vermilyea, brought from California to Belleville to stand trial on charges of killing his mother; the Jacques> Cartier quarterâ€"centenary celebration in Gaspe and Quebec; and the return of knighthoods to Canada. â€" In the world record. the running was closer, Arrest of Hauptmann on charges of killing Baby Charles Lindâ€" bergh, the sensational air race from London to Melbourne, death of King Albert of the: Belgians, the Stavisky riots, the America‘s Cup races and Dillinger‘s killing pressed for incluâ€" sion over stories finally chosen. Editors listed a wide variety of stories, from Pacific: coast sea serâ€" pents to prairie drought and ‘Atlan. tic rumâ€"running, but there was little doubt as to the top yarns in the Canadian list. ~ a "box feature" in it the day it broke, but it grew, And it will be a good sound human interest yarn as long as the quintuplets live." E Rirth on a May.m0rning. noa r _i | settlement of Cefl‘lafier, "Oon fo, .{J five tiny daughters to Mrs. Oliva Dionne was named more often than any other story. The little multiâ€" plets â€" were virtually a unanimous choice in the Canadian list and a majority of editors ranked. their adâ€" vent and ‘survival as world news of high order,. As one points out: "The Ontario backwoods story was a bright spot for front ; pages laden with crimes and wars and rumors of wars, Probably few editors saw more than Late in the year telegraph editors were asked to express an opinion on | the six best stories of the year from l a world standpoint and the six best ]from the point of view of Canadian significance. Editors were unanimous in putting on top of world news the Marseilles assassination. They were nearly unanimous in giving the Dionne quintuplets top place in domestic news, and the five little girls won world ranking as well. YEAR‘S FEATURE STORNIES Selections in order of preference were as follows: Worlid news: (1) Marseilles assassinations; (2) Morro Castle disaster; (3) â€" British royal wedding; â€"(4) â€" Hitler biood purge; (5) Dolfuss assassination; (6) Dionne quintuplets,. Caradian news: (1) Dionne quintuplets; (2) Preâ€" mier Brownlee case; (3) Labatt kidâ€" napping: (4) Ontario elections;. (5) H.. H. Stevens‘. resignation; (6) Mass buying probe. & Canadian story and take its place in the top rank of the world‘s best as well. T Toronto.â€"Birth, death and â€" love were the triple core of world news in 1934. But only birth was big enâ€" ough to rate as the year‘s greatest , The rubber is first submitted to a ! process of carbonization and then i of â€" hydrogenation. The resultant {fluid can be made into gasoline or |lubricating oil. The research workâ€" ers state that rubber is readily .amenable to _ carbonization and hydrogenation. At the present moâ€" ment, however, the process is not an economic proposition, for rubber is too highly priced for other uses. Quintuplets Best Feature of 1934 Tar, on the other hand, is proving an exceedingly useful aid to cheaper motor fuel, having reached a proâ€" duction of 40,000,000 gallons a year. One homeâ€"defense squardron of the Royal Air Force flew entirely on this fuel throughout 1933. And a conâ€" tract has now been placed to â€"supâ€" ply seven squardrons with it. Birth of Five Win World Ranking In News Stories Springâ€"Cleaning A Liner & LONDON â€" Gasoline engines can now be made to run on rubber, for the production of motorâ€"fuel from rubber is one of the latest achieveâ€" ments of the Fuel Research Board here. ‘Rubber‘ Gasoline Made in Britain