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magi dead mine flooding 10 hours to go men signal trained rescue crew dares almost certain death in answer to appeal men plunge into danger shaft in frantic race to reach victims in time moosk itlvkll vs a cry from the depths ot moose river hold mines informed rescue workers that h it magill one of three wen who had been entombed below for a wees was dead harassed volunteers who had been planning to proceed safely to the 141- foot level over a period of two or three days while feeding the prison ers through a pipeline stood aghast as tlte word came up shortly alter two oclock that a new danger was threatening news of flooding news of the hood canto up when preparations were being made to feed the three more soup through a pipe line put through early sunday with the aid of a- diamond drill leaning over the 100foot communi cation line mine manager k 1 hen derson heard a shout to haul up the hose ijeiieving there would he a note at the end of it henderson pulled it up only to find it empty whats wrong he asked a voice from the depths below- told of the rising water then came a cry i low much longer the only answer was a life against a life and the answer came from stellarlons crew of draegermen a crew ot rescue men trained to enter a colliery after an explosion out they tumbled at the first call atitl headed for the dangerous key- uolils shaft from which they had been warned many times by j 1 messeivey chief inspector of nova scotia mines because of falling rock digging in a shaft where the walls bad no supports and where death threatened at every foot the colliers went iix more than s5 feel and struck erihwork they were refused permission to re move it but they worked on anyway believing it might open a way to the it 1foot level once in a while one of them stag gered out wiping sweat from his brow a little restand a drink o rum and be was hack at the job digging frantically where death threatened momentarily the markets produce prices united farmers cooperative co saturday were paying the following prices for produce eggs prices to producers cases returned basis a medium is butter no 1 oi itario solids 23c no 2 2 c politky- quot it ions ill c nts dressed live dre ssed milkled hens- a a a over 5 lb- in 17 4 to 5 lb 15 hi i to l lbs 12 13 01 i roosters t i grasshopper war proves success l20uoot0 fewer acres lo sulier scourge this year ottawa the department of agriculture reports the best outlook for three years in the war against canadas midwestern grasshopper scourge conclusions based on recent sur vey by its entomological division the department said are that the total area threatened with grasshopper in festation this year is j 2000000 acres less than the area affected last year it said outbreak prospect in mani toba were reported slight due to witlespread destruction of the in sects last year the threatened area is about 1000000 acres compared with 3500000 last year saskatchewan the survey indicat ed may have serious local outbreaks but its total infested area has drop ped from 10000000 last year to 10- 000000 estimated this year while the threatened areas are expected to shrink from 5700000 to 900000 acres in alberta the picture is less bright and the threatened outbreak the department said will approxi mate that of 1935 the survey in dicated decline in the very severe ly threatened area from 13000000 acres to 140000 however and the drop in severely threatened areas from 13000000 to 450000 never theless the infested area has dropped only about 4000000 or 5000000 acres canadian writes story of aimee ngelus paid a visit to temple in los angeles aimee a clever actress es taoai in old country london paper suggests plan as defense measure l1ay and straw no 2 timothy hay baled ton 0 lo 10 no 3 timothy hay ton 7 to ss straw wheat baled ton 5 to cat straw 5 wholesale provisions wholesale provision jcalers are quoting the following prices lo the toronto retail trade pork ham 20c shoulders 5c butts 17ic pork loins 20mc picnic 14c lard pure tierces 12ic tubs 13c pnils 13ie prints 13c shortening tierces 10ic tubs jlvicj pails 1k-u- prints 1134c grain quotations following are saturdays closing quotations on toronto grain trans actions for car lots prices on basis cif nay ports manitoba wheat no i northern b77jc no 3 northern s2c no 4 northern soic no 5 northern 72c manitoba oats no 1 feed oals toronto 33ic for all rail shipment delivered ontario points no 2 cw juc no 3 cw 3s extra no 1 feed oats 37 no 1 feed oats 32c mixed feed oats 31c no i feed screenings 1850 per ton manitoba barley no 3 cw f2vir no 5 barley 49ic delivered montreal freights ontario grain approvimate prices track shipping point wheat 70 to 73c onts 25 to 28c barley 35 to 38c corn 40 to 42c rye 40 to 42c malt ing barley 45 to 50c milling oats 29 to 32c london kng the times in an editorial asks whether it would not be feasible for the canadian wheat board to store some of its grain surplus in the united kingdom as a measure of national defense the times refers to a recent esti mate that wheat stocks in this country on march 1 amounted to only 10 days supply the times says despite ample stor age capacity the reserve stock of wheat in britain has been allowed to sink to a level which in time of war would be dangerously low while a great surplus stock is being held in canada ottawa canada would be glad to sell great britain all the wheat required to ensure safely for the united kingdom in case of war hon w d euler minister of trade and commerce remarked when shown a dispatch from lon don quoting the times on the brit ish wheal situation mr euler said however he thought there woudl be representa tions from the government of the united kingdom before the matter could he taken up in any practical manner the question of wheat stocks in the united kingdom was one for that government to deal with the times slated that stocks of wheat in great britain had been per mitted to sink to a level which would be dangerous in the event of war while huge surpluses were held in canada mr euler is chairman of file cabinets wheat committee a modist thought calgary daily herald the vancouver sun in speaking about publicity for vancouvers com ing golden jubilee asks what calgary edmonton and other canadian cities arc thinking of doing for us pos sibly in view of the modesty of this question the newspapers of outside cities will refrain from reference to vancouvers rainfall this summer praise indeed the new manager speaks very highly of us what did he say i heard him say we were perfect nonentities port cpkdit ont the news- gives a penpicture of aimee semple maepherson the canadianborn evan gelist written by stanley patchett of cooksville ont lie went to heat her at the angelus temple in lo angeles we got in about 7 pm the building was rapidly tilling much re sembling a modern theatre in layout two balconies and orchestra seating 5300 people where the upper boxes would be there are 16 stained glass windows iltstrating bible stories electrically lighted from behind below these windows on either side where lower boxes would be are tiers of seats where the choir of 85 voices dressed in white satin gowns with vivid scarlet sashes are sealed the ladies having the hair bound with silvery shimmering bands they sure look like a million dollars in the centre is an open stage with modern foot lights and lots of potted plants and palms centre microphone and two on each side in front of this for ward stage a kimball three man ual pipe organ which produces the notes of a full orchestra 40 instru ments and in front of this an or chestra and baud of 35 pieces dress ed in plumcolored uniforms with orange scrapes an orchestra concert occupied about half an hour and it was lively music too such as el capitan march then a little fellow dressed in a pages creamcolored costume with plumed hat made bis appear ance with a red silk banner on which the words silent prayer was inscribed the choir had made their dramatic entrance before this to a lively march strair after a few minutes pinfall ali enee the whole of the auditorium lights gradually dimmed and down a long speciallybuilt ramp in front of one side of the choir and in full view of 5300 people in a whit spot light to the handclapping ami cheers of the crowd came sister aimee gowned in long sweeping white satin with a scarlet cap and bowing to her audience with miles and gestures my guess is that nowhere on this continent would you so much temperament of all ieties as you get in hollywood this ciever lady plays with all emotional glamor of her makeup with music color and scenic display to hold spellbound those who come under her wand after just enough warming up with song came sel ections by eight girls in cream gowns on eight marimbas and boys could they play and were brought back for an encore when the sermon started aimee would state what that bible char acter was supposed to be saying to god and the radio operator would flash electric sparks like those from an oxygen welding outfit accompanied with morse signals all through the sermon the entire auditorium was in pitch darkness with an ambe and sometimes a white spot on sister and behind her the curtains would part showing the second stage set to show the various characters in their respective settings in full costume and scenic effects these were often punctuated with loud aniens or ap plause according to feelings of the eager audience the performance at the beginning got off to a rather bail start the first character was elijah and near the end of the scene a cut out paint ed cloud with elijah had been let down from the ceiling in the dark ness above the open stage this was to represent the cloud taking off with elijah but somehow the stage hand off stage who was doing the hoisting and the spotlight operator did not connect with the result that elijah went up in the air with the spotlight two jumps behind and sister aimee shouting put it tip iigne put it up higher and the con gregation roaring id hate to be in the spotlight boys shoes from the pastors ending tone of voice whci she finished with oh well he got to heaven anyway find var iid the erercises for reducing make policemen fatter denver colo several weeks ago mayor ben stapletoii looked with displeasure alon the belt line of his police department the force he decided was getting loo fat so he ordered special weight reducing classes for the department at the first weighingin several weeks later 90 per cent had gained weight the sundew a queer insecteating plant which has no special organs of sight or hearing will respond to a dead fly placed an inch or so away the nearest leaf reaches out slowly for the food and it will ignore any other matter placed in the same place wings saving fall helps et fo norman smith detroit red wing i save during stanley cup playoft goalie seated on the ice after he had pushed puck past itme with the toronto maple leafs at detroit bv ken edwards from the side lines well folks old man baseball is back once more with the opening game in new york breaking re cords lets take a look at some of the boys from here and there ike boone and president cliff oakley of toronto leafs are wearing that perpetual smile maybe you know why this year the boys form a real outfit that deserves recognition this is the tenth year for george livingston earnshaw in the majors as a brooklyn dod gers twirler probably the smallest umpire in the game is ben levin he is 5 feet 2 inches tall everybody plays yes sir it was abe lincoln himself who was playing baseball when a com mittee notified him of his nomina tion for president when in alaska do as the polar bears do it is said that at 47 degrees below zero in the arctic circle a league of baseball was once played sheldon lejeune threw a base ball 420 feet g inches estab lishing a worlds record well be with you next week with more chatter from fnrand near keep smiling this column is dedicated to elvin kenning of brooklyn new york dont thwart childs urge to work london dr maria montessorj speaking at he national council for mental hygiene said a childs ob ject in scrubbing a table was not strange to say to get it clean its real object was lo scrub tie- cause the intense urge of a sensi tive period would cause him to go on repeating a given action till he had mastered it but adult patience wore thin in the process this characteristic was of the greatest importance for understand ing the difference between adult and child psychology the bored adult who said youve done enough ot that now stop was pronouncing sentence of death on the hidden life of the childs development a child who had been thwarted in ono of his sensitive periods had lost and lost forever that particular chance of natural growth she smashes em regularly wifey telephones hubby john dear please buy half a dozen cups and saucers and bring them home john arc we all out of them wifey no but lena says we havent enough to last the week out ho hain stores to dress russians country departmental stores u n d e r organization to meet demands of fashion moscow the stylish clothes of the city are fast replacing the tradi tional garb of ihe ninety million pea sants of russia factorymade suits and smart dresses silk lies starched collars and fell hats and leather shoes are increasingly making their way into the village store to replace the peasant womans dress the tatyanka and the goatskin coat the shuba there is in process of organization a new chain of 5000 country depart mental stores which promise to car ry city goods in stock alt russia is dross conscious and the village bar ber is growing into an institution of profound importance although oi7 barbers were trained for the ukraine collective farms last year the supply has not met the demand city style institutes are organizing fashion exhibitions in the villages and lec tures on what the welldressed wo man should wear attract large aud iences the dignity of labor unseen unsung the simple days passed by he drove the nails and sawed and planned a board intent upon his fathers business bent and when with care he fed a hungry horde we do not know what happened in those years as he grew up lo face his tragedy still what we know is much the better part the lesson taught of works true dignity dorothy sproule ritlsh defense costing fourth of budget cost ol program dawns upon pub lie london icng the huge cost or great britains defense reorganiza tion program is beginning to dawn on a public still digesting details of the white paper outlining the defense and rearmament proposals ot the govern ment members of parliament learned that the regular defense requirements for the next fiscal year irrespective of the special program disclosed in the while paper total 155250000 labout 775000000 which is 1z 31 000001 more than in 11135 experts estimated the cost ol the first year of defense expansion will shove the figure well above 200001- 000 or roughly onefourth of the es timated total budget ot s0oo0tuoo regular naval estimates were in creased sharply last week this total which does not includ additional costs outlined recently is 6su30- 000 tihout 348150000 or nearly c9ss0000 higher than the estimates far 1035 supplementary estimates last year however increased the ap propriation for that period by 4- s50000 of the increased amount of nearly 10000000 in the current naval es- mates 4045000 is required to con tinue new construction already auth- orized expenditure on the fleet air arm is moved up by 1os2000 ex- elusive of the cost of new aircraft for the ships provisions for main tenance of the fleet calls for an in crease of 3030000 the fleet per sonnel also will be expanded by 4- 013 fellowship awarded by the royal society ottawa dr jacob levitt mc- gill university montreal has been awarded a research fellowship in bot any for 103037 it was announced here recently by the fellowship board of the royal society of can ada other awards were anthony brown university of toronto physiology william c gus- sow boston teeh cambridge mass formerly of saskatchewan univer sity saskatoon geology earl s kbors harvard university cam bridge formerly of dalhousie uni versity halifax chemistry john p b 1 e wc t t princeton university princeton nj formerly university of toronto physics miss jean lunn mcgill university formerly of hali fax- philosophy ii northrop frye toronto university formerly of sherbrookc english literature don- at voghel university of montreal sociology the fellowships have a value of 1500 and arc financed by a grant from the carnegie corpora tion of new york to the boyal society to make it hard writes the baltimore sun the complexity of income tax returns reminds me of a story told about the late chaunccy depcw pro pounding a riddle he asked what creature it was that was feathered often stood on one leg and barked like a dog no one guessed and mr depcw said that it was a stork objection was promptly voiced that a stork did not bark oh said mr depew i put that in to make il hard i new york fashion designers picked a new list of best dressed women recently the iist prepared by a poll con ducted by emii alvin hartman di rector of the rockfcller centre fashion academy names as leaders in their respective fields kay francis the movies princess ketto mikeladze society mrs helen wills moody sports lane pickens- the radio sheila barrett night clubs mrs james j farley public life helen gleason the opera ilka chase the stage previous winners of the fashion academy awards among whom were mrs franklin d roosevelt gladys swarthout constance cummings irene bordoni ina claire mrs har rison williams betty morris and mary i brown were not eligible for the selections this year harlmans announcement of the new list commented on uie varied preferences of the eight named the princess favors simple clothes and avoidance of jewellery unless it is real miss barrett finds tweed suits ap pealing and miss pickens goes in for originality with many of her clothes of her own design mrs farley wife of the postmast ergeneral was described as per sonifying the matttrer type of woman and one who has been able to edit her wardrobe with excel lent taste the others hartman said are not ed for their ability to select styles of essential simplicity and wear them in a most effective manner personality charm and ability lo wear clothes were the standards used in making the selection employment sbws steady advance canadian survey oniario factories have increased workers since january ottawa moderate improvement was shown in the employment situ ation in canada on march 1 compar ed with february 1 ami a consider able galu was recorded over the cor responding date last year the domin ion bureau ot statistics reported last week cooparison drawn a total ot 94il employers showed an aggregate payroll of 931115 on march i against 92685 the previous month on the corresponding date last year 9062 firms reported u working aggregate ot 902301 persons the index on march i on tin- uae 1926 equals 100 was slightly below the average tor the past 15 years at 1037 but was considerablv higher than march j 1933 when it was 964 the index on march 1 lor the pre vious years follow 1931927 193t 769 1932 ss7 1931- 1002 19 1102 19291014 12s 1d26 1927975 1926926 925 ssi 1924 918 192291 1922s29 l21 s9i upward trend ontario and the 1rairio province showed an upward trend while a de cline was reported in the maritime province quebec and british colum bia in comparison with march i 19 an improvement was shown in each of the five economic areas expansion was reported in ontario where 4176 cooperating establish ments added 56s0 persons lo their forces bringing them to 39s449 at march 1 tile gain exceeding in average increase indicated at march 1 in the years since 1920 was smaller than unit noted at ihe same date in 1935 the 4010 firms whose rcti rhs were included in the tabulation for march 1 1935 had employed 391ss2 workers 2139 more working there was an advance in faciory employment in ontario at the begin ning of march 1936 manufacturer having added 2130 workers to their staffs leather lumber textile iron and eel if id nonferrous metal works showed greater activity among the nonmanufacturing classes high way construction recorded improve ment and there were gains on a smaller scale in mining transporta tion railway construction and trade logging showed a decline as the sea sons operations neared completion and shipping and building construc tion also released employes pie steal for breakfast new england breakfasts still served in rural areas prodigious meals boston those epicureans who would return to the good old days ot big breakfasts should come to new england where a man may eat a steak and top it off with a bit ot juicy pie before starting to work menu of 70s there are many stories current in new england o the tables served in grandmas day of a morning meal which suflice most persons of today for dinner rake this menu for in stance from the records of a well- ordered house of the 70s hunters bread apple butter cur rant black jelly ten slices ol toast baked potatoes one dozen scallop ed onions five pints 12 boiled eggs drop three for miss f use silver egg cups pumpkinmince pio have mince pio hot grate cheese top use sliver goblets for cider spring water set silver tea at miss ms place brandy eggnog cotyee masters there were six immediate members of that family and four house ser vants custom lingers such breakfasts are found yef in farm houses in ncw england whero digious meals including homehiado sausage buckwheat and griddle cakes with syrup pork and ham and where ho old traditions hold there will bo apple or mince pie and cottage cheese up north that being near the canadian line is the deer country and there a traveler may be served a venison steak boiled eggs raised doughnuts corncake and many other foods which would amaze those who grab their breakfast off a nulckiuneli counter a more or less ordinary sunday morning meal runs like this fried liver and bacon broiled beef steak creamed brown bread toast in deer season vfnison steak and in ash ing season fried trout and corn cake and dessert of raised donghnule and maple syrup or deep dish apple po with three or four brands of chreso from which to choose