‘ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS AND MADSCUI NEWS WORLD HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY TOLD A new flight Into the stratosphere is being planned by Prof. Auguste Piccard and his associate, Max Cosyns, it was-learned at Brussels. The British Air Ministry wants 1,300 boys between the ages of 15 and 17, with sound education, to en- ter the Royal Air Force as aircraft apprentices next August. The British government, in con- eultation with the dominions, will be urged by the British Empire Service League to provide machinery for the enlistment of a quota of dominons men in the imperial forces. The commonwealth’s bureau of statistics estimated 97 per cent. of Australia’s population of 6,725,000 was of British extraction. About 86 Interesting Birds’ Nests Specimens Gathered From Countries Interesting To Nature Lovers sketches The nature lovers, | Many Misuse Sleeping Powder Insanity Of Chemicals Results Many Mental Cases Sleeping powder insanity, a mn new which accompany’ mental hobgoblin among the “psy- | this article show birds nests which | choses" that are relentlessly increas- are rather interesting, especially to) ing in the United States, was report- ed to the American Psychiatric As- sociation at Pittsburgh. It Is one of the strange reactions of human beings to misuse of the flood of new chemicals coming from the scientific, synthetic laboratories. There {is no doubt, said Frank J. Curran, M.D., of Bellevue Hospital, New York, of a definite increase in mental illness from over-indulgence in one of these more recent drugs, known as the barbiturates, Sixty different barbiturates are manufactured. Hundreds more can be made easily by test tube combina- tions. They are, he\said, the most frequently used ingredients in hyp- MAKE THIS MODEL AT nome—| WEAR IT FOR EVERY OCCASION | By Anne Adams Prepare For Air Service Airports Must Be Equipped For Year- Round Use Of Giant Metal Planes Establishment of airports equipped for year-round use of giant metal passenger planes will be an essential feature of the coast-to-coast daily air service which Transport Minister C. D. Howe hopes to see at least par- tially in operation by autumn. Cities on the line of the proposed service, not so equipped, will have to | be passed over until adequate ports are constructed. To assist the municipalities in furnishing the essential ground equipment to become scheduled stops in the trans-Canada service the gov- ernment contributes one-third of the amount already spent by the municl- pality, to ald in the final develop- ment. Main landing fields on the trans- Canada route will eventually be re- - THE CANADIAN ADVENTURE TRIP OF BOB SIM, AN ONTARIO FARM BOY No. 1 of a Series of 1GsUataen Young Farmer Tours Canada In A Flivver It's worth while, in this hum-drum of daily toil, to take a moment off and read about a farmer boy who wants to do things—and does them! Imagine stepping into the old car, financing yourself this way and that, and travelling from the Atlantic to the Pacific! Great thought, isn't {t? Well, Bob did more than think—he's on his way, and this is his first letter Watch for the next one in an early issue. Newmarket, Ont. (Special despatch by Bob Sim).—Here I am in New- market, a manufacturing town in per cent. was Australian-born the notic and sedative drugs. They are quired to have hard surface runways} (a htral’ Ontario, 90 miles Lea Pash bureau said. given by physicians for many forms permitting a landing in any wind.| Atlantic, Holstein, the home farm, Poland is seriously considering of illness. Wheeled planes will be used ex-|/and the family are back in Grey mass evacuation of Jews to Pales- But, said Dr. Curran, when taken clusively and the fields will be} county where I left them this morn- tine, to French Madagascar off Africa, or to some other haven to avold future anti-semitic disturb- unrestrictedly by laymen, they may induce insanity. The results include stupor, convulsions, halting speech, plowef or the snow packed smooth and hard for winter flying. Test flights will soon be made in ing, The first lap of my trans-Can- ada tour is over. There is a prospect of supper and bed tonight, with a few passengers to help with the gas ances in the country. trembling tongue and lips, shaking the west with the new government- ro er oF oo nea : ; A rom Montrea e ‘or Nova McGill University announced the fingers and unsteady gait. He de- owned all-metal plane similar to that Scotia. After washing” the” family appointment of Dr. W. H. Brittain, scribed 114 of these barbiturate used by Merrill on his trans-Atlantic) car jn the Atlantic I set out for the vice-principal of Macdonald college, as its temporary principal pending appointment of a successor to A. E. Morgan. Water poloists of Sydney, Aus- tralia, are seeking to have the game recognized as an official sport at the Empire Games there next year and if successful, Canada, South Africa and England may send teams. The French army its the strongest ‘and best equipped in Europe, Die Wehrmacht, Reich war ministry organ, declared in a special edition devoted to a review of “the war strength of France” and its “aggres- sive designs” against Germany. No. 1 is supposed to be a Tailor Bird's nest and came from Singa- pore, East Indies. It measures four feet long. There must be different species of the Tailor Birds. Some) actually sew leaves together. This special nest is made entirely out of| blade of a bulrush. No. 2 is a Baltimore Oriole’s nest and is rather unusual for it has about ten different colors. There are strands of yarn, silk and cotton. ‘These were hung in a tree and were used by the Oriole mother in build- ing her interesting home. sleeping powder insane admitted to Bellevue. Second to the barbiturates in causing the new type of insanity stands an older drug, bromide. The victims of misuse of this see flowers, hear voices, imagine they feel elec- tric shocks. Instances of 63 bromide grass and is worked around a main) insane were given; also of 21 whose blade which is somewhat like the| minds went wrong from a combina- tion of both barbiturates and bro- mides. Wear this charming Anne Adams frock for that special occasion where you want to be an instant “hit.” Its graceful, flowing lines will give you @ carefree feeling of poise and self- The rippling yoke- | Gardening | sleeves add a dash of gay indifference to this frock, and you'll adore its low with the soft roll col- There are two groups of garden in- sect enemies—those that eat holes in lar. Notice the skirt with that de- lightful swirl of frivolity, the saucy flight. It js estimated 10 pilots will be sufficient to inaugurate the ser- vice and no difficulty will be en- countered in recruiting them among Canadians. Less Party Feeling Blindfold Obedience To Party Whip Going Out Of Fashion It is possible that the common at- titude of cynicism, and even derision, which is directed at democratic gov- ernments, is due largely to the dis- ease of “party before all” which has held back development and created internal dissension. In retrospect the politics of late Pacific. folks. I'm a lucky guy, you say, to be able to pick up in the middle of tur- nip hoeing, and to leave right before haying; it isn’t everyone who can take a vagabond tour across Canada when they get the notion. I can't believe it myself, but it's a fact. Here is how it happened. Dad was complaining about farming; it seem- ed to him the harder you work, the smaller the returns. “According to the law of supply and demand,” I remarked, “if you produce more, the price drops; while the price rises if you produce less.” “It sounds like a good law," Dad said. ‘We'll work half as hard, cut production in half, but make just as much in the end. Now if you could find something to do for the summer, It looks like a real summer, = button trim, and the perky, novelty i icul to|it would solve our problem. We'd No. $ is a Weaver Bird's nest and/ the foliage and those that suck out ; 'Y| years may look quite ridiculous to pron Strange Customs came from Indore, Central India. It|the juices. For the first-named,| Pe cononea ot feces peaks von posterity; like a second-rate circus,|S8v° % Pile ot having ee 7 ‘ is made of a fine straw and is a porn is usually: applied, while the! sleeves and yoke are cut in one piece| We are living in an age where @ 8YS-|than you did to-day, we'll grow Oddities Of Life Among The Natives! masterpiece of weaving. The tube Soe he weaat ea wi aks, purine to make it still easier for you. For|tem of social organization has be-| about as much anyway. How about Of Papua which hangs under the nest is about| both are frment aa chrabMiReleswoe tabrices Us a colorful batiste, voile) come too large and too complex to} it?” 4 = ‘ ? * 1 “I've always wanted to see Can- These oddities of lite among the! four inches long. The nest is about! poison and something that burns,| pattern 4426 is available in misses| tolerate blindfold obedience to the ada," T said “T eauld lixesto i bAGe Aboriginal natives of Papua were culled from the annual report of Lieut.-Gov. Sir Hubert Murray to the commonwealth government. The first native appointed a vil- lage constable in Kerena district arrested his own ward for murder. On a tributary of the Purari river ® patrol found a two-storey house, 75 feet long, built in living trees. Women occupied the lower floor and men the upper. Women on the upper waters of the Bariji river cut three-foot lengths of bamboo. These they will fill with food, cork up one end, and put in flames. When the bamboo blackens and begins to crack they regard the food as cooked. At the village of Marau, pigs have sbnormal feet, apparently because they walk on soft sand. On each foot are long, horn-like growths five inches long and turned up at the tips 18 inches long. No. 4 is the tiny home of a Hum-! inches wide. It is made of plant | down. These nests were collected leau, Sask. Does Thorough Job Vacuum Lawn Mower Cuts Cleans Up Grass small rubbish into a container. Thus gine. The cutting blades of the by Dr. V. Rondeau, dentist of Rou- | 28° Resembling a vacuum cleaner both i in form and action, the latest lawn coyer the leaves. mower cuts the grass and then sucks common in warm, murky weather. the cuttings, leaves, twigs and other Spraying such as lime sulphur and arsenate, ive the best results. The damage rom the biting insects is usual): the other kind is only shown at first by a wilting or withering of the foll- . For sucking pests, chief of which are the aphids or plant lice, spray with whale oil soap, a quarter pound of soap to a ion and a half of water; nicotine sulphate, or “Black Leaf 40” or any other repel- lent secured from a reliable seed « And store. When fungus attacks the plants, he foliage usually turns yellow or own, or white spots like mildew Fungus is most with Bordeaux Mixture or dusting with specially finely ground sulphur is advised. Sulphur dust will {t does a thorough job of cleaning 45 giso protect hollyhocks and phlox it goes. Cutting is done by scythe-| from rust, if applied when the dis- like rotary blades which are turned ¢ase first shows itself. An ordina: by direct drive from a gasoline en-| tim ry can with the top perforated like a salt shaker makes a good duster. Tender vegetables are those which mower are adjustable and can be set have been grown quickly. Especially to cut the grass to any height de-| with such things as radish, carrots beets is slow growth disastrous ly i ming Bird. The nest is about two|quite apparent but the presence of Bie yacos)ou paca tanye and women's sizes 14, 16, 18, 20, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42, Size 16 takes Tilustrated step-by-step sewing instructions in- cluded. Send twenty cents (20c) in coin or stamps (coin preferred) for this Anne Adams pattern. Write plainly Size, Name, Address and Style Num- ber, and send order to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept., Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave. E., Winnipeg. Sacrificing The Forest Ten Acres In Stanley Park, Van- couver, Being Cleared To thousands of Vancouver people the sound of axe and saw, now busy in Stanley Park, will bring pangs of regret. It is always a sad thing to see a great forest tree sacrificed, but when it is an old friend that goes down, the sadness is accentuated. And old friends are falling to-day in Stanley Park. There is no help for whip of political expediency. While our constitutional government needs at all times legitimate and vigorous critics—that is the basis of democ- racy—it can certainly dispense with a mistaken sense of loyalty to party and creed. Too much rigidity in any type of government leads to a break and possible chaos. A reasonable elas- ticity gives the opportunity for the policies which times demand—Ham- ilton Spectator. Highest Accident Rate Motor Driving In India Would Appear To Be Reckless India has the highest surance Committee which accident rate for motor vehicles in the world. This fact is brought to light in the report of the Motor Vehicles In- recom- mends the introduction of compul- the car into the Atlantic and drive due west till my front wheels were washing in the Pacific. I would take blankets along, sleep where night overtakes me, and eat wherever I can smell cooking. “It sounds like one of your wild ideas. Where would you get a car?” “Well, if you don’t mind using the hired man’s car, and I'm sure Bill wouldn't mind, I'll take the family car.” “Well, you might get the car, but I'm not going to pay for the gas.” “Gas? I hadn't thought of gas. I know,” I shouted, “Ill write about the trip for the newspapers—they'll be glad to pay for the gas.” “Oh, will they?” jeered the whole Feature headline, Tours Canada In A Flivver."” write about the farms I see, and the farm people, besides the cities and scenery. The orchards of Annapolis, Okanagan and Niagara, The wheat fields of the Peace River, the dried out areas. What farmers in Alberta think of Social Credit now. What do like a Turkish slipper. sired. The blades are hollow-ground, #24 sory third-party insurance and more ; i Too! ‘00d, ss the Quints look like, what kind of a and it is their rapid revolving that Se eae eniae fibre. But “this It, of course. Progress demands that) rjgorous punishment for negligent tease is Daddy Dionne. How many In The Land Of Egypt creates the lsuction which draws-the! qilsielac-appliens.to “everything used|© 7 uee uel’ be) Bulb ecross) the | driving, fiat tires I have. Great Reclamation Scheme To Be Undertaken By Government Vast areas of waterless desert will be fertilized under a great reclama- tion scheme to be undertaken by the Egyptian Government in the Western desert of Egypt. In these wastes, where for the past seven years famine and starvation have threat- ened the Bedouin tribes of the desert owing to lack of water, the Govern- ment has planned far-reaching {m- provements. Wells are to be bored, land, goats, corn and a sum of money are to be allotted to each Bedouin family, and a motor road from Alexandria to Sollum, on the Egypto- Libyan frontier, is to be built. Aid For Travellers Impossible To Miss Train If New Service Works Missing the train {s a minor tragedy that may never occur again if the service being tried experiment- of the —Popular it mowed grass and rubbish into the for salads. large container located at the back Peet pushing On this account experts wth with fre- uent cultivation and applications of Burbank, won his first great triumph with the Burbank potato. 1 fertilizer. This a good \ghould be carried out according to The noted plant wizard, Luther prope> directions. At Newmarket, England, valuable homes. China’s !mproved roads are five times as long as in 1930. Housewives of Mexico are demand-| gas masks. Won't it be ing electric refrigerators in their| a horse wins by a nozzle instead of h are to be ip with odd when by a nose? The average length of a lion's life is 40 years. Lions Gate to the North Shore and there is no other site for the south- ern bridgehead save In Stanley Park, no possible thoroughfare save across the park. This means the cutting and building of a new road a mile or more long and that means the sacrifice of ten acres of forest.—Van- couver Province. China has just established a pas- senger and freight navigation service to Manila, the first Chinese shipping line to a foreign port in many years. THE CANADIAN CONTINGENT MARCHES DOWN COUNTRY LANES ally at Sterling, Illinois, proves suc- cessful. Any Chicago & North Western patron who wishes to catch! the 6:17 am. train may telephone} the station agent the night before and be assured that he will be call- ed just one hour before the train arrives, whether it 1s late or on time If successful, the service may be ex- tended to other citle: Find Giant Tree As a result of the comprehensive inquiries made by the committee in all quarters of India, it was found that the rate of deaths per motor vehicle in India was at least 93 per 10,000 compared with 59.4 (the next highest figure) in Italy and 7.4 (the lowest) in New Zealand. The figures for non-fatal accidents reported in India were also found to be high, though there was reason to believe that a large number of such accidents were not reported. A Month Of Birthdays Two Dionnes Apart From Sisters Celebrate In May May is a month of birthdays in the Dionne family. Last to celebrate their natal days world- who were born Their mother, Elzire Dionne, was 28 years old on Mother's Day, May 9, the same day their baby was 10 months during the month are the famous quintuplets May 28, 1934. brother, old. Oliva, Jr., Therese, second eldest girl in the family, was 8 years old May 22. Mrs. at their nursery and enjoying a play period with them. Famous Dionne celebrated her birth- day by visiting her renowned quints “Every article will be a scoop, won't it?” sald Bill skeptically, thinking about his car. Whether it was the law of supply and demand, or the thought of the papers paying for my gas that con- vinced Dad, I'll never know. But I'm in Newmarket, in the library of Joe McCulley, headmaster of Pickering College. He thought it a swell idea and said if I waited for a day or 80 I could get a load of delegates to go with me to the Youth Congress at Montreal. I am waiting, for they are paying. My .next letter will be written on the citadel of Quebec City, if the tires hold out. Ten Minutes Of Sunshine All One New York Apartment Geta In A Year If the morning of May 12 is a clear one, the sun briefly illuminates the bedroom of a dentist named Dr. Ruyl, starting at about eight in the morning and continuing for 10 min- utes. This happens only once a year. On other days, the buildings sur- rounding the Ruyl’s apartment at 24 Monroe Place, Brooklyn, cut the sun- light completely off. May 12 is a big day in the Ruyl | household, as you may imagine. Dr. | Ruyl and his wife get up early, pull up the curtain, and watch the little | Sunbeam creep across the bedroom jfloor, Then the doctor has breakfast land goes to his New York office, as “The young people of the Anglican | happy ag a dentist on his way to Church will respond to the highest work can be—The New Yorker. spiritual leadership we will give tall An Australian eucalyptus tree them,” said Archbishop Oven before First Student—‘I wonder how old which scientists claim was origi-| the Toronto Synod, when he ex-| stiss Jones 1s." nally 400 feet high has been discoy- ered in a remote part of Tasmania. Discoverers of the tree said the up- pressed “the utmost confidence” in |the young people of the day, Second Student— “Quite old, I In| imagine; they say she used to teach eee eer per wn | reality, there is a lot Of unnecessary | Caesar." | shaking of heads over the boys and | girls of this age, but one may search | history and find the same thing in w levery past decade. per section has fallen off. Six feet ebove the base the tree has a diameter of 25 feet. Distance to the first limb is 170 feet. Latin {s studied by more pupils in American high schools than are all other foreign languages combined. | France imported $42,694 worth “1 A picturesque scene near Pirbright Camp, Surrey, as Canada’s Coronation contingent of 200 officers and men} American fishing tackle last year. The Irish Free State has a scrap| Talk of a tunnel under the Eng- The officer in command of the contingent 1s Colonel Streight. Hron shortage: 2205 lish Channel ta being revived: | march along the lovely English country lane.