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WORLD HAPPENINGS
BRIEFLY TOLD

Safest Form Of Travel

Railroads Of Canada And United
States Have Impressive Record
Rail traffic has been

a

Six South Africans have set out
from Durban to make a voyage
around the world in a small ketch—
the “Land’s End.” The craft car-
ries a 40-horsepower Diesel engine.

The failure of one flight will not
halt Soviet Russia’s aerial explora-
tions in the<Arctic regions, A. Var-
tanian, Moscow engineer, told inter-
viewers in Portland, Oregon.

The gregation of the U
of Oxford conferred the degree of
master of arts on Lord Nuffield, the
motor car manufacturer who hac
given millions to the university.

Bu s t
out Canada in October totalled $20,-
169,900, a seasonal decline of seven
per cent. from September but 34.8
per cent. over the total for October,
1936.

For the first time in eight years a
Royal hunt will take place in Wind-
sor Park this ainter. King George
VI, has decided to hold several hunts
on the royal estate around Christ-
mas time.

Vladimir Petrovich Vorobieff, sur-
geon and anatomy professor of inter-
national repute who supervised the
embalming of Lenin’s body for its
mausoleum on Red square 13 years
ago, is dead.

Six autogyros, built on new con-
struction principles, haye been order-
ed by the British air ministry. The
craft will be two-seaters equipped
with six lifting blades which will be
propelled by the take-off motor.

A cancer research institute, ade-
quately |, Should be

a

coming back in the last few years.
Part of this is due to lower fares and
part of it to the new and

Dinosaur Eggs

Those Found In Southern Alberta
Said To Be Rock Formation
Mongolia’s claim of the only place
in the world where dinosaur eggs
have been found still held good.
A batch of “rock eggs,” found by
® road crew as they were blasting
out a highway to Waterton park, 100
miles southwest of Lethbridge, have
turned out to be just that. Scien-
tists who examined them declared
they were “folded calcareous argil-
lite,” a limestone-clay formation.
For more than a year the rocks
Were thought to be dinosaur eggs.
All were approximately nine inches
long and six inches in diameter.
With them a “nest” more than three
feet in diameter was found.
Herbert Knight, park superin-
tendent who kept the eggs in his
office, made the announcement of the
scientist's examination, but he did
not disclose what scientist had made
the study.
A decision to have the “eggs”
looked over by an expert was made
about two months ago, after a high-

faster schedules which the railroads
have been adopting. But a good
share must be attributed to the fact
that travel by train is by far the
safest form of travel in existence.

As a sample, consider this fact:
During the first six months of 1937,
not one passenger in Canada or the,
United States lost his life in a train’
accident. Impressive as that record
is, it becomes even more so when
you realize that the railroads carried
more than 250 million in

way gi at the park read of
the dinosaur research work of C. M.
Sternberg, a palaeontologist attach-
ed to the geological survey of Can-
ada.

Early this summer Mr. Sternberg
made extensive diggings in the
southeast section of Alberta, using
as his headquarters the town of
Manyberries,

Mr. Sternberg followed up the
work of many other palaeontologists
with the discovery of several dino-

that time.

Neither air traffic nor auto traffic
can present comparable figures.
Such a safety record speaks vol-
umes for the efficiency of modern
railroad operation—and is an excel-
lent i that the

will continue to be our greatest mass
transportation agency. — Winnipeg
Tribune.

Far North Getting Soft

Hardware Salesman Says His Cus-
tomers Demand Latest Gadgets

Joe Freeman, travelling hardware
salesman, arrived at Anchorage,
Alaska, with the comment that the
Far North is getting a bit “sissy.”
The “last frontier’ that Freeman
covers has reached such a stage of
civilization that customers in the in-
terior are demanding ‘‘modern chrom-
jum gadgets of the trickiest design,”
colored glass knobs for dresser draw-
ers and “hexagon designs in prepar-

ed if Canada is to do her share in the
scientific search for a cure, states
Sir Frederick Banting, head of the
department of medical research of
the University of Toronto.

Gontributions to China’s war chest
from Chinese abroad were listed
officially as $6,000,000, including
$180,000 from Canada, $400,000 from
the United States, $150,000 from
South America, and $120,000 from
Hawaii.

International Harvester Company
announced its Australian affiliate
would construct a $2,000,000 farm
implement manufacturing plant at
Geelong, near Melbourne, Australia.
The plant, to employ 450 men, was
expected to begin operations next
year.

ed with a color scheme
planned as carefully as the boudoir
of a duchess.””

New Cunard Liner

Progress Made In Construction Of
White Star Liner No. 1029

Good progress is being made in the
construction of the Cunard White
Star liner No. 1029 at the shipyard
of Cammell Laird & Company, Birk-
enhead.

The new vessel will be nearly 750
feet in length and have a gross ton-
nage of over 30,000.

Features of the hull design will be
the terraced bridge superstructure,
cruiser stern and two masts. In ad-
dition, the latest idea of installing
two large funnels only (instead of
three or four) in big ships will be

New Zeppelin

Helium Purifying Plant To Be Built
In Germany

The Zeppelin company ordered a
helium purifying plant built in Ger-
many, to be ready when the new
Zeppelin, No, 130, takes the air next
spring for her maiden voyage to
Lakehurst, New Jersey.

Helium, which deteriorates in the
course of time, will periodically be
emptied from the airship containers
and subjected to a process of purifi-
cation and used again. It was ex-
plained the high cost of helium
(which must be purchased from the
United States) is the reason for
strictest economy.

Model Leaves Fortune

Native Of The Island Of Capri Was
Picturesque Character

This will mean not only

saur Among them were
the bones of a rare flesh-eating dino-
saur, estimated to be 60,000,000
years old. He left the bones of
some common duck bill varieties
where he found them, considering
them not of sufficient value to war-
rant further study.

Other prehistoric finds have been
made in the “bad lands” district near
Brooks, Alta., and in the Red Deer
valley near the city of Red Deer.

TWO GAY APRONS FROM ONE
PATTERN MAKE WELCOME
CHRISTMAS GIFTS

By Anne Adams

Puzzled about what to give for
Christmas? Here's your answer—
the gayest aprons Anne Adams ever
designed for easy making! See how
the side panels are cut to form a
well-fitting waistline? Style “B” is
just as feminine as it can be, made
up in dimity, dotted swiss or batiste,
with a dainty bit of ruffling for con-
trast. Choose gingham, percale or
r “A”, a tailored type

Salvage operations on the Lutine,
British ship wrecked off the Dutch
coast in 1799, are expected to net
nearly $10,000,000 in sunken treas-
ure.

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helps prevent

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Full details of the Plan

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helps end a ~
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Undersroun Highways

Thirty-Year Plan To Solve London's
Traffic Problem

Underground highways will be the
most notable feature of a 30-year
plan to solve London's traffic prob-
lem, which is expected to be ready
for approval by the end of this year,
it was reported. -

Sir Charles Bressey, principal
technical officer of the Roads De-
partment of the Ministry of Trans-
port, has been working on the plan
for three years.

He faced a problem complicated by
the fact that London, unlike modern
cities, was not built according to
plan, and, unlike Paris, has never
benefited from extensive reform pro-
jects. Z

Paris owes much of its present
topography to Jacques Ange Gab-
riel, noted architect who built the
Ecole Militaire and the older build-
ings facing the Place de la Con-
corde in the 18th century, and to
Eugene-Georges Haussemann, who
cut new boulevards through tangled
old streets during the Second Em-
pire. S

London has excellent motorbus
and underground rail service, but her

presents

TOPICS
of

by DR. J.W. S. MSCULLOUGH

ARTICLE No. 17
“Cancerophobia”

Cancerophobia means fear of can-
cer. This fear is present to some 2,
degree in every adult person; ‘it is
particularly existent among women.
Everything possible should be done
to moderate this fear. When the
writer began his campaign of lectur-
ing about cancer some years ago, he
happened to meet on a railway train
a medical friend of college days.
Horace Blank was a genial chap, de-
bonair, and clever. He

principal streets are so
that in rush hours pedestrians move
faster than automobiles in Picca-
dilly or in the “city,” the financial
district.

Under the plan being completed,
new traffic arteries are expected to
be created in the outlying parts of

trim. And now for a surprise—
both these charming aprons are cut
from one delightful design. So order
Pattern 4591 and get busy!

Pattern 4591 is available in sizes

progress stopped, and the creature
remains as an “in-between.”

Transmission and engine friction
use up about 12 per cent. of the fuel
energy of an automobile.

Millions of years ago, the Aus-|
tralian lungfish began to change’ Illustrated step-by-step sewing in-|
from a fish to a land animal, but its |

small, medium and large. Small size
takes 244 yards 36 inch fabric. Apron
A, 2% yards trim and B, 1% yards.

structions included.

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.

From Colonel Ibbotson
Tuberculosis Associa’

fact that the death rate

part

in the other

deck space for games and promenad-
ing, but also increased interior pas-
senger accommodation.

No, 1029 will be a twin screw ves-
sel driven by Parsons’ single reduc-
tion geared turbines. Steam will be
supplied from high pressure water-
tube boilers.

Three classes of passenger accom-
modation will be provided—cabin,
tourist and third class—and for all
Clusses the scale of ion

This is but one of scores of
messages received from all over
Canada from leaders in the fight
against Tuberculosis congratulating
the Anti-T
League on its record since the first
sanatorium opened its doors twenty
years ago—on October 8, 1917, to
be exact.

Among the birthddy greetings

will be on spacious up-to-date lines.

An idea of the size of the vessel
can be obtained from the fact that
there are ten decks. These include
a sports deck and a sun deckegiving
good space for open-air activities in
all classes. In addition there will be
an unusually large number of shel-
tered promenade spaces available for
passengers.

On the promenade deck there will
be an extensive series of public
rooms for cabin passengers, These
will include an observation lounge
and cocktail bar, grand hall (fitted
with dance floor), lounge smoking
room, writing salon, library and chil-
dren’s room. There will be a gym-
nasium, swimming pool and verandah

Called the “characteristic fisher-
man” although he never fished in his
life, A. Spadard, native of the island
of Capri, reputed to be “the most
photographed man in the world,” is
dead. He was 81.

Hundreds of artists painted him
in his picturesque red beret and long
white beard anil thousands of tour-
ists photographed him,

Spadard left a small fortune from
fees he received as a model.

If an egg rattles when shaken, it
indicates that the egg is not fresh.
The air space inside the shell has
become large through slow evapor-
ation.

There are no definite records to

cafe.
| The public rooms for tourist class
passengers will meet the require-
ments and taste of the ever increas-
ing number of people who travel in
this class, and include lounges, smok-
ing room and cocktail bar and a
childrens’ room, also a gymnasium.

Third class passengers will be pro-
vided with lounge, smoking room,
children’s room and unusually exten-
sive deck spaces (both sheltered and

|

open).

There will be facilities for enter-
tainments, including dancing and
“talkie” cinema shows in all three
classes.
| The keel of No. 1029 was laid

|down on May 24th, 1937. tl is ex-
pected that the vessel will be launch-
ed in the summer of 1938 and ready
for service in 1939.

When placed in water, the Aus-
tralian Moloch-lizard absorbs mois-

warm ations were received
from various provinces. Space per-
mits reproduction of only the most
important messages:
From John McEachern, Chairman,
Board of rs
“We wish to extend to your sana-
torium warm congratulations upon
your twentieth anniversary and

especially pay tribute to the Sas-
katchewan system of free treat-
ment resulting in the cleanest bill
of health for tuberculosis in any
province.” 5

From Dr, A. E, Miller, oi the Kent-

Sask. Leading in
Fight Against T.B.

Other Provinces Look to Kt for
Leadership—Sask. Has Lowest T.B.
Death Rate in the Dominion

the splendid result achieved. We)

oes DS.O., President of the Canadian
lon:

“The outstanding success achieved by your
League in the battle against tuberculosis, and the

in your proyince is the

lowest in the British Empire, is an example to sister

provinces.”

From Dr. W. H. Hatfield, Provincial
Medical Director of Tuberculosis
Control, Vancouver, B.C.:

“You have done a marvellous piece
of work in Saskatchewa.:, and I
trust that some day the whole of
Canada may be able to demon-
strate as low a death rate as that
shown in Saskatchewan.”

Much of the credit for this
remarkable record is due to the
educational and preventive work of
the League, which is financed large-
ly from the sale of Christmas Seals.

Everyone can help by buying

Christmas Seals

Through continuous educational
efforts the people of Saskatchewan
now realize that Tuberculosis is 80
per cent. curable if discovered and
treated in its early stages.

Periodic clinics, at eleven centres,
and travelling clinics, financed from
Christmas Seal Sales, provide facili-
ties for early diagnosis, thus reduc-

ville Sanatorium, Nova Scotia:
“Through the tireless efforts of

the League, Saskatchewan has
attained the lowest death rate
from tuberculosis in Canada.

Your method of tuberculosis con-
trol is a model for all countries
in-America to follow. We predict
that in the next decade tubercu-
losis will be a minor cause of
death among the white popula-
tion of your province,”

From Dr. P. A. Creelman, of the
Prince Edward Island Tuberculo-
sis League, P.EI.:

“Our congratulations on the
Mificent success that has
attained
your organization began
tion, We watch very
closely its operation and
quote frequently what
an outstanding example
{t is and what can be
done along recognized

mag-

been
since
func-

in Saskatchewan
to

show that Stratford-on-Avon was
the birthplace of Shakespeare.

ture like blotting paper. 2228

principles in the con-
trolling of this disease.”

ing the number of advanced cases
admitted to the sanatoria, shorten-
\ing their period of treatment and
| suffering and reducing the cost to
jane taxpayers generally.

But, despite Saskatchewan's splen-
did record, Tuberculosis still pro-
vides one of the most serigus disease
problems we have to face, Every
third death in the age period be-
tween 15 and 45 years from acute
infectious disease is due to Tubercu-
losis, There must be no let-up in
the fight against Tuberculosis in
Saskatchewan!

Everyone can help to stamp out
Tuberculosis by buying C!

|Greater London, but underground
roads probably will be necessary in
the centre of the capital, where it
| would be impossible to demolish ex-
| isting buildings in order to replan
the street system.

| Sir Charles is believed to be op-
| Posed to the use of elevated traffic
lanes.

was at the time, and had been for
many years, the head of a hospital —
clinic in a special line; his opinion —
in most matters of medical thought
was valuable. . ie
He said to me, “Where are you *
bound for, old chap?” “I’m going ni
to B—,’ I replied, to lecture to a .
group of women about cancer.” =
“Don't. you do it!” he exclaimed.
“You'll scare the life out of them.
You'll give them cancerophobia.” re
I rather demurred at this sugges- —
tion but I had no real argument
wherewith to counter my friend's em-
phatic advice. I pondered with some
i about the matter.

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The Scots Greys

Soldiers Of Famous Regiment Will
| Continue To Ride Horses
Soldiers of the famous

At the close of the lecture which
was listened to with great interest
by an audience of some 250 bright
and intelligent women, I tried an
experiment with them, one which has

of the Royal Scots Greys will con-
tinue to ride their horses.

In the House \of Commons War
Secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha ex-
ploded rumors that the unit would
be mechanized. Scottish Conserv:
tive members and many others were
prepared to launch a spirited attack
if the minister's answer upheld the
rumor. {

The Times published a letter from
W. F. Collins, colonel of the regi-
ment through practically the whole
of the Great War. It declared there
was no lack of recruits for the Scots
Greys but there probably would be
if they were mechanized: He trust-
ed “the Royal Scots Greys and their
grey horses may be for ever re-
tained.”

The Germans are supposed to have
learned of the presence of the Scots
Greys at Liege, Belgium, early in the
Great War, when they recognized
the regiment's grey horses.

/ A
Apple Packing Contest
British Columbia Woman Is Ad-

judged Best Apple Packer
Mrs. Isobel Stillingfleet, of Ke-

since been rep scores of times.
I told the audience of the warning I
had received. © “Now,” I said, “I
should like to ask you, if, after hear-
ing what I haye had to say about
cancer, is your fear of it increased?”
There was a unanimous dissent to
anything of the kind. The women
gathered about me asked all manner
of pertinent questions about cancer —
and evinced the strongest desire to
learn, in the shortest possible time,
all the information they could.
Neither on this occasion nor on many
| others of a similar nature, has there
been the slightest indication that a
truthful statement of the facts about
cancer, induced cancerophobia. —
The facts about cancer are re-
assuring in that they offer high hope
to the victim if he or she has been
taken in hand at an early stage of
“the disease. Widespread knowledge
about cancer is the surest avenue to
this happy condition of things.
Next article: “Prospect for the
Cancer Patient.”

I Note:
the complete set of Dr. McCul-
Jough’s cancer articles at once
may secure same by writing to—
The Health League of Canada, 105

lowna, B.C., won the apple packing
contest at the Imperial Fruit Show
which has just ended at Birmingham,
England, according to word received
at the Department of Agriculture.

Speed and skill in packing apples
were deciding factors in the competi-
tion and Mrs. Stillingfleet won by a
good margin.

The competition was open to
packers from all parts of the Empire
and the Canadian woman won over
a group of British packers and girls
from Australia and New Zealand.
The prize for first place was a gold
medal and $100.

Plenty Of Results

“Results!” exclaimed Edison to an
assistant marveling at the bewilder-
| ing total of his failures—50,000 ex-
periments, for example, before he
succeeded with a new storage bat-
tery. “Results? Why, man I haye

gotten a lot of results. I know Sev-|

that won't

seals. A facsimile of this year’s seal
is reproduced herewith. When the
opportunity to purchase a
supply of seals is given you
remember that your con-
tribution, however small,
is urgently needed to as-
sist in still further reduc-
ing the mortality from
this preventible disease.

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work.”

things

Wisconsin.

Some of this new millinery looks

as if it had made a forced landing.

The city of Chicago has a greater
population than the entire state of

Bond St., Toronto, Ont. =

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New Style Horse Collar

Contains Special Rubber Tube That—
Makes It Flexible
Some one interested in animal wel-
fare recently has devised a collar
for horses that will not scuff nor
chafe their necks, In appearance it
is like the conventional collar, but
contains a special rubber tube that
lis inflated with air at about five
; pounds pressure. This renders the
collar so flexible that it is asserted
a hand can be slipped between it and
the hores's shoulder even when a full
jload is being pulled, reports The
| Compressed Air Magazine.
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| The Only Safety
Three passengers killed when an
automobile crashes into a rail fence
—one passenger killed when a car
backs off a wharf—two persons kill-
ed when a truck crashes into a
railroad train. There is no limit,
says the Ottawa Journal, to the in-
genuity of mischance, and no safety
but in caution.

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The correct plural of teaspoonful —

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