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Educational Expend ilu res

A bulletin issued by the Canadian Teachers’ Federation, addressed to every teacher in Can- lda, reviews a report on Canadian teaching salaries presented by the Alberta group at the Federation conference in Montreal last August. The conditions revezlled in the report are by no means satisfactory. licre is one set of figures on which emphasis is placed: it represents the number of rural teachers who were paid less than $500 in 1937:

Prince Edward Island, 349; Nova Scolia, 957; New Brunswick, 901; (Jittario, 64; Man- itoba, 809; Sil5I\’.'llCIlC\\'2ll'l, 2535; Quebec (esti- mated) 7500; Alberta and British Columbia, none.

Special attention is called to the large propor- tion of inadequately paid teachers in this Pro- vince. It must, however, be pointed out——as was done in the brief presented to the Rowell Commission in 1938—that while we are able to spend far less per pupil per annum than any other Province, our percentage of Provincial Government expenditure on education is some 65 per cent of the total, or more than twice the percentage ruliich any other government in Can- ada is‘ contributing. \\'e commend the following statement in the brief to the Teachers’ Federa- tion:

"Without Crown lands, without natural fe- Iources, without manufacturing industries, with- out any distinctive atlvantages, our limited fin- ancial resources not only fail to permit the un- dertaking of a complete system of education, but the very existence of the present one is of- ten seriously threatened. It must be agreed that the national importance of education justifies the Dominion Government in taking what steps circumstances will permit to foster this service, the most important of all the social services, and to give aid where aid is needed to those pro- vinces which, like Prince Edward Island, are unable to secure revenue adequate to maintain l reasonable standard of general education."

There has been long and inexcusable delay in presenting the report of the Rowell-Sirois Com- mission on Dominion-Provincial Relations. It is hoped this report will contain some construc- tive suggestions towards remedying the educa- tional problcm in a manner which, in the words of the Prince Edward Island brief, “will bal- ance the needs of the whole of Canada in educa- tion against the resources of the whole of Can- ada." 'I‘oward that end the campaign of the Teachers’ Fcdcration should be persistently di- rected. To hold up one Province to criticism because, by reason of straightened circumstances, it cannot vie with larger and wealthier Pro- vinces in the matter of educational expenditures, is to lose sight of the real issue, which is one of federal responsibility.

Nazi Propaganda

11. eernpflatlon of articles and cartoons select- from the German press and expoeing pro- paganda against England, has been published under the title “Beware of the English l" with I. cub-title, “German Propaganda Exposes Eng- land." The complici- is W. G_ I. Knop and there is a Foreword by Commander King-Hall, retired naval officer, son and grandson of British ad- mirals. Messrs. lllusson are the Canadian pub- lishers. The selections are dated from October 9, 1938, to July t, 1939, and they fill r stout volume which went into two printing: in July by Hamish Hamilton, London.

In his brief Foreword, Commander King-Hall urges every Englishman to read the horrible falsifying stultifying selections “carefully, and draw his own conclusions” They throw a lurid light on the Germany represented today by such ll Hitler. Readers may think of Bismarck and his life. and reflect. “The evil that men do lives Ifter them.”

The Commander points out the value of the book to Englishmen in showing them how the average German, who is as decent as the aver- age human bcing, has no means of learning what the English people and their leaders are like, or It least very little mmns. He is convinced that the British (iovcrnmcnt should have used some of the xiast rvsrltirccs at their disposal in an “in- tellectual countt-r-zlttack ilesiquerl lo revive the critical faculty» in (jerman minds by providing them with an alternative" to the stuff with which they have been continually doped.

A dictum from .\Ir. Anthony Eden is used by the Compilcr as a motto above his Preface: "Mass propagand:i orthe mass production of op- inion can do mori- to si-parruc than any other fac- tor. It can rouse tircjurlice and passion and. if pursucd ovt-r a long pcriotl of time, it can closc the minds of its victims to all other points of view." \\'cll than. hcrc is the dictum of Goeb- bcls, a blini-tcr of lhc Rcich, and controller of the German Press, the wireless service, the film industry and of every means of influencing the German pvrmlc: "Propaganda must not be in ‘he least rcsni-clablc; nor must it be mild or vlimblc; il must be successful."

Was Von Friisch Murdered

several war (IIITIIIICIIIZIIOTS have haztwdcd the ucss that the (lcrman (IeHcraI, Werner von iirilsrh, rcporlcil kiIIcd in action in Poland, was actually tnurdcrcd in colt] blood by the Nazis.

h" 5RD forwards!!! by a Paris correspondent, Edglf‘ Ansel ‘Mowrcr, t0 the Chicago Daily News and the Winnipeg Free Press. It runs as follows:

At the opening of hostilities Hitler asked Gen-

eral von Fritsch to choose what command he cared to be attached to as special headquarters observer- Von Fritsch answered that if ordered he would command his old artillery regiment. Hitler answered that he shoitld accompany the artillery regiment not as commander but as special headquarters observer. At his orders, Von Fritsch received an adjutant, two aides and 'a secretary, all of whom belonged to the Death's Head group of the S.S. (Storm troops) under Ernst Przedetski, from Chemnitz. _ On Sept. 21, the day before his death, accord- ing to this story, Von Fritsch made two reports concerning the harsh treatment of Poles by Nazi troops and technical criticism of the manoeuvres of motorized units. The Nazis declared that Von Fritsch had gone further than he had the right to and that he lacked respect for “dcr ‘fuehref’. The next day, Sept. 22, [he follmv- mg 1s alleged to have happened:

Von Fritsch stood near the observation post of the second battery, with raised field glasses. The second S.S. aide shot Von Frilsclt in the: back. The general turned and drew his revolver but fell dead before he could fire. S.S. officers immediately went to the commanding officer and explained that the entire artillery regiment must immediately be withdrawn and replaced-

Hillcr then publishcd an explanation which was parallel to the one he txublishcd when Gre- gor Slrasser was murdered during the purge of June 30, i934. To calm the officer corps, among whom the real story passed like wildfire, Ilillcr then ordered that Van Fritsch be given a state funeral.

This amazing story is believed to be corro- boratcd by the fact that Gen. Franz llaldcr, an- other big shot of the new German army, has not been heard of siucc the outbreak of war.

r: EDITORIAL NOTES — It is gratifying to learn that Col. C. C. Thomp- son of the P.E.I. Highlanders is now in com- mand of all the infantry regiments in Cape Bre- ton; and Col. J. C- Blake of the P.E.I. Army Medical Corps is Chief of Medical Service in the same district. u is e There will be general regret at the reported serious condition of Mr- A. E. MacLcan, M.P., who is now in hospital in Boston. Mr. Mac- Lean's friends are legion on both sides of politics, and there are few homes in Prince County where he is not personally known and esteemed. w n1 a n: A leading New York paper referring to the price of fox pelts declared: "It would be senseless to expect furs to go up when other things were going down. It is just as senseless to believe that furs could stand still or go against the trend when all othcr zlrticlcs are rising in price. All [lrcsctit imlicrltions, which may change overnight, point toward an tiplrcutl in the prices of most furs.” m n n:

At a service club gathering in New York the other day, hlagislrale Troy praised the work of Chief‘ City hlagislvate Jacob Gould Schur- man _lr., declaring that when l\ir- Schurman as- summed office the magistratds courts showed a deficit of $87,000, whereas at the end of last year the same courts showed a profit of $4051‘ ooo. “\Ve're not running the courts to collect fines," the speaker asserted, "but the day of the district leader's visit to the judge is gone.” n n a e

Your mitts will oost you more. Advances of 5o cents to $1.50 a dozen on men’s gloves have become effective, with the largest increases on knit lining types, reports in the New York mar- ket indicated Saturday. The $750 a dozen styles have been moved up to $8 while the $13-50 I dozen knit lining types have gone as high as $15. Soaring skin prices have been chiefly responsible for the increase. Knitted gloves have been with- drawn from sale entirely, because of the sharp advances in wool yarn.

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Dr. James B. Conant, president of Harvard University, told students at the first chapel ser- vices of the college year that they were taking up their academic tasks in an atmosphere of un- certainty and tensity created by war, but ex- pressed the belief that the world was not facing the end of civilization. “I shall make certain assumptions about the next ten years which seem to me sufficiently probable to be the basis of intelligent action," said Dr. Conant. "First, I assume that contrary to the dire prophecies of recent years, we are not facing the end of civilization; second, that the ‘war will end while the present students in this university are still young men; third, that lhc country in which these young men must live anti carn a living will not be radically diffcrcnt front the Unilcd Slates as we now know it; fourth, that the devastation of the Ellffipfififl war will place a unique burden upon the citizens of this nation to carry forward the culture of our time." llc (lcclarcd that the sympathies of the pcoplc of the United Slates were entirely with the French and British.

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Replying to criticism of thcMinislry of Infor- mation, Lord hlacblillan, the Minister, said in the House of Lords that the pclicy of the Min- istry was that thcrc should b: no propaganda in the Utiitcd States. “We are content with Herr Hitler as our propagandist and no one could be more efficient," Lord MacMilIan said- “\Ve pre- fer that in the casc of the United States the facts should speak for thcmsclvcs." Cotilinuitig, he said that the (lcrision to leave facts alone as far as the Uttilctl Slates was conccrncd did not ab- solve the Ministry from the vcry important duty of seeing that thc llnitiril Slates got the facts. “in so far as the American people desire it." Lord l\lacl\lillan's spccch also containctl a gen- eral defense of his Illinistry. The public was wrong in accusing the Ministry of not supply- ing information, he dcclarctl. Its job was of dis- tribution and transmission, l1c said, adding that

Wcrc tlu: background anywhere but Germany, the itlctl \\'->|:I<I Iu- fantastic; but what purports lo be a circumstantial account of the incident

blame for the lack of ncwvs so far should be ad- dressed "to thc circumstances of the war and the way in which events are developing."

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According to popular belief the sandwich. o typical American food product first came into existence m mime when me m1 n: Sandwich was caught of! base one dly by the pangs of hunger. He haul bread and meat. handy. but no Imlfv. fork or plate. What could he do about it? No problem would have involved if he had been an uncouth American, but, I388, he was not. Noblesse oblige prevented him from using his finger: 0n the 111889. and although sorely tempted something within him prevented him from letting down the British aristocracy. Finally, when hunger had sharpened his wits to the point of desperation, he removed his monocle, scooped u the meat with it, placed it begween two slices of bread, and made gastro- nomic history. Now comes s state- ment from the ‘ National Geog- raphic Society depriving the noble earl of his claim to fame. The society's researches have shown that the sandwich was known to the ancient Romans under the name of "olfula," a diminutive of "offs." a blt or morsel Thus not only does the sandwich itself trace back t-o antiquity but apparently also the custom of making it as small as possible-a little blt of a. little bit. so to speak. The Geo- graphic Society further masts

that. when the Romans invaded Britain they carried sandwiches

with them. It ls difficult to tell. If so, they weze effectively eclipsed by that ponderous invention of Old England. the suet puddng and must have remained dermal: for centuries. They might still be so but for the march of progress In 1827 the first railroad in the world was opened to traffic in Al- blon, and ran so slowly that. pas- sengers were forced to get. off every now and then to k"ep from starv- ing to death on the trlp. To prevent such defection, train butchers were put om to sell sandwiches. and have been doing so ever since, not only there but all over the world. There 1s no truth to the rumor that they are still selling the same ones brought over by Julius Caesar. — Washington Star.

It is, among a great many other disagreeable things, undoubtedly a very puzzling war. You can make a. long list of these puzzlements for yourself-anyone can - and when you are done it is Just as puzzling as ever. The war strategy, first of all, is mighty hard to understand. There has been no bombing of London and Paris by the Ger- mans. There has been no bombing of Berlin by the Allies. That, you remember, was to have been the technique of Bllntnltfleg, the Nazi lightning stroke, the knockout blow ln the first round. And, des- pite the censorship (or ‘because of it), 1t ls hard to believe that there is, so far. war on the grand scale on the Western Front. There are other things-and there ls the ab- sence of things that. seemed Inevi- table to the breaking-loose of this conflict at last. The Nazi-Soviet pact still does not make sense. The neutrality of Italy does not make enligihtement. And how come these strange stories of fateful doings at. Rome, diplomatic conversations. secret pourparlers, the suggestion of frenzied anxieties to buy off Mussolini so that he will slay bought. On such scurrylngs ln and out. of the Palazzo Venezla, so the rumor has ll: ln all-t/oo-porlentous phrase. depend "the outcome of the war and the future of Europe." We need not wonder too much at. all this, and a great deal of the puz- zlement will cease to puzzle if we stop letting it. Some of it, certainly, is referalble to the operation of the most. extraordinary propaganda than; the world has ever knovm. And some of it is just. simply wishful thinking; a lot of us are finding lt hard, still, to face the fact of this war. People are wist- fully looking up to heavens o! brass and hoping for miracles. even though it ls past the striking of the twelth hour. Hut you had m11ch better make up your mind not to let this war get. you down. - Van- couver Province.

The Daily Enterprise of McComb, n. little railway city about one hun- dred miles north of New Orleans, ls undertaking a special servloe for confused readers. It plans to label each war story so that the proper value may be put upon each as it comes along. It la using four symbols. V 1s "Verified." OP means “Official ndn." A “seems Authenic" and R is "Rumor." It in an ingenious scheme and yet there are manifest difficulties. Even the Mississippi editors might be wrong and the last. slate of the reader be worse than the first. There are also some stories which would be hard to classify. Take Hitler's speech at. Danzig. Without uestlon Hitler spoke at Danzlg. S ould the story fall in Vclass? The reports of that speech, although there were some differences. for instance as to how many bombs he promised to send for each Allied bomlb, seem authen- tic. Docs this put ll. ln the “A" class Certainly its release and broadcasting to catch the b'g circ- ulations of the North American newspapers, on the eve of a mo- mentous dcclslon by Congress puts it in the OP class and as certainly Hitler's misstatement of facts puts it ln the "R" class. The only ap- parent solution would be to use all the symbols and label It, "VAPOR." -—Monct.on Transcript.

Reports from Berlin Ind Moscow claim that Russian and German troops are being welcomed with cheers and kisses by the people of Polish communities that have been invaded. The Nazis and Commun- ists attach gnzal. importance to the warmth of these welcomes. They shouldn't be too enthused over that. In the last war, when the British and French were advancing and the Germans retreating. the village belles would sometimes gather at the east end of the town to kiss n last. goofby w their Ger- man boy friend, and then rush b0 the west. end of town to toes a few kisses at the newooming British are: French. — Clark in Windsor S r.

Cessation of Canada's trade with Germany will cause little disturb- ance ln this country. according to the Chain Sim-e association's bul- letin. since the total imports of Gennan goods have accounted for only one or two per oent of Can- Mill's total annual purchases abroad. ‘the Canadian - German trade made certain tariff con- cessions. Canada's olzlectlve being to increase exports of wheat and other rnw materials. German goods will be barred from Can- ada. of course, but the Chain Store association points out that boy- cotting of such 300th, my In Oun-

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THE WORLD OI‘ ‘IUMOBROW — CANCER EXHIBIT

As I was about to enter the Brlghtfs disease exhibit at. the Chicago Century of Progress. a young woman said to her compan- ion, "Iiet us go in here and find out about. Bright's disease u our physician says that. is what is wrong with Mother."

Further along was an exhibit showing the vazlous SW96 M‘ SW85 1n an operation for appendicitis. It was true in detail and thous- ands viewed it daily and learned just. what the surgeon dld when he removed the troublesome and dan- gerous appendix.

At Che New York World of To- morrow, an exhibit of interest to thousands was that. of Cancer. sponsored by the New York City Cancer Committee. “The slogan "Fight. Cancer with Knowledge" is the first thing that strikes your eye on viewing the exhibit. The atten- tion is arrested by the figure of n woman. transparent and lighted from within at a single spot ln the breast. As the lights ‘chance. spots appear at either points. This flg- ure illustrates the spread of cancer. if unchecked. from a local (local/ed at. one spot) infection to other parts and organs of the body. You learn here that cancer can be cur- ed if treated in its initial or "be- ginning" slage; that. the second stage makes cure more difficult: that. with its spread lnlo the glands of the neck. cure ls remote: and with lls further spread Into the chest or bones, cure is impossible.

"It is the purpose of the exhibit to explain in the simplest terms the importance of eaxlv ‘and proper treatment and to convey the mes- sage that a cure ln a large propor- tion of cases ls possible lf this buf- fling disease is taken in its earlier stares."

The treatment which brings about a "cure" 1n so many cases l5 shown by (a) antiseptic surgery, (b) Xray. (c) radium), and (d) research.

Surgery shows e. modern operat-

ing room with every aid needed to remove cancer successfully. The Xray section illustrates the discovery of this valuable aid bv n replica of Conrad Roentgens sim- ple experimental laboratory. and the Xray machine of a million volts now available.

The radium section gives a re- production of a scene In which Marie and Pierre OllTlB are shown in the midst of their experiments.

The research section shows re- search methods and photoraphs of microscopic smclmens of imi- mal and human cancer. adian wholesale qr retail establish- ments. would be a. futile gesture. The Qmds have already been paid for. To boycott them would be mer- ely to injure the Canadian dis- trllbttt/or whose purchases have been in accordance with the gav- ernment's policy of Increasing for- eign trade. —- Halifax Chronicle“

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Bonn-Audi: are in the mgIetrom of murder. When the int Irw- rape upon civilization wu ltted y were not. here. To-