THE GUARDIAN

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T--"'rHvasnAvT. JULY of mi

Provincii Debt Figures

According to recent figures of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. the net debt of Canada's ten prov- inces increased by -T-271.92i'i,000 in the last fiscal year. to reach it total of ,s.';.(;.t-l.6.(ll.0f)(l. This represented a per capita obligation of S12-lfl.l.'l for each person in Canada, an in- crease of M56 from the previous fiscal year. And this was addition- al to federal and municipal obliga- lions.

Ontario led all the provinces with the highest per capita debt. displac- in; New Brunswick. which had prev- iously enjoyed that unenviahlc dis- tinction. During the year New BrIinswick's per capita debt actually declined 943.Fl7 to .'S35i'2.il7.

Alberta has the lowest per capita debt among the provinces. During the year it dropped R670 tn a new low of fli9!l.22. Saskatchewan. on the other hand. increased S327 10 S282.Rl and British (hlitiiibia 9ih..&'.3 to R:12l.'lR.

Quebec's per capita debt increas- ed .li7.4li to 3165.67 which is little more than half the Ontario figure. Nova Scotia also increased fii3.2'i to 5282.81 per capiia. Newfoundlanti increased 312.44 to lli12R.44.

On the other hand, Manitoba was down 54.68 to it per capita figure of Il87.2.'t and Prince Edward Island 82.58 to .i1t'vt?i.9fl. Which indicate- fhat. despite ii deep rooted belief to the contrary. public debts can be cut.

Gaza Of The Philistines

Sun-steeped Gaza. where Samson toppled a temple about the heads of his Philistine captors, relives its ancient role as an embattled gale between Asfa and Africa. Tension today rides like I dark cloud over southern Paiestlnt-'s chief commer- cial center. as it has time after time since early Biblical days. The city is nucleus of the so-called ”Ga7.a Strip". I 7-by-25-mile. zone created by tho. 1949 armistice between Egypt and Israel. The strip forms an isol- Ited land peninsula administered by the Egyptian Army. choked with Arab refugees. buffeted by border skirrnishes.

As in ancient times. Gaza stands in verdant gardens and fruit groves three miles from the Mediterranean Sea. The hilltop city bestrldes one of the world's oldest caravan routes. Long before the Christian era, exotic goods of Arabia passed through Gaza on route to Egypt, Rhodes. Rome Ind elsewhere. ElZ.Vptian war chariots thundered through the city 14 centuries before (lhrlst's birth. King Thut-mose Ill. fighting phar- Ioh who vanquished the Syrians at

Egypt-bound conqueror

Meglddo (Armageddon). used Gaza as it military base.

As ElZ.VPl'R power waned. a war- like people known as the Philistines came from iin,unknown place, prob- ably Crete. to invade and settle the Gaza coast. Shortly before or after. the Israelites fled from Egypt to the Promised Land. The two peoples fought for generations. Gaza. south- ernmost of the Philistines' five city kingdoms. was the scene of Samson's tpectacular revenge against his per secutors. Blinded and despairing. the.Bibllcai strong man "took hold, of the two middle pillars" and "bow at! himself with all his might so that the house fell upon the lords and upon the people that were. therein." Near by David slow the Phllistiruv giant Goliath. When the city engag- ed In slave traffic. Amos littered God's judgment: "I will send a fire Jll the wall of Gaza. which shall de-

tour the palaces thereof."

Alexander the Great surged

"through the Holy Land in the third

ientury B. C. Gaza held off the for five nonths. but his overwhelming mili-

. I cry might opened Philistlnepcltles to

Greek inflimico. became I

conquerors' armies poured like tidal waves across the Holy Land's fer- tile coastal plain and the desert. sands south of Gaza. Moslem invaders en- gulfed the city: the first Crusaders fought for its possession. Napoleon captured Gala in 1799 and burned the towns and harvests of Philistia on his way back to Egypt. Gaza found itself a base of German-Turk- ish operations in World War I and was nearly destroyed by British bomhardincnts.

Despite its stormy career, how- ever. Gaza has survived as a depot for barley and wheat. Swarthy Be- douins trade for pottery. weapons, food and cloth in the shadow of its minart-ts.

The World's Hunger

It is becoming increasingly clear that, important as military arms and alliances are in the free world's un- ceasing efforts to prevent war, there will be no assurance of peace so long :is two out of every three of the world's population are in a state of semi-starvation. The latest person of prominence to come out in support of more concentrated effort. through United Notions ageiicies. on this problem old feeding the hungry init- lions-or. hettcr. helping them to feed lll9l'tl.Qt'lVtlS-- is Lord .lohn Boyd-

Orr. emincnt Rritisli nutritioni: . one-time Nobel llcacc Prize i'ecipi- cot. anti the first director of the

Fnitcd Nations Footi and Agricult- ural ()rgaiii'x;ttion.

Spv-zikiiig ovcr the l'niln-ti Nntioiis radio systein. Lord Boytl-Or)" gave it as liis opinion that "government heads would be better occupied in talking about things like food. which they may ill' cxpccted to uiiticrstand titan in sitting around tables talking a lot of nonsense about communism. capitnli.sm. and socialism". He thinks

Free At Last

Medically Speaking

GUARD AGAINST SUNBURN WHILE GETTING YOUR TAN

This is the time of year for vacaiions - Ind Iunburnt. '

Every summer. doctors. through- out the country, treat countless patients who unihinliingly havc stayed out in the sun too long try- ing to acquire that coveted coat. of tan.

Let me pass I long I few tips that may save you from I severe burn and several days and nights of agony.

If you are light-skinned, you're going to burn more easily than dark-skinned friends. Blondes and redheads are likely to burn more quickly than brunettes. Men burn more easily than do women And children tolerate only about half the dose of ultraviolet irrad- iation that an adult does. Negroes burn only if previously sensitized

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A Clammy Canadian Jungle

Bruce Hun-iiisoii in the Ottawa Citizen

linprisuiu-it in the dark jungle and ciitllcss vtniter of Vancouver

. Island. l have been trying to ini-

that over It rcnsoiialile period of time the worlrlis food pi-nrlu(-tjon could be doubled at an outlay of be- tween ltl and 12 billion dollars.'

This. as everyone knows. is a mere hagzitclle in the armament-building expciidittircs of the nations. Not only. in l..or(l Boyd-()rr's opinion would the expenditure of this com- paratively modest amount remove the spectre of hunger from millions of persons in the so-called backward areas of the world; it would at the same time stimulate world trade to such an extent that many of the ten- sions that now conlroni and trouble the nations would (iisappear as a matter of course.

EDITORlAL NOTES

TllPl'(:' nppctirs to be a serious shortage of copper in American in- dustry. which means that the newly developed mines in Newfoundland should get off to a gootl start.

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Two sisters who took up dancing lessons in a New York studio re cently caused quite a sensation. They are both well up in their 90's. Said one of them to an amazed re- porter: ”If you hear of any new steps. let us know. We don't. want to miss anything."

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Mr. FIclu;ii'tl liyv, hcuti oi the In- dustrial division of the (lornell Aeronautical l.aboratory in Buffalo, N. Y.. says that something will have to be done about steering wheels if any improvement in the traffic sit- uation is to be brought. about. He calls them ”deadly harpoons" and recommends their removal in favour of lcvcrs on either side of the driver.

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Figures compiled by the l)omin- ion Bureau of Statistics show that '.Zl.'i..'il7 more motor vehicles were registered in Canada last year than in l933. The increase was 6.2 per cent. from a total of 3.430.672 to 3.- 644.589, and was shared by every province. I Of the grand total 2,- 682,430 registrations last year were of passenger cars. this classification accounting for l68.676 of the year's gains. There was last year a pas- senger car for each little group of 5.7 Canadians.

C O Q

We hear so much about the irre- sponsible ways of modern youth that we are apt to forget there is still Such 8 think as youthful thoughtful- "939- There is. though. At I small high school in Michigan, for in- stance, gtudents who had saved 5300 for I class vacation gave it all to one of their teachers who had lost her home by fire. "We'll go on the trip '- K. .,tIlng," they laid. And down ' jg I troop of boy scouts,

' & "of their fathers, - t of their leador.

agiuc what an uiiprejiidiced for- eigner would say about these re- gions. If he were an honest man anti not. like me. a scvile slave of local patriotism. I fancy he would write something like this:

The natives of Vancouver Island -an area some 300 miles long which few of them have ever seen--arc the iiclims of ii mass hallucination well worth the in- vestigatinn of psychiatrists. They have been persuaded by cunning propaganda and two sunny sum- mers in NW and I905. that they enjoy the best climate in the Wtlflfl.

Accordingly. when I weak sun breaks through the coastal clouds about the first of Jilly. the more

hinlelligent inhabitants of Victoria

remember the original civic enm- mandmeni and follow into the wilderness. Those birds. naturally. are waterfowl.

UNBI-II.lEVAlI.I.'

Nothing except the suicidal mi- gration of the lemmings across Northern Europe into the Atlantic Ocean is so moving. diimb and unbelievable Is the midsummer madness of the Victorians.

This is a race which exactly fits Belloc's famous definition of the French people--they pour mil of civilization. march inin emptiness and return at last. having accom- plished nnthlng but an epic. Van- couver Islanti. in summer. is such In epic.

Your reporter. travelling the Island on It fact-finding tour. was moved continually in admiration and pity at the spectacle of other- wise sane men leaving their com- fortable. rain-proof (iii-heated homes to immerse themselves In the cold. the dampness and the nhvsical labor of some broken shack. beside a drizvline lake wberc the leaden skv is hidden by I solid roof of evergreen trees.

Inquiries among this articulate Ind secretive race nlicll no pm. swer. ('lr-arlv this annual hermit- auc is a religiniis exercise. dc- riw-ri from some ancient pagan faith inn sacred for flisrllssinfl and fnrever hidden from the stranger. A cull not blind worship- pers is having its tribute of liti- man sacrifice to some secret End of the Inrncf in exolatlnn of some fnrvmfiefi sin.

And so deep is this folk feeling

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llial iii e inisgiiidcd 'aburigiiics. when run to earth in their dismal lair. will assume you in their queer island dialect that they are enjoying themselves. The psy- chologist is baffled and the lay- man lnses his faith in human nature.

Acvcriiielcss. there is something noble and heroic in this Climate. labor and every kind of hartlsliip cannot quite remove the lincamcnts of humanity. Even when crawling through their jun- gle and huddling before their smoky fires these creatures wear the semblance of man. Their rag- ged garments. smeared with sap. pitch and the scales of fish. evi- dently have come. by some mys-

- lerinus system of barter. from a . distant civilization.

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some of those people can even read a little and fill their dens with newspapers and magazines four or five years old. stubbornly asserting that this news is just as probable ll anything happening today . s

Recently your uurespondeni stumbled down an overgrown ii-all upon an old and feeble person who vaguely recalled that be had once been I journalist of sorts. had seen something of the out- side world in his youth but had abandoned it in horror.

Soddcn with rain and bent with the toll of his prlmilave axe and iiaw. he even pretended to be an editor in Victoria but. when ques- tioned closely. admitted in I voice cracked by long sllence,that he could not remember what that settlement looked like. Dimily he recalled some prehistoric inven- tion called streetcars and a great chieflnln named Maquinna or Bennett who ruled their territories long ago.

When asked why he had left the haunts of men at the cost of his health and sanity. this lament- able relic looked at his lnte,rro- gator with hard. glassy eye. mili- lered some words in I strange tongue. picked up an -axe of an- tiquc design and viciously attack- ed a dead fir free. A lost man. Ilftwtnfl salvation.

The traveller thus is lumpy in escape it quagmire w h e r 9 ,im civilization can ever hope to pros- per. When the scagulls. waterfowl and cookoos next return to the Island. vour tnrrcsnnndcni will not be following them.

Those Flying Saucers

By Arihnr Edam. Associated Press. Washington

Eight years ago this summer an

Idaho business man. flying alone in :

his private plane. suddenly spotted mysterious objects playing about

Mount Rainier in Washington state. When Kenneth Arnold came

down to earth. he dutifully report- ed what he had seen.

His report was to set off an astonishing chain reaction that was to sweep around the world. More and more cancers were seen by more and more people.

Anyone looking into this situa- tion quickly learns that opinions of flying saucer: slip into two widely separated slots: I

POINTS 0? VIEW

1. Those who believe in them. sincerely and often bclllgcreiitly. These range from those who think the air force of his particular country really has I flying nuccr but won't admit it. In those who think the nucerl nil in from outer space. operated by fantastic little Ieuturu.

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. A chain of saucer-like "llllll at least five miles long. swerving in and out of the high mountain peaks.

FLAT LIKE A PIE PAN

"They were flat like I pie pan and so shiny they reflected the sun like I mirror. I never saw any- thing move so fast."

A man who takes his saucers seriously. Arnold told an Asco- cinled Bren reporter, recently that he not only has spotted flying uucerl four different time: since tlial first occasion. but also has worked out I theory.

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His view: 'l'lmy're living nrgnn- i

lama of some Burl "that come down to the 'lower Itmosphe . when they are disturbed by earth- quakes.

A 72-year-oldiair chief marshal. Lord Dowlng. who commanded the fighter plane forces in the num-

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ance to slowly. Vflllll times the period it takes to make your skin If faint pink. If you re-

PUBLIC FORUM

fill GOIIIIII tl OIII M III Incas .lII by corn-

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EDUCATIONAI: REVOLL'Tl()N

Sir.-The word revolution has. an uiiplcasant sound as it is sometimes associated with vlol-. H euce. We speak of the Industrial Revolution and the present niech- bi anical revolution. and these re- i call to our minds comforts and blessings to mankind. The revo- lution that Prince Edward Island needs most and which is long over-due is an educational revolu- tion. What I propose to discuss : is briefly is centralization of public i schools. and in doing so I have the interests of Island children . uppermost in my mind. As the ill Island is the most densely popu- I

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lnted of the ten Provinces it therefore lends itself best to con- tralization. Anyone whu compares the advantages pupils receive , when brought together in suffic- '. lent numbers so that specialists i can be employed for each, sub- ject. will agree that the little one or two room school belongs to the horse-and-buggy days.

Let us look briefly at some of

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by certain industrial chemicals.

brunette. ceptible in the first five days of

burn lotions. ' relieve that awful application of an effective anes-

and other

Dry-skinned persons burn more

easily than those with oily skins.

whether they are blonde or

women are most. sus-

e menses and in the second to

seventh months of pregnancy.

EAT RAYS Sunburn is caused by ultravio-

let rays and not heat rays. Re-

cmbor. these skin-burning rays

can easily penetrate I light cover

clouds. Rcmcniber. also. that e rays are reflected by sun and

water and you can get a bad burn

a start time at the beach.

It is one of the utmost import- get your summer tan

At the beginning. limit

sunballiing to two to three

ain in the sun five times that

period, you will get a painful burn. ' CREAMS AND LOTIONS

There are innumerable creams. ntmcnts and lotions designed to

prevent sunburn. The more effec-

ve anti-burn substances prob-

ably contain mineral oil or a com-

natinn of mineral. sesame and

peanut oils. They absorb ultravio-

t radiation and matcrially di- inish effects of the sun.

COLD COMPRESSES

But if you're already burned. it

too late to think about anti- Nnw you've got. to pain. I think

ctlc cold cream. such as one

containing 1 per cent bcnzocaine. will bc' helpful. Ice-cold compres-

s of milk. mineral oil or carron

all probably will help. too. QUESTION AND ANSWER

Mrs. C. W.: What is the cause bad breath and what treatment

can be used?

Answer: Bad odor of the breath ay come from several things:

infected teeth. tonsils or adenoids.

the objections put forth by my v . . gmd menus on RE. L 1 Wm tslirnulflelfctlofl of the nose or nasal not attempt to place them in or- 1 Tie” must frequent "use is

der of importance 'bui just as . they occur to me: ll) The Island f" roads are not suitable for buses. T m To this I would say: roads ever be suitable unless the T ill need arises? Get your big dis- trict and you have the necessary bus roads far sooner than you ever dreamed 0!. I21 Some one has suggested that the Island can't afford better schools. I am sure no intelligent person making such I statement can be serious. If any one wishes to prove its fallacy let him take a look It the sparkling limousines up any fine dav on the streets of Char- lottetown. Summcrside or place in the Province. When I say good schools I in- clude of course the teachers who must have the necessary acad- emic training and physical equip- ment. A friend of mine com- plained in ii recent letter. "We have I Iird class teacher. in poor

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Grade XI. without the teacher hl training course.” I very much doubt the truth

of the foregoing slatcmeni'as I i do not believe any self-respecting parent would tolerate such I state of affairs in 1955. Another friend writes me that they have I 2nd class male teacher in their school who got his license in lflfitl. and has kept school on the side while making a success of farming. This friend states that during all these twenty-five years lllll farmer-teacher has not to his knowledge taken even one hummer course to improve his standing. He might retort with the fact that his salary has been and is so low that he could not afford to take further training. Please see to it that the salaries are such Iii to make it easily possible for your teacher to im- pmve his status.

Would the farmer-teacher be satisfied to raise the some type of pigs II he did twenty-five years ago? If no. and if this practice were generally followed. would P. El. be leading Ill Am ericl in the quality of. her bacon tum today? Does this man have the some kind of dairy cows IF it! had twenty-five years ago? If he Ind others did not strive earn only to improve their herds

will the - lit

countless summer spilling down the hill.

Frame against your blue wall

und in the teeth. where there ay be caviiics or lack of cleanli- ss due to insufficient care of c mmilh and teeth and not eating

bulky foods.

A thorough examination should

ha made by your physician to de- ierminc the cause so that proper