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Happy Oubways

Scientists of the Royal Ontario luseum are said to be studying the abits of the Ojibways, the only Canadian Indians whose traditional ways of living have not been chang- ed to any great extent by that much vaunted force ”the 20th century march of progress.” One of the purposes of the scientific study, ac- cording to a Toronto report, is "to assist their adjustment to the inevit- able encroachment of civilization." The Ojibways live in a remote area of Northwestern Ontario along well-worked traplines in winter and in little villages in summer. Their houses are spruce-bark tepees; they have never seen a building made of stone or brick, although a few of them in recent years have fashioned simple frame shelters for them- selves. They hunt with bow and arrow just,as their ancestors did hundreds of years ago. Their cloth- ing for the most part is made by expert craftsmen (or women) from the hide of the deer and moose,

. which animals also give them the

bulk of their food. They net a fish called the "Winnipeg goldeye" which they smoke and send to the outside world. Occasionally they trade un- wanted hides for the white man's baubles and trinkets, a few extra colorful garments for "dressing up" purposes and little luxuries for the table. On the whole they are a happy, healthy and carefree people, undisturbed by the fears and anxieties that beset white civiliza- tion. On summer evenings they sit around camp fires and take turns reading from the Bible in their native tongue. A Methodist mission- ary gave the tribe the Cree trans- lation more than a century ago. They sing their native songs and. tell their children the stories and legends which have been handed down from ancient times.

It is to be hoped that "the inevit- able encroachment of civilization” will not descend on these simple folk too rapidly or too thoroughly. It might be better if it were halted some distance away from the trap- llnes and tepees. Certainly it would be a pity -to tear them away from the traditions and customs which they love and in which they have found peace and contentment.

The Pupils Said "No"

Lately some educators have been advocating an extension of th a school year to cover the entire twelve months. They point out that under the present system the schools are serving no useful purpose for two or three months of the year and that this represents an economic waste that would not be tolerated by any commercial business. Under the twelve months plan, they argue, pupils would make better progress than they do now and move on to high school and college earlier by a year or two than is possible under

' the nine or ten month arrangement.

As for vacations, children don't really need them, since a great part of the time table is taken up with recreation of one kind and another; and the teachers would gladly give them up in return for year round anployment with salaries to match tbs Extended duties.

, 2 So many advocates of the pro- Jiild plan have come forward in

! nm that the Research 5 fofthsUnivei-sityof

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in researchers recommended that a mtmh longer study should be given to the proposal before anything is done to incorporate it into the edu- cational system.

If they imagine for one moment that a "much longer study" will bring about a change in the young- sters' attitude, all one can say is that their knowledge of juvenile thinking is much inferior to their skill in the techniques of research. Can anyone think of a single boy or girl who would vote for a pro- posal like that? To ask the question is to realize how very silly it is.

New Cattle Feed

Farmers would be well advised to start saving all the old news- papers and magazines they can lay their hands on instead of consigning them to the furnace or kitchen stove. At least, that is the inference to be drawn from a scientific report in a late issue of the Atlantic Monthly. Itysays that an American researcher has been granted a patent for a cattle feed. made of chopped- up papers. The report explains that the ingredient in hay that gives sustenance to cattle is cellulose and that the same ingredient makes up the greater part of newsprint. It is present also in wrapping paper. The ink on the newsprint makes no dif- ference to the value of the paper as food. In fact, scientists have dis- covered that from the digestive angle newsprint is superior to alfalfa, in- asmuch as cattle can digest 70d: of the cellulose in the former as com- pared with about 5003 in the latter. It has been found, too, that cattle enjoy the chopped-up paper even more heartily when it is mixed with molasses. That, however, is a matter of taste; it has little effect on nutri- tion.

The economic factor is always an important one in cattle feeding as in everything else. On this level, too, old newspapers have an advan- tage, since they can be purchased for about 58 a ton, so the report says, whereas good hay runs to about S20. It is true, of course, that hay can be grown on the farm, while, for the present at least, there is no way of raising newspapers and paper bags. It is, therefore, unlikely that hay will go out of fashion. But it is good to know that newspapers -yes, and magazines too-are about to add another chapter to their record of usefulness to the world.

EDITORIAL NOTES

A new type of grass has been developed in England. Known as "red fescus 859" it will grow any- where even on dry clay banks and coal dumps. Its main purpose is to beautify such places as railway am- bankments where ordinary grass will not take hold.

The late Mr. Leo Bradley was one of the outstanding members of the Canadian Legion in this Prov- ince, having sewed valiantly in the First World War in which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. He participated in many worthwhile activities and was widely known and esteemed throughout the Province. His death yesterday comes as a shock to his many friends, with whom The Guardian joins in tender- ing sympathy to his bereaved widow and family.

I O O

A 21-nation maritime conference u n cl e r sponsorship of the Inter- national Labor Organization is to be held in London next month. The

chief item to be discussed will be.

the question as to which country should have the right to suspend or cancel certificates of ship officers involved in accidents at sea -- the country which issued them or the one in whose territorial waters the accident occurred. Current legal action followed the sinking of the Italian liner Andrea Doria have emphasized the need for interna- tional legislation to deal with such matters. As things are now, officers are likely to be brought before in-

Aqulrlng boards in both countries. A

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Entry into Japan

By William Courtenay. 0.l.E.

On August 30th, 1945. Allied for- ces entered Japan for the first time and the long haul across 5,- 000 miles of the Pacific was end- ed. Those of us who landed on that memorable morning with the U.S. llth airborne division, can vividly recall every detail and will probably see them in cinema- scope proportions all our days.

The two atom bombs had been dropped upon Hiroshima and Nag- asaki on August 6th and 9th - thc', General MacArthur told me at lunch some time later he had not been appraised of this move. On August 8th - when she was quite sure of the damage inflicted at Hiroshima - Russia declared war on Japan. to jump on the band wagon' and thus grab some spoil without losing a soldier or firing a shot! On August 15th cams 'VJ Day' - the day the Emperor ls- sued his scrlpt ordering his peo- ple to obey the allied commanders and lay down arms. And on Aug- ust 30th we entered Japan.

Preparations had commenced some days after 'VJ Day' when quarters at Manila had ordered the Japanese to open a long range radio station and talk to his staff on a given wavelength in English. By this plan they received their first surrender instructions. A del- egation then came to Nicholls air- field Manila in two planes. paint- ed white with green crosses. Stop- ping at El Shims to transfer to I U.S. Air Force plane. They brought details of the airfields, harbours, etc. to facilitate a peaceful entry into their country. I recall how they had requested a 24 hours de- lay - to find enough white paint with which to cloths two trans- port planes!

They attended two meetings at the City Hall Manila: were flown back to In Shima - close by Okin- awa - by American pilots: then transferred to their own two planes one crashed at takeoff so all the Japanese crowded into the one for return home.

on August 23th the war corres- pondents flew 1,011) miles from Manila to Okinawa: General Mac- Arthur followed next day; and on mth with some 15,000 men of the 11th Airborne Division we flew the Low miles from Okinawa to Jap-

an.

The Japanese had confided at the Manila meetings that owing to the deadly accuracy of U 8 Air Force bombing. all the alrflelds round Tokyo and Yokohama were unservlceable - save the half- length strip at Atsugl 25 miles from Yokohama. So we landed our giant 44 seatcr transports there. General MacArthur had mobilis-

ed 250 of these four motored plsn- .

as from all over the Pacific and all the air lines were temporarily halted.

As we touched down that mem- orable beautiful autumn morning It was to see hundreds of Japan- ese Fighters - all minus their pro- pellors; they had been ordered to remove them to minimise tempta- tfon-s to suicide pllotsl They were ordered to provide 500 trucks each day to facilitate our unloading. They gave us the ramshackl vehi- cles - and kept the shiny sutomrr bliss and good trucks dispersed in the villages. Two years later when it seemed safer. they all came out for their own use!

HIGHEST COMPLIMENT We drove as miles from Atsugi

thought it an insult. it was Japan's idea of the highest oamplmsnt

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RUNNING OUT

- and a few days later Tolqo - all the people discreetly stayed in- doors: there was not a soul about to witness the sadness of invasion for the first time in 2,500 years of recorded history or to form an audience for the U S forces. As for the Japanese newspapers. whereas we all expected the invas- ion to be featured as the chief dish of the day - it was ignored.

The papers were full of normal Japanese news -- and the arrival of an occupying force was mere- ly mentioned in a small inside par- agraph! No doubt it was that way too in A D 1066 when England was invaded by the Nonnans for the last time. I expect the Chroni- clers of that time just weren't go- ing to give the invader 'top billing! No doubt the papers were filled with news of making mead and peainting peasants in wood and all the normal domestic tasks which affected the daily lives of the Anglo-Saxons. Somewhere on an inside page no doubt some cas- ual mention of the landing of Wil- liam the Conqueror may have ap- peared! -

Come to think of it that is the smartest way for the defeated to treat the invader!

MILKWEED PODS I hope I am not guilty of defraud-

lng some feathered personage of any seed

Which, when supplies are scant for his marauding, Might minister appeasement to

his need.

Or of dlrnlnlslr , by avea as much

As the weight of one of these soft silvery threads,

The heritage of wonder that must touch

Children who sac thorn dost above their heads. '

See, I am circumspect: I take but few

Of the slim tapering pods, unop- ened still,

Thst at my happy leisure 1 may view,

Unfolding on my sunny window

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Their slry shimmering secrets, as beguiled And satisfied as any bird or child.

.. -Jane Merchant in the Christian Science Monitor.

Mark Twain In Hannibal

National Geographic Society

WASHINGTON-Beside the Mis- sissippi River, in north-east Mis- souri. is a Main Street home town that attracted more American vis- itors last year than Hawaii, and a fourth as many as saw Europe.

The town is Hannibal, Mark Twain's boyhood home and scene of the adventures of Tom Saw- yer, Huckleberry Finn, and other youngsters of fiction who are bet- ter known to millions today than many real-lifa persons in their daily newspapers.

Jerry Allen-author of a recent biography on the writer-humor lst who is seldom .emem' ed by his actual name, Samuel Clem- ens-tells in the July issue of the National Geographic Magazine how Hannibal lives its literary leg- end.

NAME IS EVERYWHERE

Many of the buildings Mark Twain know are still in use, Miss Allen points out. The city shows its pride in its famous citizen of a century ago by restorations, mon- uments. and landmarks. His name is everywhere. in shop signs for Mark Twain printers, jewelers,

' i ., r L ' iinnpry; at hotel. taxi office, movie and test home.

Hannibal's best known address is 208 Hill Street. Out of his up- stairs bedroom window. young Sam Clemens climbed to join his friend. Tom Blankenship ll-luck Finn) for the moonlight deeds he later immortnllsed in the Adven- tures of Tom Sawyer. Against the Clsmsn's modest clapboard house leans a high. white board fence. copy of the one Tom graciously ipfrrnltted his pals to whitewash for

in.

Next door to the old homestead is the Mark Twain Museum. Open- ed in um, it exhibits the author's early typewriter, tbs scarred chor- ry desk at which he wrote. and a huge pilot's wheel from s Mis- lssippl steamboat.

Behind such a wheel Mark Twain learned to steer his craft so as to "shave steamship! -as close as you'd peel an apple." His pen name came from the riv- er term "Mark Twain." for s safe depth of two fathoms (ll feet).-

cAnsras:s YOUTH Hannibal treasures the law

house.

Huck marching along barefoot and carefree. In a riverside park stands a giant statue of Mark Twain in late years, looking out on his beloved Mississippi. Farther along is the white Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse. and nearby the Mark Twain Memorial Bridge.

So closely is Hannibal linked with the author, says Miss Allen, that its history is usually ignor- ed before 1839, when a four-year- old redheadcd boy came there to live and stayed until he was 17. Actually the town, older than the Oregon Trail, was settled in 1010 when the Clemenses lived there. it was an important steamboat center of some 1.000 people.

Today, Hannibal has more than 21,000 residents. Watching the Mississippi traffic flow by. it looks for livelihood to factories. busi- ness, and trade with a prosperous farming countryside.

Yet the river is still a living force in the community and a mold- er of young. Fishing is an indus- try as well u pastime for every man and boy. On days Jackson's Island (where Huck and Jim set out on their ' raft) is a happy haunt for kids to camp. fish and swim.

With a mile-wide river as back yard, growln u is still as much fun in Hsnnba as in the days of Its famous pair of boys.

SURPLUS AGREEMENT NEW DELHI (AP)-The United States and India signed I 31!).- mono agreement hora Wednes- day for the trans! of us. surp- lus farm products. The deal was the biggest ever concluded under the us. surplus did i program. It brought total U. . aid to India Ibovo the 81.000.000.000 mark. ll came as Communist countries as: were promotlnl economic aid as.

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Pndancy in itself does not cause noon: decay.

'1'lIs.widasprsad belief among American women that presntncy isadlraotsourccofdantsltoouhls is something I would Ilka to do- bunk right now.

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at it is am: now many per- sons have this conception. An American Dental Association sur- vsy disclosed that do per cent of the families interviewed associat- ed dental decay with prwuncy.

CAUSE OF DECAY

The plain truth is that any in-

crease in decay during pregnancy generally can be attributed to poor mouth hygiene and too frequent consumption of sweets. Dental scientists have conducted tests which repeatedly have established this as factual.

Neither is it true that the un- born child absorbs claclum from the teeth of the motber..Agsln, studies show that the mother's teeth do not release calcium or any other element for the benefit of her child.

Surprisingly. it is true that ex- pectant mothers on rich diets are more likely to develop calcium do- ficiencies than those on poorer diets. While nutrients such as the mill! products contain calcium, they also are abundant in phos- phates.

And phosphates, experiments show, lnhlblt passage of calcium into the blood stream. If not re-

” ” resulting calcium defic-

iency might produce skeletal ab- normalities in both the expectant mother and her unborn baby.

Generally, this calcium defl- clsncy is signaled by cramps in the less.

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Notes av"

Daslsss advhs taking swash. who sou're run down; We sug- led 80911!!! the license number of the car.-London Pros Press

llnladhIasosWasIsIost 'l(ountsdPolleshsa' sspodsl watch atths doors d a Com-

munist muting. no t to be lrlbflll for such protsc on.--Oslo awa Tlrnes-Gautts .

It's bus and before. of ecu-so but the bit sbouttbs "World ll nos long remembering win 910? lay" would apply to every- some politicians talk about. -Hamilton Spectator

It would appear that radar is that amazing modern invention which can pick up an automobile golngS2mllesanhourina30- mils none, but misses a 89.000 ton ship travelling 15 knots.-Orllls Packet and Times

b. New. York. I. speculates bought 360 acres for 391,000 and sub-divided and sold the land for a profit of 82,012,750. And the pur- chasers, of course, were left hold- ing the bag for schools. water mains, sewers and all the other services.-Oshawa Times-Gazette

That report from Manchester about an old sofa being found to contain in the stuffing, I packet of 33,150 in banknote: is remin. iscent of an old song. Remember the one that recounts how rela- tives all ribbed one beneficiary of granny's will because all she'd left him was ”the old armchair" and the chair turned out to con- tain iots of currency?-Brantford Expositor

Canada's program for the con. structlon of 14 destroyers is now well under way, with two com- missioned and the remainder to be finished between now and 1058. Counting equipment, such will cost 823,000,000. This is a heavy expense, but if the vessels help prevent war by deterring a poten- tial aggressor it will be well worth it.-Ottawa Citizen

outtopselsbtcau-sofa ' mi mr..n.-i::.;rZii? mu-Ldlhiim Bboctator? W ladies npss-I fat pig: gnu incidence of wants"; I Ifivlfbil "III ongk

This would have been more alarm. log back in the potato days.-win. door Star .

Isms sanitary (linkers 0!)”; the aircraft carrier to become ob- solete soon. Anch and um, a parking lot. however, it mm" still have u long and useful future. -Edmonton Journal

lad manna-s In ardhu-3 mi intercourse injures only thou Mil display it. On the hlghwgy. and in congested traffic situation; ah, courtesy can cause serious u. cldsnta and even cont lives. De. liberate displays of ill- driving should be checked upon by,ti-sfflc patrols whenever they are spotted. They should indeed be a punlshabls offence.-st St. John's News l

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plement which is free of t ' t It's called cnlclsalin and also con- tains aluminum hydroxide gel. iron and certain important vita- miss.

The excess phosphorus that the mother-to-be gets in her daily diet is neutralized by the gel and her body gets full benefit from the calcium intake.

So, don't blame the baby for any calcium d " ' . llelll have enough troubles of his own after he's born?

QUESTION AND ANSWER

n.L.: Is there any way of ii!- terrnlnlng the sex of a baby be- fore it is born?

Answer: In so bar as I know, there is no absolutely definite way. However, recently a fully accur- ate test has been devised which may turn out to be helpful. This test works by date. inlng the amount of hormones present in the saliva of the pa ,, t woman.

OUR YESTERDAY5

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TWENTY-FIVI YEARS AGO (Alllo 3': 1””

Major F'.L.C. Bond. general sup- arintendant, Montreal, Canadian National Railways. arrived In the Province - Wednesday afternoon for a tour of inspection of Bali- WIN PI'0Per1i'-

The Laborerls Protective Union. in accordance with long custom. no p ”' , the finishing touches to a programme of athletic and other events for the celebration of Labour Day.

TEN YEARS AGO (Aug. I0. IMO)

Twenty-two dependants and chil- dren of Prince Edward Island sor- vico men are scheduled to arrive in Canada Saturday when the Queen Mary docks at Halifax.

Failure to obtain authorization from the Minister of Reno t uL' tion has resulted In a hold-up In the construction, by Housing En- terprises of Canada Ltd., of thir- teen apartment buildings in Char- lottstown.

wr HAVE PLEASURE Ill Alluouucius nu: rouowma APPOINTMENTS

MR. A. K. MUTCI-l is appointed Manager of our Charlottetown Office.

MR. G. R. HOWARD is appointed to Moncton as Supervisor of our Charlottetown and Moncton Offices.

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