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MONDAY. JAN. 26, 1959.

Safety Regulations - | The New York City Fire Com- fissioner. has drawn up for the e than 2,000 schools in the city a‘ list of what -he calls “minimum fire protection requirements.” They are: (1) At least two means of é- pe remote from each other should provided on each floor; (2) Hori- ae exits through partitions

hould be equipped with fire-proof, eif-closing doors; (3) Corridors she id be protected at each erd by fire-proof, self-closing, tight-fitting s; (4) Stairways should be en- with fireresistant materials; 6) Corridors must be kept free of ces and flammable mate- ; (6) Good housekeeping prac- tices for proper storage, orderliness and \protection of flammable mate- must be maintained in all cel- lars, attics and storage areas. } Every school in the city is to be ed twite a year by a special team of inspectors. (Previously, they had been inspected annually). addition, district fire chiefs will make ‘unannounced visits. every ‘month. Lecturers from the Fire De- partment will speak to students from time to time on fire hazards.

| We feel that strict adherence to these or similar regulations would be a good thing for our own schools and for all buildings where children ther together in large numbers. and frequent inspections— by competent inspectors—are also Gecessary to insure safety.

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Fish For Jamaica

It must be hoped that Newfound. will find it possible to recap- the salt-cod market in Jamaica,

Which it lost to Iceland a year or so

ago in a dispute over quality and

prices. For centuries, most of the fish consumed in Jamaica and

‘Other West Indian islands—where it

fs regarded as a staple article of

t. from, Newfoundland.

| The success of negotiations now under way will depend on two simple

primarily: the quality of the fish shipped will have to be of a high standard, much higher than in recent years; and the prices will thave to be competitive with those Quoted in Iceland. The people who Salt cod, in Jamaica—for the most part—have small incomes. They €annot be expected to buy New- foundland fish if they can obtain Ice- landic fish of as good quality for

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Sewage For Fodder

California have found a_ way of turning city sewage into animal

fodder. They have been using sew- age treatment ponds to grow algae,

tiny plants that thrive on sunlight.

and supply a nurishing diet of pro- tein, fats and carbohydrates. . The shallow ponds are described as re- sembling “green, growing fields’.

1 Algae, when dried, make excel- dent animal feed. They can also be consumed by humans, although the taste is not very agreeable.

+ The raw sewage entering a pond Is screened of solids, algae are add- ed and a mefhanical agitator stirs the fluid. The process of growth is completed in a few days. The algae, hhumus and water are separated in & settling chamber at the exit end fof the pond. Sludge taken from the pond makes good fertilizer. The liquid remaining is suitable, for ‘irrigation, as a coolant in engines ‘and even, after further’ treatment, “for houseold use.

* : Breathing Belt

. A new aid for polio patients has been reported. Known as a “pneu- imo” or breathing belt, the portable ‘device takes the place of the more ‘cumbersome chest respirator for ‘patients who have some mobility. ; This is the way the device is des- ‘cribed in'the science section of a re- veent issue of the New York Times:

lightweight, 18 inch wide belt

developed over a period of three by March of Dimes research

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workers. It fits around the patient's abdomen and provides the muscular movement necessary for respira- tion.

It te pacpeliod ta) tie: Soaiaend units, a battery and a blower. These

ing’ for the wearer. The battery and blower, about the size of car bat- teries, move with the patient on a platform under, the wheel chair or. may be moved about a room on cas- ters. The patient may move the

| length OF the*7-foot connecting tube

from, these power units. The respir- ator makes it possible for a patient - in bed, wheelchair or standing posi- tion to carry on many daily activities such as desk - jobs and household. chores, even though “muscle control |

ed”.

has an important role in hastening rehabilitation And aiding psycholog- ical. factors.

Anything that aids in reducing the effects. of crippling is worth- while. This is one of the many bene- fical results of research made pos- sible by the March of Dimes.

EDITORIAL NOTES

An American professor has writ- ten a book called “Geometry Can Be Fun”. That’s what’s known as a perverted sense of humour. —

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It is generally supposed that the Canadian dollar could never go the way of the French franc. This is wisful thinking. Not only could it happen; it will happen without a doubt, unless Government takes a firm stand in resisting inflation.

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“It is reported that 14 members of the Commons will be appointed “Parliamentary Secretaries” to Ministers of the Crown. We can see where there is going to be a great number of grievously disappointed backbenchers.

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President Eisenhower says he would like to see repeal of the Con- stitutional amendment which makes

for a third term. The law never did seem to make much sense. There is certainly nothing particularly demo- cratic about it. -

The U.S. 1960 Presidential elec- tion campaign will soon be in full swing. Democratic Party bigwigs

_ tical step by selecting’ Los Angeles “as the site for the convention to choose Presidental and Vice Presi- dential candidates.

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Fidel Castro suggested that 500,- 000 Cubans turn out at a rally to convince the outside world that lic opinion is.behind the e?

tended the the ex by

_Ags nothing further. to be said in the matter. There have _ been times, however, when public opinion and

justice were at variance. | . 7 .

The Cape Breton Post reports this heart-warming bit of news: “A Springhill girl always wanted a bicycle; but when she got one she gave it away. Elizabeth Calder, 13 year old, got the bicycle for win- ning a letter-writing contest spon- sored by a candy company. Instead of keeping the prize, she gave it to Cherry Allan, also 13. Cherry's father was one of 75 miners killed in the mine disaster on Oct. 23. All's well that ends beautifully. ~The sponsoring company, hearing of Elizabeth’s generosity, sent her an- other bicycle for herself.”

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A new weed, Austrian field pea, invaded Canada in 1958. The point of invasion was the Maple Creek area of Saskatchewan. It is a native of Asia. A perennial, it reproduces by seeds as well as by creeping roots. The branching: stems grow from 2 to 3 feet in height, leavgs are from 2 to 3 inches long. _ The flowers are red, about a half inch long and fade to purple when dry There are about 30 seeds in each pod. The’ plant was found growing near the edge of a small slough. Several ' years before, drilling rigs from across the border,ran tests in the“area and stopped at the slough for water. It is thought that the weed was introduced by these rigs.

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“HOW ABOUT A TRIP BY YOURSELF?”

Atomic Test Ban Problem

By George Kitchen Canadian Press Staff Writer

The United States is experienc- ing some obvious and understand- able second thoughts about the wisdom of entering into an atomic test ban agreement with the Soviet Union.

Less than a month ago, Wash- ington was exhibiting high opti- mism that the Soviets might fi- nally be ready to strike a work- able agreement with the U.S. and the United Kingdom, the fwo Western atomic powers, and that it might be signed some time this year.

But now American officials, aad some elements in Congress in particular, are plagued by doubts about whether it would be prudent to go along with a test ban at the present time.

NEW CONCESSION

It’s likely that the doubts will increase if the Russians do not respond positively to a new con- cession by the U.S. and Britain. On Monday, the two Western countries dropped their demand that duration of any test ban treaty be linked with progress In disarmament.

The change in mood developed | after a panel of US. ‘scientists reported to President Eisenhower new evidence indicating that underground atomic tests ac-

Lunar Exp

men succeed in reaching the on.» they, will find themselves in a desolate world without air to breathe or water to drink

As they move about. their feet will pad filently in dry dust, for there is ‘no atmosphere to carry sound. Looking around, they may see craters big enough to hold a small state and mountains tall- er than any on earth. But no-

. where are they likely to find ‘any

traces of life as they have known it

The planet they have left will appear as a blue globe in the black sky above them. The earth will take a bluish cast because its atmosphere scatters more blue

| rays than those of any other col- |

or. The sky will be black because the moon lacks an atmosphere to scatter any light rays. as

LUCKIER THAN COLUMBUS

In one important respect, visitors will be far more fortun- ate than Columbus when he en- tered a new world, The National | Geographic Society says The | meocn visitors will have excellent maps of the territory they are visiting, provided they land on the side of the moon that per- petually faces the earth. The re- verse is probably much-dike the

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Aually are much harder to detect than was believed last summer when technical experts from Rus- sia and the Western countriés agreed at Geneva that an ade- quate test detection system was feasible’

Eisenhower promptly placed the evidence before Eastern and Western delegates now meeting in Geneva to see if they can work about an agreement based on the earlier conclusions.

FEAR CHEATING

The report added fuel to the long-standing controversy in U-S. scientific amd political eircles over whether a ban on al! nu- clear tests’ would, in fact, be_in the national interest. Some fee! it | a hamper the development of new weapons in the U.S. | And it gave weight to the argu- | ments of those congressmen who | oppose-a ban on the grounds the Soviet, under their system of tightly-controlled internal secur- ity, would be more likely to “cheat” on an international! pro- hibition than would the Western powers.

The panel, basing !ts conclus- | ions on new data obtained from underground tests conducted Nevada last October, reported that it may be as much as 10

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known side, but scientists have not seen it.

A visit to the moon would add immeasurably to scientific know- ledge “about the universe and might quickly clear up some mysteries of the earth, such as the origin of tektites.

Tektites are round.glassy ob- jects, ranging in size from mar- bels to tangerines. They are in certain parts of Texas, Geor- gia, Czechoslovakia, Austrafia, and other lands, but are unrelat- ' ed to rocks in those areas and | appar as complete strangers to the earth. Their composition is quite distinct from that of met- eorites.

Scientists have speculated that tektites might be bits of moon substance, hurled into space dur- ing a lunar explosion. Eventually the molten substance hardened | and fell to earth.

Doubtless, +e5 on

| tektites and for signs of lunar ex-

| plosions. *

The scientists would -try to es-

tablish once and for al! whether,

there are any active volanoes on

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times more difficult to distin- guish between an underground nuclear explosion and an earth- quake than previously had been thought. CONTROLS INADEQUATE

The upshot is that American of-

ficials now believe the worldwide.

180-siation contro! system for-a nuclear ban, approved at the East - West scientific conference last August, may be only 530 per cent effective instead of 90 per cent, as previously estimated. Before this new assessment had been made, it

ing to, cheat on the ban would run a 90-per-cent risk of being caught once the proposed 180-: station system was functioning. The risk now may be reduced to 50 per cent—five chances in 10

instead-of nine in 10 of being caught The report, released by the

president's science advisory com- mittee, Trakes~it unlikely the U.S. will sign any agreement on suspending tests until full ac- count of the new findings has been taken in the development of a control and inspection system.

The answer to the new prob- lem may lie in an increase in the number of detection stations agreed upon last summer or im- provement in seismological ‘1n- struments to differentiate _ be- tween an earthquake and a sec-

|et_underground atomic explos-

scientific adventur- | the moon would look for |

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the moon. A Russian recently re- |

ported observing what appeared to be an active volcano, but many scientists doubted his con-

‘Confederation Meeting °

P.E. Island Historial \Society

Did you know that the circus of 1864 was greater attraction than the now famous 1864 meet- ing in the Provincial Building?

On the first day of September, 1864, two dozen men met in the Colonial Building, Charlottetown to discuss the union of the sep- arate Marttime Colonies. The room in which they sat has come down \to us as-the Confederation Chamber and is revered by all modern Islanders. Not so our an- cestors in 1864.. They were not

attracted by the great event, nor |

imbued with its historical signif- icance: and so we must point out to our reachers that the meet- ‘ng in the Chamber was’ so in- signficant an, afiair, that it was almost completely overshadow- ed, in popular taste, by azother momentous \atiraction—a _ travel- ‘ing circus.

It appears that the Nova Scotia delegates, who reached Char- lottetown in the “Heather Bell” on the afternoon of August 31, were not officially met on the landing, and were left to find

, their own way as best they could

The Island Government later attempted to justify «self for this discourtesy by claiming that the Nova Scotian’ had arrived un- expectedly early; but the appos- ition papers set up a howl, ac- cusing the local members with having been at the circtis .nstead of affending to. their proper duties—which> charge may have been well founded, for it was never answered effectively.

The visitors from Upper Can- ada—and these “foreigners” were not invited—arrived Sep- tember ‘1, and were officially met and welcomed by the Colonial Secretary. Hon. W. H. Pope, who rowed ov! to meet them with all the dignity and decorum that ne could\ muster under the circum- stances.

Some of the members: of the unofficial Upper Canadian dele- gation were lodged in the Frank- lm House; the others were com- pelled to remain on board ship, the town's accommodations ing taken up by,.country folks who had poured in to see not the~birth of a nation, but a

travelling circus.

be- }

| it may

ion.

clysion. * Some (quggested that the seeming volcano might have been an escape of gas from the moon's interior. There may be pockets

| of gas beneath the lunar surface

just as there are beneath the

earth's covering.

STRANGE “SPLASH MARKS”

Moon visitors would exaimine the peculiar bright streaks that radiate vast distances from some lunar craters. The rays remain an unfathomable mystery, thou- gh they are easily seen and have long been studied.

Lunar poneers would also col- | lect samples of moondust and | examine it for possible spores or encapsulated bacteria. Thick- ness of the moon's dust layer would be of compelling interest. Some scientists think it is only a few inches deep; others, that go down as much as five miles, The scientists would also be interested on finding out whete it came from—the moon itself of farther reaches of the cosmos.

The Age Old Story

The trial of your faith . . . much more precious than of

gold that perisheth. FALLACY EXPOSED?

LONDON (Reuters) — A, Ruts- sian science writer said Thursday space rockets have exposed the fallacies of religious beliefs. E. H. Fadeyev, chief of the \scientific- atheistic section of *he Soviet ma- gazine Science and Life. said sa- tellites and the Soviet cosmic rocket have made ‘‘a . complete fiasco”’ of the belief that it is pos- sible to ascend to heaven only through divine intervention.

LOSES CUSTODY

BERLIN (AP)—A divorce court in East Germany has given a ‘father custody of his two childre because the mother was a Chris- tian, Information Bureau West reported Thursday. The bureau, an anti-Communist West Berlin organization, said a court in Starl- sund recently ruled that the fa-

because he was a Commu- nist, Was more fitted to raise. the children,

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2. Don’t eat. when. you are emotionally upset. Take a rest, or at least relax and calm down before sitting down to the table. |

3. Eat your meals slowly and chew the food well. You'll find this makes smaller amounts of food more satisfying

4. Don't eat highly seasoned | foods since they stimulate the appetite.

HIDDEN CALORIES

5. Be on the lookout for hid- den calories. Remember that li- quiis such as beer. cocktails and soda pop may go down easily. but they contain calories that can thwart any reducing diet.

6. Use a non-caloric sweeten- er in your coffee and tea and to sweeten cooked fruits.

7. You can have clear coffee,

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MEETING

cup: of-cottage cheese or two eggs for a serving of meat.

Use the same scale and weigh yourself at the same time of | day. Weighing yourself every day | will only discourage you! QUESTION AND ANSWER

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THE OAK IN WINTER

I walked in winter wood,

And in that crisscross of grey boughs

Marvelled to see the oak alone

Still wore its crown,

A summerfull of crumpled leav- mS

In opulent brown.

Will not surrender April's bud

To be ice-nipped,

But keeping grief at bay,

Hold safe the long-dead ‘sheaf,

Each greening joy

In the warm clasp of a brown leaf.

’ —Harry Woodburne, In the Wisconsin Poetry Magaz-

OUR YESTERDAYS.

(From The Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Jan. 26, 1934)

Civic accounts and the annual} reports of the various commit- tee chairmen for the year 1933 were submitted at a special meet ing of the City Council last) eve- ‘ning. The accounts as tabled showed expenditures of $319,166. 19, an excess of expenditures over receipts of $56,021.93. The overdraft is given as $118,414.67. The balance sheet sho -s excess

273,65.

The. secon! annual Firemen’'s Banquet was held last evening ‘in the City Hal! Annex. Chief An- gus MacEachern presided and among those present were ‘Coun- cillors and ex-firemen A.A. Hen-

nessey and Fred Trainor: Pro- vincia’ Fire Marsha!l Charles A. Beer; Water Commissioner and

ex-fireman G.D. Wright and Ex- Captain R.B. Rattray.

TEN YEARS AGO (Jan. 26, 1949)

There will be no need for a civic eleetion in Summerside this year as the three positions on the Town Council were filled yesterday by acclamation, two councillors returning and one new’ man representing the centre ward. Councillors H. B. Schurman and J. L. Driscoll. representing the East and West Wards respectively were retura-

ed, and Mr. Gerald Sheen re- places Mr. W.E. Smallman in the Centre Ward:

Mr. Gordon W Stewart was

elected president of the Munici-

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