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THURSDAY, DEC. 22. 1955

Fire Hazards

Fire IS much in the news these days. Not a day passes but lives are lost and much property destroyed by that element which, as the old saying goes, is "a good servant but A bad master”. Of course, this is t.he time of year when fires are most likely to break out;all the

more reason uhy extra care should i be taken to see that heat require- ments of extremely cold weather are not permitted to mitweigh dis- r,-rctiou, the lack of which is an in- vitation to lire to do its destructive work. it is too late after a fire has gotten out of control to regret 0ne's failure to take precautions. It is. of course, true that tires will happen, as other accidents do, despite the greatest care and prud- ence in management. Here. as in eveivything else, there is A modicum of chance. Nevertheless, careless- ness and thoughtlessness are the two basic causes of most fires. For- cing heating units beyond their pre- scribed mipacity; neglecting to ex- amirne stova-pipes and flues par- tiailarly when they show signs of wear, not putting it off to another year; allowing paper and other in- flammable materials to accumulate ' lrn basements and Attics; leaving newly-lighted stoves while they "warm up";,these and A dozen allied errors help to create fire hazards. Christmas brings its own dang- ers. Nothing is more dangerous than A dry, decorated tree near A fire. It can be A thing of beauty: and it can be a conveyer of tragedy. It depends on how it is handled-or mishandled.

A Wise Ruling

'A report fro rn Washington states that the United States Post- master-General has made A new ruling with respect to messages hid- den in parcel-post packages. Here.- tofom, this has been an offence re- garded as almost criminal, per- petrated At the risk of dire penal- ties. This is so in Canada, too, and probably in all other countries. The reason behind the restriction is, of course, financial in nature. Pack- ages go through the mails at much lower rates than letters; it would mean A great loss in revenue if the surreptitious practice were allowed

nu nuunny, is perturbed over no simple title the new earl has As- sumed. It was thought that he would select some such designation as Earl Attlee of Dorking-or of Walthamstow, or some other town or village with which he has special affiliation. Instead, he chose to be called just "Earl Attlee". In a re- cent editorial, Burke's expressed fear that, should the "unfortunate innovation" take hold, British peers might be confused with such ordin-

ary mortals as bandleaders. The

Americans, Duke Ellington and

Count Basie, it will be noted, are

specialists in that merry, though

not necessarily aristocratic, way of

life.

This. it must be admitted, would be most annoying to some peers of the realm; but not, one likes to think, to Earl Attlee, whose whole life so far, from the earliest days of his political apprenticeship to the moment he received from the hands of his Sovereign the accolade of nobility, has been onc of honour unmixed with the slightest measure of vainglory. And. if by some in- advertcncc. he should cvcr be mis- taken for a lizinrllcadcr, whether of high or low degree, he can be counted on to lot it pass without murmur or complaint.

EDITORIAL NOTES

This is the time to watch those

household fires. I O O

As a Canadian Press report puts it: ”The story's the same from chilled Charlottetown to shivering Saskatoon-clear and cold :51 n d more of the same to come."

U O 0

Reports now circulating suggest that a contest is looming up be- tween the l'nitcd States and the Soviet Union for the control of the Antarctic. By the time the dispute is settled, the moon and perhaps outer space will be eligible for that

sort of controversy. I O 0

If Secretary of Agriculture Ben- son does not find some way to solve the many problems that are facing the nations farmers, it,will not be because of lack of advice. Since Nov. 23, the clay he asked the pub- llc to send in proposals by mail, he has been receiving 430 letters daily. However, Mr. Benson says that so far none of the suggestions has been any better than plans he has already tried.

0 O O Evidently, the C'.N.R. is not especially interested in securing

the business of the transport com- panies on the Yarmouth-Bar Har- bor ferry run. According to the President of the Nova Scotia-New- foundland branch of the Canadian Warehousemen's Association, re- cently announced rates are so high that the trip can be made by land at less than half the cost.

to go unchecked. However, it has always been a difficult matter to oversee; and nobody knows how many thmisands of messages have been given free passage in this illegal manner. The financial loss to the post offices of the world would probably amount to a goodly sum over a period of years.

Now, in the United States at least. anyone who wants to enclose A few words in a parcel can do so without being secretive about it. All he has to do is to state. the fact on the outside of the package, add the appropriate postage, and let it go. It seems like a wise ruling and one that will add A good many dollars in the run of A year to Uncle Sam's treasury. Of course, the penalty for trickery will be heavier than it has been in the past; that. too. is wise And good. Other post office depart- ments might emulate the American example to their own profit. and to the public approval and peace of mind.

Unfortunate Innovation

News of the elevation of Clem- ent Attlee, retired leader of the British Labor Party, to the peerage was well received by the people everywhere regardless of their poli- tical attachments. Not that it will ldd anything to the prestige of "A great Englishman", as Sir Winston Cllurcliill once called him; but it show general appreciation of mighty contribution he made - political mutiny of Great A wgnodu our

Who dist-ovcrcd Antarctica? Ad- miral Fabian Von Bellingshausen 0i the Imltrrinl Russian Navy, state the Soviets. A Yankee whaling skip- per, Nathaniel B. Palmer, say New Englanders. Sim-c New Englanders, unlike thc Russians, do not claim to have rliscovcrcd almost every PI??? of land and invented practic- 3ll.V 9V9T)' fzadgct. their claim in this insiancc is the one more likely

to be a(:(:cpt.ctl by the non.g0V'1ei world.

0 O O

The National Tuhcrculosis As- sociation of the i'nited States has rendered ll good public service in calling attention to the fact that tuberculosis is still 11 major cause of sickness and distress, although its death rate, has been reduced very considerably in recent. years by new drugs and developments in surgery. To o much significance should not be attached to reports that a sanatorium here and there has been closed. In most cases, this was A. purely administrative matter.

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Both Republicans and the Demo- crats appear to have agreed on one agricultural plan: the so-called "soil bank" scheme. This would pay government subsidies to farmers for taking acreage out of produc- tlon and putting it in soll-conserv- ing grass. The parties differ on the Amount of money that should be set aside for the soil bank funds. The Administration thinks 3400 mil- lion ought to be sufficient. and it took A long time forsecretary of

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OTTAWA REPORT

Canada's First Christmas

By Patrick At this (lhrisfmas season. uc can recall that it is AN years

since this religious observance was first celebrated in this country.

in the year 1535. Jacques Cart- ior led the first group of European uplorers up the St. Lawrence River. His hand consisted of ill) men. all on three tiny sailing ships named La Grande Hermine. LA Petite llermine and L'Emcrill- on. They sailed up the river as far as the big island capped by A wooded hill. Cartier named this "Mont Real", and his name sur- vives to this day.

Rather than risk the storm) November passage back across the Atlantic to France in his tiny oockleshelln. Cartier decided! to Luisa the winter here. He sailed

ck down the river as far As the t

huge rock towering above the Indian village of Stadacona. There, in the shelter of rock and river. he found calm anchorage for his small craft which in size And crew barely exceeded A modern Airliner.

”Quel Ber." exclaimed one of his sailors, As he espied the great rocky promontory. And. Acording

to that story. the exclamation gave -

the name to our first city. when nearly A century later it was founded beneath that promontory.

WHITE BUT QUIET

No chiming bells heralded that first Canadian Christmas Day. No chlldrenls laughter or family re- union marked the day for that lonely little band of F-rench sall- ors.

But the first of our imported Christmas customs was celebrated here that year. The day was greeied by .ellglous ceremony Dom Guillaume Le Breton read its: first Christmas Mass in Can- a a.

Of those one hundred and ten

, icebound explorers, only one in

ten W85 In flood health. Uninform- Ad about the winter climate, and unprepared to face its rigours, they had been ravaged by scurvy, Twenty-six of them died. The rest were probably saved only by A strange use in which they put the 5133 9Vf?l'8recn tree cut At Christ- mas by white men in Canada. The friendly Montatgns-is Indians told their sick visitors that A healing

brew could be prepared from the I

bark of the white spruce.

So CAnAda's first Christmas tree served the celebrsnts; not be being decorated with lights. but by hav- ing its bark stripped off. and boil. Ad. The christmas gift which that tree brought was the priceless gift of health.

The white spruce And sim iar trees have now developed into th. foundation of A custom honored throughout the western world - the Chrlstmaf Tree. Decorated gally.

it serves as the centrepiece of festivltis In every home. But

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GIBRALTAR by Jose Platlloliis And Carter. London International Pub. Rep. Montreal 157 pp, 33,50; is intended to convince the reader that the famous rock should he returned to Spain. The thesis it. self will hlvl little appegl fm- the "Cflle reader in this country, but

dwelwllll if the author has gathered much interesting lore on the famous fortress.

The shifting Alliances nation! '”"'"'"- military consideration:

and personal 1,; ' "ill Played A part in de.t:lrmtii::)ln:i'g the fate of Britain's kgy go uh Mediterranean are faithfully regard. ed In this little book. The Author' "T0118 feelings in the matter only coming fully to light in the (fog. Nfntion of civil And military life ”' wk "trough the years.

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The Age Old Story

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i never has it brought A gift as wel- i come as that which it gave to Jacques Cartier. After the first Christmas Mass was celebrated in Canada, the first Christmas carol echoed E across the frozen waters of the 1 great river. One of the sailors, lnamcd Jean Hamel, raised his l melodious voice to sing ”Adeste Fidcles". t0thcr customs have brought to Canada by settlers from their native lands. Our ac- cepted Christmas customs origin- ate from all over the world. In addition to the religious observ- ance. the tree and carols. those now include the greeting card. the gifts. the roast turkey. the stock- ing, holly and mistletoe, and even Santa Claus himself.

With all these trimmings. it is costing us A record sum estimated at over .s5oo,ooo.ooo to say "Merry Christmas” in our Canadian man- ner this year.

been

Canada and The United ilalions

GIVE THEM THE SKY

l)o not refuse them the sky. Do not call them back

When they follow A hid bird's cry Or A red deer's track.

Let them go out to the snow

On thronged shoes and skis;

Set them free to the glitter blow

And drifts to their knees.

and

The children who wander alone Through the white hush of the woods

Will learn in spirit and bone The slow peace their blood

for their

Needs dreaming. Oh.

Ay nu-A:AA N. IAAAAAAA. I. I- sons HELPFUL MEASURE! 1'0 PREVENT lN0l!N,G For-' Ages wanna have complain- ed About marina "-count MCI have, too, but less lolldlk-MW-7' Ally. But recently. A nhyllclln In Pensacola, Florldl. gestlon which might put the dis- cussion-And you-to rest. Dr. C. J. Halnberg sly! Sufi”! might silence thou snore: ones and for All.

THE SOFT PALATE

He suggests teasing the Adh. palate surgically to prevent it from vibrating against the pharyn- geal wail. It is the vibration of the soft palate And the uvull. the pend- ent fleshy lobe of the palate, which is the source of this harsh, rattling sound.

Before resorting to surgery,ghow- ever. I advise trying A more simple measure.

You can't snore with your mouth open. So, Just keep it shut.

This might be A little difficult. however, since snoring often is merely! a habit and your mouth sometimes automatically drops open when you fall asleep.

Various mechanical devices for keeping the mouth shut have been tried without a great deal of suc- cess. Some homemakera, At their wit's end. have tied bandages around the head and under the chin of their snoring bubbles and re- port it has been effective.

Frequently you can stop snoring by turning the nolscmsker on his side.

Nasal calarrh or throat trouble sometimes is the cause of snor- ing. In such cases. you should seek treatment by A doctor.

In children, snoring generally is A danger signal indicating nose or throat trouble.

Enlarged adenoids might be the cause. They narrow and elevate the postnasal space. permitting the soft palate to vibrate.

Removing the pharyngeal tonsil will often cure snoring in such C3505.

As far as hubby is- concerned. there's A quick and easy way to halt his snores. Just wake him up.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

A. E. S.: I have eczema At the back of my knee joint and other parts of my body. What causes it and is here any cure for it? Answer: It is possible that the rash is due to what is known AI psoriasis. Examination by A slfn specialist would be Advisable. Eczema. as A rule, is due to some type of sensitivity. Treatment usually consists of finding the sub stance to which you are sensitive And eliminating it. The use of A bland ointment may be helpful.

national committee of scientists which will study and co-ordinate the effects which radiation has on man and his environment.

give These far-eyed young Freedom to walk with their lives Star-sputtered and strong.

-Frances Fro” in the New York Herald-Tribul

By Jack Best Canadian Press Staff, New York

Thanks in Canadian initiative. ll

ntrics gained Admission to the

this year. Many of them had waited outside for years.

The mass entry in the closing days of the 1955 General A sembly provided the biggest influx sings UN's founding 10 years Ago And boosted membership in the inter- national mganizatlun to 76.

Canarln laid the groundwork for breaking the long membership

dAAdlocl. by successfully ponsoI'- l

lag A rcsolution calling for the package Admission of 18 countries, five of them Communist. In the Security Council, Japan and Com- munist Ouier Mongolia were lop- ned off. UN delegates figured prominently "csldes membership. Canadian in disarmament And atomic energy matters during 1955. .CanAdA co- sponsored resolutions providing for the early implementation of dis- armament schemes, the establish- meni of an Atoms-for-peace Agency and A multi-nation technical coin- miiiee to study radiation effects.

TENSF. DEBATE8

The membership debates were i perhaps the tenant that have iakcn place At the UN since the early days of the Korean war.

Canada's plan Appeared to go up in smoke one day when National- isf ChinA carried out A loug-AtAnd- imz threat to use its Security Council veto Agllnlt Outer Mon- golia. in retaliation, RusalA'A Ar- kady A. sobolev shot upbla hand 1.! times to veto the Western-spom sored candidates.

Next day, however,-in A rever- sal of its "All-or-nothing" Altitude. Russia proposed to Alcrlfice Outer Monxolta for Japan, and withdraw its vetoes of All the other Western candidates. The revised naolutlon Adopted without opposition received the Golan! AA- sembl.V's prompt endorsement.

In the Assembly tint night. After final action hld beujlkll on the is. Canada's ludfm roll 1: for- mlllntlns the comp:-omhs "pack- age" wAA ncognlsod when its chief delegattp Health MIAMI! Paul Martin. In cAllAd'oA to make A

A's in-

. Irv Are ltsly,

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part In meetings of disarmament commu- 'lW'l Ml - Power Aubcrrmrnlthe.

discussions

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eral Assembly's overwhelming en- dorsement of A resolution calling . for early implementation of Pref; dant Eisenhower's ”open skies" arms inspection and the Russian proposal to establish control posts At strategic centres.

Early in the atoms-for-peace de- bate, Canada began acting as me dlator between the United States and India, which claimed that flu International agency as conceived II An eight.-power draft statute tended to be I "closed corpora- tion." .

Under the draft, Canada and the Iig Four would become virtually parmanent members of the Agency's board of governors.

Agleement was . chcd in add India, Brazil, Russia and Czechos- lovakia to the list of eight spon- Ics, which will meet in Washing- tm next month to negotiate the Agency's articles of incorporation.

Related to the atoms-for-peace debate was the discussion of radi- ation, during which experts from i Ottawa And the Chalk River Atomic establishment acted as Ad- vlsei-A to the Canadian delegation. Canada and All the great powers wlllbe represented on an Inter-

: the great gulf which still divides

' A: first France, than South Africa

. reported to the Security Council on

The 1955 Assembly pointed Ip

western countries from the Ao- called "anti-colonial" bloc. Cana- dian d ' ' watched in dismay

allied out in protest Against what Iiey considered meddling in their Internal affairs.

OPPOSED U.S. CANDIDATE

on both occasions. Martin put out A statement reflecting concern over the effect which -,rAcipitAte action by the Asian-African lroup could have on the future of the UN. . During the long-drawn-out battle between Yugoslavia and the Philip- pines for A non-permanent Ant on the Security Council, Canada wont Along with Yugoslavia in oppxzI- flan to the U.S. candidate.

The Russian - backed Yugoslav candidacy was based on A 1946 "gentleman's Agraomentt" which gave Eastern Europe A not. Can- dlsn delegates reasoned that I this agreement were scrapped, It would jeopardize the Common- wealth seat. The Ant la due to go to Canada in 1957.

Canada's MA).-Gen. E. L. M. Burns, who holds what has been dsscrlbed Al the tnulhuf m0dll' lion job in the world, was nap- pointed in August to mother year As UN truce chief in Palestine.

Twice during the yII.r-foilow- lag the outbreaks At Gala in Fib- ruary and at El AIIJA in October- Gen. Burns made hurried trips to New York for consultatlonmllo

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Against the parents of delinquent children Why not? In eight case: out of ten the parents are primarily to blame. -Brautford Expositor.

Reports from Ottawa Indicate that the Senate Finance commit- tee. which has done A useful job in recent years. may confine its Ac- tivities during the next session to v examining the steady growth of the Civil Service. This should be all to the good - and diligent men And women in the employ of the overnment should benefit most I'll such A scrutiny. -Winnipeg Tribune.

The government intends to amend the National Housing Act next year so that more emphasis will be laid on rebuilding the older pnrfs of cities. rather than on the expansion of suburbs. The ap- proach ls sound. It is more econo- mical from the ratepayers' view- point to rehabilitate old sections ” ause services are Already in- stalled. Moreover, rehabilitation brings A rise in assessments and revenue. -Ottawa Citizen.

For the benefit of those hunters whose "luck" hasn't been what it might have been these past few weeks. we print the words of Lake Simcoe district forester Arthur W. Lemon who says, ”Things were different in Ontario back in the gay nineties." He recalls quail and wild turkey could be hunted legally for two months, woodcock for W; months and pheasants and the gold- en pluver for four months. Shoot- in of wild ducks started one hour before sunrise And ended one hour After sunset and the yearly bag was not to exceed 300 .A person hunting alone could take in one year five deer- and only Ontario and Quebec residents were Allowed to hunt. Yes many hunters will Agree that things Aren't what they used to be. And many hunter-5' wlvea will Agree too. -Owen Sound Sun-Times.

This Area is A favorite resort of Americantourista so we have the opportunity to observe the way Americans drive in Canada. On the average they drive more slowly than our own people: they are Ont- ario cars, not American, which wblzz Along At 70 and ill miles An hour. The cafe with which Amer- ican drivers stay close to our 80 mph speed limit is noticeable. We have also been Able to observe that the American driver 'II more skilled that the Average Ontario driver in no parts. He can hand- lo his car expertly, is careful to ensun that it is maintained in good working order. And he knows the rules of the road. You seldom see An American driver straddling two lanes of A highway. or pulling into the centre of an intersection in order to turn right. Nor does II American driver neglect his rear- vlew mirror on A dual-lane high- way. Canadians must blame them- selves. not the Americans, br

1 NOTES at THE WAY T "wine. the matter with that Because wen AnAuy,. boy?" Asked e man up the servers And members oftbep street when his dauabtei-'A date crowding mg madam. rang the doorbell. "Too lazy to discussions At an Whit; ouucm bank the horn?" -Calgary Herald. fenenee on gdugum. if an. e.,.,,,,; necessary bum, in Wellington, New ZeAlAnd. I the sessions. One gate.-,;Tf'f,,,",;':' special parliamentary committee server munaggd to get mm an bu recommended that courts of edict by borrowing A pug; mu law be empowered to make orders She was senator Mu-gu-gt chm

Smith of Maine.

Adults do'l need at; tell them um these -:e"ti.'e"'lf.,L,l,'. 661- fleeuns days of the entir cu. endar. Harassed by thought; of last-minute gifts sun to M mum Ind Feeling cards still to be .g.' dretflaad to people they'd fotgottq un cards from them Arrived, up; A hundred and one other house. hold details. grown-ups agree Wm, Out Question that these pre-Christ: mas days not only do not have enouzh daylight but .1... M, enough hours. On the other bum it's next to impossible to w,M,m the small fry that these are not the longest days in the calendar It's A long. long wait to Christmas when you're young; that's why many A child is insisting that the "99 be Pill ill! in the living-room without further delay-perhaps it will hurry along the Arrival of the

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territories have Agrtcuu. ural possibilities. Surveys already carried out place the arable ianid in the terrirorles at between 1000. 000 and 1.500.000 Acres. Includeil in this Area lire some 500.000 gm, of good rancbland 'ln the Slave River basin And between iooooo and 200.000 Acres in the Liard iii. ley suitable for mixed farming, Agricultural possibilities of the" northern Areas have been syn... matically tested since 1947 At the Dominion Experimental Farm .i Fort Simpson. Every year wheat and coarse grains have ripsngd and produced good yields, mm vegetables. tomatoes. berrm. .1 some free fruits have Also” every year. Development of I strains particularly suited to north. ern conditions is in process, rm Simpson this summer shipped Mi. northern outpoat .( tAbke1-v"t- Am population, limited but Improving pm. ducflon of these Arable illlds will find ready markets in the ma. itself. -Guelph Mercury.

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