The tt.0ttti-toii Caiizidiaii Pa- cific freighter Beaver Pine nudges into dock in Quebec
liarbor. first vessel of the year to arrive from overseas with cargo. Earlier the Dan-
EiiisrvizsEAs SHIP or R AT QUEBEC
isli freigliter, Helga l)aii. had passed up the St. Lawrence River. bound for Montreal.
Healthier Crops Are Produced
With New
\'A.\'COL'\'ER ICP?--Tliirteen years of research by biologist D. J. Wort \\'ent into develop- ment of a plant hormone that is producing bigger and healthier crops for farmers North America and Europe.
The hormone. known as 2.4-D, now is being produced and sold commercially both conti- nents. Biit the University of British Co‘. ii m b l a professor didn't receive a nickel or pa- ten .. “The e o m p an i e s profit- ing from the sales are meeting their responsibilities by estab- lishing scholarships and search funds at various univer- sities." says Prof. Wort.
The hormone was actually de- veloped by scientists during inc Second World War It’: a inton- tial killer of enevnv ct‘-ipr.
in concentrated form, It Id‘.1s plants. Prof. Wort discovered. how-
'1 (D I
If in proper concentrations.
Plant Hormone
‘ever, that if used in precise amounts in sprays and dust combined with minerals. 2.4-D actually stimu- lates plant growth
In
The most dramatic results have been achieved with potato crops. In some cases, farmers reported increases of tip to
three tons an acre after using!
»Prof. Wort's formula. NO LONGER KILLS One of the keys to stimulating,
rather than ‘killing. plant growth ‘
is the com use of minerals such as iron. copper, zinc. man- .ganese and boron. ‘ '‘In some way which we don't yet understand fully the metals take away the killing power of 2.4-1) and yet allow it to retain its hormonal action -when used Until i957, seven years after Prof. Wort began his research. iUBC was the only centre in the
and de- _‘ creases the incidence of disease. ‘
world where the 2.4-D experi- ments were being conducted‘ with hopes of achieving a plant stimulant. *
Following Prof. Wort'.s initiall successes, similar research was taken up at the University of California agriciiltural college all Davis. Calif. and at the Uni- .versity of Leeds in England. 1 Commercial manufac-turensl “who have made money from: Prof. W0rt's experiments havei ibeen generous. he says.
“At B‘ we have received‘ about $20.t)0(i from maniifacl.iir-‘ ers and processors for work in ‘this field. and in England the makers are putting 10 per centl of their profits into research.”j
Prof. Wort's experiments are‘ still going on. with the help now of five graduate students.
"We now are intent in explain- ‘ in terms of basic science that which by trial and error .we found to work."
Year Of Hardship Faces East Europeans In 1964 l
By HANS Bi-‘..\lF.Dll"l‘
\'lF.\‘\'A l.»\F"—---For Eastern Europe's Communist-ruled peo- pies. 1064 will be another year 0f’haI‘d$l1lpS, but with glimmers of hope for more freedom and a better He.
Throiiglioiit the re,i.iioii there are grumblincs of discontent the regimes can hardly afford to ig- nore. (.‘oinmunist leaders are exhortin: the masses to work harder but their demands are sweetened by promises of West- ern-style consumer goods and a privilege hitherto reserved to
the €lll('———ll‘£i\'€l to the West. in some t't\llIllI‘lt"S, the re- nimos face stagzeriiig odds.
Their economies are stil‘. regis- tering shock waves from the
hard 1962-63 winter. It caused food sliortages and price in- i'i'e;ises at #1 time \\'ll!‘ll food
production was piislwd into tho barkgroiinrl bv lliflllklrlalllflllflrl. l1?it‘\'Pst< in the Soviet. Iinion set off a chain reaction in eotinlrles dependent on Rus- sian grain and forced them to turn in the West for help The grain piirciinscs ate into hard- currency reserves. thus adding vroes for national budgets al- ready sapped by foreign aid to underdeveloped countries.
APPR.i\IFI". PROIERANIS Products badly needed on do- mestic market: go to Africa and Asia. Some regimes are taking a hard business look at their aid programs to make cuts here and there. But indications are that the i964 level will be pro- portionally equivalent to the 1954-1962 period during which the East bloc poured out about
34.100.000.000 worth of non-mil-‘
itary technical aid and loans. Cuba is the leading benefici-
ary. A diplomatic survey gives the’
following picture: Czechoslovakia -— One of most industrialized countries the Moscow orbit. Czechoslova- kia is banking heavily on im- ports of key foodstuffs. The gov- ernment sought to balance the loss of Russian grain by put- and Canadian
the in
projects pend by insufficient electric power production.
‘Ito cm
blows. the E‘: central committee has
CERTAIN 0!’ GUILT
y. a result. said the adviser. James Martin.
DALLAS, Tel. um — ‘rite’ of Lee Harvey
aniioiinrod higher pay for good work. abolition of unnecessary bureaucracy. an elastic price system. and liberal travel regu- lations. For the first time since the 1948 Communist takeover. Czechs will be allowed to travc‘. West in increasing number: while Westerners will be at- tracted by an unprecedented cut of red tape.
Bulgarla—In 17 years of Com- munist rule. ulgaria has never once managed to reach the food production targets set by the planners. The government '.ow- ered its sights for 1964, cutting af.!l'l(‘lIllllI‘al production to free money and labor for ambitious llI'lllSll‘lal developments.
To fill the food gap. farmers are encouraged to produce more meat, milk and vegetables on
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By DAVE McINTOSH
OTTAWA tCP)—’1‘he Cana- dian Rangers. a shadowy, ar- flung para - military group which helps patrol Canada's most remote regions. won't be affected by reductions in the militia, an army spokesman said here.
One good reason: The Rang- ers are unpaid civilian volun- teers whose only charge on the public treasury is a rifle when they join and 100 rounds of ammunition a year.
There are nearly 2,500 men in the Rangers organized in 42 so-called companies or platoons
PISQUID EAST
Mr. and Mrs. George Jayj were visitors in Lorne V a l I e y Christmas Day with their son-. ‘ w and daughter. Mr. rs. Earle MacDonald. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Jay had as guests for supper Christmas night Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mac- Donald. E el, Garfield and Ar- lene. Mr. and Mrs. Blair Bruce. Kevin, Gail and Carolanne. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Matheson and
Mr. and Mrs. Dewar MacDon-
ald with son Roddie
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny MacDon-i
aid with Blair. Ricky and Bev- erly, Mt. Mellick. were Christ- mas Day guests of Mrs. Mac-
Donald's parents. Mr. and Mrs-
Edward Jay.
r. and Mrs. Harold Jay were guests of Mrs. .lay's sister, Mrs. Earle MacDonald and Mr. Mac- Donald, Lorne Valley, Christmas
ay.
Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Hendricken with son Dannie were visitors in Charlottetown Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Birt Leard, Lorne Valley. were r e c e n guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alton
ay.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Jay visit- ed Mrs. Jay's father. Walter MacDonald. who is a patient in the Prince Edward Island Hos- pl
tal.
Mr. and Mrs. David Birt. Charlottetown. were recent vis- itors of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
‘Jay and Mr. and Mrs. Harold?
t Jay
their tiny private plot.s—-an ap- proach that would have been‘ heresy only a few years ago‘ when private enterprise was. rated a vestige of capitalism. l Hungary---As the only Soviet. bloc country whose living stan-. dards have gone up this year‘ I45 per cent according to‘ United Nations statistics), Hun- gary has no food shortages, al- though the government had to. buy 800.000 of Westernl grain for bread and fodder. The government has an-‘ nounced that passports will be: "liberally issued" and the hard- currency ailowance of $70 a per- son will be raised. Westerni newspapers will appea r on‘ newsstands — they have been available only in hotels fre- quented by Westerners. l
Dannie. Darlene and Kathy left. Sunday with Mrs. Hendricken's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Boyd. An- tigonish, N.S.
to spend New Year‘s£
in 147 separate iocations. 98 in the north and west, 25 ' northern Quebec and 24 in the Atlantic provinces.
The rangers for the most are trappers, woodsmen, hunters. prospectors, frontier farmers and employees of a few government agencies such as the northern affairs department who live in sparse- ly-settled regions of Canada. mainly in the north and along the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
The government and the de- fence department have always ‘been reticent about saying any- thing about the Rangers. In for ‘ time. it ‘revealed the personnel strength ‘of the organization—-and prec- ‘ious little else SERVED AS WATCHDOGS i As originally constituted, the lliangers were lookouts for any genemy landings in Canada for the purpose of setting up beac- ons to guide bomber! or sub- ‘marines or knocking out small gbut vital defence installations lsuch as remote radar stations. l This role has ecome less important in recent years but. ‘authorities say, the Rangers ‘still perform a variety of use- |ful roles. They assist the RCMP !and provincial police and par-
cises by acting as guides or ‘taking the part of the enemy They aid in rescue work of all kinds.
The Rangers have the status got organized militia. though lthcy take no organized training, ‘are not referred to in any ‘public documents and their in- ldi identities are largely
vidual lunknown. ! The Rangers draw no pay. lallowances nor rat io n s and j:heir activities are known only 0 army commands in Canada.
‘i MAINTAIN PARATROOPS Meanwhile, authorities say has no indication
l Mr.‘ and Mrs. JP. i-lenddckcmjwliether army paratroop train-
iing will be reduced.
‘ The Canada — US. Regional ‘Defence Force. formerly known ‘as the mobile striking force. tincludes three Canadian battal-
Roycil Academy of Dancing
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miners. I
iicipate in army winter exer-5
the heads of the various'
, 18 The Guardian, Chm-lotltetown, lhnn. clan. 9, 1964.
Militia Cuts Won't Affects Canadian Rangers Unit rm.
fions. Each battalion has ‘company group about lparatroopers.
l Parachute training limited to keeping these three companies at full strength—that ‘is, about "360 trainees a year.
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HOW
The mobile striking force for Canadian defence formerly comprised punt:-oops entirely.
h The Canadian army has trained
some 11,000 paratroops since the Second World War.
seal harvest by Canadian, Nor- wegian and Russian sealing
crews. In early spring the seal herd: floen the
St. wrence. There the le- ma:Ieo give birth to their youcg, known as “whitecoals" in the
sealing trade. and later ma-to before heading back into the At- ‘lantic.
Under a “gentle.men's agree-
Curbs On Seal
j OTTAWA tCPi——-The Interna- ‘tional Commission for th lNorthwest Atlantic Fisheries is ion the venge of adopting a Ca- ‘nadian proposal that harp and jhood seals, now slaughtered by ‘the hundreds of thousands each spring on Canada's east coast, be brought under international control and protection.
‘ Scientists have been warning ‘ for years that these valuable fur ‘seals are heading towards ex- tinction because of modern kill- ing methods.
Dr. W. M. Sproules of Ottawa
Fisheries
Research Board of
0 member nations of IONAF
ltold the annual meeting of the A W H
Slaughteri-ng
fExpected Ready Next Year
Canada Wednesday that the 13 are in the process of ratifying an amendment to the North Atlan- tic Fishing Treatiy that will add the harp and hood seals to the treaty's coverage.
It was learned later that 12 nations have filed the ratifying papers. The 13th. not identified, has indicated it will follow suit within a few wee 5.
RESEARCH BY CANADA Dr. Sproules. special assistant to Deputy
eedler. said most of :the research on seal conserva-
I-‘isheries Minister 300000
ment” among the three nations ‘concerned. a killing season has been observed in recent years. Last year it opened March 5 in the Gulf and March 10 on the coastal hunting grounds. closing in both areas April 30.
o quotas on the kill have ever been observed, however. The harvest has been Increas- ing sharply due to higher fur peices and the advent of aircraft and helicopters which seek out the best herds and land killing crews on the floes beside them.
HARVEST T00 HIGH
About 25 years ago research- ers estimated that a maximum annual kill of 160.000 seals would leave a breeding population suf- ficient to maintain the species in perpetuity. ut in recent years the harvest has been over
Between 1950-51 and 1959-60.. studies showed that the popula- |
tlon to 315.000 from 750.030.
0' 70011‘ 868]! had drflpped
seals are clubbed aenseigs stunned with books. Bigger one, are shot. Many are hauled aboard sealing vessels for skin. nlnz while they are still alive. To find out more about the seals, the resepmcii board pram 10 INS 5.000 Of them this yea]- ore sta . Sealers will be paid $1 for each tag they return to the research board's arctic unit at Montreal atom- with information of where an}; when the seal was killed.
Ottawa‘ Probes“ Salt On Streets
OTTAWA (CPi_The city of ttawa is considering a Sllarp reduction in its use of salt to melt ice and snow mm the streets. -
Mayor Charlotte Whi-tton told- board ontrol the corrosive salt is eating into pavement and causing thous. and: of dollars in damage to are
“We might just as well be spreading pennies," she said.
Mayor Whitton said the city ilspent $139.71-2 on rock salt in
“Any sensible person. seeing the amount of salt use. world suspect our ward fore- men of taking a rakeoff," she said.
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