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Frank Walker.

“T '19 sirwlflesf Memory is Weaker Than r the Weakest Ink.”

MONDAY. AUGFSETITSIMI Mr. Atlierton Tool timelluon‘ llllYhAiheftifl, who_ visited here some SM“; 9‘; "ll, I e ‘W158 0_f his duties as United om nhassador to Canada, is like many h er nota es, an ardent amateur painter. He as 11151’ gone to Jasper where he and Mr; Atherton will enjo ' t’ rt, ' beauty of we Rockyiespair n19 e Qrandeur and ‘MECIIIIIITE, Viscount Alexander, another en- thusiastic pointer, is ott to tngonish, m, “mgr; Pllladisa in Cape Breton, where a rocky head- land juts out into the Atlantic, and where the

,, ‘V9055, Th6 HICKS, the sea and the sky unfailingly

stir the emotions. A law weeks hence, no doubt, when the Athertons and the Alexanders return to Ottawa, they will be interested in comparing the work of their brushes.

"With painting-so much in vogue," com- ments the Winnipeg Free Press, "perhaps we may expect to see Prime Minister King hieing away to capture tho beauties of the St. Lawrence valley or the Laurentians, or going down to Peggy's Cove on the Atlantic coast near Halifax. True, Mr. King is a little over seventy, but so is Mr. Churchill, the world's most notable amateur artist, who, within the last year, had a painting accepted by the Royal Academy."

Our Winnipeg contemporary‘; suggestion i; ouch a good one that it might well be extended to include all our political, business and other loaders. The idea that urt~whether in the form of painting, poetry, music or sculpture-is too trivial for our public men to bother with is a most unfortunate fallacy. lt is a reflection, of course, of the utilitarian age in which we live. We shall never get back to sanity in national or interna- tional affairs until we regain a broader perspect- ivo and knowledge of whut constitutes the things most worth while in life.

Books Barred In Britain

The following from tho British Board of Trade Journal will explain why it is that certain Canadian books are no longer to be imported freely into Britain:

Before the war there was no obstacle (either In the form of import duties or of import re- strictions) to the free import of books into the United Kingdom. Total United Kingdom im- ports of books amounted to about $4,000,000 of which the Unitcd States supplied sixty to seventy per cent, Europe, twenty to twenty-five per cent, Eire, ten to fifteen per cent, and Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa (taken together) about two per cent.

During the war, shortage of shipping space as well as of foreign exchange made it necessary to apply import licensing to restrict imports of books from all sources very drastically. After the ond of the war, however, an Open General Lic- ence was issued permitting unrestricted imparts of books from Commonwealth countries, in order to restore that tree flow of books from these countries to the United Kingdom which is clearly desirable. Owing to the heavy demand for books and to various factors which have Lni- ited the output of Unitcd Kingdom publishers, imports of books from other Commonwealth coun- tries under this Open General Licence speedily 9,", p, very large dimensions-over $3,200,000 in 1946.

Towards the end of 1946, however, it be- came necessary to reconsider the ar,ongem_ ts for tho import of books into _the United King- rlom owing to the United Kin9d°"‘_‘ “°""l'5' crimination obligation under the United State! Loan Agreement. The United States Loan l0 tho United Kingdom, it will be recalled, was made on certain conditions; one of these was that, on and after January 1, 1947, the United Kingdom would not (subject, to certain eKBP" lions not here relevant) discriminate againshthfi United Stgnties in its import licensing restrictions tin an r uct. _ _

1h tphe case of technical, scientific and other non-fiction books, an Open General Licence was extended to include the United State's as we-l as Commonwealth countries. The import 0f fiction and children's books, 0" the “h” lwmlr was regulated by a special arrangement. Under thisfregular importers are enabled to import fiction and chilldrcn's hooks without any limit of quantity, provided that 50 per cent by value of their total imports is in due course re-export- od. This does not mean that the importer liii-i to re-export fifty per cent of the nugiber o; copies he imports of any particular boo , or_ o- tho books he imports from particular countries, hi; only obligation is that, if he import}, "Y, $40000 worth of bcoks in all, he must in due couiso ro-export half (by value) of these. lii other words if he can imPflll 520-000 ‘mm °' fiction and children's books, to remove "W" as raPldlv as tho United Kin9d°m5 1°"‘9"h m“ change position and subscquently re-export’! est, ho can also import $20,000 worth (of any ictiorl or children's books ha pleases and from _0"Y country ho pleases) for sole III the United K019"

“Mir should be added that rho foregoing or- ran emont applies in general only to books bcuhd in stiff board ccvers: special restrictions have hcd to be placed on the 510W" °l 11°99" covered books in order to prevent comic, crime and 'Wlld West’ magazines and sillillqf Pilbd‘ tools, which tho United Kingdom cannot .a present afford to import ot all, from being im- rtod andor tho lliisc of paper-covered books. It cannot be claimed that this arrange- ment allows as fteo on import of fiction and children's books from Commonwealth sources as Id hovo been wished; It should, however, al-

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imported for sale in the United Kingdom and gives publishers in Comuionweaflli countries, who have expanded their productive capacity during the war and since, an equal chance of compet- ing in the United Kingdom market with the United States and otnci" overseas publishers.

It will be clear from the foregoing that these restrictions on imports of books from other Commonwealth countries have been imposed, not in order to protect ilie Unitcd Kingdom pub- lishing industry, but simply because the United Kingdom cannot, as yet, afford unrestricted im- .ports from the United States, and, so long as this is so, is obliged to place the same restric- tions on imports both of United States and of Commonwealth books Restrictions on the free interchange of books are undesirable us a mat- ter of general principle; th-ise restrictions are kept continuously under review, and it is in- tended to remove thcm as rapidly as the United Kingdom's foreign exchange position permits. lt may be added that ine Publishers’ Association ol the United Kingdom, while realizing the necessity of these restrictions, has represented to the Board of Trade its regret that they have ‘had to be imposed and its desire that they should be removed as soon as possible.

- EDITORIAL NOTES —

Steamboots were invented this date I”. * A’ i I

The caller air is refreshing after the tro- pical heat.

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The next outstanding event will be Labour Day, Monday, Sept. 1. i I

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Visitors certainly had a hot time in the old home town during Old Home Week. Now the deluge.

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All nice girls love a sailor, so the lads on shore leave from H. M. S. Snipe must be consid- crably outnumbered.

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lt is gratifying to our farm producers to learn there is the prospect of increased prices for butter and egg; They have been controlled too long for the falmckrs’ *go-'.r*d.

After Old Home Week summer cottagers and seaside hotel guests begin to think of wend- ing their way back to DUSIHeSS for Fall and Win- ter. They have had a glor-cus time up till the

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The reunion of the Nortn Novas in Amherst was a great success. Bv now eat-servicemen are pretty well past the slcge when their chief de- sire was to avoid anything reminiscent of war, and should enjoy comparing notes with former

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Nova Scotians must be thankful today that most of their communities are on the sea coast. Villages menaced by fiie can be evacuated by sea where residents of wholly land-locked com- munities would willy-nilly have to take to the roads.

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First official predictions indicate that_Can- cda's harvest of wheat, oars and barley will be considerably smaller tiiun onticipatcd, but that llax and coarse grains will exceed last years crop.

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James Beottie, LL.D., poet, died this date 1803; native of Abcrdccn, Scotland, where he was born in 1755. His principal work was The Mins- frel, published in I771, which brought him fame in the literary world; olliers include The Hermit, The Judgment of Paris, The Wolf and the Shep- herds: _

"The present moment is our ain, The heist we never saw"

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lt will be interesting to learn the outcome ,of the conference of Provincial Ministers of Edu- lcrition in Quebec on llth of next month to discuss a uniform sysicm o.‘ education and the ‘production of a history acceptable to all parts of the country. A'grcat deal of elimination and substitution will be nercssary to accomplish ‘he latter cbject; it was found impozsible, or rather impracticable in thc case of England,

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The English Air Cadets who visited us Fri- day and Saturday are certainly fine specimens of Britain's rising gcrzeriition. Thcy are full of gthe joy of life, as alcrt as CHCIiCIS, and want to know about everything. They were particular- ‘ ly appreciative of the nospitolity given them here, reminding them forcibly of "he days of their childhood when everything was plentiful in the ham-aloud, and war and its dire consequences unknown. Let us trust the day is not too far ‘distant when they will be as wcll off again in their native land as thcy were heretofore.

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Five years ago, on August l9, 1942, more than 5,000 eager but as yct untried Canadian rroops pulled off the first major Canadian show" of World War il when they hit the French beaches at Dieppe in what has been des- cribed as one of the biggest and most ambitious commando raids in the nistory of modern’ warfare. They proved to an anxious world that Canadians must be rated among ‘she world's toughest fight- crs. With naval, air and land support, tho rarding party went in and fcr almost nine hours engaged the German garrison in some of the bloodiest fighting of the war. Casualties on both sides were anything but light. Seven hurt- dred and ten Canadims were killed or died of wounds, 608 were wounded, rind men missing or known to have been taken prisoner totalled 2,- 066. ~Canadion troops corned 93 decorations (in- cluding 2 Victoria Crosses) and 91 mentions Ia

I Notes By The Way

l Even l! an American president didn't want. another term, 1t. would be easier to run for IQ-QIOCILIOD than to go house-hunting. — Ed- monton Journal. i

A farmer has Invented a one-leg- ged stool which he claims saves fl motions 1n milking a cow. What's he got. —-four hands? -Edmont.on Journal.

After months of Inveatlgatlon, the United States Army Air Fhrce officially concludes that there never was any‘ such thing as a. "flying saucer." Thus science finally (niches up with common sense, —- Windsor Star.

A wheatburger would, o! course. emerge 1n the competition for a dish representative of Saskatche- wan, says The Ottawa CILIzen. Winner of the local run-off at. Es- tevan fair, the wbeabbuiger sounds veryi nourishing - rolled wheat, round steak and eggs, seasoned with onions and parsley. The tourist. and nutrition branches of the provin- clal government will give a prize 1o the concoctcr of the recipe which Is chosen as the provincial dish.

If we are 1o have tlpplng -ond there Is no sign whatever of Its disappearance -by all means let 1L be on an organized and equltame basis with one major ftp to cover all the services that. have necn rendered In an hotel or other es- tablishment Instead of hill-f I (101!!! or more tips, large and small. which are anything but. satlsfactxy. _Brockv1lle Recorder and TIMES.

Wherever you flnd flve Canad- ians together one of them wI1l be on a diet; four of them should have something done to their homes, hut. will wall. until prIces come down; two-and-a-half of them don't know anything more about Empire preferences than they do about Sanskrit; more of them worry about money than anything else and an undisclosed number say My Goodness! when they are work- ing with a hammer and hit their thumb instead 0f the mill- ~118M- Ilyon Spectator.

Stanley Killer’ Jr., 22-year-old president and general manager of ‘United Helicopters. Inca, Polo Alta, Calif, who designed, built and flew the first practical co-axlal helicop- ter at. the age of 19, believes that, It wIl1 be several years before hell- captexa W111 be ready for the gen- eral public, according to Populn’ Ivfcr-hrmlcs. l-Ie explains that to- day's helicopter requires extraor- diuary- flying skill. and that 1t. costs more than the light plane. Also that there are Insufficient. landing places In metropolitan areas. "Helicop- ters," he says, "are really just In the ‘Model T‘ stage of evolution."

There are Iwo basic polnla a bout Britain's present dire predlco- ment from which thfs country and others should learn. 1. There are limits to what. a nation can do. limits to what. It can spend. There is not. contrary to the assertions of latterday prophets of Utopia. an inexhaustible pool from whlch to draw social and other benefits. 2. The‘ powers of ‘fiilannlnc’ are 11m- Itecl and the results uncertain. — Toronto Financial Post.

A dense metropolitan rallroad network can have a rapid train fservlce only 1f the slgnallng Is iautamatic, says The St. Thomas Times-Journal. An electric current from one m1] 1s carried through the wheels and axles of the train to the other raIl and automatically records the presence of the train, either on the corresponding signal or the nearest signal hox. 'I‘I"iIs sys- tem, deveioyred to the highest de-

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“Fiery Cross" Ancient Scottish Emblem Coming To Canada

(United Kingdom Information)

LONDON ~ (By Cable - "An CroIs firs", Gaelic name for the "Fiery Cross"_ anclenl’. method of summoning the Scottish clans, Ia coming to Canada, for the first time so far as Is known. Calllng all Scots the world over to sup- port. "Enterprise Scotland 1947"- an exhibition of industrial design which opens In Edinburgh on Aug- ust 25, the emblem will arrive at Dorval Airport, Montreal, about 10.30 A.M. EDT- on Wednesday, August 13. aboard a British Over- seas Airways Sipeedblrd.

Representatives of Scottish so- cieties In Montreal will be present at Dorval to receive the "Fiery Cross". After ceremonles In Mant- real, It 1s expected that. the em- blem will be taken. through the co-operatlon of T.C.A., by plane to Scottish communities 1n Toronto and possibly other cities of Canada.

‘rho "Fiery Cross" 1s being sent out. again for the first. time for 200 years. The lost time was 1745 when It summoned clans to the standard oit Bonnie Prince Charlie before 111s Invasion of England.

Wlhen a Scottish chleftaln want- ed bo gather his kinsmen In a sud- den emergency, he made‘ a cross of blrchwood t.1ed with leather thongs, seared the four edges with fIre and extinguished them In the blood of a goat.

The cross was then delivered to a swift: and trusty messenger who ran full speed with It to the next hamlet where he presented It to the leading clansman along with the name of the proposed rendez- vous. Whoever received the cross had to send 1t. forward to the next village with the same speed. so It; passed as s\v1ft.1_v as possible through all the districts which held allegiance 1c the chief.

0n this occasion, the cross 1s being dispatched to Scotsman around the world. It will be re- ceived and passed on between scot- lish communities In the British Commonwealth, Including Canada, South Africa. Australia and New Zealand, and In the United States and 1n Europe.

After a picturesque ceremony In Edinburgh Castle, an August 6, during which Sir John Falconer. lord Provost of Edinburgh, 1ft the cross In the presence of a large gathering of the Scottish Chiefs and their Clans. runners of the Scottish Athletic Association start- ed the cross on Its travels. Work- ing 1n relays. the marathon run- ners left Edinburgh to the strains of massed pipe bands playing “Blue Bonnets Over the Border." ‘II-fey are taking the cross to Lon- don on the first state of its Jour- ney around the world.

The IrIst 25 mIIes of the course were covered 1n a single stretch by Duncan McNab Robertson, Brl- tish Marathon Champion until 1939. Further stretches of 25 miles are being covered by other Scul- tlsh Marathon runners who are taking part. In the relay to Landon.

A piper of the Scottish Military Command 1s travelling with the relay team. and Scottish societies and pipers along the 400-m1le route are turning out to urolcomg t-he runners.

This Scottish custom of using 1i fiery cross to summon the clans dates back to the earliest period of Scottish hlstoigy. First record of 11s use was when the Roman general Agricola tried to push 1101141 Into Scotland In A.D. 83. The Scottish people were able 1.0 repel the Roman invaders because they were summoned with the Fiery Cross by their chief, Cal- gacus. ‘The two-foot high “Fiery

grce of perfccbian, makes It pas- sihle for trains to run, for Instance. on the London Underground at. all-second intervals at the peak rhours. On the less used tracks, lmvcver. this automatic signal does not wcrf; with absolute efficienry. If the rails are rusty, the passage of the current Is hindered. United Kingdom railway engineers have ‘now overcome this danger and ex- qcerimrints are to be vnrrled out. In Landon with stainless steel strips on little usczl rails f0 make all the trnr-lts safe for automatic signaling.

The Eastern railroads. through a sai-lcs of display advertisements,

‘have been calling the attention of I

‘the public to a flock of "feather- bedding" rules ivhlch the operating | unions have been demanding of the l railroads of‘ the country. ‘Twenty- elght of these rules. they say, would compel railroads to pay more money for the same or less work, seven would require addlflonat and unnecessary men Lo do the same work; the rest. would bring about changes In operating practices at Increased cost," All together they "would cost. a hlllfon dollars an- nunlly-a gigantic waste which neither the railroads nor the coun- lry can afford." An example clted reminds one of the make-work ex- actlons of a PetrIIio-nnmely, the demand that on Diesel-powered trains there shall be one full crew for each unit of the locomotive. Thus "a freight train hauled by a four-unit ‘Diesel would have to catty four engineers. four flremen, four conductors and at least. elght/ brakemen. or a total of 20 men In- stead of ffve." -I\‘ew York Her- ald Tribune.

HARVEST IJNDERVJAY

LBTI-IBRIDGE. Alta. -- (OP) .- Ccmbinlng o! spring wheat in the Foreman; dletrlct, 68 tnflo; south cast. o,‘ here. 1s under- way.‘ on ' field being combined‘ was reporte i yielding 1o busheis an a-"o.

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Cross" coming to Canada Is an ex- act replica of the type used 19 centuries ago. , 0 a o r The B.O.A.C. pilot. chosen tn .br1ng the "Flory Cross" symbol across the Atlantic Is tall. rudrlr Captain Donald Anderson. 36-year- old Scotsman from PerLhshIre, now llvlng In Montreal. He cently became the third pilot. 1n civil airline history to fly the trans-Amour route 200 times. g Since 1940, when Captain Andes. son started feriwlng bombers to Britain from Canada. he has run up an outstanding total of 3.500 Jlylng hours over the North At- llantlv. I-Ils log. which dates back to

, 1032, records 8,000 flying hours n1-

IOBBUIOF. This makes him a mum- beir of the “Mlleage Itfllllonalres‘. a group of 100 British pilots who have flown 1.000.000 miles or more 1n command of aircraft.

Other replicas of the "Fiery Cross" will be dispatched simul- taneously from Prestwick and Lon. don airports to New York; Sydnev. Australia; Auckland; Johannes- burg; and Calcutta.

"Enterprise Scotland 1947" be Scotland's shop window to tne world. Organized by the Scottish Committee of the Council of In- dustrial Deslan. It. will feature postwar goods designed and made excluslvely In Scotland. It Is to be held concurrently with the Festival of Music and Drama from August I! to September 30 In the Roya. Scottish Museum. Edinburgh.

Fbrty aII-Scottlsh Industries W11, be represented at. the Exhibition In the widest roneo of industrial goods ever assembled In Scotland. Productg t.o be shown Include fur- nlture. toys, ahlpo, pottery. i". tons. textiles and woolfens. crim- tlftc Instruments and domestic equlpnent.