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FRIDAY, MAY 20. 1955

Salvation Army Appeal

Almost as widely known as the Red Cross is the Red Shield, emblem of the Salvation Army whose members are on active service at all times and whose or- ganization represents one of the great humanitarian movements of our time. The annual appeal of the local branch of the Army is now under way, under the patroii- age of His Honour the Lieutenant Gover- nor. The campaign is headed actively by three veterans of our Armed Services, with a large number of volunteer workers representative of all sections of the com- munity. The objective of the campaign in- cludes the partial retirement of the mort- gage "on Sunset Lodge, the Army's com- modious home for aged persons in Char- Lottetown.

Our citizens have responded geiierous- ly in the past to Salvation Army appeals, knowing well that the funds thus collected 30 to the relief of the needy and the re- clamation of human lives of all classes, ages and creeds. Administrative efficiency helps considerably in the success of these endeavours, but there is something much more important; it is "the understanding heart and the human touch" in action. This spiritual factor cannot be evaluated in temis of money, but it is through mone- tary contributions that it is enabled to do im work. All can share in the effort to the extent of their means. and enjoy the sat- isfaction that comes from participation in meh a worthy cause. c

Measuring The Past

The hamh of sciences extraordinary "atomic clock” now reach 45,000 years into the earth's past. Using the method of radiocarbon dating, the United States Geo- logical Survey has tested plant remains at least 40,000 years old. These include a sample of log unearthed just west of North Hampton, Ohio, and wood buried beside Ric St. Lawrence River 110 miles down- stream from Montreal, As yet, no earlier finds have been reported among articles analyzed by an atomic timepiece.

An important peacetime benefit from nuclear research is represented in this new technique. With the dawn of the atomic age, scientists discovered they could esti- mate an organism's time of death by meas- uring the amount of radioactive carbon left in surviving tissue. Naturels way of keeping time stems from the mysterious cosmic rays that bombard the earth's at- mosphere. The rays strike nitrogen atoms, creating new atoms of a heavy, radioactive carbon. The so-called radio-carbon imme- diately starts disintegrating. But enough unites with oxygen to form radioactive carbon dioxide that mixes with other car- bon dioxide in the atmosphere. As plants get food from carbon dioxide, all event- ualiy become radioactive. Animals live dir- ectly or indirectly from plants: so they. too, absorb radiocarbon. The molecules decompose at a fixed rate, but each living thing takes in replacements to keep a per- fect balance between ordinary carbon and radioactive carbon. Assume that a forest tree falls. Death halt its intake of radio- carbon. But what is already there brziiis to disintegrate at an incredibly slow, uni- form, diminishing rate. After 5,568 years. half will be gone. One half of remaininc radiocarbon dies during the next 5 U2 lilllenlums, and so on. The built-in atomic clodk thus runs down, meanwhile giving off tiny electrical signals.

1):. Willard F. Libby and his colleagues at Chicago University's Institute for Nu- clear Studies devised a complex method of -reducing certain organic matter to a car- bon miudge and measuring its signals in a Geiger counter.

A few years ago scientists could meas- ure back only 20,000 years. Some labora- ttrles ampted the Libby method to the scintillation counter, a more sensitive in- atrument. Another technique, developed by Dr. Hans E. Suess of the Geological Survey, converts radiocarbon into acety- lene gas. The Geological Survey says it is now possible to measure samples as old as 45,000 years, although matter older than 32,000 years is difficult to date with- out a wide margin of error. Eventually, scientists hope to span 60.000 .VN"'S-"9' quirlnc them to measure radioactivity

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Protesting Too Much

The approaching meeting between Pre- sident Tito of Yugoslavia and Soviet Gov- ernment officials is sure to give rise to a lot of speculation in Western circles. The fact that three of the top members of the Russian political hierarchy are to be in- icludedin the Moscow delegation would al-

most seem to indicate that an all out effort

,is being made to bring the errant Yugo- slavians back to the Soviet shelter. This ,'would be the logical thing to expect, for, Ialthough the Russians have been trying to ,make out that they can get along quite lwell without the support of Marshal Tito and his own brand of Communists, the fact 3remains that Titols defection was a serious diplomatic and psychological affront to the entire system of international Commun- ism. It is reasonable to suppose that Rus- isia's present rulers-who were not high in political circles at the time the break occurred-would do almost anything to remedy the situation, provided that not too much "loss of face” is involved in the pro- cess. i

Another reason for assuming that some such scheme is afoot is President Tito's Iinsistance that it is not. This insistence has taken such a vehement form and has been expressed so many times in recent days that it looks almost like a case of ”pro- iesting too. much." There is to be no changing of sides; the West will know what goes on at the meetings; Yugoslavia wants best relations with the West; there is to be no interference by Russia in Yugoslavia's affairs, no secret deal; aid from the West is much appreciated, it should continue. These are some of the reassurances broad- cast by President Tito for the benefit of Western listeners. They may be as sincere as any token of friendship could possibly be. Again, they may represent nothing more than a conspiracy of Communist col- laborators aimed at the West. Time alone will tell.

It is worth remembering, however, that Yugoslavia is as much a Communist dic- tatorship as is Soviet Russia. The seeming- or real- anti-Russian position of Marshal Tito for the last few years has paid off well in Western assistance for Yugoslavia's Ieconomy. If the forthcoming meeting with ysoviet officials does, in fact, mean that a reconciliation is being arranged, Marshal Tito would scarcely be foolish enough to shout it from the house-tops, and thus cut off his country from Western iargcss. It is to be hoped that. this suspicion has no foundation in fact. One cannot help saying, however, that Tito's protestations of friendship for the West, just before the ymeeting with the Russians, would carry a I more sincere ring if they were not quite so I pretentious.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Despite the great industrial boom in

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the United States. figures show that last . year approximately 596 of the labor force iwas unemployed. This was about double- I the record postwar low of 1953.

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I Egg exports from the Netherlands in y 1953 reached the 1,683 million mark, estab- ,.lishing that country as leader among the world's egg exporters. Last year the fig- Iure had reached two billion by December 20. Of the total exports, 80 per ccxit went to West Germany, and the remaifider to

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According to Mr. Nick Cavell, Cana- dian expert on Asiatic affairs and now

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it is fast disappearing from the landscape now-that old familiar wood pile that used to grace each farmyard in the community.

By a man's wood pile you could almost tell his standing in the community; a large wood pile and you knew that the man in question was a good provider. A large, conical-shaped pile of un- split wood left as it fell from the hands of the man throwing away the blocks. and the man was ambitious, but careless, he be- lieved in the woman in his life working a little. too.

The neatly piled stacks of ready-split wood brought smiles of approval to the faces of the women-boy, there was a man, You could tell stingy man, too, by his wood pie, for never was if large, or prosperous looking enough to encourage the wee wo- man to become extravagant with her fires. And when you drove into a farmyard boasting neat straight piles of split wood you knew that you were about to en- counter a successful man who took great pride in his home and community. Wood piles were family pro- jects. Dad's department was to hew down the trees on sioi-my afternoons: the children shared in the xcitement of hitching Maud and Dobbin to the wagon gears and transporting them home.

Splitting and piling the wood was Grandad'a specialty, and don't let anyone tell you that there isn't artistry and clever- ness displayed here. There la a certain way to lay the blocks to avoid the knots with the us. No one but Grandad knew how to pile the blocks together, so that the piles would stand straight and strong and proud in all kinds of weathe . It was a nightly chore for the boys of the family to fill the wood box, and many is the mgument that took place over this task. Father used it as an effective means of punishment. It had its merits, too. Besides get- ting the work done. it was um

Known By Their Woodpile

subject to the approval of Com- mons Speaker Rene Beaudoln and Works Minister Winters and his deputies. He moulds them in clay, then casts them in plaster of parts.

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Medically . Speaking

uni-inn N. Iaadeua. ll-IL ' PAIN IN NECK THAT'S CAUSED BY TELEVISION

soon as television became

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popular. there was its bad effects on the eyes. It lP' pea,-3, 1mwever, that TV won't dgngggg the eyes if the eyes are normal in the first 911136. I3 1033 as the television user use: I little reason in the length 0' W99 he spends waiciiins it. and does not go to extremes.

However, television has created one disease that is literally a pain in the neck for TV fans. One doc- tor, noting its -requenc . has giycn it the name of "television neck.

The symptoms consist of pain or discomfort in the back of the neck. usually going down to the shoulders and upper back. and the lower portion of the back of the head. The person has difficulty moving his head and does not have the normal range of motion.

It is believed that this disorder of the muscles and bones of the neck is due to the unnatural posi- tlon when a television viewer watches the screen. There is a tendency to bend the neck on the body and then to straighten the head on the neekethe object being to keep the eyes more or less par-

Forward Thrust

This is an abnormal posture and may become habit-forming. In fact, a real fan can develop a forward thrust of the face even when notzwatchlng television.

An observant doctor can spot I patient with this disorder the minute he steps. into the office.

The neck may even be displaced sideways according to the side of the TV set the person usually sits on. A husband and wife, both avid fans. may have their heads rotat- ed to opposite sides.

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been devised. ' . Mam we was mine the ..”S:....”..”5”5."”5i..””:I::.:2 ”..:':i.' wood into the kitchen stove. Here, among relics oi past carvings mm

to” wa.s amstn" for She always include an ll-foot scale model of knew Just. how much heat she the peace towen

needed. and how much each piece lying in the wood box would pro- duce. If she did not find a piece DWINDLING RACE

there that met with her approval, . .

she would send one of the ehi- Fuwblmded abongma in Au" . . tralla new number less than 50.-

dren out to the pile in the yard 000 compared to perhaps meow

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Usually a little rest from the television screen will cure this disease. The nymptoms can be re- lieved by deep heat treatments and short wave diathermy to the muscles of the neck.

A simple prevention for this type of neck disorder is to raise the television screen so it can be viewed without forcing the strain- ed position. It would also be well

to move the neck occasionally while watching television. ' L. B.: I have been told I have

The wood pile was in topic for discussion. too. Many an argu- ment waxed strong amongst the men, as they expounded the merits of one variety of fuel, against those of other varieties. These aiguments usually took place after the wood-cutting been. when the neighbors gathered at the homes of the community to saw up the winter's supply of wood. There was always one man in each community prosperous enough to own a power saw; and at this season he was always the - most popular man in the district r- as well. Science may yet discover some connection between wood splitting and longevity. My father-in-law. who is 87, still clings to the be- lief that a daily bout at the wood pile is the best exercise a man can have. Wood piles have been his hobby all of his life. I know another man nearing 30. who spent a few hours each day in the farm wood lot - by way of diversion.

it is a pastime that knows no class distinction. Rich and poor alike have indulged in it with equal enthusiasm. Kaiser Wilhelm

of Germany is reputed to have ' spent his last days at this henlth- OIIP IOIL RID! ful pastime.

But these are progressive times, LIP To 3 mugs

and changes come with progress. Propane is good, gas is fine, and electricity has its merits, too: but did you ever hear them till A room with the cheery sound of crackling. or send a myriad of colored sparks cascading into a darkening room at the clnsc of

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has completed its days work, the night-long chatter of air hammers begins in the House rotunda.

Until 6 am. workers chip away at blocks of stone. tediously shap- ing the figure of an ni'-Jzin-clad fisherman from -the Marilimcs. an Alberta cowboy, a northern on. tario hard-rock miner. The men are continuing a job that l)Cf.f.'iIl 35 years ago and may go on for 20 or 30 more.

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We wkl LII haberdashera good luck on their campaign to bring back the vest. but they'll have to make them more comfortable. Those put out with suits about five years ago seem unaccountably snug. - Winnipeg Tribune.

It is to the neat credit of Dr. Salk that be integrated all this earlier work and much more like it. That this is the end of re- search in poliomyelltis no clinician will maintain. There may be even more effective vaccines than Dr. Sslk's - possibly one which may be feediy alive and which may therefore confer long-term homun- lty: The report of Dr. Francis in- dicates that some dark corners in the control of poliomyelitls re- main Lo be illuminated. and this for the reason that despite the participation of 1,830,000 children in the last year”: gigantic test there is still not enough statistical material from which final con- clusion can be drawn about some

aspects of pollomyelitis. - New York Times. Canadians unilll quite lately

have not been cheese fanciers. let alone connoisseurs. In fact most us practically haven't known the proverbial chalk from cheese. 3 Camembe I. from n candelabra or a Stilton from a stuffed cab- bage. Thanks to the productive and educative efforts of some en- terprising cheese firms - includ- ing the one in Brantford which has been a leader in the field - thls rather deplorable gastronomic ignorance has been countered. Be- cause of good advertising and good merchandising. good cheese has

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optic neuritis. Can you tell me something about it?

Answer: Optic neuritis may conic from many causes. It may be due to injury from disease. such as ayphillls. or from poisoning with drugsl such as lead arsenic or wood alcohol. It also occurs in brain tumors. and sometimes in cases of hemorrhage into the brain.

Whether or not the condition can be cured depends upon the length of time it has persisted, as well as upon the cause.

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been salninz semi sales at ,, and more Canad.aiis an: . to have an appreciation in forms and varieties of this if ceilent food. - Brantfoi-d 5 poaltor. 'l

There ccimca a time every 5, me: when people and llap,;-nj seem-to be afflicted with Cidnpt inertia. These are any. wheat mull country communities. dogs lie in the shade sleeping matching fleas. what Wm, unusually early Spring and a of universal maliaise of doing little as possible. these are days. This is Just a reminder hammock sitters that it's an for a dot; to : uat and 1..., , fleas but the y g man on make has to hustle for his pig in the feed trough summer Winter, and there is no restl the Eager Beaver.-London F Press.

The President's year-long an to change the atmosphere of cold war appears to be paying 0 Talk of negotiations with the Pe lng regime is only the latest in series of developments Shifting ti. emphasis from the hydrogen bomi. race to diplomacy. Despitg M tinued flashes of belllgerencv my in Moscow and Peking. itiwm be difficult to find a well-inform ed leader ready to predict sail or general war. But it is necessin to be careful in dealing with in word "peace." Easing at tensity: there has been. But we see major alteration in the basic all fllct of it as between Commuin. nations and free nations. - chm tlan Science Monitor.

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