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THE GUARDIAN

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the Weakest lnk" CBARLOTTETOWN. FRIDAY. AUGUST zo. 1949

Ferry Terminal Roads

Many complaints have been voiced with re- gard to the unpaved condition of the roads lead- ing to the National Park and the Wood Islands ferry terminal. Apparently we are not singular in this matter. The New Glasgow News has a similar complaint. lt says:

"The most important unpaved road in the county is that approach from Prince Edward Island from the Caribou ferry into Pictou. For several years it has been slated for paving — but now another year is passing and it does not seem that visitors to the Province will be given the common courtesy of the pavement we extend them elsewhere. The contrast is considerable- and it is no wonder they complain.

"The condition is all the sillier in that Pic- toa Lodge, the only top-grade tourist resort in this end of the Province and itself govern-ment- owned since it belcngs to the C. N. R., is also

served by the some route. The Lodge draws oi

free-spending type of tourist; the very kind the Provincial Government pays out good advertis- ing dollars to get. The Lodge is advertised by C. N. R. dollars; so its guests deserve pavement —if we want them to recommend a trip to this Province to their friends. Just why the Highway Department has never seen fit to complete this job, after spending a. lot of money in prepara- tory work, is beyond us. But it certainly is not good business."

Perhaps the Departments have been hear- ing so much about the congestion of tourist traf- fic on the Wood _lslands-Caribou service dur- ing summer months that they consider road im- provements on either side would only make mot- ters worse. That is a poor way of promoting the service, but until the ferry accommodation is made more adequate there will always be on alibi for the road engineers to fall back upon.

Britain Still Ahead

Hard pressed as Britain is financially, it ls interesting to learn that she is leading , the field in development of commercial jet airlin- ers, with Canada coming along in second place. Authority for this statement is the Wall Street Journal. llf the jets live up to expectations and to speeds reached in trials, this may mean that supremacy in the commercial airline field will pass from the United States to the United King- dom. Already the British Overseas Airways has ordered l4 of the four-jet airliners such as were successfully tested in Britain last month and interest in these new de Havililand Comets is being manifested by a number of the big United States air lines.

‘Present models of the commercial jet-planes are not adapted to trans-Atlantic runs, but new- er types now under construction are specifically designed for the trans-ocean hop. Advantage of the jetliners, it is emphasized, is that they could make the flight from Prestwick to Gander in about half the time taken by the speediest of the present piston-engined machines. The Canad-

, lan iets, such as the liner tested over Toronto g a few days ago, are the shorter-range "inter- . city" type, designed for 400 to 500-mile flights. ln these times when Britain has become something of an ~underdog in world trade and finance, it is reassuring to see her resuming her old ‘custom of leadership in fields of en- gineering and transportation.

Observatories 0n Move

- Two of the most important astronomical ob- ‘servatories in the world are to move away from large cities for the sake of clearing skies. It was

. announced last spring that the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England, through which passes the tero meridian of longitude, would move to Hurst- monceux in Sussex, leaving the zero meridian be- hind in the London smoke. At Hurstmonceux the Astronomer Royal and his sluff plan to set up "a 10-inch reflecting telescope named for Sir Isaac Newton and equal in power to the Hooker telescope on Mount Wilson. Now the United Stgtes Naval Observatory, the functions of which are similar to those of the Greenwich Institu- tion, announces that it will leave Washington for the comparative clarity and calm of Char- lottesville, Virginia. The U. S. Senate Armed Services Committee has agreed to spend $8,500,- 000 on the moving job, but the Senate Appro- priations Committee has not yet put its stomp on the outlay.

Both Greenwich and Washington concen- trate on fixing the time for the rest of the world by checking the transit of stars across their respective meridians. The foggy and dusty air of Washington, it seems, has caused the

i Naval Observotoryk time to be off four-thou-

sondths of a second a day on the average. Astron-

omers demand more accurate clocking in their -‘ work. The observatory publishes the American

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Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac, which, along with the British Nautical Almanac, is on astron- omers’ handbook and guide throughout the world.

' Many memories cling around the old Naval Observatory. Its 26-inch retracting telescope, built by Aivon Clark 8r Sons in i873, was then the largest in the world. With it, in i877, Pro- lessor Asaph Hall discovered the two moons of

- Mars. it hos done much important worir in other lines. ‘in recent years e 40-inch reflecting teles- = ~ r dded to the observotorfs equip-

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EDITORIAL NOTES

Another "first" for Summerside -— introduc- ing dial telephone equipment on the lslond. i i i

H. R. H. Prince Richard Alexander Walter George, secondQsen of H. R. H. the Duke of Glou- cester, born this date i944.

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Th Federal Government has been recon-

structed without the inclusion of a representa-

tive from the Province, the only province without rdirect representation. Why? n» . .

, The Battle of Crecy this date i346 when i the French forces u-nder Philip VI were defeat- ied by the English under Edward l'l'l and the (Black Prince suffering terrible losses, the be- i ginning of the British ascendancy in the domin- lance of Eurcpe as is World power.

Two University delegations are at Ottawa, - cne urging that greater opportunity be given to ,asplring youths to get university tuition as did l the war veterans; and the other urging the iGov- ernment to contribute more largely to the up- keep of the Universities because of their ex- pansion.

Grave responsibility rests on the shoulders of industrial leaders meeting today in Toronto. As the Canadian Industrial Preparedness Associa- tion they are charged with preparing industrial mobilization plans to be put into effect in case of national emergency.

I I‘ I Short term and long term food price pre- dictions are contradictory. Forecasters expect generally lower prices within the next month or so but United Nations experts say there will be a steady rise until about I970, chiefly be- cause the farmer will insist upon comparable hours and pay with industrial workers. I fl I

The Atlantic Pact is now an accomplished fact, and according to the Prime Minister,_its influence is already being felt in storm infested Europe. Anyway, should Soviet Russia seek to involve Europe in another war she wi-ll be faced by twelve Western Powers, in which for the first time, U.S.A. is one.

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The Quebec Legislature at last session pro- vided positions for sir. new Superior Court judges to be appointed by and paid for by the Federal Government. Three appointees have just been made, leaving three for later appointment, the reason for the delay given being that the areas for their jurisdiction have not yet been defined. The Legislature certainly took time by the fore- lock in this respect.

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A doctor writing in the British Medical As- sociation Journal suggests that individuals should learn to hypnotize themselves, "to be able at will to abolish pain, to cure himself of in- somnia, to increase his inclination to work, to eliminate stage fright and other crippling forms of self-consciousness." All this is presumably possible but it would be unfortunate if the de- vice were used merely to sleep longer and eat

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The Second Lord Baldwin is a chip off the old block in his generosity towards the state. It will be recalled that Stanley Baldwin, the first Earl, contributed anonymously to the Brit- ish Treasury all the profits of his steel firm. Now his son and heir, who is lieut.-governor of the Leeward lslonds is presenting five four-room-

tion of one has already been started at the vil- lage of All Saints, Antigua. i‘ i I

The dol-lor gap over which a three power conference is taking place in Washington next month, means simply that as the result of Great War l‘l U. S. A. absorbed practically all the world trade, and now is sticking to the pro- ceeds, leaving nothing for the Mother Country to trade with. lin ordinary business, to enable a creditor to continue in existence, the creditor would write off the greater part of the debt, and extend further credit to obtain a continu- ance of what may still be a highly remunerative trade relationship. But seemingly, though the Truman administration seems to favour this pol- icy, the Big ‘Interests in the Senate are op- posed, demanding their pound of flesh. ls it pos- sible to soften the hearts of those "pound of flesh-ers?"

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According to Reuters News Agency proposal to equip Canadian postman with made-up bow ties is a "quesionoble reform," The Times com- ments. "lt is difficult not to forecast some de- cline, however trifling, in the prestige of a country whose public servants are required —ond that is what it realy amounts to—to live a lie. "For a made-up bow tie is not what it pretends to be. No skill on the part of the wearer was needed to adjust that suspiciously symmetrical butterfly on the glacis of his Adam's apple . . . another short step and we shall hear of the Northwest (‘Royal Canadian) Mounted Police wearing dickies (false shirt fronts.)" “lt is not, of course, for us to criticize the sartorial taste of‘ what is after all a self-governing dominion." The ready-made bow tie and the dickie are sym- bolic in England of pretentionism.

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Mr. John Freeman, M.B.E., M.P., Joint Por- Iionvsntory Secretary to the United Kingdom Ministry of Supply, arrived in Toronto by oir via New York yesterday. The main purpose of his visit to Canada is to open the British Common- wealth Section of the Canadian National Ex- hibition in Toronto today. He will be accom- poniod by Mr. E. B. Bowyer, a senior official of the Ministry of Supply, and his Private Secre- tory, Mr. N. M. Williamson. While in Canada Mr. Freeman will also take the opportunity of visiting Ottawa, (August 31st), Shawinigan Falls (September ist), Arvido (September 2nd) and Montreal (September 3rd-7th), and will make contacts with government officials and industrial- ists in these cities. Mr. Freeman leaves for New Yorli on September 7th on his return journey to the United Kingdom. ' '" '

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1N THE WILDS

We run with rushing streams that. toss and svprme;

We speed or dream upon the open rrneres;

The pine-woods fold bungent gloom;

Tho thunder of wild water fills our ears.

The rain we take, we take the beating sun;

The stars are cold above our heads at. night;

On the rough earth we lle when do;

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one. And slumber even in the strormZs despite. The savage vigour of the forest creeps Into our veins, and Isugho upon our llps; The. warm blood kindle: from for- gotten deeps. And surges tingling to the timer tips. The deep-rent. life snakes bursts lLs bands; we feel the strength and goodness of our hands. —Areh£lba.ld Lamrprnon.

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Niagara Stunters (Buffalo News)

The authorities of Niagara Falls. Ont. are fed up with the river daredevils; they have dfioréed that. the fire department. person- nel shall not irereafter be called out. bu extricate those who chal- lenge lhe power of the Niagara from predioaments they invite.

On too many occasions use fire- men have been called out as 1f they were part of the stuntc-Hs en- tourage. The duty of firemen is to fight fires. The dareilevlls must make what. shift they can to cope with such a situation as that 1n which Malor Hill recently found him-self in his barrel adventure in the Whirlpool Rapids.

These Niagara daredevlls become a great bore. The of lhe Falls (both sides of the border) no longer bother about thrillers to attract. lhe crowd. Sam Patch, Blondon, Capt. Webb, Ann Edcon Taylor, Bobby Leach and Jean Laussler who dared. fate there ln a large way are all but. forgotten. The roster of the com- pany of lower-river- barrel navi- gators is now so large that. Falls folk yawn in the face of the new recruit.

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Tlir- Niagara stunt lost its savor with the passing of the old hack- men. They ivere forever employing strategenrs to attract the crowd. 'I‘l~iey were men of imagination and invention. super-snowmen. They became rich rind powerful ln the community. They dominated the scene. Some evil things were said of them; Dickens, Charles Dudley Warner. Mark Twain and others drove at them with bitter pens. But rhey were ln some degree worthy of their hire; they made the legends of Niagara lively and colorful. The warmly received the traveller even cs they Look him in. And the stunts rhey promoted had some merit of imagination.

But the day of the Niagara hacl-iman and daredevil ls past and gone. Commonwealth exproprlated the parks rind removed the ferr- oes to make a Free Niagara. after lhe nrnglral charm and awful grandeur of Niagara become the common possession. It. Ls the gath- ering place of those who lave beauty. Nowhere else ls there ony- thlng comparable. The daredevil ls regarded as on insufferable poseur in such surroundings. The Niagara Falls, Ont... authorities have brought. him down to size by ordering the firemen to ignore

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The hurt of the rsoh shall understood knowledge. end the tongue of the slenuneroro slsnii be ready lo speak plainly.

World Air Transport

(Sir William P. l-iilrlred, Director General, International Air Tran- sport Association)

Thursday was lhe thirtieth an- niversary of international coopera- tion ln all" transport.

Its celebration will be the rou- tine Operations of aver 70 airline members of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) whose public services have, in less than a generation, diminished ilic world and speeded the tempo of its affairs.

International air transport start- ed thirty years ago with six com- panies, a handful of airplanes, and u few hundred miles of routes. To- day, the 2.500 aircraft of IATA's members fly the flags of more than 40 countries over is world air network o! more than half a mil- lion miles of routes.

In 30 years, the passenger loads of the world's airlines have grown from 3.500 to 20,000,000 persons a year. The number of miles flown annually has increased from 600.- 000 to 1,000,000,000. The amount of mall and cargo carried has mounted from 47 tons in 1919 to half is million (0.715 this year.

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Between 1919 and 1949, the speed and reliability of air tran- sport has been tripled. its safety quotient multiplied by 25, and its

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THE PIONEER SPIRIT

"MARrRIED:

"At Cape Traverse. on Thursday the 5th lnsL, by the Rev. Mr. Hyde, Mr. William Chalker, aged 59, to Mrs. Catherine McDonald. aged B2. We understand there was a large party at the wedding, consisting chiefly of the grand and great-grand children of the. bride. The courtship must have been evidently carried on either through the medium of the eves or by means of pantomimic ges- ticulalion, as the parties were totally unacquainted with each other‘: language, the lady having no English and the gentleman be- ing without a ward of Gaelic." —Prince Edward Island Regis- tcr, Feb. 21, 1824.

Russian lcehreakers (Windsor Star)

In a new book. the "Gtuonlcle of the North" a R/iuslnn writer denies that Canada. invented the rfirst. lee-breaker, in 1&7. (Can- ada, incidentally, never claimed to have lnVenl/Bd one in 1831).

cost to the public cut by seven- eighths.

When the first IATA meeting was held at The Hague on August 25. 1919, lhe slx fledgling airlines who organized it realized that without complete international un- derstanding, alr transport could not overcome the barriers of dif- ferences ln language, custom, mea- surement, currency and law. Today, each one of the thousands of scheduled airline flights which will land and take off in the next 24 hours represents the culmina- tion of a great. un:l continuous ef- fort toward worldwide standardiza- tion and understanding.

Almost everything connected with each fllght~the direction of thread on the smallest bolt of the fuselage, the small print. on the back of the ticket, the approach pattern followed by the pilot in landing-represents n series of de- tailed agreements involving car-

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The agency through W_l’\l(‘l\ many of these agreements have been reached and most of them mould- ed has been lATA. Through their organization, the airlines have cre- ated n pattern of continuous con- sultation nnd cooperation ln which the mechanic at Karachi, the lawyer at New York, the ramp nt- tenciant at Prague, the ticket clerk m. Auckland and the wireless op- erator at Casablanca are all a part.

As a result of 30 years of co- operation through IATA, the air- lines all speak the same language, use the some documents and man- uals, measure with the some rule and fallow the same procedures. In all matters, they pool the best of their knowledge and experience for tho good nnd safety of all the peoples who use them.

The structure of their coopera- tion ls entirely democratic and will remain so. All nlrllnes, whether big or small, have nn equal valve ln IATAs affairs. IATA gives free scope to the personality nnd com- petitive enterprise of the in- dlvlrlual airline. It ls entirely non-polillcah-to the point where many of its actions are regularly taken with lhe express approval of many governments of widely varying pullflcfl complexion.

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To achieve such n degree of ef-

fective cooperation between nations has not been easy, It hns requh». ed patience, forebearnnce above all. EYIOUZh to survive the fatigue and dlsllluiilon of two great wars.

and ln the net benefit which has accrued to the world public through the efforts of its mem-

netional organizations which "Vi"! to achieve world peace end agreement

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The significance of IATA'S nnnl- (5nd they answered n need. versary lies ln this achievement king mrght be grazing

hers. IATA cannot claim that its b, (Wm-j ¢.guy' A. m“; of the

problems are unique, or retenol to the importance of those’ lnter- Mo!“ of acumen Ontario ‘u’

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in political matters.‘ But an a visible symbol of inter- national achievement through free

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; Now that’; a laugh to any who rkIIOW Russia's calls in Canada. during the wart, for an ice-break- er! Though Canada needed it herself. one was made available, and fitted up. An intrepid crew |was recruited b0 taki- the slow- motlorr vessel to the Russian White Sea port of Archangel. The Russians wanted her urgently, so the foe could be broken early in ithe spring and much needed sup- -plles from the West/em drnocroc- les could be obtained.

That, trip was one of the sagas ‘of the war. The ice-breaker was rioo slow for any mnvoy. sore had to make her way alone across lhe Atlantic, daring all the submar- ines. and around the enemy in-' fested tl-p of Norway. She got there safely",

The story of melee-breaker was a closely guarded secret until she reached Archangel But those in the know knew how frantic Rus- sia. was to get her. If the P invented the lee-breaker prior to 1337, why c|'ldn't. they build one 100 years later. instead of burning up the cables with frantic re- quests to Canada? And in World War ‘l. Russia. also askd, and got two lee-breakers from Canada.

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Bringing in Cows

(Windsor Sta!)

Bringing in the oows from pas- ture, night. and morninfl. has been the time-honored chore for farm _boys. ever since Ontario was carv-

ed out of the bush. It. was some» lthlng that had to be done and in I the olden days, it. was usually done |by a barefoot boy. Sometimes it was chilly on an early autumn morning; sometimes he stabbed a toe on a rock as he ran 9.10M: often he returned with thirties in his feet for his mather u» rick j Normally. it. was a not. unpleas-

ant task, c-spsclally lf one was ac- lcompanrled by a good, playful doe. ‘who knew enough when to stop