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Notable Gains Made By Women In Past Year

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Steady advances in the struggle for equal recognition with men. and some noteworthy individual achievements marked 1950 in the women's world.

On the other hand the year brought sobering reminders of areas where progress has scar-

cely begun. A United Nations re- port for instance said that slav- ery or similar practices with wo- men and children as the chief victims still are permitted in Nig- eria. Malaya. Hong Kong. Sing- apore and French Equatorial Africa.

On the brighter side. two coun- tries appointed women to cabinet posts for the first. time. Panama in June i:amed Senora Maria de Miranda in Labor. Social Welfare and Health Minister. And in October. R9-yeat'-old Helga Peder- son became Denmark's Minister of

Justice. Another "first" for wmen was marked in El Salvador. where

women voted for the first time in the March elections for president. and congress of the small Central American Republic.

First woman to hold the post of assistant defence scvretary in the United States is Hungarian- born Mrs. Anna Rosenberg. an outstanding personnel ex-pert. She was sworn into office in mid-No-

vember. in charge of manpower and personnel policy.

In Great Britain. Dr. Edzth Summerskili. former parliaiu':n-

tary secretary for the Food Min- istry. was appointed Minister of National Insurance. a non-cabinet post.

Two elections during ilie yetr resulted in slight siirinkage in the number of women in national legislative hodics. In Great Bri- tain's February general election 20 women were returned to the House of Contniuns compared with 22 in the last House The I.'niied

States clet-tinit in November re- duced front nine to right the number of women in the House

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A May by-election restored to the Canadian House of Commons the feminine representation miss- ing since the 1949 general elec- tion. Mrs. Ellen Fairclough. Pro- gressing Conservative. defeated two male opponents in Hamilton VVcst.

In the lit:-rary field. Gwendolyn Brooks of Chicago won the Pul-

itzer Prize for verse. with her "Annie Allen”. a book dealing with Negro city life.

Carson McCullers, at 32 the

author of two hcst-selling novels, invaded the realm of drama with "The menibcr of the ucddin',:". which will 1'6.-lebrate early in 1951 its first anniversatzv on Broadway. Her sym-palitctic study of. it lone- 1.V adolescent was namcrl in April by the Ncw York drama critics circle. as the host American play of thr Broadway st-ason.

Margueriti-. Higgins. New York Herald-Ti-ihunp reporter in Karen at the outbreak of hostilities. was voted by New York newspaper womcn thc outsttttiding woman reporter of the year for hcr "fine job of reporting and courage un- dcr firc."

Outstanding achievcmcnt in sport was Florence Cha(lwick's English Channel swim in August. when she heiicrcd by more than an hour the rt-cord sot in 1926 by Gertrud:- Ederlc. The .'ti-.vear- oltl professional swimmer from San Diego. Calif. completed the distance in 13 hours and 28 min- ules.

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BFVUSSELS. Belgium. Doc. 3.. (AP) - The international crisis he: made n political powder keg out of Germany and the wemgm Allies are waiting to see whether Russia will put a torch to it.

The Atlantic Plct countries made it known yesterday they are of. terms plnnes. guns and ships to conquered West Germans if they will join Gen. Dwight D, Eiun- hawer'.s international army.

At the same time the United States. Britain and France agreed to meet Russia for e showdown on Germany "and other problems." Their notes saying so are reported to be on the way to Moscow. In- formed sources in London said the notu will be delivered to the Kremlin Friday.

Whatever the "other problems” are. one thing is clear: Leaders of both East: and West. regard even a defeated Germany as a major mili-

tary factor in calculations of strategy. That's , what Prime Minister

Stalin meant in the autumn of 1949 when he told the East Ger- mans there will be tto world uar if the German people refuse to fight.

That's what the West iiieaiil yes- terday when ll. said a German de- fence contriibution would strength- cn peace in Europe.

Big Question

The big qttesuon today is: Will Russia use her dlpi0ll'l3lS or her soldiers to keep the Germans in niilila.ry qtiaranti.ne'.'

The Soviet Government's official newspaper. Izvestla. raised today the cry that the Brussels decisions were made "by orders from Wash- ingion."

That was expected.

Russia accused both Britaiti and France last week-end of violating their treaties with the Soviets by backing German rcarmanient. She added that West Germany's neighbors. such as Communist East Germany, Poland and Czechos- lovakia. "cannot fail to take into account" this step toward the "re- btrlh of German militarism and to inevitable new attempts at ag- gression.”

Mild Statement

That seems a mild statement unless you recall that all Coni-

muntst China. said before plung- ing into Korea was that she "would

not stand idly by" if United Na- tions forces crossed the 38th parallel.

Opinions differ in the -West on just how Russia will react to the Brussels decisions.

Some American officials feel Russia may launch moves in in- tens; y the cold war. These

might include: - -

l. Tearing up Soviet treaties with Britain and France. This would trouble France in parit- cular because of inevitable poli- tical flare-u.ps fanned by a 1).): domestic Communist propa- gatid machine.

2. Egging the East. Germans into such thingsi as another blockade of West Berlin. strikes and demonstrations.

21. Playing on Europe's fears of another war by louder sabre- rattling.

4. Encouraging Ix'reitiIi.ii-di- rat-ted Com-munisi cclls in each country to step up their pro- grams of internal tinrest by strikes. and non-co-operation. Brooke Claxton. Canadian De-

fence Minister who attended the meeting and who left today by air for Ottawa told reporters "the Gov- crnment. of Canada is considering the part it will take in the North Atlantic integrated force subject. to appmval of Parliament.”

"That is all I can say now," the Minister rcplicd when asked whe- th-cr Canada would send troops to Europe to contribute to the peace- time defence of the West "even before any aggression has actually taken place."

The five "Western Europcan Un- ion" nations started today to fuse their armies into Gcn. Eisen- ltcwer's new international force.

Briiaiii. France. Bcigilltlll. the Netherlands and Luxembourg dc- cided at a Brussels mceting of their foreign ministers to put. at Gen. Eisenhower's disposal the joint staff they have built up in more titan two years of pcacc-lime military co-operation. This in the staff at the union's defence head- quarters in Fontaine-bleau. France. under British Field Marshal Lord Montgomery. The United States. Canada. Italy. Portugal. Norway. Denmark and Iceland are the oth- er members of the 12-country At- lantic Alliance. o-Z-:--t"W-":'TW

by every member of the commun- ity, 65-year-old postmaster, plung- ed into the icy lake and held Billy until he could be pulled out of the water. Lad was returning home from school when he fell into 10 feet of water.

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Death cut deeply into the ranks of statesmen and political leaders in 1950. It removed three former heads of government in Commonwealth coun-tries. Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mac- kenzie King. 75, former Canadian Prime Minister. died peacefully at his summer home near Ottawa July 22. His aggregate of 21 years, five months and five days as Liberal Prime Minister was I Common- wealth record. He died nine months after giving u-p the leader- ship of his government. Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts. 80. a leading architect of the British Commonwealth. the League of Nations and the United Nations. died Sept. 11 in South Africa where he had twice headed the country's government. In Wellington, NZ., another co- founder of the United Nations. Peter Fraser. died Dec. 12 t the age of 66. A Scottish-born cob- bler's son. he emigrated to New Zealand as a youth and rose to head his country's Labor Govern- ment through the critical years froiii,l940 to 19-19. In Bombay, India, Sardar Val- labhai Patel. Indian strong man and deputy Prittie Minister, died Dec. 15 at the age of 75. Sarat Chandra Base. 61, leader of In- dia's leftist United Socialist or- ganization, died at Calcutta Feb. 20. Two of Mackenzie King's former colleagues who died during the year were Humphrey Mitchell, Lztbor Minister. and James A. Glen. Resources Minister from 1945 to 1948.

British Politicians

Among British political figures who died in 1950 was Oliver Stati- ley, 54. rankcd next to Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden in the Conservative Party hierarchy. Others were Dr. Harold J. Laski, 56. political scientist and Labor Party leader; Viscount Hails-ham, 78. former Lord High Cha.ncelloi', and the Duke of Devonshire, 55. former Parliametttary Undersecre- tary for Dominion Affairs.

France lost two of her former leaders in the deaths of Leon Blum. 77. a former Socialist Pre- mier. and Albert Lebrun. 78, last President of the Third Republic. Henry L. Stimson, 83. United States Secretary of State under President Hoover and War Secre- tary under Presidents 'I'aft. Roose- velt and Truman. died Oct. 20. Some prominent names were tak- cn from the sphere of Royalty. Dowager Marchioncss of Milford Haven. 87. granddaughter of Queen Victoria. died in London Sept. 24 the age of 87.

In Stockholm. King Gustaf of Sweden. 92, died Oct. 29 after a reign of nearly 43 years. Prince Rikjn. cousin of the late King Christian X of Denmark. died in Copenhageit Sept. 11. The Prince renounced the right of succession to the throne to ittarry Lois Booth of Ottawa. from whom he was divorced in 1937.

Death cut a wide swath in the entertainment world.

Sir Harry Laudcr. T9, world-i'am- nus Scottish comedian and niinsti-cl. died at his Lanarks-hire home Feb. 26. Al Jol:-on. 87. the stage. sci-ccii and radio singer, dicd in San Fran- CZECO.

Other deaths were those of Wal- ter Huston. 66. Canadian-born ac- tor; Vaslav Nijinsky. 60. one of the world's great dancers; Jane Cowl. 65. America's most famous Juliet; Nine Boucicauli. 83. the actress for whom Barrie wrotc Peter Pan: and Julia Marlowe. 85. most accomplished Shadespearian actress of her day.

The greatest namc removed frorri the literary world was that of George Bernard Shaw. Ranked as literat.ure's most biting Wll. and the greatest playwright of his time. Shaw died at Ayot St. Law- rcncc in England at the ago of 94.

The dcaiihs wet-c also recordcci during the year of Edna Si. Viti- cent Millay. 58. one of America's greatest poets: Warwick Dccping. 73. British novelist; .Rafael Saba- tini. historical novelist and bio- grapher; and Edgar Rice Burroughs. 75, the novelist who created Tar- zan.

The dcath in London Feb. 4 of Baron Moniagu Norman. 58. form- er Govcrnor of the Bank of Eng- land, removed one of the most

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From the lists of Britain”: arm- ed services death removed the names of Field Marshal Earl Wavel. 67, commander in the Mid- dle East, early in the last war. and Admiral Sir Henry Hat-wood. 62, commander of the British cruis- er squadron that fought the Ger- man battleship Graf Spee in 1939.

In the United Statas, General Henry (Ha-p) Arnold. Second World War commander of his country's Army Air Forces, died Jan. 15 at the age of 63.

Proitiineni figures in religious life who died in 1950 were most Rev. G. F. Kingston, 61. Anglican Archbishop of Nova Scotia and Primate of all Canada: Msgr. Al- fonso De Romanls, 64. the Pope's vicar general for Vatican City: and Gen. Evangeline Booth. 84, former international Salvation Army supreme commander.

Mrs. Henry Ford, 84. widow of the auto maker and a philanthrop- ist. died at Detroit Sept. 29. Deaths of other prominent women were those of Alice Stone Blackwell. 92, pionccr women's suffrage leader in the United States; and Lady Mcndl, B4. American-born inter- national society leader.

A plane crash March 28 killed Laurence Steinhardt, 57, United States Ambassador.

One of Canadais all-time hockey greats who died in 3 motor accid- ent near Gt-avenhurst, Ont.. Oct. 9, was George Hainsworth. three times winner of the Vezina Trophy as the National Hockey League's best goalie.

The famous National Baseball League pitcher. Grover Cleveland (Pete) Alexander. died.No.v. 4. He had a record of winning 373 games.

HAMPTON IV. M. S.

The amino.) meeting of the Hampton W. M. S. met. at the home of lvlirs. Elmer Inmart. The Christ- mas service was carried out as fol- lows. Prayer by president Mrs. J- Dixon. Scripture reading Luke 2:8 by Mrs. Russell Ferguson. Hymn 64 was sung "Angels from the realms of Glory" Scripture Reading was again given by Mrs. R. Ferguson.

The beautiful candle light ser- vice was conducted by Mrs. L. Wol- frcy assisted by Mrs. Everett Rog- ersori. Mrs. Rowen Ferguson. Mrs Gordon Wlllett. Mrs. Elmer Itiman and Mrs. W. Bell representing five gifts brought to the world by Christ-Joy. Love. Light. Peace and Hope. Hymns sung during the candle lighting service were 488. 60. 58 and 43. Christmas offering was then received. Donations were gratefully received from Miss Pris- cilla Nelson. Charlottetown. Mrs. John Rogcrson. Miss Lizzie Beer and Mrs. Geo. Willctt.

This part of the meeting closed with benediction by Mrs. C. Mor- risoit.

The minutes of previous meeting were read and approved. Roll call was answered by 5CVCIll('8f1 meni- iiers there were also 7 visitors pres- eitt. The following officers were cl:-ctecl for the coming ycatr.

Prcsideiit-Mrs. J Dixon

Vice-President-Mrs. C. Morrison

Secretary-Mrs. W. Bell.

Treasure:---Mrs A Best.

Christian Stewardship Secretary -Mrs. Goo. Wlllett

Coitimuttity Frlendsltip -Mrs, M. Cameron

Press Secretary-.Vlrs L. Ferguson

Supply Secretary--Mrs. C. Iitce

Secretary

Missioiiary Monthly Secretary- Mrs. G-. Cannon

Literature Secretary-Mrs. M Dixon

Tem;)cr'aitce Secretary--Mrs. R. I-ict'guson

Latdlcs Aid Trcrisurcr -- Mrs. E Rogcrsoii

Mission Hand Supei'ittdcni,--Mrs. L. Ferguson.

Mission Band Assistant-Mrs. G. Willott.

Organist-.Vli's. M. Cameroii.

It. was decided to send gift boxes to Shlll.-illli for Christmas. Next meeting at the Mouse, Lunch Com- mittee--Mrs. C. Ince. Mrs L Fer- guson and Mrs. G Wiilctt.

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PRINCE ALBERT. Sask. -(CPI -Two snowy owls have been re- portetl sighted north of Saskatoon. A iiaturitllst said it is not unusual foi- these birds to migrate as far

Assembly Plant For Bri

An artist's drawing of the first Canadian plant ever to be built for the assembly of British cars. The Rootea Motors (Canada) Limited plant is now under construction in Scarboro, Ontario. a Toronto. and is expected to open lmMay. 1951. For use iniiislly as a Paris Depot and Display Center. the plant will ultimately have an assembly as- pacliy in excess of five hllldftd can a week and is expected to provide Jobs for several

operation. Motor: (Canada) Limited is a wholly owned Can- adian company. which is sole conceaaionn 's1

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to be I common summer resident in New Brunswick. and if so, it must nest there. This species was observed at. Pownal in 1956, by Miss Maude M. Jones. who had for some years made a study of the Warblers. Dr. Taverner gave these "field- marks" in his "Birds of Eastern Canada." The bright orange or warm yellow confined to throat and breast, and orange-yellow or buff eyebrow stripe. in contrast to the dark cheeks and crown. make the best field-marks." '

The Prince of wales college Bulletin No. 1. issued in 1916. gives

the Blackbumlan Warbler as a Summer Resident. Blackburnian Warbler. AOU.

662. Summer Resident? Male: Crown with a central orange spot: a superciliary yellow line, and a broad black stripe through the eye. enclosing the orange under- eyelld; rest of the head and the whole throat, most. brilliant orange. Back black, more or less interrupt- ed with yeliowish; wlngbars fused into a large white patch; tall with outer feathers heavily blotched white. Underparts whitish, strong- ly tinged yellow, sides streaked olive and black; the superciliary line and throat clear yellow, lad- ing gradually on the breast, lower eyelid yellow; wingpatch resolved into 2 bars; tail blotches nearly as large as those of the male. Length of adult: 5.25 inches.

NATURE NOTES

A good friend has sent me a. copy of Newsweek. Aug. 14th. which has a picture of ll "hintiy", and notes thereon. A hinny is the off- spring of a stallion and a donkey. and is, therefore. a kind of cou- sin to a mule.

It is. however. much better look- in; than it mule, and as its owner says. "it's a lot more agreeable: the inherent cussedness of the mule is lacking." It has shorter ears and head, compared to the mules. is very intelligent, and not lazy. It cannot bray but makes a snorting noise if anything trans- pires on the ranch that it cannot see. and thus it takes the place of a watch dog. The rancher. (Cali- fornia), who owns the animal. says hinnies are rare because it is somewhat difficult to mate a. stal- lion with a donkey. which does not seem to apply to the reverse cross. (One recalls the trouble there was in establishing the "cattalo" cross between the buffalo and the cow). "The name "hinny" comes from the Latin hinnus, which, says Alnsworth. means a mule engen- dered between a horse and a she- 8.55

The navy beans and the soy- beans were planted on the same day this year. May 5th. A dry per- iod held thcm back but the navy beans recovered and gave it good crop. The soybeans were still green when the "navies" were harvested. less than one-quarter of the beans ripened. Needless to say this seed was carefully saved. for once ac- climatizcd, the soy bean Will be 11 marvellous source of protein. the expensive constituent of all artifi- cial feeds. I have read of the whme plant being dried and afterwards broken up in a mill as feed. Through the klndiiess of Mr. H. B. Chandler. Librarian of Print? of Wales College. I had had the opportunlty to look over a famous old book. dated 1847. I have pleas- ure in giving M-r. Chandler's letter. "Dent" Agricola: In the process of re-cataloging some old Let:lS13- iive Library books. I came across the accompanying book - "Three Yet1r5' Wanderings in the North- ern Provinces of Ghlna." by ROI)?” Fortune, which I have read with much enjoyment. It occurred to me that yott tnight 'be interested if you are not already familiar with it. not only because of its re- lation to the current Chinese dif- fictiities. but also because of the fascinating story of the trials of one of the early plant hunters in the Flowery Kingdom. It is inter- esting to know that Fortune first introduced to the western world such vtiluablc hardy t-pring-flower- trig plants as the Forsythia. Dicen- ms and Paeony. I think the Chrys- anthemum and the Hibiscus arc

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I-lumber and Sunbeam-Tal.bo't motor as Commer commercial vehicles. state that the de- Hillman Minx alone now far exceeds the supply available from the United Kingdom and is increasing steadily.

"We could have sold many more Hill we had had them during he put ye Jenkins. "rho construction of a Canadian assembly plant for thauopopnlar it-tum ears mum ade-

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FREDERICION. Dec. 23-(OP) - Starting in 1931. the fiscal year- cnd for the Province of New Brun- swick will be March 31, fremier McNalr announced today. change from Oct. 31. date of the Pl'0vlncc's year-end for many years. will require approval at the 1951 session of the Legislature.

This will bring New Brunswick into line with other Provlncu am! the Dominion whose fiscal year is from April 1 to March 31.

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I have Indeed had much pleas- ure ln reading of Robert For- tune's adventures. one gets the im- pression that the Chinamen of his day were it simple-minded people with a decided turn for petty knav- cry. That is the country folk, of cotirse; the mariners were partial to piracy and Fortune had to de- fend himself from pirates as he Joumeyed up the coast of Chusan. The book is adorned with Chinese scenes, charming lithographs, in what I take to be a pale sepia col- or. The pictures alone add value to the book, for specimens of such stippled lithography are never pro- duced now. and are rare indeed. It would be interesting to know the value of- Fortune's book on the English market.