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Associate Editor. hank Walker

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g VVEDNESDAY. AUGUST )1, D54 -

Sees island opportunities

g When an expert in a field speaks it is wise to listen. Mr. Cyrus Eaton, the Nova Scotian born financier, who opened the Provincial Exhibition this year has shown by his career that he can see ways of mak- ing a dollar a good deal more clearly than the next man. His observations on local opportunities therefore must be treated with respect by those to whom money is of any importance.

What he sees from this Province is op- portunity for our young people to take part in the building up of vast developments in the Gulf of St. Lawrence area. He sees

- also that we have here a natural source of

supply of vegetables, fruit, meats and so forth for those rapidly-developing areas. He mentioned also our ”luxury class" sea- foods-oysters, lobsters and others-which are in constant demand in the larger cities.

The Island could be developed as a sum- mer tourist resort comparable to Bermuda's winteriseason. Refugees from sweltering cities are glad to enjoy the relative cool- ness of our summer, although just at the moment it is accompanied by rather too much rain for either Islanders or visitors.

It is sound policy in business to look for the things that are in demand and which you can supply competitively. All the things that Mr. Eaton mentioned are, in- deed, strongly in demand, either at once or in the near future, and this Province has peculiar advantages in filling the de- mand. There remains, however, his first and last admonition that nothing can be accomplished without work.

I Help To lllplelnacy

Following so soon after the Guatemala incident, the current skirmishes between Nicaraguan and Costa Rican border patrols are of unusually serious import. General Somoza, a dictator with extreme Rightist leanings, rules Nicaragua, while the Gov- ernment of Costa Rica is known to be def- initely liberal but without Communist sym- pathy. There are reports that General Somoza may be considering sending his troops into the neighbouring country, an action which might very easily develop into regional conflict; for it would be very difficult to convince other Central Amer- ican nations that the United States, which supposedly gave the go-ahead signal to the Guatemalan insurgent leader Armas. was not doing the same thing for the Nicara- guan leader.

In an effort, to offset this suspicion American Labour Unions-the C.I.O., the A. F. of L., and the U.M.W.-have issued a joint statement in which they deplore the threats made by General Somoza and as- sure the Costa Rican trade union movement of their goodwill and sympathy. The lead- ers of the Unions are especially concerned in the matter for the reason that the Costa Rican labour movement is considered to be the only truly democratic organization of its kind in Central America. At the same time the United States Government is said to be watching the situation ”with vpar- ticular interest"; already six Air Force planes have been sent to Costa Rice. The Air Force has officially described the mis- sion as one of "goodwill"; but there is no doubt that United States authorities" are anxious to inform all concerned that Gen- eral Somoza's threatened military action is in no way sponsored by the United States Government.

There was a time, not so long ago, when wars and rumours of wars in that part of the world were considered to be of very little consequence to world affairs general- ly. Things are very different now. Com- munist agents are everywhere in Central America, working night and day to stir up regional disorders and trying by every means possible to create antipathy and suspicion towards the United States andlits

' allies. It is to be hoped that the message

lent to Costa Rica by the American Labour Union: will give good and effective support

-to the dlplomatrin their efforts to keep

Ccrltral America at peace.

Iialal Warfare Iixltaara . Brituinla readiness to take troops out of -Sun muslin the Ottawa Citi-

. the 1 extent a new appraisal '&1dIilIhry strategy in the H-bomb era.

it I the Soviet Union nor Britain in

1 is likely to; commit valuable

penditure of billions of dollars on worthless fortifications, training. and equipment. So fast does global strategy evolve that it might become a nightmare for the military planner to keep a program up to date. New devices take from six to ten years to move from the drawing board to mass produc- tion, and anytime in between some radical discovery may make them as useless as the crossbow.

As the tempo rises, the possibility that all warfare has become obsolete must haunt the military planner. Miss Dorothy Thomp- son, the U. S. columnist, pinpoints the date. War, she says, became obsolete on March 1, 1954, the date of the H-bomb test over Bikini, which staggered even the scientists by its fury of super-destruction. -Ever since man began to be "civilized" war has been employed as one of the instruments of national policy. But now, Miss Thompson contends, war has become impossible as an instrument of anything but itself.

In the Summer issue of Queen's Quarter- ly, Dr. G. F. G. Stanley quotes Sir John Slessor, Marshal of the Royal Air Force, as saying that total warfare, as we at present envisage it, is an obsolete conception. Dr. Stanley adds that "in this age of super- sonic airplanes, rockets and atom bombs, the last war is as outmoded as that in which Wolfe and Montcalm met death two centuries ago." War is now a contest of laboratories. Dr. Stanley, who is head of the Department of History at the Royal Military College, Kingston, thinks our ideas of military education may also be obsolete. More science should be taught. But science alone is not enough. ”With the powers at our command we can destroy our enemies; but in so doing we may destroy ourselves as well," writes Dr. Stanley. ”It is the nemesis of our age that we, poor, finite. erratic, suspicious beings of limited wisdom. have discovered energies of cosmic dimens- ions; and instead of praying IOF dlVln0 guidance in their use we are playing with the possibiities of mass destruction."

EDITORIAL NOTES

The Battle of Britain opened this date

1940. , s s 9

There is always something to keep the rabbit's tall short. Human armies have halted their destruction at least tempor- arily but, in this'country the army W0?!” is taking on the job of .devastation.

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A report from London says that doc- tors associated with the Air Ministry are presently testing a new "anti-jitter" drug methyl-pentene, which, it is believed, Will combat fear.

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Canadals Regular Army soon will have two fife and drum bands, first of their kind so far as the Canadian Army is concerned. The bands will belong to the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the Regiment of Canadian Guards.

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Housewives will be presenting their hus- bands with a chit from the doctor requir- ing a few weeks' sick leave if a proposal of a British medical magazine is taken seri- ously. They do better than that already, however, by having the man of the house do duty as a special nurse.

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It is always pleasant to see bravery recognized and rewarded. The presentation of the Royal Humane Society Medal for Bravery to Detective Sergeant Anthony J. Lund was merited, not only by his latest rescue but by many brave acts performed in the course of duty.

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"Dimple" is the improbable name of Britain's first heavy water reactor or atomic pile. The somewhat 'frivolous name is derived from deuterium moderated pile, low energy. It is low-power reactor and because both the type of fuel and its arrangement can be quickly changed it should be able to carry out varied experi-

mental work. ' . . My gduig

The Summerside Town Council has been advised by its Recorder that the School Act requires the Town to provide school accommodation for. children of school age but not auditorlums, gymnasiums, and so forth. Statutory interpretation, however, requires that things necessarily incidental to those named are implied. The questior. then is whether a particular expenditure, on a heating plant for instance, is neces- sarily included in provision: for education.

' I O 0 Andrew Cemegie. American, manufac- turer and philanthropist, died this date 1919. l A native of bunfermline, Scotland, he emigrated with his parents at 13 and became (cotton .weaver's assistant, a tele- graph boy, telegraph-operator md super- intendent of the Pittsburg division. He in- troduced sleeping-cars on the railway and mode sucoeapfui investments in oil lands. Afterthe Civil Wax-,he greatly developed a-moi rail bullies: and finally sold out to J. P. Morgan as the U. S. steel Tnat. His

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llere than is the long and drcar dream ended.

Here where the wind blows green and palms bend low.

But. how is the lost. heart to be mended

of the need for things it has come to know?

This is the place which the heart once dreamed of.

Far from the deep mow and blue- spruce hills.

But the heart. runs back .to its first and true love,

No matter what. patience the cold wind wills.

This will be yours in the blue to- morrow,

Advises the mind, being worldly- wise,

But. the heart is caught in strange slow sorrow

rm small silver stars in the north- ern skies.

The owner of both, with a song on his I

I Tallies the days-and watches for shipsi

-Anobel Armour in the Oregonian.

Portland

National Emblem '

(Penticlon Herald).

There has been a certain amount of talk lately about changing Can- ada's national emblem from the beaver to the stag. The stag. it is said. is beautiful. regal and glam- orous. The beaver, on the other hand, is a fat. old fellow with I flat. tell. a figure like an overstuf- fed pillow and buck teeth.

The beaver may be no beauty but perhaps he represents certain qual- ities this country needs right. now. In the first place, although he works with his fellows in com- munity proj is such an dsm-bulid- ing. the beaver is still an individ- ualist. He lives in his own house. which he bought and paid -for with hard work. He stores up food for the winter by carrying bits of slip- ling into his home. to be consum- ed when there is nothing green growing. He has a sense of re- sponsibility. He helps to look after nu young and doesn't leave it all to the lady beaver. On top of all this, the beaver is Just about the only animal not afrind bf hard work. He's at it all the time, day and -night. whether he gets time and a half for overtime or not. Whenever he use a little break in the dun he patches it. He doesn't expect somebody else to do it for him.

This business of wanting to throw over the hardworking bea- ver for the hlzh-stepping stag is a. sign of the times. The stag is ir- ruponsibile. He has nothing to do with his children after they are born. Ha deserts his wife. For all his glamour and good looks and (race he is s good-for-nothing.

The stars head might look bet- ter on a twenty-five cent piece but the beaver represents what that money stands for - hard work.

' On The .Way Out

(Fort William Times-Journal)

The auto horn which has made so many of us jump to attention at street corners appears to be on its way out. For some years in many cities it bu been a mis- dameanour for the otorist to loot his horn ” " in d

an . our to hasten the steps of some tardy pedestrian. '

Time was when . the Jiaulinu bsiia J1 t.ha.Mhoru all: has liven up othsrw street scene,, Later came the bi- cycle with its finding bails; which even invaded the sidewalks until 0:0 law ate in Indruisd r

from tiri little to the double-throutqil blast of the super-six. RM playing sad at was also

ard. but a thrill blast hmi l car was the tum id" I Iizmhof

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were almost as diaconcorlinc u thoablast of an ocean liner to the

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Wildlife Highway Tragedies

Henry Marlon Hall in the Audubon Magazine

Driving along Hammersmilh Road near Newport, Rhode Island. I saw a woodcock standing at the edge of the pavement. She was chlttcrlng guidance to her brood- brown chicks strung out across the hi hwsy, so small that the leading b d stumbled over a pebble. The mother, an unusually large speci- men tswny as an October leaf, and her scamperlng family of smaller, winged spirltes. made a picture long to be remembered.

I pulled over to the right and stopped my car beside the road. but. the Woodcock did not take flight, although barely 30 feet away. Her only anxiety was for her young. She continued to chipper until three chicks had reached her safely.

Then the fourth chick crept out of the grass. It had scuttled half way across when an auto- mobile zoomed around a bend and bore down on it. Not having time to pick it up. I signalled the driver to swerve or stop, at the same time pointing to the helpless fugitive. Too late! The man ignored my warning and his Juggernaut crush- ed out the little life. He did not even slow down until a hundred yards beyond. As his car roared past, the mother bird flared over s hedge while the little ones crawl- ed under it.

The callous indifference of that motorist left. me with a sickening sensation. Had he been willing to deviate even three inches right or left. that baby woodcock would have lived.

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Happily most drivers nowadays are more considerate . . .But the traffic toll of wildlife is dishearten- ing and may be on the increase as manufacturers develop faster and faster automobiles . . . I have noted that few birds are destroyed by cars moving at moderate rates of speed, and still fewer by oper- ators who keep an eye out for wild- life. Even slow-flying birds can usually dodge a. vehicle moving at 40 miles an hour, but it is a dif- ferent atloi-y with speeds of 60. '10, or even higher. Birds cannot Judge the velocity of very fast cars. hurtling down upon them the car often confuses them. and they strike the windshield, and are destroy-

Everywhere species which run across highways fall victim of speeding cars. other birds fre- quently killed are small, aiaw-fly- inx species, particularly roadside birds which flit. back and forth across the highways.

A certain number of casualties seem to be unavoidable. in Georgia. Alabama. and Florida turkey bus- nrdu and blfck vultures are often stuck by can while eating oar;-ion at the roadside. These big birds rise rather slowly from the ground and are killed much more frequent- ly than most people think. Thoughtful motorists always sound their horns the moment they see a flock of such scavengers busy at their grim task.

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Ivory knows that many deer are kil ed by cars, to say noth- ing of opoaaumu. raccoons. dogs, call. And other small mammals. squirrels often lose their lives by lack of decision. or by a nah change in decision. dashing out into the road ahead of I car. but turning back by In impulse which spells their doom. quicx mg of the brakes will sometimes save thorn. but this any be dangerous

far. uultba time may soon be here whsarwe will hear an auto

born out in emergencies. - Paril.il'ruhcI. husibeum mud for its oar-More-in1i uuioborna. the operation of whic a nod to vs particular joy in en la. Now no to be silenced. the Paris-

ths lanaulika the rust of us. will have

to

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if you are followed closely by an- other car. Recently, I was scolded by a companion whom I was driv- lng because I suddenly slowed down to avoid striking a young and help- less catbird.

In the wide open stretches of Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana the number of rabbits destroyed on the roads is shocking - both oottontsils and Jack rabbits. Here and there the motorist notes I.

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for their coznmutorf - I d tick- ets. But isn't the privilege of work-

any price? - Ottawa .1

lax.aduouIiau and nomica are all vary wall. b t a lot of marital troubles can to the uchoois' ' " to live fu- ture wives a good course in how to read a road map. -- Ha rd (Conn). Cour-ant.

Ia Iowa. duo is the bursting of a blood vessel. a man lost his sense of left and right. Result: his driving forced 30 other motorists into the ditch. Up this way they don't need to burn blood vessels to do that. - Bruntlord Expositor.

"A person has to be stupid fu order to be happy." aaaerta a philosopher. This statement will not stand up under analysis, as there is a great deal more stupidity in the world than happiness. -- Glen- cos. Ont.. Transcript.

Women who smoke, so we read. are taking to the pipe. But the cycle will not be complete until the feminine fan of My Lady Nico- tine carries a iacknife and a plug of "chewing" in her handbag. - Ottawa Journal. ,

What can we save in Indo- China? Insiders are convinced we can save very little - if anything. True. Cambodia shows some prom- ise of national unity. But it seems probable that Laos and Vietnam with a newly established and vic- torious Red bastion next door. will yield to Communist pressure and slip behind the Iron Curtain. Newsweek Magazine.

According to statistics au umpire makes 200 decisions during an aver- age ball game. It is difficult to believe a man could be a burn. a thief. I robber, or blind that many times in less than two hours. - Kingslon Whig-Standard.

SHIP ITOIEKEEPEI. DIE!

QUEBEC (CF)-Russell Blomcr- ley, 52-year-old storekeeper on the liner Frunconia. died suddenly Monday while the ship was in port. Ship officials gave his ad- dress as Fairfield, Crescent Huy- stom, near Liverpool. England. A coronerls report said in died of natural causes.

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. arif this were wisdom. not. No man can know his own limitation. for no ” be. in; has time gnoush in. a full life's span to explore all his own cupa. biiities completely. How many in. veniioua remain unmade. how

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music uncompoud. how many rec. ordu unb ' one said to himself, "Oh, I eouldn ; do that." or "Somebody else can do it better"? -From an Editorial For Young People - Hamilton Spectator. '

Those parents who plan family vacation in auclr a way that spe- cial consideration is given to the enjoyment the children will get. from the holiday are most likely adultswho have pleasant mem- ories of their own ood vuca-, tlon. Tor thousands of people, in Canada the most,iniereat.in1 pic- tures in the family album are those taken at summer camps, on the farm, or at the sea shore in the carefree days, before they had reached the estate of womanhood or manhood. - Fort William Times-Journal.

I The Age Old Story l

Ila that B of God heareth God's

words: ye therefore hear than not, because ye are not of God.

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smlmd safulrrel begajtlnst this mextiizigd -m-m---r blauk.hor win ups-hiss.) All daisies carcass o a rs a e ion s e. v 5.1. ml, Doc; mun onen the poor squirrel is then. LAnGl 1 Aug"; 25, Ggg fa. gnuyugnk l';hi3i."'.f.':fJiiii. '1” .?l2”.f..”2ll;llli ills.'?":il.d'.l.-”ffi.i”.?iSi?.l '””””'””"' """'”'"'- ii at the scene and is struck by still Egg, mus. K I whlmwmhmaadwldi another fast. car. I have noted many. cases of this kind.

The some cars in driving, which tends to save human lives from destruction on highways, often saves our birds. These are low or , moderate speeds, particularly dur- lng seasons of migration. an eye 1 quick enough to spot an endan- I ,. gered creature at a. distance. and M the prompt use of brakes. m