I 6'2: 122:: 750 lIbldl.IklIBDOV' I Office. - in ; 3...-nu, Publisher Ind (Sunni lunar Frnnk WIikcr. I-Jrirurr lumber ("Indian Dell; NEW!)-III! Pubhsbrro A'uoclIuon Mmm" 0' T1? (in.l:n(.PII'lT',IJrI.I.I!vtml . IIKEIII - gum-yr AS'II!:I'm!I'lIdt. Monluuo Ina Alberto: Auurumod ll Second Clill N” I" am” nepanmgml 0""-Id S1500 pu ID . - V ' , summers: I . :Im9.k.!'III'ern'h:i-.eI.Ildle;oiT2.'I. 39.00. other Province: Ind L'. S. trawl per Innum, Morvuavf pscfiifisic PAGE 4 At The Year's End 11 the year's end is a time.for Irrlancing lcdgcrs, it is also a time for lookinl-T hulwlillllf 3? the "W ”"t wt-lncn rmge. Nth 115 1033 mid Sf” its strcccsscs and disappoint- rows. . rncnts still to come. While our division of time is lll"'9I.V arimciait our lccliile that life lifllltllls ll?-Pit H ls ample justification pcr'enni;-III) lint revolutions. "They in mrtrrrtk own whom lrctlllcrtt lallurcs have made d...-p,.,.Hy,.f ,,.,.l in; .lolrnson. ”ccase to form New Year rc.s0lt1tIOIlS. and "H... Mm aw 1..-mine cunning. do "M to” mom”; IIIII the rest of us app in('()l'l'II1iItIP rrpti:nlsls ill this PC- sp,-.-gy And it is the optimist in the end who wins out. even though he may not have acllit-vctl all that he had set out to do. I2-rlvcrt Louis Stevenson hit upon the truth when he said: ”It is better to travel l10P9' fullv than to arrive. and the true success is to labour." 'ilIlflI'P 31'? ll” ivory towers into which we can Clilllil and watch life go by In certain se- curity. Life. itself is a cliallciltlt”. it 19 how we meet the challenge from day to day that counts. And if i936 af- forded us few opportunities for rest- lng on our oars. that may prove to have been the greatest blessing we could have asked of it. We who live in a land of abund- ance, w here one of the biggest econo- mic problems is what to do about food surpluses, ought to be. by material standards. the most con- tented people in the world. But if' there is one truth that our Lilith century civili7.ation has confirmed it surely is that ”a man's life con- sisteth not in the things which he. posscsseth." And. as with the in- dividual, so with the nation. It is exalted and raised up not by multi- plicity of things and gadgets and storchouscs filled with plenty but by simple righteousness, ttthat which is right and wise." The best thing that Canadians as a people have done in a generation is now in progress at this year-end-- the welcoming of refugees from a land lying under the heel of tyrrany. Most of them grew up in a society where the truths of Christianity were banned officially as anti-social here- sics. But, somehow, the spirit was not quenched, the darknessdid not put out the light. We owe them a great deal more than they owe us- gratitude for upholding God-given human dignity against the oppres- sorls power. We may well ask our- selves whether. in like circumstances, our faith and our courage would have been as great as theirs. In bidding our readers the cus- tomary good wishes for a Ilappy New Year, we can recall no more appropriate lines than those which have come down to us. in Iranslg. tion. from an anorrymous medieval French poet: (lid Year Is rmt, I.:4uuh and make merry! When you have had your heart s dc-no. Turn about. Remember the very I'urrr Who have no food or fire. New Year is tn. Eat and be merry! After you have drunk and fed. Then begin To think of the very Poor wrm want for meat and bread. School For Thinkers Mr. tiyms Eaton's school-for- thinkers idea seems to be catching on. From Benton Harbor. Mich. comes word that an extra-curricular class in thinking has been started by a professor of Michigan State L'nivcrsity. His students are junior executives, research technicians, en- gineers and advertising mcn. Just why only "junior" executives are in- cluded the report does not say. Those In the senior category would he the first to admit that systematic think- in: under expert guidance would do them no harm. The report says that the class which meets for two hours once I URI!--Iblt short period presumably Hill ll much as they can stand-- with Ilntutlc ideas and Vntusdnz IIrIunuIrIl. pzicticnl Iolutions for.locIl Problems. The profensor in charge "hopes" that in due course the class will come up with new ideas in work and hobbies. This is I more prag- matic approach thIn Mr. EIton'I plan which was to encourage Ib- stract thinking without Iny utilitar- ian purpose in view. But neither ex- periment is as contemplative II that described by I Buddhist philosopher as the "epitome of thought," to wit: "My Lord taught my brother and myself to concentrate our attention on the tip of the nose. and Is I did this I began to notice after three weeks that my in and out breathing seemed like smoke coming out of I chimney. At the same time my body and mind became bright internally and I could see the whole world be- coming clear and transparent like a crystal ball. Then my mind became enlightened." One seems to recall that Mr. Eaton's thinkers spent a good deal of their time in the warm salt water that laps the shores of Pugwash. Certainly, no such aid to contempla- tion can be utilized in Benton Harbor at this time of the year. So. the pro- fessor and his class may have to content themselves with concentrat- ing on the tip of the nose. after all. That is one exercise which neither cold nor heat can thwart. The Road To Mecca ”'lluru. therefore. rln face towards the holy temple of Mr-I-ca. Wherever ye be turn your faces towards that place.” - l-irrnn the Koran. For more than 800 years the 300 mile long road from Najaf in Iraq to Mecca, Islamis sacred city and the hallowed birthplace of the Prop- het, was used by pilgrims whose one great wish was to see the holy tem- ple of their faith. it was built in the 8th century by a rich caliph so that he and his wife might go to Mecca: and in order that they and other pilgrims might not suffer undue hardship on the journey, artesian wells, 120 of them, were drilled and resting places provided along the way. In those days the journey took three or four months. Except for an occasional trading caravan, the road has not been used for upwards of 400 years. more convenient ways of reaching Mecca having been found. Now, according to a Reuters dis- patch. the road is to be resurrected from the thick layer of sand which four centuries of disuse have thrown over it and restored in accordance with modern road-building tech- niques. The project is expected to take about five years at a cost of M2 million which will be borne joint- ly by Iraq and Saudi Arabia--pro- vidcd, of course. their political rc- lations rcmain friendly until the work is completed, which is by no means certain. The new road, how'- ever, like the old one. will not be without its dangers. The region is still a favorite hiding place for band- its who make their livings by rob- bing the purses of travellers. The fact that their victims' faces are turned towards the holy temple of Mecca bothers them not at all. EDITORIAL NOTES One by one the old relics of a bygone era are being scrapped. A few days ago the last ”sldc-wheeler" steamer to ply the Great Lakes was taken ashore. a casualty of modern- i'I.allon of the transportation system. I C 0 Tire President of the ('ivil Service I-iedcration of Canada says he will soon present to the Canadian (lov- ernmenl a strong case for a general salary increase for federal civil ser- vants. That should not be too diffi- cult. Almost anyone who wants more money could present a "strong case." 0 I I The Ilremicr of Iraq has informed the Egyptian dictator that "the Ira- quis themselves will decide what's good for them." If other Arab gov- ernments would take I similar stand Colonel Nasser: dreams of dominion would be less dangerous to the peace of the Middle East. I I C Although no heavy sown storms have come our way so far this sea- son. they have visited other parts of the country with their accustomed fury. and it will be strange if they let us alone much longer. In Britain and Europe meanwhile it is I parti- cularly snowy winter. London had its first white Christmas in 20 years, and other parts of the kingdom arc contending with ti foot drifts, which I ldlll . --I I .- . ........- .s....... ...z............... FOR WHAT WE MAKE OF HIM in the story of mania growing knowledge of his world verse, 1956 stands out not only I year of all-out preparation for the immediate future. For many months now. scientists of more than 40 nations have been laying plans and readying equip- ment to carry on the world-wide explorations and studies scheduled for the International Geophysical Year tram July, 1957, through December. 1958. Many Icy expeditions Ilready are in the field. Much basic pre- liminary work has accomplished in I956. Iuch II setting up sta- tions. testing facilities, starting observations, Ind mapping pro- grams of travel and research. ANTARCTIC SCENE Parties of participating countries coastal and inland points on the Anarctic continent. I major region to be investigated. Expeditions of the United State: Navy's "Operation Deepfreeze", were supported by more than 3,000 men. I2 ships, Ind as Iircraft. in- cluding 8 air Force planes, Ind 11 Navy helicopters. Two bases were established in the Ross Sea Irea. with I third near by in cooperation with New Zerrland. In October the Navy sent out the first plnneload of men ev- er to lInd It the Smith Pole. Ind soon after began construction- there of another American base. Three additional stations for Marie Byrd Land. the Weddell Sea, and Knox ('oIst were under wIy in De- cembcr. The British It Shackleton Base. on the Weddell Sea. had bad luck eIrly in the year when 350 tons of supplies were swept away on ice fines. The stand-by party, how- ever. managed to hold mrt through the southern winter. while New Zcalarulers built supporting Scott shore at Ross ScI. Both groups carried out prelim- inary surveys. equipment testing. and other activities In behalf of the British Commonwealth": over- land "dIsli" between the two posts via the Pole, - Meantime. other countries tAu.I- tralia. Argentina. Chile. Norway. .lIpIn. France. South Africa. and Russial dispatched expeditions to report on the Antarctic: atmos- pheric, oceanic. and glacial con- dltions. Belgium brought the fig- IITQ IOT f(l0Df'I'8IIl1K TIIIIIOIII UP I0 I don-n by preparing to set up I station in I957. Near year”: end. Australia an- nounced that its pilots. flying from In Antarctic base It Maw-son. had discovered in the region I huge new glacier and an uncharted ire- slrelf gull. I00 miles long. CONMIC-RAY WORK In North polar areas. 13 nations completed plans in 1956 for geo- physical work It 212 observation points. .VIany of the bIses long have been in use; others were or- grrnlred last year nrAwill come into heir-e when the next Arctic spring brings more hospluble con- ditlons. The United States. Denmark. CInadI. Ind France. for instance. will nperrrte in AlIskI. the CanId- Ian Arctic. on Greenland. and on flnallng ice islands of the north- polrrr bnln. More than 100 ships were needed to cm-y out one pro- gram Ilone in use - supplying shore bases Stntes-C-Ir-rIdlIn Bering sea and Newfoundland. The Rrrssinrrs hIve Innounced In expedition to study the Atlan- tic Ocean": East Greenland Cur- rent. and I project to correlIte far-north flight observations with data gathered It drifting ice-floe bases near the North Pole. Ind It scores of permnncnt slItIonI Ilong the Northern Soviet sen route. Another phase of lay operatlonu opened in September. when the Swevllslr ship LommIren Miler! from Goteborg on the rim of I series of voynges to men 2 fluc- tuntlont of cosmic rIyI by means of speclnlly built. IhlpboIrd moni- toring equipment. portnf I comic- The project is rly Im long the mono! Geouraphk Society plru. IIIII with Swedish Ind Can- Iturrlzotlons It will pro- Vlh1Q&QltItlIIIfl)- . a Ind uni- . dug in snugly last year It various 1 Base on the continent's opposite j I for its own achievement: but as - of the Joint United , chIln between the ' World-Wide Explorations, NItionIl Gecxrnphlr Society bombarding particles in regions a- long far-flung ocean route: nev-, er before surveyed. PROBING UPPER ATMOSPHERE Planes, balloons. Ind rock:-rr roared into the upper Itmorphere, as the United Stntes Ind other na- lions cnrrled out I series of ex- ploratory tests Ind trials that pre- viewed still more Imbltious under- tIkingI to come. A manned rocket plan of the United StItII Air Force made In unofflcinl record in August by climbing to I report 126.000 feet. In November. I Navy resenrch balloon ruched 76.000 feet. - the world record for this kind of craft Then it went out of control and plummeted to the earth. Al tho moment of ground contact, the two-mIn crew releucd the bIl- loon'I gIsbIa. permitting their gondolI to lInd gently. Their flight had battered the 72.395-foot. record of Explorer II, sent. up in 1935 by the NItlonIl Geographic Society- U.S. Army Air Corps. But the bIl- Ioon of It yearn Igo remained champion for research time Ipent It highest Iltitudo - onI hour (0 mlnutel. During the yur. detIllI wen published on one of thI most im- Iginalive of Ill IGY projects - devclopment of the first man-made Iatellltes. These small. instrument -equipped bodies. it is hoped. can be made to circle the earth Ind collect and u ” valuable Is- trophyslcal and other information. In December, electronic devices of the Iort to be carried were tried out in I test rocket fired I25 miles into the air from I Florida base. SEA DEPTIIS PLUMBED' Beside: preparations directly linked with the International Year. individual enterprise In I950 brought to light valuable material in such field: In oceanography. mountIln climbing. Ircheology Ind Istronomy. From thI Pnclflc to the Medi- i terrnncnn and from Long Island Sound to the Black Sea. floating laboratories were sent out by the worlds universities. museums. no research Institutions, Ind national gov:-rnmentn. Thcy gathered information on the nature and of wIves Ind cur- rents. on son florI Ind fIunI, shore erosion. the composition of on water Ind ocean floors. Ind con- ditinns that create hurricanes. in one of the deepest places of the Atlantic Ocean - the Rom- Inche Trench between the bulgel of Africa Ind South Amerlcn - the researr-tr ship Calypso succeII- fully dropped Inchor It the end of I new type of nylon rope. The expedition. one of I series begun in 1952 Ind Iponsored by the National Geognphic Society Ind the French Navy. was head- ed by Captain Jacques-Yves Caus- iaau. CImerIs. specially designed for deep-sen used by Professor Harold E. I-Zdgerton of the Mass- Ichusetts Institute of Technology, were lowered to the trench floor. 24.600 feet down. There, films of ocean-bottom formItlons Ind vIr- ied marine life wen mode for scientific study. other underwater resurch by the National Gcogrnphic Society Ind the Marine Laborntory of Flor- idI'I University of Miami produc- ed increased knnwledle of import- Int food fishes II well II of tin destructive uh! worm that r-Iuae million of dol In of dunno Irr- nually by boring lnatdo wooden Ihlp hulls Ind whIrves. G00 YEAI. POI CLIMBING It of sky-nudging peIkI mIde IIGI IotIble in the IIIIII of mountnn climbing. in the films- I Swing scaled DJ! - fut Evneut. Ind router-ed its tint neighbor, 17.- 3-foot lzhotse l. v . Iclred the A JIIIIIII port. NepIl'I Mlllulu (5657 AI AuatrlIn group mule II I117! feet). in Kashmir. ChlleIn Ind AuIIriII ponies sur- mounted Mt. mos rlel sIlIdo on I l I ?oed&me4V EMBRYO I feel I poem in my heart tonight A still thing grnwing.-- AI if the darkness to the outer light A song were owing. A something strangely vague, and sweet. and and. Fair, fragile, slender: Not tearful, yet not daring to be glad, And oh. so tenderl It may not reach the outer world It all Despite its growing; Upon I poem-bud such cold winds tab To blight its blowing. But oh. whatever may the thing 5 betlcle, Free life or fetter, My heart. just to it died will be the better! --Mary Ashley Townsend. ..:E.sEE......a.- OUR YESTERDAYS From The Guardian Files TEN YEARS AGO tDe(-ember ill. 1946) when the figures showing Prince Edward Island: exports to Newfoundland for the year I946 become available within the next few weeks. they will show I great increase over the amount. of business done the previous year, according to Mr. W. E. Axncw, Trade Conrnrissroncr. have held It till The "Satin-l" left ycslerrlay morning on an errand of mercy with forty tons of food for delivery to Nataslrquan. Labrador. The food was brought to Charlottetown I few days ago by the "Island Center". which intended to cIrry the food to Labrador. It Ion Ind solider: explored remote up snow-capped mountains - not to conquer. brrt to record Iltltuderr Ind distances. The work was part of n continu- ing project of the United StIteI Ind 17 Latin American govern- ments to chnrt still little-known Irena. ARCIIEOLOGISTS PROBE!) On the archeology front. the (III- covery of fossilized bone frag- ment: from B humanlike creIturI of perhaps ten million years no wIs reported from Tuscany, Italy. The find supports the theory thIt mInldnd's story may no bIck much further than had been sup- ported. ' Scattered fossil remains of birtil, firth. insects and animals turned up around the world - from Ne- bra.IkI. with I nest of well-pie served bird": eggs estimated to be 40 million years old. to IIrIel'I Negev Desert, where zoologlsts reptiles that roamed the Inn ID to I00 million ,veIhr ago. Roman relics, Including vllln, Imphithc-Iters, Ihips, and Iculp- tures. came to light in England. ilwltn-rlnnd. Germany. Austril. Portugal, Bulnrin. Ind Yugo- IlIviI. ExcIvItinnr- in Northumbe lnnd. England. revealed the burn- Itl-out foundItions of King Edwtn'I pIlIee Ind fortress. lmporunt An- glo-suon renter. Dnnlnlr Ircheol- ogists found one of the lumen Vik- ing burill sites known. Dlverl II the III)! of Syracuse. Sicily, arm on cnrmbllng hulkrr of I Greek wIr fled Irmk there centuries. before the ChrlstlIn era. IE8!-ZAICII DESPITE CIISII In spite of war crises in the Bible Ialndri, I wealth of information VII obtIIned last year on eIrIy lilo II Irrnel Ind rreIrby ArIb Ietions. Along with rrcor-er of Ilgnlicurt discoveries It Isrsel Iitee. dil- ginn disclosed buildlnn Ind pot- teriu of CInIInlte kingdom: in upper Galilee: II armory Ind (Continued on IIII I) ,. ' , r K , Speaking D IIInII'N. hIIIIuI. II. II. NIH IIDICAI. ANCII Plollll m UPI wind up the old you by lookint It vim IIII Ihead In the uwIlIdkIlyw' in us: In vI been Iumeroun Ind hlghl im- porunl in preserving our :very- dly huith. Oral ItridII hIvI been tIkII II reIeIrch Ind runny V new druu bIve been developed. Tune of the moot recent Id- vIncII Ire indicative of win! ll being due to inure you I l:eIltlr- ler. IIfer life in the yuan thIt lie IheId. NAIAL ALLIIIGIES A For one thlu. those of you suffering from perInniIl Illerglc rhinltil - year round nIIIl Illu- IIII-mlght find relief with I new tIblIt pr-IpIrItion of Cliltin MIleIte. Up until now, Inlllu-tImlneI have helped control :eIIonIl Il- lertlu to trees. gruus or weeds. but l:IvI not been pnrllculnrly affective Inlnst the Ill-year dis- amnfon of chronic Illerglc rhini- I. A tum of South Amcricnn physicians reports this newer Intihistaminic compound rates "good" to "excellent" in relieving. IirIt. nasal itching. then tsneez- ing, runny noses and finally block- ed nasal passages. NEW VACCINE Tulane University researchers have developed I new Intirabir.-s vaccine that produces immunity with rIpidIty. effectiveness Ind II cry. The new HEP-Flury vaccine is prepared from chick embryos in- fected with Ittenunted virus. Most patients. doctors report, develop Intlbodleu within ten dIyI of vac- clnntlon. An IdditionIl safeguard for per- sons receiving blood transfusion! has been developed by the Mount SlnIi Medical Research FoundIt.- ion Blood Center in Chicago. NEW METHOD BY using the enzyme pnpaln. Dr. Kurt stem, the Foundatlon'I director, bu developed I method for testing. in the laboratory. the blood of I patient to be trans fused. thus Ilsurinn the compat- ibility of the pItlenl's blood Ind the blood chosen for possible tram fusion. In the put. identifying the type wnys meant that he would tolerate of blood of I pntient has not Il- ways menu! that he would tolerate the tune type in I blood transfus- ran. with Ill this good newI. 1 wish you I happy New Year and Insure you that constant advan- cu in medicine give great prom- irre of I healthier Ind happier tomorrow. QUESTION AND ANSWER G. N.: I hIvI had tuberculosis. which is now cured. Will my chil- dren inherit the tendency to get this disease? Answer: No: children do not inherit tuberculosis or I tendency to develop it. c...E.....E.E...E...gg was leIrned. however, that Nat- Ishquan is ice-bound. and the "SIurel" will now deliver the cugo. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO December ll. llll A Ierioux fire last night which broko out about 8.00 o'clock in the third floor of the warehouse and office building occupied by Delllots Brothcn Ltd., completely destroy ed the flrm'I Itock of goods valued It Ibout 840,000 and left the main section I gutted wreck from top to bottom. During the past year the swine Industry has sustained the most drastic depreclltlon in prices ever experienced In the industry. Dur- ing the In: full of 1031 hog pricu reached the bottom of 33115 per hundredwelght net to the farmer on bIcons, it was stated in the De- pIrlmentIl InnuIi report. your. clrodomrowu. ' Prince ldvnrl IIIIII. Decorator 19. IQII. lrIId.oI but In I litt.lI worried unulnorne” " IxplIlnIdtIIHIIa fully do hIvI four keIdlIJI.I.-,- lnndon Sun. JIkeI In funnier IIII III! W?" I-95 Yuri llo. I comadlIn clIimI. DouhtlIII In an improved thorn.-ChIthIm own. It II IIIIIIIIC III! III null- odn of controlling I-II fnlloul will mill! hvdmcen bombI IIII deadly. II it too much to drum tint science. if it vIIrkI had enough. will Iventunlly produoo weIponI cIpIblI of killing nobody It Ill?-Winnipeg Tribune. Tr-Ifflc police Inn II IIlIwIyI. Rl1od:IiI, now but In interest In good driven, too. some driven who heIr "Pull over to the IldI of the roId" Ire pleIIIntly lur- prised. They are Ilngled out from thouunds of other motorist: for thelr courteoul Ind cIreful driving under all sorts of conditions. Their reward for helping to mIke BulI- wIyo's roads safe is voucher: to have their cars cleaned Ind ser- viced free. A positive Ipproach to traffic problems!-Vancouver Pro- vince basis. "ho --on-II an use-In Iiif Iubndl". Iul Lcbicqg Irlon. Just you in nu Innximurn IIIIhrIllowI0bvtbIUi. cauti- tutiu.-lIIIInIloI.lourIIl It II reported that I Kniucky "III. Ihetrdtht years old, III Inn! III: II automobile. TIC! undollbhdly iI why oh; 1. ulizwtdlhl -run old--Toronto 'l'II CIIIIIIIII plan been dcliveud ITl.d aw": Till Min to III flow may of the plank; the Iovunment IwlpeI between now Ind fedIrIl election time. -. 3IrniI Oboervcr We hIvI trod tint Iutomntlou on fIrmI II I possibility in nu future. with (Inn trIct.orI being llponted by rIdIr control gem” thmkltchen. It will be I far cry from the old borne Ind plow day; 4:. CIt.lrerlneI St.IndIrd. AI Inlunoblle production for 1050 t.IperI off. expecutionn Ire tint lut yeIr'I Ill-time Cgngdian record of 871.590 cut will not be topped. It will be I elm finish, however. with the year's total only I few thousand cars behind the lD55 mIrk. In I year when auto- motive production was Consider- Ibly off peak in the United States. this is I satisfactory showing- Windsor Star Payiold bills today. . . sleep better tonight Often I loan from HFC can help preserve your peace of mind. You an borrow from HFC, pay outstanding bills, and repay your loIn on I businesslike, budgeted When the need for money Iriaes, more people come to HFC than my other company in its field. Loans are made promptly, in privacy, on terms you approve. You can borrow with confidence from HFC-Canada's only consu mcr finance company backed by 78 years cxpericnccl IAIPLI TAIII . ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,, cmrifs first -m Imm I.lTIllIl IOITIII mu hmnost lo.” I I H... .. consurrm finance 07.00 II 50.00 I0 wmplny T IIIIIISEIIIILII HIIAIIIIE 117 O-on Iona. second floor, phone no: 1300'-IOoorIoIv..o-rr. I. phonollli GIAIDTIITOWII. mu. Province of Princo Edward Island r DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS To ALL CITIZENS OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND One of the nice things about rho first month of I New Year is the desire. more or III: common. to make I resolu- tion to improve our own individual may: or habits. Most of us don't have to do much searching around to III when improvements can be made. As Minister of Highways for Prince Edward Island. rniglrr I suggest that you include SAFER DRIVING HAIITS among your resolutions. SIXTEEN traffic fatalities In for too marry in any Port of the Holiday SIIIII IIII gone by without In- creasing this total. During the rImIlndIr If the Xmas-New YIIr porlod. DO NOT cause this rItIl to grow larger. and their IIIIINII this IIIIIJIM for Ill "I7. I extend to all rnyrvery but wishes for I Huppy Ind Praponus Now YIIr. J. OIOIOI MIIKAY. MIIIIIII of Highways.