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Praiseworthy Action

There will he general approval of the Federal Government's action In making Slim million available for loans under the National Housing Act to encourage the construction of reasonably priced homes for which there is great need.

The action ouzht to give stimu- lus to the hon.-c-huilding program, which has lagged seriously during the summer months. In July, for ex- ample. the number of new houses complctcd was Fi.Ilfi.'i comparcd with 7.417 in the same period last year. while the nuinlicr of new houses started came to 9.015 as against more than 11.000 in July 1936. The action will also be good for the em- ployment situation. especially in the winter months. a time of the year when much outdoor construction work has to be curtailed. Anything tht keeps seasonal unemployment within reasonable bounds is good for the general economy.

Lastly. but by no means unim- portantly. the Government's decision Is encouraging in that it shows a willingness to listen to representa- tions from responsible organizations without necessary delay. It was only 3 few days ago that a committee of business and labour organizations urged the Government to increase the amount of mortgage money available. Instead of takintl the matter "under consideration" and doing nothing about it, a practice which is always a temptation to Governments, Mr. Diefenbaker and his colleagues, having convinced themselves of the reasonableness of the request. immediately acceded to it and gave instructions accordingly. It is to their credit. There is never any justification for drawink "930" Iiations out beyond the point of reasonable discussion. although Gov- ernments often act as if there were.

A Selkirk Descendent

You would never guess from his surname that John G. Diefenhaker comes from good Highland stock, observes the Aberdeen. Scotland, Press and Journal. Ills father was Dutch. but on the maternal side he is deccndcd from a Banner-man who emigrated from Sutherland in 1813 and aCampbcll who reached Canada from Argyllshire.

Join the names togctlicr and. of course. a link stretches back from Canada's Tory prime minister to that great Liberal prime minister of Britain, Sir Henry Campbell-Banner man.

(iaii;id;i's prime minister is vcry proud of the connection. ills mother, who is still alive. was Mary Florence Banncrman. who niarricd a Dutch settler. She recalls that her father and mother spoke nothing but Gae- lic in Red River settlement.

Mr. Dicfenbakcr hopes in 10 north to see where his llighland ancestors lived on a future visit to this country fBritalnl.

The Aberdccn paper overlooked I point which the prime minister brought out on his visit to Prince Edward Island a short time IE0- He explained that the two Banner- man brothers "missed the boat" for Belfast id ISM and when Lord Sel- Idrk organized anther expedition of Iettlers same five years later he led item to the Red River valley. The

Soviet Union. Inst Hominy on the eve or his 87th birthday anniversary, Mr. Ba- mob. in an interview with the New York Times, recalled the gist oi his rejected plan: "There must be an international authority which owns all the natural resources and fission- able materials required to wage atomic war. The authority also must have control of the necessary scien- tific and metallurgical processes. Then. all the world's atom and hydrogen bombs must be handed over to the authority for debomb- ing. The danger of contamination by fallout is thus eliminated because there would be no testing of atomic weapons. All atomic energy will be utilized for peaceful purposes." Several years have passed since Mr. Baruch suggested to the big powers this simple plan for avoiding atomic war. Since then. all sorts of technical and very colnplicaicd solu- tions have been offered; and the statesmen and technicians ha ve spent many houis in disciissiiig the problem. But nothing that has been said or suggested has had the merit which anyone at all can see in the Baruch Plan. It is simple. fortli- right and equally fair to all con- cerned. Perhaps that is why it failed to take hold. Mr. Baruch. the. grand old man of faith that he is, still believes that "they will come to it or something like it in the end." Let us hope that he will live to see it.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Protocol must he observed even among the ranks of transient gentle- men of leisure. according to Paul Hubbard, King of the lloboes. "A hobo is a migratory worker. A tramp is a migratory non-worker. A bum worker."

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A 100 million industrial and housing project will be built on a 900 acre site on the Queen Elizabeth Way by Unicos. an English concern. Part of the money for the develop- ment will come from the sale of a number of luxury apaitmcnts in London.

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A 104-year-old man in Kentucky has offered I new recipe for longev- ity. He never sleeps in a bed. He throws an old quilt down and sleeps on the floor. "When you sleep on a hard floor," he said. "you're in much better shape to face the rough, tough life ahead."

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For the first time since 1939 Newfoundland is to have a Pro- vincial agricultural falr this fall. It will be held in St. John's and will feature agricultural. fishing and handicraft exhibits. The Provincial Government has allocated 5i4!l,t)tiii for prizes.

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To the town of Protection. Kan- sas. goes the distinction of being the first community in North Amer- ica to have full protection against polio for all its residents under 40 years of age. It is a fitting honour. In the old days of frontier life the town was a haven from Indian at- tacks. hence the name.

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There are now only 237 lircwcrics in the United States. 22 years ago when the Prohibition law was re- pealed there were 730. That does not mean. however. that Americans are drinking less beer than they did In 1935. They are. in fact. drinking I great deal more. All it means is that the big breweries have driven the smaller ones out of business.

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Sir Leonard Outcrhridgc. Lt-Gov- emor of Newfoundland, is now on an inspection tour of the British Newfoundland Corporation's holdings in the Hamilton River area of Lab- rador. An announcement from Gov- ernment House in St. John's says that His Honour will also visit the mining areas at Knob Lake and other places of Industrial develop- t. I I I The newest thing in the business

is a non-migratory non- I

NO FOOLlN'i

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Inflation Hits

Alnn Harvey, Canadian Preu

A French leachcr on holidnyi in Britanny bought I bottle of; modest table wine early in July for 92 francs, the ' ryd price. I

In successive weeks. the Iamei brand cost 95, then I00 and fin- Illy I05 francs.

That is I sample of the way; prices are soaring in this already IIlilI'l - cost country. Inflation is spinning through France like I drunken sailor. leaving ordinary citizens angry. bewildered or in-; different. "I don't know how long It cnnl no on like this." said I white-1. coated waiter. "Somebody ought. to shake the fleas off those gov- ernment fellows."

OFF BALANCE

At the root of the flnnncinll crisis. which 37-yesi-old Finance- Minister Felix Gnillard calls that gravest France has confronted in I half a century. is the old balInce- I of-payments problem. France In, sliendinl more than she enrnsi and American aid no longer fills the gap.

Apart from the price tags. there is little surface sign of strain. The holiday season is It its height and the crowds have drained out of the cities to beach resorts in Noi-. mandy. Brittany and the Riviera. The showdown won't come until the autumn.

Meantime. highway: an clog. god with cars - slick rondsters in a fashionable pale tomato col- " IN I033. low luxury-models with distinctive snout-like hoods. A SHRUG AND A DRINK

In St. Mnlo, the Ilxth-century walled seaport from which Jac- ques Cartier sailed to Cnnnd. in 1534 on an epic voyage of 41.. covery. the outward picture is one of serene well - being. Family groups Iip nperitlfs in sidewalk cafes or frolic on picturesque sandy beaches within Iiaht of. Cartii-r's statue, built In 1906 with funds largely raised in Canada. It i

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France

is I paradox of contemporary France, this contrast between evi- dences of personal prosperity and fmb ” of i ' ly. between intrinsic strength and present difficulties.

However harshly inflation may bear on pe-nIlone 3. industrial workers and salaried people. there are obviously plenty of Frenchmen with money-yet I sharp devaluation of the franc. perhaps up to I5 per cent, is con- fidently predicted.

FIRST STEP

Gaillard already has tsken a first step by improving the run of exchange for incoming tourlsla from abroad. its announced pur- pose was merely to attract more visitors - and more foreign ex- change-by providing them with a bit of extra spending money. But there in I gerural feeling that . full devaluation is bound to fol- low.

The paradox is real. France in both rich and poor; rich in re- sources. soil and vitality. but backward in some sections of agriculture and industry.

Intent on her own cult of in- dividualism. doggedly devoted to the ”douceur de vivre" or sweet- ness of life which contributed to her past grutness. she has be- come the most conservative of countries. clinging to the old ways in a world rapidly adapting itself to Nth-umury techniques.

OLD GUARD

Strong pressure groups. resist- ing any break with the past. frus- trate the forward-looking design- ers of I parliament which in its own weakness reflects the indivi- dualism and divisions of the French nation.

With this and the crippling cost of the war in Algeria-France is the only malor power that has never stopped fighting since the Second World War-it is not sur- prising that economic Ioreheldl are furrowed.

Montreal

Looking down from a moun- tain upon ihe smolfe coming out . of village chimney pols might not seem I particularly impres- sive spectacle. Yet it meansi much to Thomas Carlyle. at 8: time of his life when he wnxll tormented In his mind whetheri life had any meaning whatever.

He describes what heppened in his "Sartor Resnrius” which is partly the story of his own ex- , pcrlence. The character he ere-I

res.-or Teufelsdrockh, u bewild-I ered by the complexities andl contradictions of this world. But, however much his mind miphti stagger under the problems of existence. the world meanwhile went on. When mealtime came the smoke rose from the chimney pots of the villages. Is it had

cottages. Pondering the myster- in of existence, he could hl thetimedfthedayantonlyby the passage of the sun. but

cbunirnsentnptbehstnabe "flrllwaathusvnslld

DESCENT

Do you remember where this river rose?

Dark stand the trees, brightly the water spills

In plunging cascades. foaming and flashing flows

Down from the slopes. from the clustered hills.

Do you . member where this stream grew deep?

steep rise the wooded bluffs Ilong the right

And on the left. the cattle Ind the sheep

Graze in green pastures. warm in the sun and bright. And here it ends. The snow fields. that when thawed. Dy warm spring suns. leaped I- gile II a cat

Have reached the sen. Lazy and brown and broad

The water. and the shares Ire hot and mi,

such bright beginnings we have known. my Friend,

I'd Just as soon we had not known the end.

down

-Mary Tliro Knuth

The Age Old Story

Behold. I come qnleklyi hold fast which thou hast. that n in lake thy crown. ..

MAXIMS

Ilnpplnena In I perishable fruit. which must be used each day. far It will not keep.

Battle Honours

Awards of battle honors of Se- cond World War service to Ino- thsr five Cnnndlan Irmy units

were Innnunced recently by army hendquartcu.

The World Goes On

Gnu-tte

It is interesting to note that Carlyle. writing later as the his- torian of the your III). carried back into the past this same sense of the soverlegn reality of every- day life. In looking into history

The regiments and the number of battle honors awarded Inch: The Royal Canadian D. goons fzlst armored regiment! Camp Petnwawa. 0ni.. Ind Werl. Ger. ' many. to; the list and 2nd Battal- ions. nth Canadian Hussan IPPIIL cess l.ouise'I'. Camp Gagetown. N.B.. and Sussex, N.B.. II: the Royal Rifles of Canada. Quebec

there In I danger. he warned, of thinking that the put was I 13- lmillld. I Dageant, I phan- tnsm. But it was not so.

inn. "Behold. therefore. the Enn-

. Carlyle. II historian, was wrlt- .

City. two: the Queen's Own Cam- , eron Highlanders of Canada tmtr y tort. Winnipeg. ID; the Westmins- . ter Regiment. New Westminster. p B.C.. I1

Itcs to represent himself. Pro-I land of the year I200 was no whatever the changes of tutu

f'hImQI'Il'II vacuity but Il may be - will always have their lreen solid place that new coral appeal and command their mar- "ld MVOPII oihtf lhinll. The sun l ket. For they are I reminder of

shone on it - on vicissitudes of seasons and human fortunes Cloth Ill novel and worn, dit- elel were due. furrow new

the beauty and dilnlty of or. dlnary things. of the wonder of "lit thmulb windows. and the peace of the daily task. Georu Eliot was Itinctqt an Pltntings. and would turn

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Getting Child To Wear Glasses

Iyllu-nhI.InnI0ncn.l.D.

Few persons actually like to near Janus or eye patches. Yet these who have to wear them. make the best of it because they realise that such thing; In de- signed to help their vision. with a small child. however. Ea usually I little more difficult problem. You canit just tell hlrn that he must wear glaue; or I patch because it's good for him. You've got to use psychology.

VERY YOUNG CHILD

if glasses are prescribed for I very young child. you can help him get used to them by putting his glasses on as you dress him Inch morning.

Remove them when you un-

dress him at bedtime. In this way he should soon learn to ac- cept the glasses just as he ac- cepts clothing. In short. you help him establish a habit. If your youngster is older when he begins wearing glasses. be sure to mmpliment him on how well he looks.

FAMILIAR TRADI-I-MARK

1! he ndmires I playmate who Ilso wears glasses. or perhaps a bespectacled television or movie star - they seem In be pretty much of a trade-mark for come- dians these days -- you can point out that he now has glass- es just like they have.

In many cases of crossed-eyes. I patch is recommended worn over the good eye to force more use of the poor eye. If this is suggested for your child. you've: not to remain cheerful and main- tain I casual attitude about his "turned eye."

TRl"l'HFl'L ANSWERS

When he questions you about his patch and the need for it. give him truthful answers. Do not. however emphasize the point. .

The American Association of Orthoptic Technicians advises parents to tell their children that the "turned eye" is laty and that the doctor In going to help them make it grow strong.

UNTHINKING PERSON

Should I well-meaning but un- thinking pa r Ion stop your' youngster on the street to Ill- quine why he is wearing the

lies on the state to look after its needs. loses not only its stake in the future. but it also com- mits the big swindle which is forcing others to take the ru-l

III! IIIBIIII & would have I great many fill! Ifielldl who would quickly ulleva him of his Inr. tune. We can't help wondering on what (rounds he was mm. mitted. Most OI those who buy tickets are crazier than that..- London Free Press

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patch. the Association t- he answer:

"it's to make my eye strong and well like the other one."

QUESTION AND ANSWER

A Reader: I took some sumo- mycin for pneumonia for about two weeks, then developed diar- rhea Ind cramps in my stomach. These ny ptnmii have persisttd for the lasi five months. Answer: It would seem you have developed some form of sen- sitivity to Iureomycin. This II not too uncommon. I Usually this condition will pass with time. but the giving of liv- er lniectinns and vitamin B-11 II sometimes of help.

You should seek the advice of your doctor.

OUR YESTERDAYS

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (August 24. I932) The new South Freetown bridge of reinforced concrete has been completed by contractn-I Delaney and Gamble of Albany.

en structure which had become slightly dangerous to the travel- ling public. The same contrac- tors also completed a similar bridge It Rnyner's Creek. Tra- veller": Real. In both bridges Island gravel wns used for the making of the concrete. the first attempt made for this purpose In the province.

Fin at Bell River yesterday morning completely destroyed I large barn and poultry house the property of B. Compton and Company. owners of Compton's Mills. The fire is believed to have started in I alraw stack att- Incent to the barn Ind although i strenuous efforts were made to' save the buldings they were without IvIlI.

TEN YEARS AGO (August 14. lu1t

Preparatory work for the con- Itructlon of I new telephone of- fice in Summersldb has been commenced by the contractors. M.F. Schurman. The new build- Ing will be constructed on the site of the old one. It will be of brick-tile construction wtth atone u mminn and will be 05 feet by N feet with a wing of I by 23 feet. The two storey stnicture will be completed in early IMI.

Two Mnrilime Central Airways Iilanea. I npnssmner Douglas and I iapasnenger Lockheed, Wm dun-led by rm saiui-any "mill f by cleaning fluid VVCTIIINIIIII IMI Ilnltlng while Ole of the employees was check- ing the engines. The bias: was brought under control only am.- an aileron was burned .n 9,, Douala DC-I.

This bridge replaces the old wood .

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