Vapaus, April 12, 1956

              l i i i t l i i « i i i i i^
j Wind^up of sthe seventh annual-'Young Canada
' Hockey Week" held in Goderich, Ont. saw a Toronto
^ team,. Ted's Pals, walk off with a majority of the
tournament,silverware. vCaptain Ted Abel, at left
and His pals, knocked over Winnipeg for the " A A "
div^isional crownfor the"big cities." They won the
?: \grand championship title with a 5-^2'Win over Ted
Mayhew, at right, and his gangfrom" Temiskaming,
r> Que.. A total of 74 teams and 'more than 1,200
playersr from Ontario,. Manitoba, Quebec and New-foundland
took part in the event.
NOTED WOMEN ÄTHLETES
ESTABLISHED EQUAL1TY
!Prom the early period wheii Gre-cian
viomen took part -In foot racing
(they had their own Olympic Games,
called the Heraea) untll the vlatter
part öf the 16th century, when Mary
Queen of Scots took up golf, woinen
were barred from participahng in
athletics.
Perhaps 5 barred" is too «strong a
Word. I know of no specific laws
restricting, them to the kitchen and
the boudoir; but the pressure of 'pub»
3ic" opinion (that is, the opinion of
the men who ruled things in those
days) was « powerful force. • •
Queen Elizabeth, (1558^1603) liked
greyhound^ racing, and Queen Anne
a century later developed a passion
forhorse racing. -But they were ex-ceptions,
protected Irom ; the preju-dice:
against gals v i t h muÄcles by
their royal blood. , ^
The "refined" ladies • during the
1801 and; 19th centuries indulged i n
archery and croquet,' while a few, har-dy
pioneeis isbught; to ^ break "tlurough
i n swimming and tennis.
,/rhe name of liOttie Dod of England
jihould be remembered by a l i woinen
athletes. She won „ the first single
championship for glrls at Wimble-.
don i n 1887, n-hen ohiy 15 yearsof
äge, and took the tennis »crown fouf
times after that. She, was British
women's golf champ, a fine' archer
and a field hockey star. Also, at St.
Moritz, .'she passed the special ice
. skatlng tests prepared for men only.
. Then there vas that ,.wonderful
Boston girl, Eleanora Sears, who
made headlines around the t u rn of
the century by iVearing trousers to
play polo (when she first turned up
in coat and trousers at an English
polo club. the British were speechless
but the • DJS. team captain ordered
her off the premises).
• -Miss^Sears, in the words of the En-"
cyclopedia of Sports, "blazsd a path-way,
fOT women which never hqd been
taken before —r nor since surrender-ed.
Smce her youth, women by the
tens of millions throughout the civi-lized
World have enjoyously, buoyant-ly,
followed the trails whicb she made
for them.'
^Eleanora Sears was an all-round
athlete. She played tennis, golf and
polo. J..e swam, canoed, sailed, rode
horseback and was a f me rifle shot.
As she grew older she drove high-speed
cars and motor boats, ^ent on
long-distance ^allUng-sbrips; .took.-up
squash' and ; w on the U . S. singles
championship at the age of 50.:
The rcster^of ;women^ athletic stars
sihce the days of Miss Sears Is as long
as your arm. To mention only a few:
Babebldrickson,: Helen ^ i l l s ; Helen
Jacobs, Suzanne Leiiglen, 'Ragnhild
Hveger, Gertrude Ederle, Stella .Wal­sh,
Fanny Blankers-Koen Sonja Henie
'Marjore Jackson, Yvette Williams,
Dana Zatopek, Galina ^ybina, Nina
flomaschkova, Barbara Ann -Scott;
Marilyn Bell.
Construcfion of
Olympic Village
Ahead of Schedule
Canadian athletes wha viii be tak-ing
part i n the Olympic ^Games a t
Melbourne will find that »Australia
went all-out to make ""accomodations
ecTifortable for Olympic participants.
: And contrary tb some reports," the
constructlon of the Olympic ViUage
is "mo ving swiftly forward, several
weeks ahead of Schedule.*
According to tfae'"Canadian "nrack
and F i e ld Digest." MelbouröCs Olypx-pic
Village, being erected at Heidel­berg
(eight mOes from the main sta-dium),
will have over 700 flats and
homes to house about 6.200 athletes
and officials. • The homes are cons-tructed
, of brick, brick Veneer and
ccncrete. Some are two storied blotics-of
flats, otbers are single houses. Each
dwelling jvill be equipped wlth electric
lights and power. gas,*hotiand cold
fimning: water, and comfortably fur-^
nlfihed-
Besides this. there wm be ^Ight
large kitchens buUt, each catering for
600. people; four BmallerT^ kitchens
cooking for 300 each and'öne kitchen
ccoking for 30. The village will älso
have ^a Shopping^ centreembracing
Shopping, banklng/ post-ofice. dry-cleaning
; . shoe repair and barber
facilities. A small hospItalwlth me­dical
and dental' posts wiU also be
contructed.
The Village will be ättracUvely
landscaped and af ter the games wlll
go to Melbourne families.
Being the eleventh jcity of mo-dem
times to present ? the world's
greatest sporting festival, Melbourne
is getting 'a" general face-llftlrig" to
impress competltors aäd cfverseas vi-sitors
alike.
Poor, Grandpop
He lived his life i n privation. He
knew nothing of the joy of havlng
the tax collector take a large bite out
of his eamingseven before he got«hl8
pay Check. Nor d id he e:q)erience
>ithe thriU^of »restlittg with'an income.
tax form.
To him was denled the privilege of
washlng, . polishing and babying a-four-
wheeI steed.
Not for i i lm was the bllss of achlev-ing
weight reduction through starva-tion,
of winning a high place by hlgh
pressure, of gaining; fame via ulcers.
; He never had the prlceless; sensa-tion
of worrying about flylng saucers,
A-bombs and H-bombs.; His was a
backward and uncivilized age. Pöor
Old Grandpa!
RESEARCH ON DIABETES
Promising New Medical Discoveries
.W!hat it the underlying. cause of
diabetes?
This has been one of the most
puzzling questions i n mediciil sci­ence,
It has long been felt that the
tendency toward the disease .runs i n
families. -Now there is new evidence
that diabetes, or a t least a. tendency
tGward diabetes, is either hereditaiy
or congenital.
(A hereditary illness is one that,
IS passed dGwn to a child from one
or faoth of the parents through genes
m muöh the same way as eye colqr.
size or other piiysical characteristics
are. A .congenital disease ordefect is
one ^which a chJld acquires, m the
period between conception and birth;)
The evidence on diabetes has been
tumed up tn the laboratories .of the
University of Cape Town; South A f -
nca, by Dr. W. P. U . Jackson. Dr*
Jackson had • disccvered that when
the islets of Langerhans, small organs
near tl:« pancreas, are greatly enlarg-ed
i n stillbom children, there is a
likelihood toat the mother will; de-völop/
diabetes in futureyearsieven
though no evidence of; the disease
was present up untll pregnancy;.'
This unusualphenomenon —being
able to predict an illness. as much as
20 y e a r s i n advance b^ studying the
tissue of anotherindividnai — bolsters
the case for <»ns:derii^ diabetes to
be. a frequently congenital malady.
Dr. Jacksonpoints out that pregnancy
oftcn tirings about diabetes i n wo-men,
but onIy'Trhen the tendency
for diabetes aiready exists.. He .theo-rizes,
in effect, that i n some cases the
straln on the system of the diabetes^
prone woman i s i i o t adegaate to cause
actual diabetes, but it is enough to
deprive-the embryo'of needed sub-stances'
and the restilt; can either be
Etillbirth ^or a'baby ^ i t h metabolic
ration, and eventually fullfledged
diabetes.
I f these theories are confirmed, they
may point to new methods of prevent-
' i n g diabetes by medication which will
help the diabetes-prone "woman pro-periy
to supply her child.during preg^
nancy, and thereby. to ' avoid the
congenital damage that eventuaDy
tums into diabetes.
. Recent years have seen a n Indreas-ii:
g use of drugs to treat mental 111-
nesses. Many persons who a few years
defects •RThldi w i l l eventuaHy lead to
diabetes. The child^TnaybeapparentJy
Dormal alt birth. but as h e ,or sbe
grofvs oJder; there i s gradualdeterfo^
A School For
Camp Counclilors
.Toronto. — Recently v reprcsenta-^
tivES of the various mass orgäniza-
Uons came tcgether to discuss prob-tems
involved i n holding^ Summer
Camps for children- A ' ' C a m p Coim-.
c i i " was formed, which has tmdertak.
en. to hold a school for: Children'.
Camp Councillors: Included i n the
lectures are games, arts and crafts.
nature Studies vtroodcraft and music.
Each IcQtare is completely SQ^arate
and anyone wishing to participate in
one or two may do so. These lec­tures
will -be particularly. beneficial
hl preparing a varled programme for
the xäiildren. : T h e school is open to
an interest^ people, aiul w l l l be lield
at 300 Bathurst S t — Youtli Boomi
, - 1 ^ be held on. the foJlow^
ing dates:: AprU 24 games; May 8 arts
and/rrafts; -May 15 and May 22 Töpics
f or the last two lectures win be a n -
nounced laten Follovtring these vreek-end
school -arin be held i n • w h i d i the
role ot the: Camp. CouncEJor via be
discusied, along.with otherproblems
that arise during camp tfme.
ago would have been institutionalized
and considered hopelessly iU are now
, leading normal lives^ maybe taking
medicine i n the same way as people
with other illnesses do; but U i a f s . a l l.
f However, despite these , ad vances,
there is s t i l l IIttleknown about the
causes of mental illness. Since itdoes
sometimes respond-1 to medical treat-ment.
it can be^assumed that the
cause is at least sometimes iiiurely
jdiysical. For this -reason, current
research on the substance, serotonin,
h, of particular signiffcance.
Serotonin has been known for 100
years. A decade ago i t was discqvered
that i t could be used to lower high
blood pressure. Even more recently
investigiation has: shown that ser­otonin
has: important effects' on :the
nervous system. It has b v a noted
Btisy Season Ahead
) . With the sudden airival of spring weather, at least in the Sud-bury
district, Winter sports haW;made a rapid departture and tboughts
are tuming to spring and summer activiiieä. i t migfat Jl)e cold yet and
tracks may be muddy, but in a f€W weeks outdoor ^ r t s facilities
nvill again be avaiiable after lying dormant over the Winter.
This summer The SudburyAlerts has the honor of ^ n s o r i ng
theAnnual Sports Meet of the FX}ASF and a great deal of'^work has
aiready been done to make this big eyent. Avhich has.bcdnie a festival
of young Finnish^Canadians, a :smashing success. The mass g>im,
^ which is ahvays a highlight of the sports program has been underre-hearsai
for some tirae and plans call for sending capable instructors to
other centres in the near future to get rehearsals undetway through­out
Ontario. IThemafsgym program>consists of three sections includ-ing
children as well as men's and women's groups.
Work will soon begin on the Al^rts track and field to make sure
that they are in recprd breaking shape by the time the end of July
' rolls around.
» But despite ali the worik. that is done by the committ^, the
success of the Liittojuhlat willdepend on the participants coming
from other points. Ali Jacitities wiU be; in the bestpossible shape, but
in order to make the af f air a real Success there must be keen compe-tition
between the athletes of the various centres.
Iit would thcrefore be advisable for ali clubs to begin making
plans for the annual Liittojuhla trip;?The more the mmier is the atti
tude of committee members. The sooner track and field activities are
started the better,will be the respohse at the Liittojuhlas. Also money
must be raised*for the trip.
To ensure the development of a regular track and'field program
for the summer plans shoufd be made as soon as possible for a number
of meets to takeplace early in the summer to get prospective athletes
out ano training.Cym groups shouldalio be encourageä to rehearse
regularly. - ,
It should benotedithat ali hurdle events have bee^^^
from the sports program and also that the women's competition gym
has beerj discarded.lt is to be hopedthat every women^s, group wiU
be prepared to perform an e.xhibition number i n place of the regular
competition gym.
An added feature again this year will be the swim' events which
are championship events. This willenpQurageaditionaIparticipation
from various centres. VoUeyball has also created considerable interest
aod \vill undoubtedly be an interesting äspect of the sports meet.
, ?For, those who are n o l particularly interested in sports alone it
should be added that the two day affair is far from restricted .to
sport as those* who have attended Liittojuhlas regularlywillhappily
. recall. And of course, Ihe' bigger the. participation"> the more fun
there vrill be. On to the Liittojuhlas!
' • , .« . • .
While on the subject of importaflt'"'festivals, a aerious injustice
would be done if mentioji .w|9^ not madfe of the Song and Music
Festival of the Finnish Organization which i> being held in Tarmola
this summer. This again i s a year when we have two big festivals the
same year and both are veli worth attending. ' ;
It is still not too late' for young people to join the cboirs and
participate in: this cultural festival in a direct way. . ^ d of course>
if the young" people vnsh to fpund their ownchoir and participate
independently, there js nothing to stop them. In the past few years
it; has aimosi become a tradition for the young people of the larger
cfentres to perform a number-of colourful folk-dances at the Music
Fpstivah The revival of folk-dancing hash^d a wonderful response
from the audience and it is to be hoped th^Vagain this year a number
of youth groups will beparticipating in this aspect of the festival.
A numbep of sports minded; young people have been enqUiring
vvhether a sports meetvtriilbe included as part of the Music Festival.
Nov of f icial word has been rcceived from the Festival committee <fT
the Yritys A . C , but it c^rtainly appears to be a matter that shouldn't
be overlooked. ' . ,
<It should be remembered that at the time qf the Music Festival
many young Finnish-Canadian a11?leles w i l l b e attending the Ontario
Youth Festival at Camp Xaivelt andevenmbre athjetes would attend
if a meet were held at Tarmola the same weekend.
i t sure looks like a bu.sy summer scheduIe ahead of us and the
only way. to make it a successful summer is to do the nec^ssary plan-ning
well in advance.
OK GOOD AUTHOBITr
"My wife is the moet wond^ul
«romän: in the «rorld. And htat's .ztot
lost my opinion — it's hers too!"
that many of ^the drugs whlchaffect
mental health'se3m to af fect the nat-ural
serotonin i n the body;: For- ex-ample.
a drug called i^SD. whicb pro -
duces symptoms of . schizophrenia
(£plit personallty), the most serious
form of mental illness, also blocked
the action of serotonin on smooth
muscle tissue.
. O t h e r drugs which affe<^ the per­sonallty
also seem to hamper the
action of serotonin. Preliminaty ex-periments
on adminlstration \ of
seroUmia to those with 'mental dis-eases
have not provedeffective.How-ever,
recent experiments point to the
possibility that serotonin may have
to be employed i n combihation witb
other drugs and that periiapsT^öie
'£ej. to. a. ttune effectlve cure f o r the
pfaychoses may lie not; In adminis-tration
of synthetle serotonin, but in"
use of drugs wh]ch cause ; the • body
to release more nftoral serotonin for
action on the nervous system.
At any rate, this entire line of
research - does offer. nemrhope titat
one day sdence^ may be aUe to an-^
vomtce a xaetto^
a few. but nust mental {latients can
be tareatea and curecL
Chriitlanity Has Changed Witli the Times
'MM
USA Defense Secretary; Wilson,
argues that what is good f or' the m i l -
lionaires is also good for Che people.
Such a statement wouId have brought
a furlous retort from the early Church.
Fathers. but not from OUF modern
"Christian" fathers. Just Ilsten to
St- Basil who was preaching about
AJO. 350. He Is addresslng the r l ch
— Ikes pals;
,*«Wretches!, How wjli you justlfy
ycurself before the i Heavenly Judge?
You say to me; 'Is i t a fauR if we
vkeep "^hat belongs to us?* I reply:
: How dld you get that which you calJ
your property? How do tlie possessors
become rich? QnJy by taking posses-sion
of things that beJong to aB. If
everyone took only what he needed.
leaving the rest for others, there
would^ be neither rich nor posr.*"
Gregitr/a^ Great also «aid; VIt is
by no mea;ns enough n o t t o steaktbe
property ot otbeis; you are i n crror
i * ^ou kcep to yoursclf the arealöi
whlch God has created for a lh He
who does not give to others « b a t he
poesesses Is a mtirdercr, ä killer. Whcn
he keeps for his own uee what «ould
provlde for the poor, one. can cay he
slaying ali those who ivould have
Jived^ h a d they shared his hoarded
wcalth. *Wben we -share wlth those
who are sufferlng. do oat give
that ivhlch belongs) to tis; but « h ai
beUmgiio.tbemilMai^
of pltyj It is the payment öf a <frt>tr
Yes tbat v a s the early Chttrdh F a^
thers.- Even thclr pr&yers were an at-tack
upon greedy men. After Christ-ianity
wa8 adopted as the officlal reli.
glon of ^ m e , ttie clergy soon became
the friends of the' rich. >Now, the
Churcb carefully hfdes from the peo­ple
the'teachin^ of the early. Church
Pathen». —• Rev. C, P> Bradley (Sas­ka
toon)
Mothers* Day Program
Preparations in Toronto
The Oh|ldren's Committee at the
Don EbiU is making preparations for
a "Motbcrs'Day'^ programme. Any
children wlshlng to give Individual
programme are asked to register at
Don Hail before Aprll 30tb. Oym
classes for LIttle Ottls are held on
Thursdays 8t:7 pm. and Lfttle Boys
classes also at the same töne. Olrl»'
Instructor is Siiri Lahti and Don PIt-;
kär.en UuOuets the boys.
""Look;at-the way baby Is «rorking
his motttii,r exclalmed Mrs. Newman.
"Nov be propoees to put his foot in
It." /,
"H-m." replied her husband, "Hcre-diCary."
iha.V» what I did wjien I
pfoposed."
''Ali tlut I am," declated the poli-tfclan.'
"tcme to pty motfaer."
^ e n . r cxdafmed a volce from the
back of theftaU, rdoesn't Itieel gxahd
to be ont öf 6^1"
Bosses' Petition
Gets "Solid" Reply
From Union Workers
Big business backers of a rlght-to-ecabinitlaUve
In Washington state
aie running up a vhopplng postage
due bilL
It seems crafty unlon^ members are
malling back petlUons not only; un-signed
but wlth the sponsors' over-aized
business-reply. envelope stuffed
Vlth waste paper.: mctal sbavings,
sand and lead f oli, nmong other
vreighty subtances.
«nie envelopes are 5 l;>y 12 Inches.
You can squeeze>a lot of stuffing into
n Container that slze if you reaUy try.
The record to date »eems to be held
by a vorker who hommered away
at twopound5 and four ounces ot lead
foU untU It would f it Into the big en­velope.
He calculated the postage
due on his letter alone was $1.44.
In Spokane a Special task force has
been set up to stuf f and retura- the
envelopes, «Union men and women
are.reported to be gohig f rom door to
döbr to collect the envelopes from
voters who got them early In Mareh
as part of a mailing of 800,000 peti-tlons.
'' ' ,
The Union Rcglstcr, AFL-OIO.
Lumber and .SavfmiU* >Workers Union
paper, and The Washington Teams-ters
organ of IBT Joint CouncU 28,
have edltorially encouraged the' Ipad-.
ed" return malllng. And the'phony
sponsoring committee. vwhlch ui^^ed
prompt return of Its petltlons, is In-deed
getttog a heavy response.
A spokesman for .the inltlatlve's
backers complalned of gcttlng: a good
deal of '"fraudulent" materiat. He
said the committee had^ been compel-led
to hike its postage-due deposlt
wlth the post .Office.
The Inltiatlve would folst.on Wa-sfalngton
State a ;law *outlawlng«the
tmion sh(v and other unionsecurity
agreements. Ali <WashIngton labot: is
campaignlng to keep the measure
from getting the 50,000 valld voters'
slgnatures that Avould place it on the
November ballot. '
TorMain», liuliUkuun J2 p. —Tbursf^ay, April ti,ip$
9r BOB WABI> iaiia
We see by the papers srhere qulte
a number of mUIionaires have recent­ly
aaserted that any red-blooded
Canadian boy «Ith vlm. verve. vigor.
vitallty. vitamlns and venatility ean
Ixcome a mi^ionaire, too.
And; «f eourse. anyone who does
any. serious tblnklng about It realises
this is so tnie.
Indeed. BO true it is «-e often vonder
wtoy theie; aren't many. many more
mllUonalres in the country. "
The fact that less and less people
per captta become mUIionaires glves
cause for grave concern.
8o^ it is: that '«e wcre happy to
recently read the testimonlal of how
a milUbnalre got thtttaway. We pass
It on so everyone wlll see how easy
It ali Is.
• • •
T Blgablow Beich burped rnu-cous^
y as he f Inlshcd eating his mom-tng
bowl of Bran Tooties.
"£gad. Mlrium," he said to his wife.
"whBt ghastly and gruellsh gruel this
fodder Is.".
MIrlum was havlng difflculty at. tho
time petting eggs unstuck from a fry-pan
whlch she had bought bccause it
was-'guartu)teed' things wouId'not
stick to it.
When she heard her husband' say
'fodder' she felt more llke cursltig a
Uue asterisk and a vrhole flock of
dashes than what she really, said.
which vosr "Vatoh your Engltsh J .
Blgablonv. Remember X SmalIabIow
is listennlg. It's 'f other,' not /fodder.!
' J . Blgablov, ot course, was quUe
nonplussed by the^iretdrt of. his wife'.
So Instead of getting, into a lengthy
hossle: with ^l8'8pou8e, he plcked up
the box of Bran Tootlcs and ivas Just
about to throw Itt ot her when hc
noticed some wrlting on the box, '
The wrltlng declared,'"Ouaranteed
that Bron Tooties is .the rooticst, toot-iest.'
höotlest, prootlest ccroal you've
everveaten: or twlce your money
chcerfully i;efunded,"
"Eurekat" eurekcd J. Bigablow.
" W h a t are you reeking obout now'?rr
enquired >^irtum.
; But her enquiry^ should < be pointed
out. fell as flättes a unlon' lyoffc de»
mand on the ears of a tycoon because
J. Bigablovv had taken off out of the
house a quibk as a timcstudy man
could cut tt rate, ^ ' ^
J. Blgablow hicd hlmself to the
Home of Bran Tooties - and exchangcd
hts box for twlcc his money.
He then hled out to the store and
bought two boxes.
And it «111 be readlJy wen i b i t ll
»asnt too long before X BtgOSim,).).:'^
had^ several hundred'people «oiKGtf *,c"
for hIm buying xip'jarm.TotAi»MUk^f'\^
reUimlng them to the lactorr.',
Of course. the Bran Tootle peojpU j;, 1-
aUnost went out of their' '|>
they had nerer .ffeiffed that-a ysf^' *'''"'
product of the system like, J , Btga»'.'
blow would take them up on tbeir ,
offer. ; ' - - '
m
m
'mmi
I m
m
m
The, company fired the advertlsing
gent whQ'd schemed up the
your money,back' offer, They hlred
fancy Icgäl experts ät fancy^prfees,
They tried .tö say. ItvVaa.eD;:»;^
Joke. ' .
But It was too late. \ ' ;
J. BlgftbIow tooli thän for^ their
Bhkt. ^ . \ ,r,i''
As ,if that wasnt bad enough Jse
took the business,' too. [
Today J . Blgablow BeIch'pvns<tti«>
Bran Tootle fnctory. \ .-T'-''/»'^'^ ;/|
Here then Is hvlng evidence.'äuii - ' '•^'^
any red-blooded Canadian ciitt' be» ^
come a mltllonaire. \ - '
. "It's easy," J . BIgablo* «c«»tJy.,;;
told a meettog of mUUonahes. • ^ \\
It should be stated that J . Blgipbtovr .|
Is making things harder for aJBldthig'J|
mUIionaires to follow In his IVMttet.V
WmmS'^^
For hlS first act In assuming oon- "^-^
trol of.the tactory was to chang^tbe^ TA '
advertislng slogim. T|»e ^^ptmj^^/^V;!
now guarantces that BranTtootles^jara . ^'
the brann-Iest and tootlest; hvt ,lf( 1
you don't agree you,don't even gei /
your self>addressed stamped envelope': >K
rctumfedi|ii||§§
J . Bigablonr doesn't eat Bran TboU«| ' ' '
hlmsdf. ' - ,:'J.,^^.,^:^^
He stin conslders it 'ghoattyamli^
gruellsh grucL' ' \ ; r
But pafents are tolked liito bpyhur. >
the stuff by their klds.beoiuse U'luS" ^ ^ ^ i
Davio Cfockett cards in it. * '.'K'""}' ' f^fl
After. that serles of earcLi la fii()|mrV . ^ -
ed, J , Blga61ow asserts he wm *un,» ' ;Vi
eertea on 'Ahy-Red Blooded Canadian ' ^.
Boy Can Be«iome a^umohahe.* '
But a%,we statedearlier cadstlUce.''
J. Blgablow'arc maWng, Iti i^ughar: V,'/i
•ärtÄltoughw^
Matter ot fact the way thini[s'«re'ji g)
golngit woiad seem that xhUUpnain^t'< J
wui floon have.a/elosed shop.'i^äUf^/^c"
bllltles of becoming one. like J , Slgi|<^^, ^ \
bipw did. are getting as> seareejS» »
kind Word from a company lav^er,. ' / ^
We just have to fäce It elUz^*|'
Maybe we wän't ali becam^ ml^llott-' |
But, look how, lucky we,a»eJ, ,Wfc> v
can still,thrlU to the-stoi^'of-,h9W,^ "
j/Blgablow got.hls, '.' / '.'V^;- '
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A Critical Period For African Youth
•Whether on roUIng grass land of
the Plateau, or the blue mountalns
of the Sunny South, or the populous
cities, South A f r i c a is always Inter­esting
to the. vlsltor, ,the naturallst or
the lover of "picnlcs and excurslons,
V Four and a half centuries^ago this
land was unknown to Eufopeans, The
original lnhabltants.were the Hot-tentots
and the Bushmen, brown peo­ple
v/hö lived by raising cattle and
huntlng^The wonderfuUy allve draw-
Ings left by these people on rocks tcs-tlfy
to their high artjstic standards,
Like the prehistoric hunters who liv­ed
in France and SPaln, they expresr
sed In skilful strokes activities which
werff tied most Intlmatelyivith their
Ilves. They deplcted huntlng, war,
chasing cattle thieves, anlmals dead
or a l i v c . T h a t people tvith their
fine artistic traiiitions have disap-peared
Is a crime that scarcely needs
description. ^ ^ ,
LAND OF BEAUTY
• The hlghveld of, the Transvaal Is
enchantlng but it is not the only In-terestlngpart
of South Af rica. If you
go further South you. will come to
the blue mountalns ali covered wlth
greenbush and grass, Herc you find
the vincyärds, whcat, plums,: and
many "mediterraneanfruits". Again
i n the East Natalprovlnce you en-counter
dense toteBi», expcclally in
the river valley». Ali along the
coast line you can see green pasture,?
aboundlng with ,shccp and .dotted
«fltri compounds of the " n a t i v e "
ehacks of tho^e tvho work i n the fish-ing
boats.
Wherever you are, in the vclds, the
Karoos or the Sorthern mountalns
you have almost alvay» the bright
sun and a cool cllma*.e, It Is no
ivonder that excursion» and picnics in
the countryside are a pcrmanent fea­ture
of ttxe life of South Afrlcans.
A n area as big.as Wales hasbeen
set aJ5ide for Game, called « i e Kru-r
ger National Park. I n this *parkv «ve
the long xiecked giraffe, elephanfc»;
llons, Jeopard, whlch kills any llving
thing that comes i n \ix wäy. Jt is
true that the rhlnoccros l « the most
ferocious animal but his eyesight is
poor. At any rate_do not bc'surpris^
ed If you hear from the pec^le there
that ^ e elephant gete tipsy some­times
because he loves to eat the
brancbes and bcrrles <rf the marvela
tree, vhich contains a n Intoxicating
substance.
TWO CAFITAtS
South Africa has two permanent
capitals, Pretoria ,wherc the govem-ment
site, a n d CapeiTomn,: where the
parliament is. :However the greatest
city of South A f rica and indeed of a l i
Af rica south of the Sahara is Johan­nesburg
wlth iUt one mllllon: inhabl-tants
of a l i raccs and /COlours. ;70,000
Afrlcans have been expelled from this
city the alm being to Itcep it only
for «Itltes which is an imposslble pro-r
position if only for the reason that
.the Afrlcans are by far the majority
of the populatioifT I n fact they ac-count
for 10 mllliön of the 13 miUioh
Inhabltants. ^
HOPE OP SOUTH AFRICA '
The young people of South Africa
face to-day the greatest ordeal of
their young Ilves. The dark Bhädow
of racial and politlcal oppression is
threatening to, wipc away: even the
smile from their faces. The youngcst
Of them are' being persccutedvhcn
they are caught; wltb' a teacher in a
Church or a, dlsuBed chjemarhouae,
trying. to learn away from, the go-vernmental
"Apartheid" schools.
Young leaders of the youth are ban-ncd,
exlled, or eondemncd to hard
labor under such'accusatlons as r'lea-:
ding a proces^ion". ^tudents are de-prlved
of the clemcntary rlght of
electlng thi^lr own councils as has
happeneil In' t h e ' ca«e öf the Wltwa|
tersand .University last year; A l i this
and many.othcr difficultle$ face the^
young South Afrlcans.
• But -.. they smile wlth conflifence;
Did you encounter a bijs fuU of young^^
Indlans going f rom Johannesburg tp
Natal? They are golng on a. tour or?.
ganisedby the Indi^n Youth CongresS
to en)oy slghts, sl»>g a n d dance,; They
are also going to visit chief Llthuli,
the banned prejsident of the African
National Congress.
Further Soum in Cape Jown you
mlgäit have encountered a group of
boys and giris, black anct white car-^
tylng a mpbiie exhibition of photos,;
What Is the Idea? They are adver­tislng
a Festival to be?held In Trans­vaal
for Peace; Friendship and Racial
Harmony. There* ali the rich cultura^;
beritage of South • Af rica: wlll be dis-piayed
by Ifcs young generatlon. TVheh
they were Iielping to organlse the
Congress of the People they displayed
wonderfui Inltiatlve and resource.
One of their method.» was to serid letr'
ters to people about the Congress re-
'questing them to pass It on to others
sb that one letter-circulated among a
great number of people,; The Wheel
or Freedom, «ymboi; of the Congress
of ttic People. appcarcd everywhcre on
the walls. Only young people are ca­pable
of utilising such a method:; on
a large- scale, since they are every-vheie
and jCertalnly one can find a
piece of chalk and-a wall. without
mudi trouble.
m
yrbenever you mcet young Afrlcatuf
on some occasion you see them thnu^ ^ >|
tlng put their rlght hand vith this ^ ^
thumb raised wlth a loud " A f r ^ l ^ ",
This 18 the symbol of unlty, ^i{yi /., '|
And they are unltlng, ,'Have<>y(»lf;< trd of the resbundlng suceeiie;^'
Congress of 'the ,People?, - Fbttr /,,
thousand delegates gathered in JtMi'
last year. The youth, Airiean; IiuUan;" r
and white$ played a great rdle in thte'
success. What waa iheir täeauft?'
In the openlng words of the Freed(|^\ ^ ^ ^'^
Charter, they say: ^ ' \
"Wc the people of South Africa, 4ef, ' -
clare for ali our country and'ilie "
World to knoV that South Afrjtct^ tini:'
longsto ali who live in it — blaclc,'^ ,
and ivhlte -~ and t|iat no govehunent
can. justly claim autbority imless ItiUl
bascd pn thc^vill of aU Vhli:v^?&tfJl
Itjou ahd^me and ali of us, we tap^}
port the; young people and; their K r ^ :
dom Charter'' One. äay you' mlgto \
be able to visit their sunny land an^
enjoy with them their wonderful<e;x»^
curslons. - ' • ^ r y.
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Wright Brotheis
Beaten by Many
Years in Äviatiön
While it has long been knovn thafr-
O F. Mozhalsky in old Bussia con»'
structed and flew an alrplane befmv
the V/right .Brothers Ui the United i
States tried it. — old encydopediaa^ ^
and Scientific papers rcpörted Ifc'-^
new materials uncovered. in the Uki'
raine tcitify that MÖZhaisky's ,|hrst. .
successful fllght was in his owni^-./-
läge of Potush, near Vinnlt^a, exac-^ - '
tly 80 years ago.
This fifght took place In thesum^;-
mer of 1876,- Five years later, ItDä-"'
halsky took out an offidal patent «a.^/^-
his invcntlon the patent wa« »Sr^^ > .
corded in the registry offlces and rrrf
ported In the nevspape» of that tlme^
That was In 1881. ' ' ~ '
Wilbur and OrvUle Wrlghfc 'matfe,v
their first fUght hi North-CaroUnk,,
in 1903, '. ; ,
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GOOD BEASON „, ,., M^!0§mlM^
Johnny was the center of a n kdiAifi^,'j^^
playmate from an icy pmuL'-^' "'.V^iv*--.^
"You splenilld lad,'* exclaliwd'',^^'»5> j^j
woman, "Teli us ho«r;yoii''"cäm^'aWfc'"^-^^^^
be so brave and .fia^efye^^
"I had to," saId'jo|mnyA^H^'5^ ' 1
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