The Brussels Post, 1955-08-31, Page 3faint blue glimmer, Ife paid
little attention, to some distant
rumblings which he took to be
a raid in the distance. With the
dome removed, he was about to
uh$erew the Switch-gear„ to
break hotb circuits and render
the .cells safe, when almighty
flashes filled the sky as black
clOteda spat lightning..
He stood still as death, 41,
'whetted in the blaze of light,
"It'll go upl" shouted 'the
station commander of a barrage
balloon unit in a near-by
waiting tensely at the end of a
rigged-up telephone line.
man, quick!"
Syme stood his ground as an-
other fierce fork slashed the
sky and, momentarily, it was,
as light as day. A barrage bal-
loon burned at the other end
of the town, A final fling of
lightning/ then the storm died,
anst it was dark again, Sixty
seconds it had lasted; he didn't
remember breathing Once in
that time,
"No wonder I'm sweating," he
Called aver the 'phone. "That
must have been brewing for
quite a while,"
But the S.C. hadn't heard. He
was racing out to Syme as hard
as he could. "Thought you'd
gone that time, old boy," he
gasped, gripping his hand.
"Frankly speaking, so did I,"
Syme admitted,
You'll grip your chair— espe-
cially over the fearsome strip-
ping of the first magnetic and
acoustic mines—as you read
this epic of drama, suspense,
and sheer heroism that cost
many lives.
Fast Punishment
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Struggle for Survival
Nehemiah 4:6.9, 15, 21-23;
12:27, 43,
Memory Selection; And they
said, Let us rise up and
So they strengthened their band'
for this good work. Neheilliak ga8,
Pointing up to the very un-
satisfactory returns for potatoes
the directors of the Ontario Po-
tato Growers in session at Al-.
listen on August 8 instructed
their Secretary, R. E. Goodin,
to issue the following statement:
"Widespread draught condi-
tions throughout Ontario during
the critical growing stage for in-
termediate and late crops of po-
tatoes have resulted in extreme-.
ly low yields. To further add to
worries of potato growers, mar-
ket prices have reached an un-
usually low level (far below
costs of production) due to sup-
plies arriving from U.S.A. at
distress prices, since the six
week seasonal tariff of 371/2
cents per cwt. on imports ter-
minated on July 31st. • • •
Considering the present seri-
ous situation the directors, On-
tario Potato Growers Associa-
tion, meeting in Alliston, South
Simcoe County to-day (Aug. 8)
urgently request that. EMER-
GENCY measures be taken at
once to assist in stabilization of
the market, by putting into ef-
fect tariff rates as requested on
several occasions by various or-
ganizatiOns representing the in-
dustry in all Provinces of Can-
ada, including those presented
by master and individual briefs
at the hearing of the Tariff
Board on the subject early in
June of this year. * * • -
Moved by Heber Irwin-- Duf-
ferin County, Seconded by Orley
Marshall — Wentworth ,County
and carried unanimously by di-
rectors representing the entire
Province."
During the Alliston meeting
reports of a drastic downswing
in prices were -general. In the
Belleville area, for instance,
threats of imports saw the
market break from $2,25 'per 75
pound bag to an offering price
Of 900.
The story of Nehemiah leading
the returned exiles to build the'
walls around Jerusalem is one of
the most thrilling of the Old
Testament. Nehemiah held fl
position of honour in Babylon,
cup-bearer to the King. The king
noticed Nehemiah's sadness and
inquired for its cause, He was
grieving because the walls of his
home city, Seruusalem, were in
ruins and its gates had been
burned. The king released Nehe-
miab to go and build the walls
and ordered that materials be.
furnished him.
There were many obstacles,
But Nehemiah prayer, That ex-
pression Occurs several times in
the story. He didn't get discour-
aged but he prayed and his
strength was renewed. Neigh-
bouring chiefs ridiculed the work
But Nehemiah and his people
were undaunted. Then the ene-
mies conspired to come together
and fight against Jerusalem.
"Nevertheless we made our
.prayer unto God, and set a watch
against them day and night."
(4:9). The Samaritans slandered
them saying that Nehemiah was
fortifying Jerusalem in order tO
rebel and proclaim himself king,
but he replied that this was a
falsehood of their own devising.
Finally Sanballat and Tobiatt
hired a false prophet to intirni-
date Nehemiah and scare him
'into hiding in the temple. Then
they intended to belittle him
and jeer at his cowardice' But
Nehemiah refused to fall into
their trap,
It's a great story of faith, hard
work and cooperation. God
blessed them, and the walls were
completed, Nehemiah saw the
realization of his vision.
We need these elements in the
church today. Without faith it
is impossible to please God,
Faith can only survive in a pray-
ing heart. Then we need hard
work. The preacher can't do it
all. There must be others who
are willing to tithe their time to,
advance the kingdom of God.
We :lutist have popergtion, 9171*
people had a mind to Work. They
worked well together. This spirit
will win anywhere. We need
more Of 'it in our churches today.
In olden days in Britain ex-
ecution followed judgment with
terrifying speed. Directly fol-
lowing the fatal words ... "That
you be taken hence . —" the
condemned man was taken out
and hanged, after being granted
a few minutes to prepare his
soul.
That is the origin of the ex-
pression "short shrift." A priest
was always at hand to shrive
him, that is, to give him the
last rites and help him On his
journey.
The custom still persists in .
that a chaplain is always in court
when sentence of death is given,
to add "Amen" to the judge's
prayer — "May the Lord have
mercy on your soul."
Nowadays a man is rarely
sehtenced to death without a
trial which' has lasted two or
three days. Yet not so long ago,
in 1925, at the Me-110104; AO-
sizes, A inurder trial kited lit-
tle more than four minutes
when a plea of guilty, was ac-
cepted from a young man
charged with the murder of a
woman at Stretford. The accused
was condemned and, after three
Sundays had passed, he was
hanged.
As a rule the judge will re-
fuse to accept a plea of guilty in
a murder charge and will order
the case to be fully tried. But
one of the shortest cases in the
record of the Old Bailey took
place in 1935, when James Vent
pleaded guilty to' the murder of
a woman by cutting her throat
in Camberwell.
The accused, smiling broadly,
answered - "Guilty" in a loud
voice'when called upon to plead,
and waited' unconcernedly with
his hends in his pockets while
the jtidge made inquiries as to
his, mental state—and then asked
Vent's counsel to take hips out-
side the court and make sure
that he understood what he wag
pleading to. Upon his .return he
persisted in his plea. The judge,
having heard medical evidence
to the effect that the man was
sane, had no alternative but to
proceed 'to sentence,
That potatoes are ins trouble
LIKE MOTHER,. - . LIKE DAUGHTER, is this polka dotted pyjama
duet. Fashioned from silky-soft acetate crinklecrepe, these
pyjamas are generobsly cut for style' and comfort. Blessed
with a carefree nature, they are easy to wash and require' little
ironing. Not shown here is a duster for Mama which matches
the pyjamas and makes an ideal travel set.
ONE WAY OUT.
The superintendent of a zoo
was mailing, an, order. He began
the note, "Kindly send two mon-
gooses." Somehow that didn't
look right to him, so he started
again with, "Kindly send two
mongeese." Still he wasn't sat-
isfied. Finally he settled his
problem by writing, "Kindly
send me a mongoose." Then he
signed his name and added a
PS.: "Send another one with it."
tell the potato industry to keep
their shirts on to cool off, or
to act collectively to search for
some escape from a not-to-be-
discounted terrific merchandis-
ing problem for this year's crop.
SIZE OF SURPLUS
The potato. industry is in
trouble — 50 million -bushels of
trouble to say the least this year,
possible more if growing con-
ditions continue at the pros-
pective rate.
A brief, cool look-see at the
crop and merchandising outlook
may halt hysferia from many
quartets, and provide a gather-
ing ground whereby this dismal
situation may' be remedied.
The"big offenders in the over-
production of potatoes' this Year
are the eight major late states.
They exceeded the recommend-
ed goals of USDA, but the big-
gest offender Was the weather,
which provided Perfect ' condi-
tions up to this 'time to boost
yields to a point where' the, ex-
pansion of acreage has been ex-
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IKINE WORDS — Costunied as a
cow, a woman member of the
Ceylon Hurneinitarian „Society in
Colombo,sings a song after mak-
ing a speech denounci,,ig cattle-
'killing. It was the annual "Pity,
the Cow" meeting.
has been, evident for some time.
Most of the trouble stems from
the situation in the United States
and the subsequent threat of
imports, The Amerieane have
a surplus estimated at 50,000,-
000• bushels above market re-
quirements, As is always the
case when the surplus position
develops there is a wild hunt
for markets and of course, in
this case, Canada looks like a
good disposal area.
Here in Ontario under the
threat of imports when the duty
of 371/2 cents per hundredweight
came off automatically on July
31 prices broke sharply as deal-
ers indicated intentions of seek-
ing supplies across the border.
The break in prices prevented
heavy imports although enough
have come in to make the in-
dustry realize that the U.S.A.
crop is in control of the, situa-
tion unless the Canadian Gov-
ernment takes immediate action.
Certainly the position of the
Canadien potatoe industry is
ample proof of the need for
some degree of tariff protection
if the industry is to survive.
Some idea of how grim the
situation is in the United States
is to be had from the following
extracts from American publi-
cations;—
THE POTATO WORLD
The 1955 potato crop is fore-
cast at 400,335,000 bushels —
12 percent above the 1954 re-
vised production of 356,031,000
bushels and less than one per-
cent below the 10-year average
of 401,146,000 bushels.
(The revision of the previous
year's crop, which is usually
made in the following December,
was made for this report.) The
revised production of 1954 dif-
fers less than one million bush-
es from the preliminary ,esti-
mate published in December
1954. The prospective 1955 crop
is the largest crop since 1950
when. 429,896,0000 bushels were
produced.
The indicated production of
400 million bushels stunned
everybody. Guesses on the July
Production Estimate were "'gen-
erally 375 to .385 million bushelse
hilt nobody expected a „ peoduc-
tion of 400 million. Everybody
was stunned to say`the leaet. It
means a huge surplus. It had an
immediate affect on the market .
as everyone felt that the'' pro-
duction is so large that it's
simply, a hopeless cause. * * •
Last year, we produced 355
million bushels and eve' that
crop was too large in Spite 'of '
the feet. that Maine potatoes, due
to weather' conditions, showed
such err unusually large,. cull-out.
The old potato'deal was headed
for a poor wind-up When di-
saster hit Alabama the 'last few
`days in March. Wiping. out of
the Alabama crop with serious*
damage to some of 'the other
states bordering tbe Gulf wiped
Out a lot of May potatoes so that
old potatoes made an immediate,
aboutface and had a' strong
wind-up. It was a' ditaster in
the South that brought about a
strong, wind-up to old, potatoes
last year when we only pro-
duced 355 million.
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WASHINGTON, D.C., July 29
— Nothing is ,to be gained by
telling a drowning man he could
,have learned -to swim before he
went out in a canoe that over-
turned.
" Likewise, little is to be gained
now for trade or' officialdom to
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male hospital recently a• cat,
which had swallowed a hatpin
nearly six inches long, was op-
era ted upon successfully while
another patient, a small terrier
weighing only seven pounds
which had swallowed a piece
of lead pipe two inches long,
waited his turn patiently.
An X-ray photograph,- once
revealed that a dog had become
a "money-box"; - an operation
brought to light nine pennies
and a half:penny: A Blenheim
spaniel which was the .victim of
a' road' accident was fitted with
a false leg and a false paw. The
leg was made of silver covered
with leather and had a flexible
joint which the dog quickly:
learnedto use.
False -teeth for animals,are
now no novelty. One of the rst
complete sets was made for a
favourite dog belonging to the
late King George V.
Shake surgery cart be tricky,
but it is usually quite success-
ful. At the London Zoo as long
ago as 1924 a 'deadly snake suf-
fering from abscess in the jaw
was operated' on.
Thepatient was a green mam-
ba, that terror of the African
forest which lies in wait for its
victims amid the branches of
trees. A specially-designed box
was. used as an opreating
theatre'so that the surgeon
could work in comparative
safety.
The protesting reptile was
hooked into the box and then
a noose was inserted through an
aperture and manipulated over
its head, The noose was pulled
tight and with the patient thus
secured the operation was per-
tained successfully,
Fish swain swiftly to and
fro in the world's strangest
surgery — a giant tank at Pal,
Os Verdes, California — a short
time ago while a surgeon with
special breathing apparatus per-,
formed a delicate eye operation
on Charlie, a myopic bat ray
Weighing fifty pounds,
Charlie had accidentally blind-
ed •IiiinSelf by banging ton vig-
orously` on the ease wall of the
tank, which is kholeti as all
oeeanakiure,
A crowd. gathered to Watch
Arid to hear, the eye surgeon,
Dr, George' Blaedel give a run-
ning, bommentery, on the 'opera.
tiori civet' '6 public address sere-
tent
FaSciiiated, they saw Charlie,
tinder an - anaesthetic, lying
W41313ecir a operating'
fable laden with weights. The
ortoon *bee a epecial tette Ott
faceplate. to correct under,
Water &eta-Ceti and a 'diver
Steed by, with at. tray Of surgical
inStriMidifte.
Lives of Many dreattieee are
low saved yearly by surgical
operations Whielt Were once
Thought IMPOSSible,
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silways sWaileiving things they
shouldn't; At one London ani-
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When the Germans launched
their parachute,roine ,attack on
London, Officers of the Enemy
Mining Section of Ver,
non, Portsmouth, rushed to
town to tackle three unexploded
Ones at Edmonton and Walt-
thbaelnms all day.dealt successf ully
of-
ficer escort who had stayed near
commander asked. the police
with "Howtw9about the third?" the
"Didn't I tell you? Some
mad Irishman dashed in and
dealt with it earlier this morn-
ing before you got up here, A
miracle he wasn't blown sky-
high, I should say."
Another m,i ning . officer
named Kelly, was tackling one
on, the rim of a Midlands coun-
try town when he heard a Sal-
. \ration. Army band playing in
the distance, It got on his
nerves so much that he had to
telephone to have it stopped. ,
The hymn it kept playing was
"Nearer; my God, to Thee!"
As he began the last opera-
tion but one, whirr went the
fuse. With only a few seconds
to spare, he dived for the shel-
ter-trench ,but before he could
reach it the mine exploded,
flinging him into some bushes,
stunned but unhurt. After he'd
been carried to a near-by cot-
tage the doorbell rang, and
there stood a Salvatioriist.
"He'll be all right?" he in-
quired, "He must be all right.
As soon as we heard he .was
tackling that mine we went
right down on our knees in the
market-place and prayed that
nothing should happen to him
—so he's got to be all right,"
"Well, you've been answer-
ed," a colleague of Kelly's ad-
mitted "and mighty grateful we
are for your thoughts , . . But,
you know, I reckon anyone
would have got fed up with that
particular tune at that parti-
cular time."
At Kidbrooke Park, S.E. Lon-
don, an old lady watching a
mine being dealt with insisted
on seeing inside it, and even
used her umbrella against a
policeman who tried to inter-
vene. "I've paid 'my rates and
taxes, so I'm entitled to see
what's going on in my bor-
ough;" she declared. Nothing,
no one, was going to stop her!
An officer wle,,o "ran into a
bit of trouble " told his col-
leagues: "We were working on
a type D, and, the fuse started
to go: I hopped Over a fence or
two. Anderson was behind rae.
When I reckoned rid' got far
enough I got my head down
quick. None too soon really, for
the thing blew u‘e a couple of
seconds later. When it was all
over I got up and trotted back
a bit, looking for' Anderson, I
couldn't see him anywhere.
'Then from the far corner of the
garden something stirred! There
was an unearthly rattle of old
corrugated iron, and' then part
of a compost-heap, got up and
walked towards me! Anderson '
really put his foot in it."
Grim "Secret Weapon"
Such was the humour of the
gallant Navy men whose brav-
ery and resource in tackling
magnetic, acoustic and other
"secret weapon" mines, John
Frayne Turner records in thrill-•
ing detail in "Service Most
Silent."
Sub-Lieutenant R. B. Suther-
land, a diving officer, was
working gingerly at a mine
three fathoms down, a furlong
off Falmouth, knowing that it
it were not magnetic' but acous-'
tic, the slightest -sound would
kill hien.
He gripped the cap, ready to
fit it over the fuse. As the two
touched a slight sound was in-
evitable. The mine microphone
picked it, up, .firing the mine
with a terrific explosiOn. Lieut.
J. F. Noholsen, R.N„V.R., with
two sailers in the accompanying
leunch, The. Mouse,, were blewn
into the water. Sutherland, two
seamen assisting him, and three
others in the diving-boat were
/all killed,
At the Customs House Quay
lay a launch with its motor
running. The explosion, a fur-
long off, threw the cox forward
' on top of the gear-lever, launch-
ing the Veesel forward.
* P,y an amazing coincidence its
bows were headed straight' for
the three survivors struggling
in the water. Whether they
could have held out much long-
er is doubtful, but the cox was
able to pick them up so quickly
that they Were hi hoinital
belying attention Only twenty
minutes after the explosion.
On ground, near, •Petkibroke
Dock, Aussie tieut. R. H 8yrne,
R,A,N,17,11,, had "to tackle a pee
radinete mine with 1,500 lb. of
explosiVe in it, known to Oh=
tairi the most ingeitiotit booby-
trap the gaziS eVer deviSed
scare our experts from probing
its secrets : plietd-elettrid cells
fitted behind little glass win
flows under the clothe, and Ceti-
netted to the eXPlesiVe circuit
SO that the Mettielit the. dome
was removed daylight . Would
operate the Celle and fire the
Whale Works.
Accordingly, rte Werked at it
in the clerk, ,Bided by only A AnSWer this ohgi,