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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1960-06-23, Page 4SOVIET LEADERS VISIT INDIA — Garland - becked Soviet President Kliment Y. Voroehilov poses with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (left) and President Rajendra Pro-sad (right), on his arrival in India Jan. 20 for a goodwill visit. Traveling with Voroshiloy was First Deputy Premier Frol R. Kozlov (second from left). The Soviet leaders leaders received a subdued wel- come from a small crowd but warmer greetings from the Indian leaders. had fainted, and for weeks after she had been very ill through the combined shock of losing her young husband whom Angus had brutally murdered, and the terri- ble scene she had witnessed in the courtroom. Tom left his chair, a glitter of determination in his kindly grey eyes. He must rid himself of those ugly thoughts of the past. He must find Angus before he could do any harm and, gun or no gun, he must carry out his duty whatever the cost. The night was still, and a warm, gentle breeze was blowing as Tom hurried down the empty street., First, he knew, he must get to Jenny — and get there before Angus, As he neared his destination he lengthened his stride. So far he had seen and heard nothing that was cause for alarm. Then a ter- rified scream split the silence of the night, and brought Tom to a sudden stop, a terrible fear gripping him. Then another shrill scream rent the air, followed this time by the boom of a shotgun. "Jenny!" cried Tom, and ran as he had never run before, As he reached the end of the long main street he could hear doors and windows being open- ed -and people's questioning voices, He turned the corner and forced himself to a standstill, breathing hard. He stared in horror at the scene that met his eyes. A few yards away was Angus. Tall and thin, wearing an old raincoat that was two sizes too big for him, he stood in the centre of the road staring into the open doorway of the local newsagent's shop, owned. and run by Jenny. In his right hand he held a double-barrelled shotgun. Torn could see a huddled mass lying in the doorway. He knew It was Jenny — perhaps dead or badly injured. Scattered all round were broken pieces of glass from a shattered window just above where she was lying. He wanted to go up to Angus and take the shotgun from his hand, He wanted to rush for- ward to see if Jenny was dead or not, It was his duty to do these things, but his legs would not respond, He was frightened — terrified, Angue, though he must have heard Tom's approach, atilt did not move. He continued to stare at the body lying in the doorway, Then ha spoke, "Jenny," he called, hr a strange, high-pitched troice. "Jen- ny, I've come back. I've kept my Promise and come back to kill you!" Perhaps it was the. sudden. move Angus -made with the shot- gun that made Tom aot. He took a step forward and called out. "Angus!" The shotgun was levelled at the huddled figure in the door- way when Tom's voice rang out, Angus whirled round and drop- ped into a crouch, his face a white mask of mad fury, He Who Really Did Discover Wireless? There has paver yet been a great discovery Pr inveation that has not produced rival olainants. Wireless• la exeep, tion. The world has long eteeePted Marconi as the inventor of wire- less and will doubtless' continue• to do so, But was he really the first with the invention? There are tarp rival claims — one British, oe leueeian, It was in the early summer of 18e5 that Marconi, their a young man with only a slender scientific education, transmitted wireless signals across the gar- den of his father's home near Bologna, Italy, They were only feeble signals, but by transmitting them with- out wires, Ma: Boni had done what had long seemed to he im- possib' Thrilled by his suceess, Mar- coni came to England to further his invention, ens' took out the first patent for wireless tele- graphy ever granted- At that time there was a very progressive chief engineer at the Post Office, Sir William Preece, Marconi, called on him and was received with great in- terest. "We will give you pro- per tests on Salisbury Plain," Sir William Preece said, after hear- ing in detail of the young Ita- lian's achieveihent. These tests were highly suc- cessful and tremendous interest was aroused, not only In scienti- fic circles, but among ordinary people. Marconi's discovery was heralded as the most astounding scientific miracle of the age — even more so than today's moon rocketa But a few months before Mar- coni's achievements, in October, 1894, there arrived at Southamp- ton, from New Zealand, a young scientist whose brilliant record at the University of Otago had earned the attention of Sir S. J. Thomson, 0.M., F.R.S, director of the world-famous 'Cavendish • Laboratories at Cambridge. The young man, Rutherford, came to Cambridge as a research student, although he was al- ready a Doctor of Science of his own university. "What work do you think. I should engage in?" asked tine Therford, "Try to transmit 'signals with- out wires," suggested the direc- tor, ''he idea fired the imagination of the young researoh etudent and later that year, after an astonishingly short period of ex- herimentation, Rutherford told is chief: "I •have clone It" At that time Rutherford was living in lodgings at Trumping- ton, about a mile from the la- boratory. Using a detector that ho had invented while at Otago Uni- versity, he had transmitted wire- Mess signals between the labora- tory and his lodgings, Sir J. J. Thomson saw at once i the there was the seed of an epoch-making scientific develop- ment. "This should be commercially exploited," he advised. Ruther- ford, But Rutherford was complete- ly uninterested in wireless as a commercial proposition, He re- turned to the laboratory and turned his mind to other scien- tific experiments, Sir J. 3. Thomson, however, was not content to leave things there. He travelled to London inut explained to city financiers *hat Rutherford had alloyed. MAINS it in-a,crodiodos., Pe, diodes, tiny sinellete to transistors, ore used tronic brains,' These, particular that wwIll nee /4- /Ika ease erecters But nobody was: ieterestedl no, body saw the mast possibilities inherent in those feeble signets. that etteeed, along the tree lined roads of Cambridge in October, 1804, No British patent was taken Mit in that year and nearly' year was to pass before Kerma made his first signals .in Italy and took out the first wirelesis Patent ,ine London; There does not seem to be any doubt that it was a British, set- elitist who lira invented wire- less, yet Rutherford's name is elmost never recalled in this conneetion, Evidence et the modesty and magoarnioity that characterized -Rutherford, perhaps the greatest physicist of the century, is pro- vided by the fact that it was irk who presented Marconi with the Gold Medal of the Instity.te of Electrical Engineers. In a tribute to the Italian, Rutherford said, "I may recall that in my youthful days in Cambridge I was myself inter- ested in wireless waves and de- vised a simple magnetic detec- tor for these waves. I am glad to know that Marconi was able to develop and transform the germs of this simple device into a reliable detector." The story of the third claim- ant to the honour of the invert- iton of wireless did not break until after the deaths of both Marconi and Rutherford. It came from Russia more than sixty years after Marconi's first patent was taken out. According to the official Mos- cow claim, on May 7th, 18145, a Russian 'scientist, Alexander Popov, demonstrated an appara- tus for the transmission of wire- less messages. In March, 1896, it was claimed, he described his process in a scientific eeetrnal. In that year, the RusSiani some- what belatedly galenist Popov transmitted his first wireless signals, The fact that this news cante sixty years later does not how- ever, mean that the Russian claim is bogus. It is not impro- bable that, within a year or so of one another, three scientists hit on the same idea. One of the greatest scientific theories ever evolved came in- dependently from the brains of two naturalists who had never met. One of these was Charles Dar- win, -the immortal discoverer of the law of the survival of the fittest. Less widely remembered la Alfred Russell Wallace, the na- turalist, who also postulated this revolutionary theory to account for the evolution of species. While living in Down, Kent,. Darwin evolved his theory and- wrote, over a number of year's, his famous "Origin of Species." At the same time in Sarawak, Borneo, Wallace, who was suf- tiering from intermittent spells of fever, set down on paper an evolutionary theory which he had formed, When he had fin- ished the arduous job, he decid- ed to acquaint the great Darwin with his ideas. Darwin read Wallace's manu- script with growing astonish, merit. The next day he wrote to his friend, Sir Charles Lyell: "If Wallace had had. my MS sketch written out in 1842, he could not have made a better short extract. I never saw a more striking coincidence." This is a famous example of the way in which two scientists can arrive at identical, revolu- tionary conclusions without any sort of contact with one another. FUNNY FEELING — in the shop of deal Sam Kromer, above, you may get the feeling that someone le staring at you. Sam- sells gloss ayes to hallebyists who use them in jewelry des- oratIone. Gr vei.Voiced At Water Revue Andy Devine, star of motion picture, television and radio and one of the big names in Holly- wood's long list of talented per- formers, will act as II/faster of Ceremonies at the stage and wa- ter revue of the 1960 Canadian. National Sportsmen's Show, March 11 to 19. Loyal M. Kelly, the show's general manager, in a flying trip to Hollywood, completed ar- rangements with Devine to take part in this annual public ser- vice project. Profits from thse show will again be used to carry on a varied program designed to conserve Canada's natural re- sources of forest, field and stream. Keenly interested in conserva- tion, Devine is an all-round sportsman reputed to be an en- thusiastic fisherman and hunter and. participates in various other outdoor activities. Dog shows will be held on March 16, 17, 18 and 19, Some of the most outstanding and prized dogs in both Canada and the United States will be on displaY, Billy Still Keeps On Going The Rev. Billy Graham, whose evangelistic e missionary travels have already taken him to five continents, departed this week for Africa and a two-arid-a-haif- month tour of nine countries. Still not completely recovered from the eye trouble that has plagued .him the .past year, the evangelist will taro over most of the preaching to six associates and snake only 24 per- serial eppeatances, Neverthe, less, he Will not be taking things• easy. Mindful' of the Af- ricans' rabid nationalism And their suspicion of Waite niiselori- erieS as agents of colonialism. Billy will spend a good deal of time With Ideal church leaders discussing the Problem's' of e. Centihent in transition. The sr, ranger-tient committees in each Crusade city are to' be headed by Africans. Obey the traffic eigtie they` etc Pieced there fete It 0 CI It SAFETY, Grim Death On The Prowl A r--mplete Story by ,..oy Cazeaux Police Constable Tom Fergu- son very seldom discussed the arrest he made a few months be- fore he was due to retire. On the rare occasions when the subject did men) up, he emphatically in- sisted that he had not been brave or courageous. He had sim- ply carried out his duty, and that was all. But the villagers of Dilchester thought otherwise. They knew how near death Tom Ferguson had been on that unforgettable night when, unaided, he had faced the unreasoning fury of a maniacal killer. They knew it had taken courage — fantastic courage •— to bring about the arrest, But because they respected Tom, who was not just their sole representative of law and order in Dilchester but also their life- long friend, they kept silent. As far as they were concerned It was a closed incident, but one that would never be forgotten, It was the telephone that brought the news which led to the arrest. It rang late in the evening, just as torn was retir- ing for the night. As he lifted` the receiver he wondered who was 'phoning at that hour in the evening, "Fer- guson here," he said, stifling a yawn, The voice .at the other end of •• the line was urgent. He recogniz- ed it as the inspector's from po- lice HQ, and the first few words spoken wiped all thoughts of go- ing to bed from his mind, "Bad news, I'm afraid, Fergu- son. Angus has escaped," "What!" exclaimed Tom. "Terrible shock, I know, but unfortunately there is worse to come," the inspector continued grimly. "We have good reason to believe he's armed with a shot- gun," The news numbed Tom's brain. He couldn't think clearly, "W-when did he escape, sir?" he blustered out, "Some time this morning, but nobody found out until a few hours ago," came the reply. "Consequently we have only just been notified. Somebody slipped up badly there. I've started a full-scale search but it will take about twenty minutes for some- one to reach Dilchester, so . . ." "I'd better not wait, sir," in- terrupted Tom, trying to keep his voice steady, "He's had plenty of time to reach the village by now, so I'd better check at Once, If X do see him, I'll bring him in." "Now listen, Ferguson," the inspector's voice sounded alarm- ed. "If you do see him, don't take any chances, You know well enough how dangerous he is." Tom eeplaced the receiver slowly, his weather-beaten face filled with apprehension as he thought of Angus — Dilehester's skeleton in the cupboard — a dark shadow that marred the otherwise peaceful history of the village, Ten years ago, when Angus had been only eighteen years of age, he had Suddenly, without any warning, gone beeetec, at- tacking and killing •his best friend, Revenge, geld the prosecution, because his friend had married the girl Angus had been in Rive With, Insanity, pleaded the de- fence, and the defence had won, And now he had escaped . . so that he could terry out: the threat •he bad made on the last day of his trial? The scene in that nourteooni was still vivid in TOM'S MIMI, "I'll get you," Angus had scream- eel froth the dock, his fade twist- ed with hate, "I'll come back field kill yen!" They had to drag him away, rieeeatiiiiig and str'ugglin'g'. Pobt Jenny, at wliern AngtiA /fed been directing. his threats; pointed the gun at Tom., and slowly started to. back away. "Keep Ow teen), •rne," he yelled shrilly, °Keep away!" Tom never expected to reach Angus alive. Zaeli. leng stela he took he expected to be his last, But the blast of the shotgun never came, and AS he neared the preached, trembling figure that had ceased to- retreet,• he started to speak soothingly, using all his will-power to keep his voice cairn, "Angus, lad," he said eeftia. • "Nebody'e, .going to. hurt you, DOA be frightened," Angus straightened,. brought the gun up to his shoul- der and took deliberate aim, Then, suddenly, a, strange look came into the wild face of Angus. The shotgun was slowly lowered until it dropped with a clatter to the ground, For a moment there was com- plete silence, as the two stared at each other, then Angus broke down, He covered his face with his hands, and heartrending sobs racked his body, Tons stooped and picked up the shotgun, broke it open and found that there was one spent and one live cartridge in the breech. He ejected them both. He looked at Angus, again and knew there would be no more trouble from him, There were tears in Tom's eyes and he had to turn away. He could stand it no longer, but somehow he managed to control his feelings as he walked back to where a crowd of villagers had gathered • round the open door- way where Jenny was lying, The villagers silently let him through, and just as he 'readied Jenny, she opened her .eyes and gazed fearfully around. She saw Tom bending anxiously over her, and she remembered. • • "Toni," she began, her voice a whisper. "Oh, Tom, it — it was Angus." • "Hush, lass,'; interrupted Tom. "Don't worry. Angus can't hurt you now." Adoctor came and attended to her. Suffering from shock and nothing else, he said. She must have fainted just before Angus had fired the gun and the shot had gone over her head and shattered the window. Satisfied that Jenny was all right, Tom returned to Angus who was standing passive, his thin, white face empty of all ex- pression, Slowly, gently, he took Angus by the arm and led, him away through the silent villagers who, es the pair passed by, averted theft eyes. They were sad 'and yet their Strange Beliefs. Ahoot Sneezing a January bride :sneezes twice during the weddinga Wee mossy she's likely to. have twins reports student of Interelatientst. folklore, who has been, checking up on the world's strange .saee.z., Ing If a Man. proposes and sneezes before lie receives "-Yes"' for ag answer, the engagement will be broken before a year has penes*, If a girl sneezes when she Is• re, eelying her engagement ring, then her lover will be fickle. Every country has some sneee- lag superstitions, marry of them contradictory. An old English belief is that to sneeze et night is a pod omen for the hottea where the sneeze occurs, WS a good sign to sneeze twice at the beginning of a meal. And when a baby sneezes, and thota laughs, he will grow vigorous and strong, according to Devon folklore, If he sneezes and look's round to the right, he'll he elever. When Eskimos sneeze, they don't say "God bless you!" letse "Come back!" imagining thae their souls are in flight, Lap, .larders bow to a person whe sneezes, believing he will bring them luck. Brazilians. and Porta- guese say, "May you be pre- served for many years." The Zulus hate sneezing. One of their early rulers,. .Tchakaa couldn't stand the sound of sneeze --- possibly because it re,• minded him of his odd name. Anyone who sneezed in his pres- ence was put to death Bantu babies are held in the smoke of a fire of aromatic wood • until they sneeze to prove they are not bewitched. In the High- lands of Scotland it used to be thought that until a new-born child sneezed it was under the spell of fairies. Some Highland- era still believe that to sneeze when you are talking to a friend is a sign that you are telling the truth. In olden times if someone sneezed when a man was dress- ing in the morning, . he would. probably return to bed to escape the bad luck that would other- wise overtake him during the day. This superstition survives to-day in some European coun- tries. sadness was mingled with pride . — pride which they knew they could not voice, ft had taken; great courage to arrest Angus Courage because Tom had faced death and courage because it was his own flesh and blood — hie own sen wheal he had had to ar- rest, Prom "Tit-Bite Tiles thimble tortroine 1,053 electronic airceitry oarnelorienti in digital ereitiptiters, the iletec- microdiacirees havir perfreernoreea brainier than eon*. /lc arid have no literal meaning. GET THE MESSAGE? — This book-thumbing visitor to a kerne Ole gallery isn't trying to translate' the mystifying message on the canvas. We called "CfOokwork.'r Italiam painter CariogroW eteeanget alpharlOetitell shapes in patterns that are purely ditties MAKING TNEIR: Aottocilii4 to. 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