HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1948-1-7, Page 7"wader Airport
World Crossroad
North America's gateway to the
world. is how some describe the
Gander Airport. situated in the centre -
of the muskeg, lake and woods region
of the almost uninhabited interior of
Newfoundlaml. Standing on an un-
obstructed plateau. Gander is large
and modern, and handles a simply
amazing amount of traffic,
Nowhere else is -man's conquest
of world aviation symbolized as it
heat Gt nder Airport, says a writer
in 'PRINK, There you realize with
a thrill that on the route through
Gander you are closely following the
route of the Vikings of old in their
perilous journeys that finally reached
the Northern tip of Newfoundland
long years ago.
Gander has hecotnc the meeting
place of the world because it lies
directly on the Great Circle Route to
London, to Paris, to Rome, the short-
est route from New York to Europe.
All airliners naturally follow it. and
by landing at Gander, not.quite half-
way from west to cast, the interna
tional airlines—Trans-Canada, British
Overseas. American Overseas, Pan
American, Trans -World, Air France,
Royal Dutch and Scandinavian Air-
lines System senting Norway, Swe-
den and Denmark—do not have to
carry as much fuel as would be
necessary on a non-stop crossing.
They can, therefore, increase the re-
venue-producing payload, thereby de-
creasing the cost to the present rate
of 9''f cents per passenger mile.
a' * *
Because planes carrying passengers
froth all over the world drop down
at this transatlantic junction, Gander
is also an airport of strong human
c m o tion s, particularly when the
planes come in from the east—planes
Irons Paris, from Oslo, from Pre?
gue, front Berlin. The European
passengers step off the huge Con-
stellations and Skymasters, and- at
first they seem bewildered and look
for someone to tell them what to do.
When they finally realize that they
are free to come and go as they
please, that they are at last beyond
the deep shadow of war -ravaged,
starvation ridden and controlled
Europe, they get an exalted feeling
of freedom; and you will find them
in every nook and cranny of the
Terminal Building laughing and talk'
ins with complete abandon.
Yes,- people laugh and talk a lot
at Gancicr, for most of them the first
time in a decade. This is their first
contact witlt the free New World!
* '5 *
If you study these gay European
passengers, you will often find a trio
who scent to be all wrapped up in
their own happiness. More often
than not the trio will be composed
of a fairly young Ban and an elderly
couple. The young man is either a
Canadian or an American who pass-
ed through the airport three or four
weeks ago on his way to Europe to
find his parents and bring then back
to North America with him.
This happens often at Gander.
Young nen come in on their way to
'Europe; some, who have not heard
from their relatives for two or three
years, are full of doubt, others are
expectant and hopeful; and a few
weeks later most of them drop down
on the return journey as reunited
families. Occasionally, the parents
cannot be found, and the man comes
hack alone. It all gives a strong
undercurrent of human emotion to
the stream of passengers who are
continually flowing through this
-crossroads of the world.
Leap -Year -Day Pay
For Hungry Children
On Feb, 29, in Leap Year 1948,
every citizen of United Nations
countries will be asked too -give up
a day's earnings for relief of the
worlds starving children — "one
Clay's pay for one free world,"
Some details of the plan for
this first experiment in self -taxa- '
tion on a basis of world citizen-
ship, agreed, by the U.N. assembly
and supported by trade unions,
co-operatives, farmers and employ-
ers' organizations- all over the
world, were disclosed by Mike
sorting, director of the U.N. Ap-
perl for Children,
"We estimate that there are
200,000,000 to 300,000,000 children
in the world who arc not adequate-
ly fed," Ording said,
The suits brought in by the ap-
peal ' will be used to give under-
fed children all over the world a
supplementary warm meal every
'clay while the Money lasts. No
'discrimination, will be made,
STUFF AND THINGS
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"`Ida says you gotta stop play
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mg with jtlnio.'—yar'n's; a bad
influence 1"
Most Valuable Cargo to leave Port Arthur this season -306,554 bushels of flax valued at
$2,250,000—is unloaded from 4.50 -foot lake carrier Sir Thomas Shaughnessy at Owen Sound
as she ended her record navigation season. Shaughnessy came through heavy snowstorms
using her radar equipment.
Sports — And One Thing
or Another
By FRANK MANN HARRIS
("A Sixbit Critic")
Following a custom dishonored by
time we drag out the old binoculars
— incidentally wishing 'a certain
famous camera -man wlto borrowed
the only good pair we ever owned
15 years ago would get around to
returning them—to talce our usual
peek into the future, trying to discern
what the year has in store for lovers
of sport, •
5t * *
Here we might reiterate that a
cagey plan for readers is to slip all
such expert annual predictions and
carefully save same as a guide to
future wagering. We don't Like to
boast—not if we can persuade some-
body to do it for us—but over the
years a man could have become
wealthy by placing .a flat bet on all
our personal forecasts. That is, of
course, with a copper on, or in plain
language, to lose.
* * *
So we foresee that the first big
feature of the year will be the Win-
ter Olympics, and Have no hesita-
tion in prognosticating that a flock
of new records will be set. Among ..
the old 'ones due to be shattered are
the marks for back-biting, alibi -
heaving, conversation - endurance,
bull -tossing and official -wrangling.
International relationships will be so
improved that the papers are bound
to be full of talk advocating compul-
sory military service for everybody
above the age of eight. (And why
not? When they get that age they
know everything—why not la them
do it?)
Barbara Ann ,Scott either positive-
ly will or positively w'on't ruin the
figure skating title, If ,she does, it
Will be simple justice. If nal, sus-
pect dirty work at the crossroads
and look for the Mayor of Ottawa
to jucnfr off the Chateau Lasfrier
roof Canada may, or miry not be
represented in hockey. If trot, no
doubt it's all for the best.
* * * -
During February and March there
will be a lot of games and some
hockey played in the "Big League."
Frank Selke, Dick Irvini, Frankie
Boucher, Jack Adams, Conn Smythe
and a few other shrinking violets
will be regretfully compelled to ac-
cuse otic another, atld their respec-
tive teams, of every ,crime on the
calendar, or in the dictionary. They
will be greatly abashed at alt the
space these squabbles get in tihe pa-
pers.
* * *
When playoff time arrives it will
be discovered that there is a three-
wny tic -off for, fourth position,
Somebody will come up with the
bright suggestion that they start
afresh — all six of them — from
scratch, and continue their starch
for the champion all summer. This
will be properly frowned upon es
too revolutionary—as yet.
et 1, *
Nate fork Rangers will find them-
selves in the finals and tlo' dignity
of The World's Pasted Sport will
gel another 11 -pi' boost ltmohph be-
ing heaved out i•1 favor of Ringling
Brothers' elephants before the series
is over, 11'llrn the final audit is
made The Maple Leafs will have re-
tained the Stanley Cup, o4' maybe
not. If they do, simple jusice again.
If not, lousy officiating.
* * *
Baseball, by this ,kine or ever.
several weeks before, will be in full
swing; and about now the Brooklyn
fans will be wondering why they
ever hollered for the reinstatement
of Leo Durocher, This holler is
liable to become more and more
chronic, if the pitching they showed
in the Last World's Series was on the
level. When the All Star Game is
played the same Mr. Durocher will
reluctantly yield to terrific public
pressure and consent to lead the
National League Representatives, al-
though we do not think they will
have to twist his arm to the tortue-
point. About five thirty that evening
he will be wishing he'd tet Shotten
do it,
*. * *
But we are getting ahead ,of our-
self. In the merry month of May,
horse raring cones back—officially,
that is, the "wittier tracks" being
beneath the dignity of any real lover
of The Turf; although somehow or
other we notice exactly the saute
steeds dunning on theta as perform
on the more hallowed ovals,
* •* *
If a horse entitled KING MIDAS
should happen, to win the classic
Kentuelcy Derby do not be too much
surprised—although we ;will, as 'we
only mention him because Isis is the
sole name among the entries we can
recall., Nor can we remember the
name of the steed that is a sure thing
for the Classic Kings Plate—as a
platter of fact we can't remember the
name of the otle which took the last
one, and doubt if you can either.
* * *
Along about knee deep in June a
gentleman named Jersey Joe Wal-
cott will find the cure he has long
beets seeking for this insomnia - in
fact he will find himself asleep so
suddenly that he'll wonder how he
got there. The next morning Mr.
Walcott will be telling folks he was
shanieftdly misquoted when report -
6:1„ this December, as saying , he
could licic a gentleman named bfr.
Louis any time, any place. Mr. Louis.
will sink back into his habitual state
of semi-cotna until the next time
somebody tags hint too rudely.
* *
There's a lot more coming in 1948,
which ede can clearly foresee . but
haven't the time, to tell you about
mote cyptll do so later! but, if not, .
don't let it blight yam qui loo vt3tclt.
One thing; however, we are, certain
of 'coming to pass. Spat br'oadcast-
er's will get a greaten', girantii' of
errltcinoatfr'ont watching ;cpo'rt than
anybody rise—or anyway ,round as
tharglt they' do
Be a Sport
Talcs a chancel Even a turtle
gets nowhere until ile sticks his
neck out.
Prophets Made Bad
Guesses Even Then
Back in the year 1883 there was
an English clergyman, The Rev.
F. Barham Zincke, one of the
"chaplains in ordinary" to Queen
Victoria. 'He published a phamplis
bit in which he gave his views of
what the world would be like a
century from then — that is to
say, in 1083.
By that time, according to his
calculations, there will be a
thousand millions of English-speak-
ing people in the world — 600 mil-
lion in the United States, 64 mil-
lion in Canada, 48 million in Aus-
tralia, 16 million in South Africa
and 70 million in the United
Kingdom. ---
Among these thousand million,
Ise thought, there will be no savag-
es, no serfs, 110 slaves and very
few drones or Sybarites, All will
be able to read and write and in-
clined to turn such knowledge, to
good account. They will all occupy
their own land and manage their
own political affairs. They will
have a high standard of morality
and have women occupying a far
higher position than they did at the
tine . he wrote. Competition be -
ween nations will be intellectual,
not military.
Almost 65 years have passed
since he made these prophecies; and
if the shade of the Rev. Mr. Zin-
cke is hovering around, we would
say that — with a mere 35 years
or so to go — time is rapidly
running. -out on them. Still, we
have prophets of our own, these
days, whose "batting averages"
aren't much better.
Rain and Snof
In Ontario
R a i n f all during the growing
season for most crops, April -
September, during 1940 was 13.56
inches, This was 8.17 inches less
than the preceding year, and in
comparison with a 65 -year period,
1881-1040, this was 2,28 inches be-
low the average. One month was
above normal and five below.
May with 0,55 above and July
0.03 below had the greatest de-
partures during the growing sea-
son.
The total amount of rainfall
from November 1046, to March,
1947, inclusive, was 5,17 inches,
0.58below average for 6 years.
In this pe iod the -re was a snow-
fall of 88.5 inches or 10,0 above
normal.
Saboteurs in Canada
Cause Untold Ruin
Saboteurs are at ':ork under.
Brining the found: .ion of thous-
ands of Canadial, hemi':,. While
they are seldo,l detected, their
sabotage goo.. on day and night.
They are not hirelitlg, of a for-
eign power, however, but are the
destructive fungi which cause
wood rot responsible for losses
amounting to several million dol.
lars annually in the ]Dominion
alone.
The ravages of these unseen
enemies is evidenced everywhere—
the rotting foundations of wooden
houses and barns, sagging mine
timbers, crumbling porch pillars
and steps, bulging well casings and
shalcy bridge planking. But the
losses do not stop here. Numerous
accidents and even deaths are
caused each year by the collapse
of rotten structures.
It took a war and the clever
hand of the chemist to find some-
thing to combat this insidious foe.
The weapon was copper naplithen-
ate—hailed by last war troops as
a wonder chemical which added
many years of life to ropes, net-
ting, tents, boats and wooden
barges.
Pale green in color, copper
napltthenate solution contains two
per cent copper. \Vhen applied on
wood or canvas, it appears as a
light green stain which can be
covered over with ordinary house
paint if desirable. While it may be
brushed or sprayed on, h is hest
applied by dipping—allotting the
wood to soalc in the, solution for
two to three minutes.
According to paint chemists, the
preservative is also highly effec-
tive in prolonging the life of tar-
paulins, canvas chair coverings,
binder canvases,. awnings, tents
and nets. It is safe to handle,
harmless to livestock and poultry,
and does not affect plants and seed
grains stored in treated bins or
granaries.
The popular impression is that
wood rot is confined solely to high
humidity southern countries, but
a survey has shown it is equally
destructive in the Dominion and
per capita loss to Canadian; is as
much as anywhere in the world.
The fungi which cause wood rat
and mildew are invisible organisms
carried in the atmosphere in great
numbers. When they conte to rest
anywhere and are given sufficient
moisture, they immediately set to
work feeding on the cellulose in
wood, rope and fabrics of vege-
table origin. Destruction is quick
tied sure—unless the fungi are
killed, Copper naphtellate does this
very effectively,
Stumped
A member of the Baker Street
Irregulars declared confidently at I
the clan's annual meeting that X0
good old Sherlock Holmes could
find anything "Hmpf," grumbled x
a snore skeptical brother. "I'd like at
to see the old coot find an apart- 1''
ment in the city today."
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