The Seaforth News, 1956-01-26, Page 7INGERF'ft
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A short while ago 1 went out
en a limb suggesting that the
Federation of Agriculture, Wo-
men's Institutes and Farm For-
ums look into the proposed Na-
tional Health Insurance, es-
pecially since Labour is now
agitating for action along those
lines. I expected I might be dis-
turbing a hornet's nest but so
far only one letter of protest
has come my way. Does that
mean that farm readers are not
interested in this plan?
The writer of the one letter
received gives me all the details
about the spade work that was
done by the Federation of
Agriculture as far back as 1943.
She assumes - quite wrongly
-the I had either forgotten or
was ignorant of the fact that
the OFA had always done every-
thing possible to implement a
National Health Plan. That I
know, but after all their time
and trouble, what did we get?
Certainly not a National Health
Flan. For one reason the time
was not yet ripe. Active interest
did result in the forrnation of
Co-operative Medical Services.
The Women's institutes were
also busy, and in this country
at least, were responsible for
the establishment of a County
Health Unit. But that is a far
cry from a National Health
Plan. The point 1 wanted to
make clear - but in that 1 ap-
parently failed -was that NOW
is the psychological moment for
farm groups to get busy look-
ing into the working mechanics
of the Proposed Health Plan be-
fore it comes into force. To
make sure that farm people get
a square deal - that the Farm-
er is not the Forgotten Man.
"There is a tide in the affairs
of man which taken at the flood,
Leads on to fortune". That ap-
plies to a Health Plan just as .
much as to a person. •
Not everyone can take an ac-
tice part in farm organizations
but every person can take suf-
ficient interest to keep inform-
ed On what is being done on his
or her behalf. We shall be
watching with interest the re-
action of farm groups when
more details of the Federal -
Provincial Health Plan are made
known.
Maybe when details are com-
plete for health plans for hu-
mans we might star thinking
about a health plan for live-
stock! A grade cow isn't worth
much these days so that if she
gets sick a farmer can pay out
half her value in 'vet' bills and
medicine.
FOR GLACIER -FROZEN DINOSAUR STEAK -You need a "cold -
house" - not a hothouse -to grow mushrooms like these. They're
an item of winter's harvest on Chicago's lakefront. Freezing
spray produces the effect as it does the cupcake -like formations
en pilings in background.
SUMMER "SNOWSTORM" - It's summer "down under;' and
these men are walking through a blizzard of locusts near Mel-
bourne as winged hordes plague Australian farmlands.
SPRAY -ON DRESSING - A transparent, plastic bandage is
sprayed on a wound after surgery. The spray -on dressing allows
a surgeon to study surgical wounds during recovery without
removing the bandage. The bandage sticks to the skin, drying
In about 30 seconds, but it won't stick to the raw wound itself.
In the meantime farluera
have another little matter to
ii0e fs,over. We already have
irt'tg&,'sur 7luses of wheat on
hand so it doesn't comfort us
at all to learn that Great Britain
has developed a new type of
hard wheat - "Koga Two" that
topped Canadian varieties at
our own Royal Winter Fair. Re-
cording to press reports farm-
ers in the United Kingdom ex-
pect to grow enough of this
wheat for the current crop year
to save about $10,000,000 in im-
ports of hard wheat from
Canada. That's fine for Great
Britain - whom we have to ad-
mire for her pluck and enter-
prise. But the implications are
staggering in regard to Canada.
So developments in that direc-
tion will also be quite interest-
ing to follow. Too bad it so of-
ten happens that one man's
meat is another man's poison.
What a lot of worry our four -
footed animals are saved by not
having brains with which to
think. Or have they? Surely
animals have some sort of
thinking apparatus. What they
do can't all be the result of in-
stinct. Take Rusty for instance.
Since he got hit by a car, and
had his 1pg broken as a result,
he won't go near the road at all
-for which we are very thank-
ful. He follows Pbrtner all over
the place but if Partner heads
for the road Rusty turns tail
and comes home. Yesterday .he
I did something very bad - but
cute, just the same. 1 had left
a glass of milk on the kitchen
cabinet for Partner. Rusty carne
along, puthis two front feet on
the cabinet and helped himself
to the glass of milk without
ever spilling the milk of break-
ing the glass. We might never
have known what happened if
Partner hadn't caught him in
the -act. Rusty is still only about
a year old. Such a big dog and
yet just an overgrown puppy.
He has the craziest way of flop-
ping himself around partly be-
cause, since his leg was broken,
fie can't sit naturally on his
hind end, so he sprawls either
on one side or the other.
Robbie is just the opposite.
He sleeps down the cellar now
and with his little short legs he
has quite a time getting up and
down the cellar stairs, as they
are quite steep. But it wasn't
long before - either by thought
or instinct - he learnt to take
a run from halfway across the
cellar. So now he is almost up
the stairs before he knows it-
just like a horse getting up
speed to jump a fence.
How many readers, 1 wonder,
had a Christmas cactus in bloom
for the festive season. Last year
my cactus had finished bloom-
ing by Christmas, This year, as
soon as the buds began to form,
I moved the plant to a cold
room. Now it has four blooms
and lots of half -opened buds.
Just the way I wanted it.
That Long Aril
Coincidence is usually frown-
ed upon in fiction, but in real
life, -history often repeats itself,
What has seemed like a fluke
occurs again and again,
When Wallasey youth Frank
Cookson fell into the River
Mersey, he probably resolved
that it wouldn't happen again.
But this August, Frank, now
fifteen, was hauled out for the
third time. Holidaymakers on
the beach at Egremont formed' a
chain to rescue him.
It was a rather alarming ex-
perience for P.C. Harry Ward,
of Eastbourne, when he was
lowered over Beachy Head to
recover a woman's body. Then
he had to do it a second time,
within a fortnight of his first
ordeal.
Some people are dogged by
the most unlikely disasters.
Martha Matilda, a Bulgarian
and was three times bereaved.
On each occasion her husband
was killed by lightning.
But luck was decidedly with
Figeroa Teofilo, a Mexican, who
was involved in two 'plane crash-
es - in one day. Each time he
escaped with only minor in-
juries.
In 1928 Max Grosskreutz, a
speedway rider, fell from his
machine and broke his wrist.
Rumour magnified the disaster
and Australian newspapers re-
ported his death.
Three years later, still alive
and kicking, he read a second
obituary. Amazingly, it hap-
pened yet a third time. When
he left the Argentine for
Australia, fans mistakenly pre-
sumed his death and sent
wreaths for his funeral.
Whenfamous people: fall ill.
their deaths are often falsely
reported. It occurred twice in
the case of Vesta Tilley, . the
music -hall star, It has happened
twice. to Bing Crosby, too.
The oldest true story of this
kind concerns John ' Kovecs, a
Montenegrin. Twice he was
thought to be dead and his body
taken to the mdrtuary, but each
time he had merely gone kite
a trance.
PRAYER FOR A THRONE -Prince
Don Juan Carlos prays at a mon-
astery near Barcelona, Spain,
after his return from exile in
Portugal. He is the son of the
pretender to the Spanish throne.
Rumor would have it that Gene-
'alissimo Franco may restore the
as Spain's chief of state,
Played Chess With
Prison Bread
James Alla learnt to play
chess in a country well known
for its sanious study of the
game -Russia. But the circum-
stances in which his initiation
took place weren't happy ones.
Nor were the chessmen he used ,
the beautifully carved figures
that are sometimes played with.
His introduction to the game
happened during the war while
he was held prisoner by the
Russians. Allan's instructor, a
fellow prisoner hailing from
Samarkand, undertook the role
of teacher, and the chessmen
their meagre bread ration. This
bread was ideal for the pur-
pose -it set like a rock after
three days.
Moulded into the various
shapes of kings, queens, bishops,
knights and pawns, it was left
to harden. Colouring for the
white pieces was supplied by
whitewash scraped off walls
with finger -nails, burnt match-
sticks provided the black col-
ouring for opposing pieces.
Even to this day, writes James
Allan, D.C.M„ in an inspiring
and moving account of his grim
adventures while in Russian
hands, No Citation", he finds
himself calling "Shakh!" instead
of "Check!"
Making slow progress from a
leg wound, Allan, a :lance -cor-
poral in the Military Police, was
captured by the Germans in a
British military hospital shortly
before Dunkirk. A daring and
hazardous escape across Ger-
many to neutral Russian terri-
tory didn't bring him the free-
dom he sought. He was prompt-
ly clapped into prison -a suc-
cession pf prisons.
In one prison, he, with sev-
eral others, decided on a hung-
er strike in an attempt to im-
prove their lot. Later came • the
ineviable interrogation. During
the inquiry a woman interpreter
suddenly snapped: "Who was
the first to go on hunger
strike?" Undaunted, Allan re-
plied: "Sylvia Pankhurst; and
Gandhi had a go at it, too."
Followed a fuulous shuffling
of papers, frowns from the in-
terrogator, frustrated searching,
and finally an inquiry from the
interpreter: "Pankhurst, how do
you spell that?"
The fact that Allan, before
entering the C.M.P. had been in
the Scots Guards, was the cause
of yet another bawling out at
the hands of his captors. De-
tails of service were entered in
his papers, and the interrogator
demanded to know for what
reason Scotland Yard and M.I.
5, had arranged his entry into
Russian territory.
Allan, flabbergasted, denied
all knowledge of any link with
either organization. Quite a
stormy interchange of views
took place before he realized
that his questioners had formed
a strong tie-up between the
Scots Guards and Scotland
Yard.
Paradoxically enough James
Allan owed his eventual release
to Hitler. Germany's invasion of
Russia turned that country from
a deeply -suspicious neutral into
a powerful ally. The wheels of
officialdom' began to grind
slowly, and at long last James
Allan was released and returned
to England with the first Allied.
Mission to Moscow, under the
leadership of LOrd Beaverbrook
and Mr. Averell Harriman, in
late 1941.
His award of the Distinguish-
ed Conduct Medal was made
without citation. But the reader,
after learning of his harrowing
eXperienees, can arrive at but
One conclusion - that it was
awarded : for the courage he
showed while in Russian hands.
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