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The Brussels Post, 1956-01-11, Page 6Canada Continues to Move Forward Risks And Hazards TABLE TALKS daue AM: Kw It. Crump, M,E., ElaDs 1), Eng, President, adian Pacific Railway Company Place in greased layer cake pan. Brush top with oil and press in apple slices, overlap., pin g then"), generously. Sprinkle with ciramon and sugar and dot wii butter, Bake at 375' F. for 25 minutes, or until done, * GERMAN CRUMB LOAF 1/2 cup butter 3/4 cup sugar cup scalded, milk 1 cake ,yeast , Vs cup lukewarm water 2 eggs, .'beaten. 234-3 cups flour 11/1 cups soft bread crumbs 3/4 cnp brown sugar , 1 teaspoon cinnamon 34 teaspoon Salt -° bleSpecins melted butter ,,Cream thet ,butter with the sngar,. Add scalded milk and beat well. Add yeast, dissolved 'in lukewarm water, and eggs, `Add enough flour to Make a -stiff batter. `Beat 'well; cover, and anew to ,rise until doubled in bulk, about, 11/2, limits. Beat again, then spoonp dough into a deep' pie 'Pan, ,greased and ;sprinkled' With flour. Cover top with combined • erumbss brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, and melt- ed butter. Allow to rise for 20 inintiteg, then bake at 400° F. for' 20 minutes. BY Helen Houston Boileau (Christian Science Monitor) These breads are not hard to make, and they're very good! SWEDISH BYE EIMPA 1/2 teaspoon sugar 2 tablespoons juke 'warm water 1/2 cake yeast 1 teaspoons salt seeds 11/2 3 tablespoons molasses 1 teaspoon grated orange rind puepuPwmatilekr, scalded ,cis 34 131, sifted flour 11/2 tablespoons oil 114 cups sifted rye flour Stir sugar into lukewarm water.- Add yeast and • allow mixture to stand for 10 min- utes, Add caraway seeds, salt, molasses, grated orange rind, scalded milk, and water. Cool to lukewarm, then beat well, Add all but Vs cup of the white flour and beat. Add oil and rye flour, beating to make a stiff "dough. Turn out onto a board sprinkled with the remaining 514 cup, white flour. Cover dotigh '• with s bowl and allow it to'rest. - for 10 minutes. Knead dough quickly and lightly and form into a ball. Place in a bowl, grease the fop," cover, and allow to rise I% hours, or until doubled in hulk. Place in a greased 83/2 x4 3/2 x2Y4- inch loaf, cover, and again al- low to rise for 11/2 hours. Bake at 400° F. for 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to 375° F.-and bake for 40 minutes., Cool on a drarcakit,, uncovered but out of , any * 4. DUTCH APPLE BREAD 2 .cups flour 1 tahlespoon baking powder -.1 teasnoon salt 2 tatilespoima migar 134 tablespoons' butter , 1 cup ;beaten egg, ten Oil _5 tart apples, cored and sliced ° Sugar`'" '''VL;Si afCtrinli the dry ingredients to- Iether, then work M the butter. Add the ciambirieci milk and 'egg. Mix Wella'stheri roll out' 1/2 inch -thick on a attioured board. R 1 cakFe xE;4/1 BREAD 1 cup lukewarm water 1 fablespOon sugar 1 teaSpoon salt 2 tablespoons cooking oil 3% egps, flour r. ,2 egg whites, stiffly beaten 3/2 tablespoon cornstarch 1/2 "teastiOnii salt 1/2'ccupfnvater Cornmeal Dissolve yeast in % cup luke- Warm water and allow to stand for 5' minutes. Place 'the re- maining lh Cup water in a bowl and add ,sugar, salt, oil, and 1 cup of the flour. Beat vigor- uosly. Vold in stiffly beaten egg Whites and enough Of the re- maining flour to 'make a stiff dough.sa an t ny Turn . out onto a floured board until smooth and knead Place in a greased cover, and alloW to rise until doubled in bulk. Punch down, then allow to rise again until doubled in bulk. Knead lightly, cover, and allow to rest for 10 minutes. - Roll dough out into a large oval,. then ;fold the long sides drito the center, making a typi- cal French,bread leaf roll, about 14 inches long and a bit wider in the 'center than at the ends. Place the loaf On' a cooky sheet lightly sprinkled with cornmeal, Covered with a damp cloth,, and let rise until nicely rounded. Cover with a glaze • made by cooking together the cornstarch, salt, and water until thick . and transparent. After glazing, use scissors to make % inch cuts or slashes into the loaf. Place bread in the oven, with a large pan of boiling water on the shelf beneath the cooky ,sheet. Bake at 450° F. for 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 350° F. and bake for 20 minutes. * * MEXICAN THIN PONES 1% cups yellow cornmeal 1/2 cup flour 1 teaspoon salt 13/4 cups warm, water 1 tablespoon 'oil Mix dry ingredients. Blend in .the water and oil to make a rather stiff 'dough. Set aside for 20 minutes, then using hands, shape mixture into balls. Flat- ten these balls out as thin as possible and bake on a very lightly greased griddle, brown- ing cakes on both sides. Serve hot• or cold. About 2 table- spoons of dough per cake makes a good size. Makes about 11/2 dozen. oz ty C ,CNN LY YD. DAB141U, CY.-Thatis.whateleicirissa6.Coinningham, administrative assistant to the director ,ot'',personnel, General Services Administration, seems to be saying to, herself. At, least, that's how the words "I will gerthellang it"%orne out when a novice first operates a °government typewilter equiPped with a new kepboard. It is the •brain- child •of August Dvorak, University of Washington. Keyboard; is designed to place" let- ters used most frequently closest to fingers which normally do the most work, and to distribute work load more equally for both hands. Line of keps on which fingers rest on standard typewriter reads, from left: asdfghjkl;@. 'On the new machine line reads. aoeuidhtns-. It's LcnilnZ. (Simple?) Government will give the device a four-month trial. units, bringing to 550 the, num- ber of diesels now in service on all linea. TO provide for maintenance and overhaul of its growing fleet of diesel locomotives the company completed a new and modern service shop at St, Luc Yard in Montreal; an expansion of the already large St. Luc ards, which is made up of 94.7 miles of track and includes every type of (facility for the handling of motive power and freight train equipment, this, new shop features a wheel-tru- ing machine which restores the contours of worn locomotive wheels without their removal from, the diesel unit, It is the third such modern shop on the system for the specialized main- tenance of diesel locomotiVes, the others being located at Cal- gary, Alta., and Nelson, B.C. At the same time, the Cana- dian Pacific made important ad- ditions to• Its freight car in- ventory to meet the demands of the fast-developing national economy. New units of freight and work equipment ordered during 1955 totalled 1,643, bring- ing the total, number of such cars added since 1945 to 31,931. As part of the Canadian Pa- cific's role to provide trans- portation services in keeping with the country's economic growth a 16-mile railway line connecting the mining commu- nity of Nephton, Ont., with the Company's line at Havelock was opened last January. This line provides easy access to an area producing non-metallic rock used in ceramics, glass, paint and other products. , In October a 40-mile branch line from Struthers, on the main ' line 33 miles west of White River, to Geco, a point north of Manitouwadge Lake, was offi- cially opened. This line taps an important new mineral develop- ment, providing ready access to the Great Lakes and to the en- tire railway system of Canada and the United State's for the base metals to be mined in this area. On the sea, the • Company's new 26,000-ton "Empress, of Bri- tain" was launched at Glasgow in June by Her Majesty' The Queen. As the first new Cana- dian Pacific passenger ship -to take to the ocean since 193Q, this streamlined, specially-designed liner will add a uniquely Mod- ern touch to shipping-in the St. Lawrence route when she makes her maiden voyage next spring. A sister ship, the "Empress of England",now under eenairde- :don; .wil join the fleet "in 1957. The 7,000-ton train-ferry the "Princess of Vancouver"; the largest vessel of its type ever constructed, enter e d service during 1955 to operate between Vancouver and Nanairno,' B.C. This all-purpose water carrier is Deemed to carry 800 passengers and can handle 28 railway box cars or approximately 115 auto- mobiles, or a combination of both. The 'vessel is equipped for -stern-loading and is berthed at new specially-designed piers at Vancouver and at Nanakno. Canadian Pacific Air. ,Lines, now having the seventh largest route pattern in the weirld,'Made two further notable advance- merits *during the year,. .A Pew trans-polar route was inaugu- rated between Amsterdam and Vancouver, at which pant don- nection is made with its exist- ing routes serving Australia,. New Zealand, the Fiji Islands, Hawaii, Japan and China, tin ef- fect bringing these countries 1,000 miles closer to Europe and the United Kingdom. In early November, Canadian Pacific Air Lines introduced the first high-speed, non-stop serv- ice between Eastern Canada and. MeXico, when it inaugurated Weekly flights linking Toronto Company. - This award' is de- signed to recognize and stimu- late safety work by the, rail- ways. In 1955, then, there has been widespread improvement and expansion of 'Canadian.:Pacific equipment- and s ervices throughont the ,.nation and • abroad. This progressive' moderniza- tion of its land, sea and air fa- cilities will :sttengthen po- sition of :the Company,, in the • highly competitive trarisporta- , tion industry of today and will materially *assist it in Meeting the transportation' requirements of an expanding Canada tomor- row. . Claimed New Blood Canada continues to move forward " with increasing aaaurs twee' to her place among the sfiktioTis of the world, and with t..;bowing confidence in her eco- Aernie deStiny, Advancement , in transportation is an essential part of the nation's expansion in production and trade, and in this year, which marked its 74th suiniversaty, Canadian Pacific is, proud to record its contribu- te/is during 1955 to the ad- vancement of transportation — by land, sea and air. These contributions were highlighted by inauguration of the longest scenic dome-car pas- senger train in the world, of- fering literally a new look at the Canadian scene; by opera- tion of an increased number of speedy, self-propelled rail diesel ears in Dayliner service.; by im- provements in, rail service re- sulting from the purchase of nearly 100 new diesel locomo- tive units; by the completion of two new branch lines to serve the country's growing mining in- dustry; by the launching of the new 26,000-ton "Empress of Bri- tain" to join, the North. Atlantic service next spring; by addition of the all-purpose train-ferry "Princess of Vancouver" to the service between Vancouver and Nanaimo, B.C.; and by the in- auguration of an air route over the top of the world between Vancouver and Amsterdam. ' The Canadian' Pacific is 'back- ing its faith in Canada with Money and action. Competition is playing an ever more dominant role in transpor- tation and a variety of choices. is open to the shippers of today. The Canadian Pacific is pre- pared to meet this challenge and asks only that all competitors be subject to similar obligations said conditions. The new streamlined, stain- less steel, scenicTsclome trans- continental passenger train "The Canadian" has been given an enthusiastic welcome by a large •anad growing,'number of patrons. This fine new train, which made transPortation history, makeg it possible to travel between Montreal or Toronto and Van-. cOuver in, luxury and comfort in 'less than three days -- just half ihe time required 'by the, Com- pany's first transcontinental train in 1886. In order to equip the trans- continental. trains, "The Cana- ellen" and "The, Dominion;', 173 Stainless steel streamlined cars, including 36 scenic-dome units Cere purchased fromthe Budd ompany • at Philadelphia, the largest single order ever re- ceived by that •company. The year just ending also brought additional utilization of Dayliners, the speedy stainless steel, self-propelled rail diesel ears, also constructed by the Igudd Company. Replacing con- Ventional trains and enabling a speedier and, more economical service to be provided, Day- liners were pa into passenger Frain service in the past year between Calgary — Lethbridge, Lethbridge — Medicine Hat, Winnipeg — Riverton — Great falls, Saint. John; N.B. — Ed- rnundston, Montreal — Quebec, and Victoria — Courtenay on Vancouver Island Dayliners are also in use in passenger train service between Montreal — Mont Lathier, North• Bay —An- elers, Toronto — Detroit, and Toronto — • Peterborough in eastern Canada and between Calgary and Edrnonten in the *est. Dieselization of the Railway continued during the year, with the purchase of 97 locomotive gap, who keptlarr•ordipary sized ,pipe of tohacce alight for fifty- five Minutes. `t,i'When he was sixty-seven, George Browns-Pushed all his 4belengings,,:c.2,0110,, ,ririles across Australia in .wheelbarrow. A cowboy +Once rode el bull 2,700 miles to:New :York: A Welsh- , man carried a hundredweight sack of coal for fourteen miles on his' shoulders. Samson Garcia, a Spaniard, once won a pledge from his wife not to disobey him for the rest of the year. He bet her that he could •win a tug-of-war with her donkey. She vowed' obedience if he won. He did, but lost two teeth in the process! Still, in these days of artificial dentures, what's a loss• like that compared with peace in the home? Ah, well, you murmur, mad tricks like these couldn't have happened in the old days. Couldn't they? More than three hundred and sixty years ago, in the reign of Good Queen Bess, William Kemp, a comic dancer,, danced all the way from ' London to Norwich, a distance of 130 miles, gaping crowds thronging round him every mile of his strange journey. After eight days he reached Norwich,' where a tremendous celebration was held in his honour, William Kemp not only earned large sums of money fror.c wagers for this stunt, but was awarded a pension of forty 'shillings a year for life. Is there any limit, to the crazy stunts that peeple are IprePared fOr fame and fortune? For sitting on top ot a 51-ft, flagpole in San ,Franeisco, for lC lys'anAnieaw°r n recently On $7,500, a fur eat, and a new car, In this country, .11 few years ago, a man spent over Altirtit'One, days in a barrel at the top of a 40-ft, pole oat, Side ,a, restaurant'in Walsall for' a hundred-pound wager. - Probably the king of all the pole, squatters, however, was an • American named Alvin, "Ship- wreck" Kelly, It is estimated that he earned five hundred dol lars a day ter many years fur his ability to stay atop' a pole 'in, all Weathers. Once, for a bet, he sat on a pole that was lashed to an aeroplane. But his strange way ofd' life didn't do Kelly much good — he was found .,,dead on. a Manhat- tan aid )Walk a few years„sgo, 'penniless, and his only pOsses- Sion, a, faded book -of press cut- tings. Lcirena Carver used to make a very good living by .jumping on horseback into a water tank from a 60-ft tower. New, her youth behind her, she is busy training•pther girls 'to take her place, According to ,Lorena, 'it's not difficult training the horses —finding the female jockeys, is the trouble! One day in ,May of this year, as,, gaping London crowds' held their breath, a -33 - year - old Frenchwoman, Andree Jan, hung uptide down froni a trapeze sus- pended froth a, helicopter two hundred feet above the Thames. As if that wasn't enough, this incredible woman then pro- ceeded to hang froth 'the trapeze by two hands, ..then one hand, then her toes, and,. finally, by her teeth. What did she' get out of it? A hundreds pounds a time. it "is hardly surprising to learn that her husband prefers not to watch her when she is 'up *to those • death-defying antics ;saf hers. • . Same people seem .to welcome risks. You would have 'thought,• , for instance, .that circus apro- bats found*•the normal hatards of; theit professionsquite senough without _going out isof:their sway to look for more ways in which they Could 'break their neeks.;,' Yet the Trabersa group oi,, trapeze artists, once gave, a per- . fermance on a 273 - yard -:long. rope stretched out betweent itwo- mountain peaks in Bavaria :with , a drop of 'thousands 'of feet hes., *low — and .no, safety net'. To show' that he was 'atill:fit enough to tackle any job ,at the age of sixty-one;' Major Cbristo,- Phet Draper, flying ace ,of World • War I flew, a little Austen plane -under nine Thames 'bridges. — . ,A Swedish •equilibrist, Lin Ala Lundberg, a n, d • Ins German challenger, Richard Schneider, once , spent over thirty-three hOurs balancing, on, a, tightrope, during "which time they both snioked and 'laughed with the audience which was watching. , Because of am argument as to how far it„was possible to drive non-stop, in a car, euis Matter, Of San DiegO, California,l drove 6;391' miles across ' America in nine days without' one halt, A special ,hydraulic jack kept the car moving, as the tires• were ehanged,, and petrel: was taken in from a moving tanker. • But surely the 'prize' for freak stunts, goes to those taking part it endurance .,marathons.. Marie Aston, a seventeen- stone Maneheater housewife, once played the piano non-stop for. 134 1. Jurs. Her performance was topped, however, by a, perman, Heinz Arndt, who strummed the keys for 224 'hourS withintta break. To keep him awake;, his friends• sprayed him with eau, de Col- . ogne, handed him cups of black coffee, and lighted cigarettes for him. We all know the Irish are :seldom .at a less for words; but 36-yeat-Old Kevin Sheehan put tip a' record,` eiren, for an Irish, rnan, when he 'talked 'non-stop for 127 hours at ;the Ritz Ball, roos ,in Oldham: last year. Dur- ing that 'lime he,.ate no solid food, but '1h between sentences gulped doyvri gallons of hot soup,• tea,s ,and glucose; Strangely enough, France, the country that has,, such a reptita- , tient for good food, has produced SeVetal fasting cheinnions. Per- hasiP the rriest-farrious; of these' youxi inan with, the, gilder name of Fakir Bnrnia, who. stayed ,staYeel e,glass cage for ninety,. two "days" efid tWohetifs without e'atin'g' , When he" WAS weighed tifierWardahe had lost 38' lb. At tho. other end ,Of , the Seale; an Italian named Do Latitetia once ate 305 apples'' day. In theie"dhyS" of high tobacco Prices yeti .Could save, quite a let Of ,money if you were r ifled Cot, liotal,Edward DaVey„,of Beaten, uilid iton smoke-ring blowiug E'brigat in'COrineetiCitt by bloW, ingi.t15 ,three, puffs to Wirif ii TV's.aet.,• We are not so %Aire, ,thetigh; that the, first prize in the deotionnY'stakes Sliduldn't go, to'Mrs. Jessie Of NlichiY Are most shoplifters frustrated fiction writers? From a study of -.their ingenious explanations, it appears ;that only the highly imaginative take to this form - of theft. Some of them actually do mention their literary „,gapira- tiOns.k Saicl. a book thief in iLen- den. "I am a3writer and I.Want to go to ;jail •for the experience:" A woman ,who had " ateleh scarves and other oddments* ing the Iire-Chriatriaas rush, /de- clared, "I am writing a story and I,Want to know the reactions of a, Woman who steals.' How can, they :expect people to' believe them?' ''`I've been honest up to tio*, said a Vient nese, "but not ' long ago I: had. a blood, transfusion — must have been given the bleed of a, thief. "I was hypnotized by,, a Ma- gician," stated 'a 'woman accused at Matlborough 'Street. One housewife, 'arrested out- side .a store with a hat for which she hadn't paid, explained,that when She tried it on it was ,se small she forgot it was still on her head. Another took to shop- lifting to take her mind off her worries. A. Sheffield woman; whose explanation was actually accer pleaded that a strict slimming diet, cutting out sugar entirely, had caused het to loie her memory: "I only took them so I could see my Way out," declared Jo. seph McChane, charged, with' stealing a pair of speetacle§ from a Hamilton, Ontario, store., In Lambeth a man told the Magis- trates that he had steleri alarm clock in Brixton se that he ,Wotildn't be late for an inter= • view next morning. Shoplifters are imaginative not only in,stheir explanations, but• also in :their methods. In 1953' a Regent. Street store WaS left with six ragged rriaelcin- teshea; six new One§ had walk- ed'. Out On the backs Of etisto. Piers, In Oiefotel Street a% Pelt of filthy corsets and "some .ragged underwear Were deposited. in, a , fitting teens. Their ON/Met had Stolen a complete new outfit, Meea- are sewn inside v&lu-- mitaaus coats- and w artiCies ettaeli= eta to JewelletY. thieve§ Stick small pieces ;: Undet •the eatinter by Means of • CheWing= RUM; an aceoplice collects later: Di keti§lititan reeentiy: 'a bitornatt *icetickete, Paid Ior"the cheap garment` end Wok' the eitiensiVe 611.0;, and Mexico City. Tourist fares for those seeking Mexico's sun- shine and historic charm are available on this service which provides a shorter link between Eastern Canadian centres arid South American points served by way of Mexico City by Cana- dian Pacifia Air Lines. At year's end, =Canadian Pacific Air Lines were operating 27,610 route Miles in international service old 9,354 'route miles in do- mestic service. In OCtober, Canadian Pacific Air Lines announced the pur- chase rof a fleet of Britannia turbo-prop airliners, three of which are scheduled for de- livery 'in 1951. Capable of a "I'sPeed of' 400 miles per hour' and "with 'a cruising range of 6;000 miles, these new Britannia air- craft ,will enable Canadian Pa- cific to fly 100 passengers non- stop between Vancouver, and Arnsterdain in 12 hours, and be- tween 'VancotiVer and Tokyo, non-stop, also in 12 hours. 'During the year, Canadian Pacific Communications;' in ;con- junction with their Canadian National counterpart, continued the development of microwave installations linking, Montreal Quebec'City-, Toronto Lon- ,don—tWinds9r. This system of Microwave. "repeaters" located at intervalS, of „ approximately -30 miles`, carries. `message cir- cuits from city to' citia Each • microwave channel can carry one television- circuit or 600 voice circuits. The present single Channel system can be expanded to 'accorrimodate SeVen "Channels as demands 'wartant; The Mont- real ;--% !Quebec City circuit, • which inaugurated,, service in July of 1955 on a temporary basis and is' now carrying tele- stigion prograrris for the' "Cana- dian Broadcasting Corporation, will be completed in January, 1956, The Toronto — London circuit was completed in De- Cember and the London — Windsor circuit is likely to be completed in February, 1956. The Company, following a policy of modernization with attendant increased efficiency, is in the process of streamlining accounting procedtres through integrated data processing, using electionfe computers. In fur- .therarice Of this , new develop- Merit, which is of broadest sig- nificance, a research group is working on detailed planning fot the new system and pre- . lirisitierY 'Changes in advance of installation, are being put into effect as rapidly as possible. The dote "of ;the new Systeth is an LII.M. 705 electronic data pro= tessing installation; the first to be ordered in Canada, and , scheduled tit delivery early in 1957. Its electronic brain hat such amazing' speed in adding; checking, Matching, multiplying 'and dividing that the new pro- Whieh it Will make PC'S, sable will affect tha handling of irrtich of the paperwork of all dePartirients, Tn another spherethe tern, pariy has maintained an eriVI-4 able record. The National,, Safe-i ty enVeted Safety Activities", award in. reeognitiOn of outstanding` ptilsa lie safety programs diteated"to arrinloYeee and the general lid, Was Weil this Year by the 'SOWING A. FIEUY ,DEATHL—Matkett-iithb-bioVed. teCtiniCiant, spray 'et rice field nem' tuipeis Ferttioart, With a daddly Celle the Unending' 'war agOinSt The rite stem borer, prihrie. enemy 'of defent'S staf f of' life, • SkUll-drid-crot'sbo ri eS pen Paints fomorouii4, worts that field will foiiitaii tOilo.,4Oe areek after toebytut; 1TS GRAND;At 3 OR 1Q3. Wko taid Chriittriai! it 1, St 'fat lids? Certainly riot 44aximillian Von StephanY whai seen 103 Chtlitmas Days4 "Veiling or Cid, Christmas can't help being Viontlerfulf he says, "there's a bit of chilcifined left in all a I* and Christrnai Waring if up!'