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Nr re Sl o FRE RE is i el it Re a re 50 SHORT STORY wr Was Dying By, John Christopher a Joe Colin looked at the blonde girl behind the counter as if he hadn't seen her for the last 21 years, And he hado"t. Almost to the day, come. October 5. [ven "after 21 yedrs a guy can't forget the birth date of his daughter. She looked the spitting reflec- tion of her mother, years back when Martha and Joe had decided they had made a mistake in marry- ing each gther, [It wag too late then, because the kid was on its way, and cven Joe knew it took a father and a mother to give it the correct backing. But if the old man hadn't had the same cor- rect backing, Joe had decided, he was like a weed. He had to be pulled out, to let the good sced How. - Joe had figured he was a weed, and had pulled himself out. "Evening, onister! Can 1 help you?" Jee looked up. A lump settled i his throat, His daughter was sil- ing al Wow with stars in her eyes. Twenty-two years oldl When he had last scen her, she was a mere trick of one, a curly-haired kid, learning her first steps, Car- vie, they had named her. After 'wobody mn particular. Martha had just liked the name, that 'was all. One thing, though. Wonder of Martha had done something with | "Colin"? "1 used to live here years ago," Joe said, to start conversation. "You did?" Her blue eyes met his for a moment of sparkling in- terest, "Thought you'd come back and see how things have changed?" "Two-Faced" During the FE of the editor and publisher -of a small daily paper, his son took over. Remembering that cach worning his father aliays - dropped in on the local judge and foquired how many had been brought nto court, he follviced the same rouline. "Well, how many faced the Sols today?" he jouvially asked. "Two," came "the answer." That might the judge was ndig- nant to read nu the paper, "Tivo Faced Judge." . finally. L "Well, sort of," He stroked the beard, "I used to know a lot of people around here, What's your name? I might know - your old man." "Name's Lester," she told him. "Carrie Lester," " > Lester, So Martha had ditched "Colin" = "lLester," Joe mused. . "Heck, 1.-knew your old man! What's he doing now?" "I. don't know," she said, "Mother thinks he's out in Cali- forma." Got a husband -or maybe a boy friend?" : "How about you?" he asked Hér face gave off wanth like sunshine, "A boy friend," she "said brightly, "But it won't be lohg before the 'Mr. and Mrs." H you're here in another 15 minutes, you'll sce hun, He's coming after me," Joe grinned. "I'll be here," he said, ) She brought in his meal. © He just finished it when the door opencd and a tall, young man in a brown tweed suit swept into the room like a stray, autumn leaf. Her eyes brightened but politely she asked Joe his name, and in- troduced him, The boy, she said wag Harry Bradshaw. "Years ago," she explained, "Mr, Colin used to liye here, We got sort of acquainted while he waited for his food." "So you kids are slated for the long walk up the altar, eh?" Joe remarked, The Bradford kid's face split ing a long smile, "Look," Joe said matter of fact ly, "I got a few green-backs sayed up. I'd like to give it to you two for a wedding, present, Two hun- 'dred "dollars. - Maybe you'd like 10 buy gomething for the baby-- when it comes. Huh?" "No thanks," Harry said, certainly appreciate it, but we both work. It wouldn't be right" Joe drew out a checkbook. He grinned good-naturedly, "I'll draw up a check, anyway." The two youngsters looked be- wildered, "Go on," urged Joc, "Take " It's good. Don't worry about me. ST took it. "You--vou're wond- erful," she whispered. "And 1 can't understand why. Thaitks--a lot." Joc smiled and walked out, breathing in the coo}, night air, Funny thing, but now he realiz- ed that something had changed in the weed, And suddenly Joe knew "We | that after years of battling harsh winds, snow, cold, and rain; the weed was dying. And Joe was the 'weed, FUMNY BUSINESS "My love birds got into a scrap! By Hershberger dd 1 Can you fix them up?". Good Wy to keep cool is demonstrated here by in Dennison" and Martha Mitchell who give a polite sneer to old man gravity as they list heavily to starboard to make a spectacular turn on their fast-moving aquaplane. I.ooks simple? Try it some time. »agcomplished enormous As Mother Swims--Lest some well-wisher might take the child to the "lost and found" department, Barbara Salsmon's mother put the sign on the big wastepaper 'basket, where she parked her daughter while tak- ing a dip in Lake Ontario to escape the heat Switzerland Marks Over 650 Years of Political Freedom . Switzerland, which has main- tained a policy of strict neutrality for over a ¢entury and a half, ob- served its 656th year of deno- cratic freedom on the rst of this month, Once again traditional festivities, curtailed during the war when the nation was encircled by the Axis, were held. = * * It was back in-1291- that the- mountaineers and peasants of the first three cantons, Uri, Schw and Unterwalden, entered ~into a perpetual pact to safeguard their system of local self-government in opposition to the officials - set up by the Habsburgs, Since then Switzerland, whose union of twen- ty-two cantons -was' completed in 1715, has proved that it is possible for nations tc live together in har-". mony, The: Swiss policy of abso- lute but, active neutrality enabled the nation to 'perform many im- portant international services, During the two World Wars the International Red Cross in Geneva | 'acting as Jiaison agent _betyeen pri- soners "and internees of war and "their families. 'More than '100,000 refugees have been sheltered with- in Swiss frontiers in recent years, further, proof, of the" humane, role , which' the little fand of the 'Alps Played is in_the second World "War, "Save the Children" pro- am of the Swiss National rm js still "in "effect. "Tt helps thousands of ' youngsters of all na- --tionalities "to. regain their health through -recuperative vacations in "Swiss. _Tesorts and; private homes. Other charities, include roying medical teams and numerous, relief ; centres, The Joreign interests of forty-four hations, including the United ' States, were "handled by Switzerland diiting the last war, Four different languages are spok- en in this little country of 4,300,000 people, All groups, continue, to. work together in harmony, and co- operation developed over six and a half centuries of democratic freedom, : 4 n ONPY RL 1 : w © + Final Proof | A bumptious. fellow was giving evidence tha police court. You gay. You stood up?" ahedi the magistrate, "I gaid," retorted the cancelled one, "that I stood. If one stand one must stand up. Theres's #o 0 tr way of stan ing' "Oh, "isn't there?" veplied the magletvate, - "Pay two. pounds for. With 4 Room Tent Arabia's vast oil reserves, the Ara- "The total came to $10,000,000 in * money. He will "plans to Association 'has offered 100,000,000 tasks in | - fire next: winter. ©... ed +s comampt of court ~and stand down!" Ibn Saud Trayels Complete with Bath King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia lives with one foot in the seventh century and the other in the twene ticth, A battle-scarred desert war- rior, 67, he never saw a modern city until he went to Lgypt awl visited Cairo in 1943. He has a stone palace with telephone and pushbuttons in the crude, walled capital: of Ryadh, but when he travels his servants pitch a four- room, silk-lined tent, complete with bathroom, This ruler of "Arabia of the Sauds" holds title to the 610,000 square miles of his land and absolute power over hig 5,250,000 illiterate and impoverish-" ed subjects, Ibn-Saud has a fabulous income. For the privilege of exploiting bian-America1' Oil Company pays him a royalty of 23 cents a barrel, 1946, is expected to reach $50,000,- 000 in 1950." Last week the King announced plans for spending 'some of his enlarge two build a - railway, two Air- 1,200 miles of. road. He bring electricity and water to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina 'as well as to Ryadh. He plans also to construct irriga- tion . projects, build agricultural experiment stations, school and hospitals, The construction will take four years and cost $270,000,- ports, fields, --000--most--of-which--the- King ex} -- pects to borrow from: U.S. oil companies and the U.S. Import-' Export Bank. De-Hailer Wanted "Hiilstones are particularly se- vere in Italy and cause millions of lire of damage to crops. Hence the president of the Milan Fair lire BRS pens exposition to any one"who can devise a method for preventing hafstorms. T'wo - suggestions have been made pub- lic 'and' pronounced unacceptable. One is an anti-aircraft barrage aim- cd to explode in the middle of the offending cloud, The other is the use of the now too-familiar atom bomb. The atom bomb seems to be running first as a universal panacea for all men's ills, --New York "Sun Clean out your furnace and chimney during the summer to avoid 'waste of heat and danger of; STUFF AND THINGS "Delicious, aren 't they 2" - Still Grow 'Em Big In British Columbia A news Se "fom Halifax, re- cords the arrival there of a 128- foot British Columbia Douglas fir. It arrived loaded on three rail- way flat cars, to make the new flagpole for the City Hall. It is getting on towards evening * of the day of the tall timbers. But there arc still active loggers who can remember when it 'was not very unusual to cut fir timbexs 36 inches by 36 inches by 150<feet. They used to load them on the ° Fraser, on the old windjaminers, - through a hole cut in the bows of the ship. They went to Europe, to make the keclsons of the last of the wooden ships. Still, 'that 128-foot flagpole for Halifax City Hall would hardly have been cut out of less than a 200-foot trec, a tall, straight tree, a very wonderful thing, Always listen to the opinions of others; it probably won't do you| any good, but it will them. _. « Onlario. The following article is ve- «hangar is a proud G¥rman airship. A help, hear the 'dcreatiis of trapped "able only 75, cubic feet of helium, It, 'quantities -- quickly! 'Helium, the: "been lecturing in London. The late Sir John C. McLendon spent his early youth in Stratford, produced from a booklet, "Forward with Canada." > May '6th, 1937! Tie scene: The airport at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Floating gently towards the huge* veteran of ten round- -trip flights across - the 'Atlantic, it is the pds- senger- carrying Hindenbjirg. Land- ing crews s and ready as the mam- moth 'dirigible "settles : earthward. Suddenly, and with' incredible swift- ness, the 'airship bursfs into flaies. Heftified 'spéctdtors, 'powerless 'to victims. In a matter of 'moments, nothing is left but a tortured twist- ed mass of white hot metal! One more %l hast! monument Yo the haz- ards of Roca * . Schreiber 3rd, 1925! Another lighter- han; ir craft fights for her life! h dhove HP the Arheri- can didante ;Shepand ah is Jn mor- tal distress! Shaken and Aa by a 'giant storm She bAtféfs on With a 'gallant heart. Finally she is beaten 'and breaks into thifee parts. There arc casualties in this tragedy and -some -men dic . But there is no fire! Many of the crew ride 'out the storm, navigating part of the hull as a free balloon. At Tast they land safefy, thankful for their good for- tune that the Shenandoah Had been filled, not 'with treachet ous, explos- ive' hydrogen, but with life-saving, non-inflamable HELIUM! ' Nw * * % "In the year 1914, there was avail- was worth $7,000, per cubic foot. Then World War 1 swept over Eu- rope. The British Goveriiment call- ed for helium. They wanted large safety gas, 'was ideal for filling ob- | 'servation' balloons and blimps. But 'where would 'they "get © helium? Where? Time was short! Then somcbody in England remembered 'that a Canadian scientist, Professor John Cunningham McLennan, had Included in his lecturés' were 'reports 'on- Cdn- ada'§" natural gases. The British Ad- 'miralty was interestédi in one particu- y Cane dian Sir John MT ne : Placed Heliorh on C Conimereial Basis she'd ike sone, 'ahd' applied. ar statement : Professor McLennan had said that certain natural gas wells in Canada appeared to be rich in helium, That whs the clue! Sec- ret, coded cables crackled across the - Atlantic as British officials. impress- ed on John McLennan the urgency of their needs, Put Bie Proféséor needed no ih) The search for helinm was on! * * * Professor "McLennan decided that the best 'solirtes of supply Were near - Calgary, Alberta, and Ham- ilton, Ont. On' arrivdl at 'the gas wells, McLennan and his colleagues were faced with a tremendons obstacle. Existing : methods of heli um extraction required the burning off of 'the unwaonféd gas, 'but at Hamilton and Calgary this method was i possible, The outpht of the gas weths 3 Was beng "piped int éar- by homes: and factories, To extract the - Kellum, 'Profdsdor 'MdlZehnan must devise "anew method, one which would not interfere With" the normal flow of gas to homes and factories. This challenge to Can- adian TRgENBLy 'Wis 'sWittly -dns- wered, With "cdhcéntrdtéd vigor 'the scientists under John McLennan dug into the 'jdb, sptirred By 'tHe Know- ledge 'that huimdn Yves 'depentted up- on their success.. Finally plans were drawn, A 'plant Was bullt--aid 'the _new apparatus tested. It was a suc- cess! Tee . Large quantities of helium were now available" fdr 'the first 'time. Professor McLennan had put helium on a commercial basis. The price per cubic foot dropped from seven thousand dollars to eleven 'cents! Today many varied and 'valuable new uses are being found for -he- lum. In the rhodcin light' metal tia- dustry, in déép 'sed diving, And in the new field o clectronics," helium has its important place. 'Ngdin 'the research of -a Canadian scientist contributed to the welfare of the world--Sir John 'McLennan! ) Rice Ration The Sydney Morning Herald Yuniiist sdys he "hasn't *dared check this one for fear it's not Eh The Chinese in Sydney get a 'special 'rice tation. A half-Chinese woman thought She got half a ration. * Mes Ng His Second Hambletonian--Sep Palin 7, Vrionapalis "veteran trotting Fado Abt Thappil own oot Moén, Palin's' second 'Hambleténian "irthiér. 'after the race. 01d Tin Lizzie Like One Of T he Family "The Model i isin the news again, with unextinguished glory, - An ob- scure news item -calls up for us snot algically, all the road and rattle, ¢ Jubilant tintinabulation, the un- Bud ¢fable shimmyitig, the fits Arid starts and, alas, the stops of that Jovable, cranky; - invincible. - creature of the wild highway, ' --In"'1923 one ~John--F;--Hielscher = bought a Modck T, took it home, and painted the' wheels bright red, though he 'had already | reached an age at which cautious conservatism is stip- "posed to rule out such impulses, re- ; lates the Christian Scienc Monitor. 'Now he 'and "Hielscher ' have driven from Seattle to Minneapolis for - their 56th wedding anniversary o aris as he' examines the Hambletonian Cup with Mr, dnd Mis, James "B. Johnson, 'who "Palin 'is shown sitting in the sulky. in that same | spry, red - - wheeled chariot 'whose service throtigh "the | years" Has' been 'Tonslaht--Rdugh Hot, - we hazard, unexciting. The, Wittachers" haye ured ¢ Adown. ¢ a brand 'new model II to them' by the Ford Motor Company in; ex- change for their car. They wouldn't think of parting with theirs for any- thing, they say, after all the fun : they've had together, PY just like ane of the T iy 0 fid' we Mo, ins deed, ag Rt a family resem- §i ~blance between: the Sntrefid zest of ie these older-gencration Americans and the' indomitable piiit "of "the Model T. . ob All is not tin that rattles. All that purrs past: proudly is fiot gold. i a The weight of iron in a man's "body is about equal tothe "weight | A of a 5-cent piece, "that" _.what can be purchased by the Ameri- Standard of Living in 'Russia V. ery Low - "1 The ardent exponents of all | things Russian "will 'not Tike "the study 'of compirhfive prices' hd "wiges Vain } released by the United States De- partment "6f Labor. According to that study the standard of living of ae average. Poni today is just t 21,000%" above t: 'ofthe av- By tie yay Peitiens erage Russian worker gets ages ony "Just about GhetteHin of can "worker, PALL LE IR ood on Russia' fave been bi 25%. - "The Ridésian' worker isn't only en- "slaved; he slaves in misery. Two years after the"War, thePav- + v Ahh : Fo y i j be. oF Fs § POP--Helping The Opposition Hk iggy, tA Wk tr ; al f Tr -- -- L If HE SPRYED SEATS. 7 WHEN I WAS: IN COLLEGE v Pas. LE Ji, J HELPED BEAT YALE bd DIDN'T KNOW vou © : THREE YEARS ahi 3 strAIGUT ! hit LK An aren] i 6: FS 1 Mx