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The Oshawa Times, 9 Nov 1959, p. 7

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THE OSHAWA TIMES, Monday, November 9, 1959 7 web and then the story spirals|that dates back to the appear- inward, probing the secret lives, ance several years ago of the buried motivations of all the| "Strange Fruit." "One Hour" is men involved. a novel of distinction, ac This book will do much to in-|packed and well thought out..Jt crease Miss Smith's prestige,|deserves a big sale. " Vladimir Nabokov's Book ||Fine Study In Terrorism | Vladimir Nabokov has return- any case be re:ponsible for the first book in several years. It is ed to the literary scene with a|loss of property or for the inmate|called "ONE HOUR" (Long- [new entry"INVITATION TO himself') the handless clock on mans, Green and Co. Ltd.). It {A BEHEADING" (Longmans, which a showman hourly paints represents the consummation of Green and Co.), which is the|in the hands, and somehow the a distinguished author's work in first of his Russian-language jailers' constant and somewhat its triumphant quest for mean- novels to appear in English, This insane concern for the prison- | ing and ir its quality of intense {book is the result of a collabora-|ers' welfare--all add up to a excitement. { with his 25-year-old son caricature of prisons everywhere.| The story is compelling as |Dmitri," who prepared for the MOCK HOPES sheer narrative. A gifted re- | several years as a This prison gradually assumesigearch scientist in a Southern \ |the aspect of the world--a world city is accused of an attempted | Digest of the Soviet Press. |in conspiracy to mock the pris-|attack on a girl of 8. For Mark IAGARA This book has been classed as|oner's hopes and humble his hu-|Channing himself( for his wife, - LI many things--from a tour de manity. The prison director's|Grace, and for David Landrum, LOANS force to a farce, from an allegy daughter -- a kind of pre-Lolita the strong and dedicated young to a soecific study in terrorism.|cf coquetish innocence, promises|clergyman who loves them both, 2 \%/ ike so many of the author's/to lead him to freedom but neverithe effects are immediate and { |works, it is a book that defies|does. The jailers themselves| terrifying. The emphasis keeps | description, since the light in|stage an elaborate comedy only returning to these three and to |which a writer shes a Nabokov|to laugh at his false hopes for Susie Newell, the lonely, imagi work is more of than not deter-|escape. native, deeply troubled child who ' mined by himself. Nabokov's ultimate and realis- made the accusation. The cur- next, to Biltmore Thautra), Sulle 2 | Invitation to a Beheading" will|tic irony is to make the execu-|jous, dread suspicion infects the sed Saturday - Open pm, Friday !offer innumerable meanings totioner, at first passed off as just|whole community and the reper- |readers, or no meaning at all.|another prisoner, into a garru-|cussions spread. One person af- [But the 20th. cenutry being what|lous, sentimental clown. Thelter another is caught into the! it is, the political interpretation axeman prattles on about being |comes first to mind. No pericd is|not some '"'unfamiliar terrible |stated. The, prisoner's name car- somebody, but a tender friend." "ries echoes of Roman civic vir-|Nabokov develops the memor- tue. The jallers' names are Rus- able conceit that the rite of sian, and the executioner is|execution is both a public festi- 3 known (in the echoe of the French val and a black sacrament in . ' Revolution) as M'sieur Pierre; which victim and executioner are a " * |The priscn itself is timeless uni-|as intimately linked as bride and NE {versal born of an idea turned|groom. NEW ORIENT LI R AFLOAT |into phantasm. Its antic rules LILLIAN nm RETURNS . liner ever built in Britain. is | ness, Lancashire, affer launch- | officiated at the 1ann~hing, t the management shall not in" Lilllan Smith has written her ing. Princess Alexandra of Kent --AP Wirephoto | South Africans | 01d Mystery Opened Stage Protest |In CNR Land Purchase CAPETOWN (Reuters)--Some| THE PAS, Man. (CP) -- The} the origieal elht acres to be 500 South Africans met Sunday Canadian National Railways|retroactive to 1914. night and condemned govern-|hrought to light a 45-year - old Mi. CNR countered by offeripg ment orders banishing African mystery recently when it asked £2, 00 to cover the use of the [political leaders from their|The Pas Indian band to sell three eight acres from 1914 to 1959. It y Per C ent Ac curate regio | |said it would consider leasing the 9 | homes to remote regions in the acres of reservation land. whole 11 acres 'rom 1950 jy : The CNR, seeking the plot for By GERALD L'ANGE (rectly forecasts sunshine, but|included 81.6 for precipitation, | The meeti f Afri | I or The band refused the offer. Canadian Press Staff Writer [slips up on winds, the sunbather|76.3 for cloud, 77.2 for wind and | pitee nin Ny (Airicats and drainage improvements along its| Neither railway nor I~dian af- £2 The new 40.000 ton Orient lin- | er 'Oriana', largest passenger | shown afloat at Barrow-in-Fur- JOB WITH HEADACHES TORONTO (CP) -- Next time your're caught in a blizzard with- out an overcoat, don't cuss the weather forecaster too much. His prediction was probably only partly wrong. A completely accurate weather prediction, say the experts, would | be as unique as four consecutive bome runs in baseball Every time the weatherman goes to bat he faces four pitchers --rain, cloud, temperature and wind. He's lucky if he gets a home run off them all. Toronto headquarters of the federal transport department's meteorological branch estimates that the average forecast is about 79 per cent accurate, | VARYING NEEDS The accuracy of a weather pre- diction depends to a great extent on what you require in it, says Keith McGlening. assistant suner-| fntendent of public weather serv- feces. If the weather man cor- |was a 79-per-cent is happy but the yachtsman is/67.5 for temperatures. very much annoyed. So many factors influence the weather estimates that some countries have given up trying to verify forecasts, says Mr. Me- Glening. Despite international co. operation in this field, no s'and- ard evaluation has been evolved. The Toronto office, as head- quarters of the federal forecast- ing system, verifies - fore~asis every 36 hours from 1 9 cities. The prediction based on the four| accurate enough for a variation|, = lived for 32 years. elements and split in'o three- hour periods is checked against the actual weather that follows,|administrative use, and the fig-| and points are awarded for ac- ures cou'd be changed by using a curacy. Last year the national average came out at 76.4 per cent. There accuracy in forecasting precipitation (rain, snow. hai, sleet), 77. 6 for skv conditions, 78.2 for wind and 70 for temperatures, Last month, the national over-| all score was 76.1 per cent. This| YMCA Urged Humanity Owes Halifax '01 Hudson Bay Railway to the north-ifairs department officials are weather bureau led with an 82.5- per - cent accuracy. Calgary, which had difficult forecasting | conditions, was lowest with 69.2. NOT SERIOUS The variations are not con- sidered serious by the bureau here, which would not start really worrying unless they fell to, per- aps 60 per cent. | The system is not considered |of a few percentage points to be serious, The check is purely for different system, says Mr. Mec- | Glening, The system, in fact, shows the | usefulness of the forecast, rather than the skill of the forecaster, | because predictions are more dif- |fieult in some areas than in others, and at different times of the year. Figures recently issued in the| curacy there of 89 per cent, but Canadian weathermen be- lieve this is based on a less rigid evaluation system. Ameri- ling an African mother of 11 chil dren from her home in near! Tasrl to a region near * Bechuanaland border, 700 mi'es |away nolitical exi'es shon'd be turned to their families The Paarl mother, Mrs. Eliza- beth Mafekeng, was exiled last| | Monday on the grounds that her {continued presence where she "injurious for the peace, order and good administration of Af. og |the Women's {Congress and a trade union, Toronto Builder Dies In New York TORONTO (CP -- Reginald A. Blyth, 54, a Torontp enn'rae- | United States gave a national ac-|tor who soe-ialized in bridge building, died sudden'y Snd-v in New York. A na"ive of Kenil- worth, he attended school in asked the band to set a price on not paid for the original land in the land. The band council referred to records of negotiations between ihe Iwo parties nego'iated the A : : the railway and the band back sale and agreed on a price of $500 A resolution also said all other ; "1914 "when the CNR used eight|an acre. The agreement said that Te-| acres of reservation land for a|when the $4,000 was forwarded to withdraw its "brutal" order exil-!... Manitoba port of Churchill, | portion of the railroad. parmen pared | To everyone's council could fird no record of| t having been made for| would bs the original tract. Chief Cornelius Bignell told the| [CNR that the bard was not pre- J either the three| Mrs. Mafekeng was a leader of|2cres it now was seeking or the| African Nationa' original eight acres. | He said the band was prepared [to lezse the land to the railway | sist for for $30 an acre--with payment on' to sell surprise, the |Ship would be transacted. able to find why the band was |1914. 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A.| Canadians lose points if they are Associations of Canada h son Laverty, chaplain of Queen's|out by only a few hours. Zing they; versity, said Sunday. "The Americans leave them- Recidents are slipping out a a scone of YMCAs fo em- whe ' aaVer Avg Aa € ] slipping out a ving ily as a Se ; | Humanity owes a debt to the selves loopho'es," he says. oie night and dumping their rubbish The recommendation was con- dead, he told the congregation of, ™>n are called on to stick their and old iron on the nearest piece CFFERS YOU SPOILING SCENERY AMERSHAM, England (CP)--- Council of this Buckinghamshire town is won where the scrap-metal dealers have gone. tained in a report by a commis sion appointed more than a year ago by 'the council to study YMCA work with women and girls and the relationship of the association to the YWCA, The commission was hezded by J. Cordon Dunlap of Cobourg and William H. Dewar of Toronto. The report was presen'ed for pre'iminary consideration - over the weekend but no action will be taken until it is presented to the annual meeting of the na- tional council in Hamilton next February. William H. Spearman, Brant- ford, was a member of the com- mission. veod Green United Church at a necks out." TELEVISION LOG remembrance service. "We must plan and pray and work and sacrifice to realize the dreams these people had for their children. This hope for the future of their children only stake they POSTAL RECOVERY | JERSEY, Channel Islands (CP) More than 1,000 leiters, some dated February, 1957, were de- livered this month with an apol- ogy from the postmaster. Thev were found by post o'fice investi- gators after complaints of un- delivered mail. 255, NEW HMCS Chaudiere, seventh of | | the Ro2siigouche class destroy- er escorts, will be commission- | ed Into the Royal Canadian Navy at Halifax. N.S., on Nov, 14. The Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Jom G. Diefenbaker will i] 'of open country. is the CHCH-TV Channel 11--Hamilton have in this WKBW.TV Channel 7--Buffale WROC-TV Channel 5--Rochester |WGR-TV Channel 2--Buffalo WBEN-TV Channel 4--Buffalo CBLT-TV Channel 6--Toronto MONDAY EVENING 5:00 P.M. | l1=Family Theatre 6--~Youth '60 5--Playhouse 4--Fun To Learn 3 Three Stooges 5:15 P.M. 4--Feature Film | 5:30 P.M. 7--Rin Tin Tin | 6--~Mickey Mouse 2--Supermsn 6:00 P.M. 7--Early Show | |11-6---News | 3--Casey Jones | 6:15 P.M. DESTROYER ESCORT be guest of honor at the cere- mony. Tre Chaudiere, shown here vn bigh speed trials, will become a unit of the Fifth Ca- nadian Escort Squadron based at Halifax Nationa! Defence Photo) | 8--The Vikings | 6:30 P.M. l1--~Family Theatre 5-4-2-- Weather. News 6:45 P.M. S-- Huntley Brinkley Report 11.8-4-2---Weather; News 7:00 6 Faninio 5--High Road 4 Death Valley Days 2--Tugboad Annie 7:15 P. T=News: 7:30 P.M. 11-8--~Don Messer 7--Shirley Temple 5--~Man Hunt 4--Masquerade Party 2--Richard Diamond |11.86--Danny Thomas 5-2--Love and Marriage 4~The Texan 8:30 P.M. 11-6-5-2--Bob Hope 7--Bourbon Street Beat 4--Father Knows Best 9:00 P.M, 4-Dannv Thomar 9:30 P.M, 11-6--Mursic "60 7~Adventire in Paradise 5-2--Theatre 4--Du Pon' Show 10:00 P.M, 5-2-8t~ Aven 10:30 P.M. 11---Weeklv Football 7-U.S. Marshall 6--~The Town Above 11:00 P.M. 11:7:6.5-4-2~News; Weather. Snorts 11:15 P.M. 1--Playhouse 6-- Viewpoint 2-8ports Reel 11:30 P.M. ll--Late Show | 8--<Dial 999 52-Jack Parr 4--Myslery Theatre TUESDAY | 8:00 AM. | 7=Window on the World 8, Today 4~News: Roundup 8:15 A.M. | 4=Captain- Kanzaroo 7--Komedy Korner 5--D'ng Dong School 4-Popeye's Play- ous 2---Martin Kane 9:30 A.M. 11-Mov.e i--~Romper Room 5--Burns and Allen 4--Life of Riley 2---Dr. Christian 10:00 A.M. 2-3---Dough Re Mi 4--Playhouse 10:30 A.M. 7-~Morning Show 2-5-Treasure Hunt 4---0n The Go 11:00 AM. 11--Jane Gray Show 5, 2---Price is Right 4-1 Love acy 11:30 A.M. 11--Anythint Go-s 5, 2-Concentration 4--Desember Bride 12:00 NOON 11--Cartoons 7--Restless Gun 5-2---Truth or Consequences 4--News Weather 12:45 P.M. 6--~Matinee 4--Spcaker of the House 130 P.M. 2-1t Could Be You &-~Seareh tor lomorrow 12:45 P.M. 11--Movie Mat'nee 4---Gu'ding Light 100 P.M. 7---Music Bingo 5--Movies 4--Meet The Miller 2-Mid-Day Matinee 1:30 P.M, 7--For The Ladies The Wri ras 2:00 P.M. 7-Day In Court 6~Chez Helene 4---For Better or Worse 2-Queen For A Day 2:15 P.M. 1-6--Nurrery Sc'iool 2:30 P.M. 11-6--O»en House 7-Gale Storm 5--Home Cooking 11--~Mantovani {= Beat The Clock 6-~TBA 5-2--Dr. Malone 4--Milonai 3:30 P.M. 1-Music For You 7--~Who Do You Prust 6--Backeround | 5, 2-From. These Roots 4 Verdict is Yours P.M. 1'~Popeye T<--American Bandstand 6-TBA 8-2-House on Street HSS 4:30 P.M. 6--Friendly Giant- 5-2---Split Personality 4--Edge ol Night 4:45 P.M. 6--Magg'e Muggins TUESDAY EVE'ING 5:00 PIA. 11--Family Theatre 6--On Safari S5--Playhouse 4--Fun To Learn 3~Three Flooges 5:15 P.M. Feature Film 5:30 P.M. 7-Rin Tin Tin 6 Sky King 2--McGraw 6:00 P.M. 11-6--News {--Early Show 2---Willie Wonderful 6:15 P.M. 6--Lawrence Welk 6:30 . l--Family Theatre §-4-2---News: Weather 6:45 P.M. 8--Huntley-Brinkley Report 6-4-2--News 7:00 P.M. 6-- l'anlold 5--The Rifleman 4-- Annie Oakley 2--Sergeant Bilko 7:15 P.M. 7--News: Weather 7:30 P.M. 7--8ugarfoot 6--Donna Reed ¥-2-- Laramie 4--Whirlvbirds 8:00 P.M. 11.6--Chevy Show 4--Film Featurette 8:30 P. 7-Wvatt Earp 5-2--Fibber McGee 4---Doble Gillis 9:00 P.M, 116--Front Page Chal lente 7--R'fleman 4--Tight-ope 5-2--Arthur Murray 9:30 P.M. 11-6-2-- Startime 7-Phili, Marlowe 5--Ford Show 4--Red Skelton 10:00 P.M. 7--Alcoa Presents 4--Garry Moore 10:30 P.M. 11-6--Press Conference 7--Man Without a Gun | 5--Black Sadle 2---Bold Venture 11:00 P.M. 11,7,6.5.,4.2- News; Weather Sports 11:15 P.M. 7 Playhouse 8 Viewpoint 11:30 P.M. {1--Late Show THIS OFFER MAY BE HARD TO BELIEVE Have a member of our courteous sales staff come , to your heme and demonstrate our Dumont window to you, or come into our local sales office. 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