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E TIMES-GAZETTE 3a Tuesday, Juiy 23, 1046 NATION'S HISTORY WELL RECORDED IN PUBLIC ARCHIVES Huge Collection of Cana- diana Is Housed At Ottawa Ottawa, doubt about any matter respecting Canada's history, there is one place where you can be assured of getting a satisfactory answer--the Public Archives. "We answer a great variety of questions," sald Dr, L. Brault, Di- rector of the Research and Infor- mation section of the Public Ar- chives, "They range from the in- fluence of Voltaire's writings on Canada to a comparison of the cost of transportation on the Ottawa and St, Lawrence rivers in 1800. We even act as genealogists to help peo- ple trace their antecedents." records y the Public Archives building is not » musty, cobwebby , with creaky and dim corridors: it is a bright and modern fire-proof struct ure, Probably the most visited section of .the build is the museum, Open to the public every day, here are exhibited such diversified ex- amples of Canadiana as the baby boots of General Wolfe, an auto- phed copy of Col, John McCrae's orta] poem "In Flanders' PFlelds," a large scale model of Ot- tawa as it will look when City Planner Grever completes its beau- tification, and bullets dug up on the battlefield of the Plains of Abra- m, One of the museum's feature at- tractions was the $20,000 dress worn by Queen Elizabeth on Their Maj- esties' Canadian tour in 1939, Last April it was transferred to the Roy- al Ontario Museum in Toronto, But the Archives' museum is not com- ly lacking in Royal apparel; still have a costume worn by Queen Victoria, One of the latest additions to the museum is the plan of the hiding place of the Coronation Stone, which was sent by the Dean of Westminster of Prime Minister King for safekeeping in the early months of the war, But the real record of Canada's history is contained in the library, manuscript and map rooms of the Public Archives, This is the Mecca for poth the professional and ama- teur student of Canadian history. To help them in their research, the information section provides them with a superb index system contain- ,250,000 cards, e 50,000-volume library deals with every phase of Canadian, French, English and American his- Soars PAVILION Sweet and Swing Musie Cool Lake Breezes Admission 35¢ Regular Bus Service July 11--(OP)--If in|, EFFREs § SoBsEEs ol $s? is gE gE " i in fil hi: & presumed er made, A reading room, night and day, is another facility which the Public Archives offers, There Is i 2 vice performed by the At a recent exhibition of Ottawa, 6,000 week to see the 219 books on dis~ play. On the base of a statue outside the building to Arthur G. Doughty, former Dominion Archivist, is this inscription taken from one of his works: "Of all national assets, ar- chives are the most precious; they are the gift of one generation to another and the extent of our care of them marks the extent of our civilization." POSTMEN'S HOURS ARGUED IN PRESS Britain Puts a Stop To Late Night Collections London, July 11--(OP)--How late at night & postman should work is a question which has found its way out of parliament into the press, Wilfrid. A. Burke, t poste master-general, the dis- cussion when he sald that mid. night letter collections will not be resumed in London although - the war is ended, Mr, Burke sald re- sumption might encourage the pub- lic to return to old and later hours of business, The Dally Telegraph commented editorially that 'hitherto most of us believed the posi office was con- ducted for the public benefit, and that late hours for a portion of those concerned were considered inevitable, as in some other callings --rallways, buses, tubes and trams, bakeries and newspapers." Thereupon G. A. Stevens, acting general secretary of the Union of Post Office Workers, submitted a letter saying that while Mr, Burke had the last collection of the day would be at § p.m, instead of midnight, the union considered even 9 pm, "far too late." Mr. Stevens sald the hour was too late "having regard to the un- soclal and irksome attendance the postal staff will have to under. take." Work would not finish at pm, if there was a collection at that hour, completing and handling of mail would take until 11 pm. or later. "My members hold that a collec- tion fairly late at night is in the main a luxury service, and that lit- tle, if any, benefit would accrue to the public generally," he said. He added that "reputable busi- ness houses" had Je -Siqunioed then posting departmen an el clear Their correspondence early in the day, and the inefficient busi- ness elements who have not im- proved their organization have no t to expect postal workers' con- ditions to be worsened in order to their lack of enter- prise." Postal workers desired to provide a satisfactory standard of service but they asked the public not to ocndemn them to pre-war work conditions which before 1930 often made "men strangers to their own children expect on Sundays." CAR PRICES INCREASE Sydney, Australia -- (CP) -- New British cars are selling in Australia at prices 75 per cent higher than before the war. Prices have In- creased since the cars arrived in Australia. A small open car quoted recently at $1,600 now is selling for $1,850. Reasons for the increase include increased wages to British workmen, lags in production and world shortages of steels. WHEEL ALIGNMENT SERVICE Wheel your wheels checked for alignment and wheel balance. It will save your tires and make your car steer and handle easier . . . besides being a great safety factor! WE HAVE A GOOD STOCK OF SHOCK ABSORBERS ONTARIO MOTOR SALES LIMITED 88 KING ST. E. OSHAWA TEL. 900 -Safety Theatre on Rails esigned to give more than 20,000 men of the Canadian Pacific Railway on eastern lines "visual" education in general train, interlocking rules and safe practices, a th eatre on rails has begun its tour of lines from the Head of the Great Lakes to the Atlantic seaboard, When schools re-open children at divisional points will be in- vited to visit the car, in which have been rat ed all the features of a modern theatre, and see films which will teach them to avoid tospAsing Cualg, general safety agent for eas! on rafllways and to prevent crossing accidents. Here, J, C. Mc~ es, is lecturing to a class of rallroaders on the operation of block signals with the ald of light panels which give an exact replica of the signals' operation on the line, The pic Mp question is shown om i screen, Inset, N. R. C rump, general manager for eastern lines, who conceived over the car's public address system in describing the operation of the the idea of such a car, is speaking lighted panels to C.P.R. officials when the car was put on dis] Shops after conversion from a World War II hospital car, play in Montreal when it was turned out of Angus =-C.P.R. Photo BOMBS T0 BLAST GUARDIAN ISLAND OF GERMAN PORTS To Reduce Heligoland To A Few Barren Rocks London, July 10--(OP)~--The of Heligoland, ancient dwelling place of gods and Germany's North Sea Gibraltar in two wars, will be end- ed ebruptly this summer by a Brit- ish demolition squad, The mile-long island fortress, 30 miles off the estuaries of the Elbe and the Weser, is to be blown from the earth's surface in one gigantic exploision which will leave only a few barren rocks for sea birds to Test on, This, a senior naval officer has sald, will be Britain's answer to the Heligoland dilemma, It is expected to satisfy English ornithologists who contended the island was essential to migratory birds. After VE;Day, Allled bombers kept right on pasting Heligoland and its satelite sand spit, Duene. Their airfields and submarine pens were used as targets for devasting practice raids. The island's normal 3,000 inhabitants had been evacu- ated, of course, The final coup de grace will be delivered with several hundred tons of planted explosives, rendering the Island permanently uninhabitable, British naval strategists have not liked Heligoland ever since White- hal] traded it to Germany in 1890, for Zanzibar in the Indian Ocean. The British had seized Heligoland from the Danes in 1807. Red sandstone. cliffs, rising to a. green plateau 200 feet above the sea, made the island a natural out post guarding the German ports of Hamburg, Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Buen and Wilhelmshaven naval ase, . Unforunately Heligoland could also be viewed as an offensive Spearhen pointed at the British Under the Versailles treaty, the fortress was dismantled and Ger- many was told to keep Heligoland as a resort for birds, sunbathers, and fishermen, Nevertheless Hitler commenced its rearmament as early as 1936, In ancient times, before the sea eroded it to one-fifth its former size, Heligoland was believed to have been a favored haunt of the northe land gods whom the Nazis later revered. Its name in German means "Holy Land." In addition to guns, the Nazis girdled the island with granite slabs and an iron chain as pro- tection against the ocean's whitt- TOURIST BUREAU BUSY YEAR ROUND New Zealand Government Offices Arrange for Holi- day Excursions By WILLIAM STEWART Canadian Press Staff Writer Auckland, N.Z, July 10.--(CP)-- New Zealand government tourist offices throughout the Dominion do year-round business arranging trips | cell for thousands who may be planning holidays away from home or merely going off for the weekend. The government travel service has facilities for taking charge of all details of a proposed trip ine cluding the purchase of train, bus or alr tickets and arrangement of hotel accommodation. A traveller is able to pay practically the whole of 2 cost of a trip before setting out, The government offices have the timetables of transportation services almost anywhere in either of the two islands that make up New Zealand territory. A traveller is able to visit one of the offices, outline his plans and receive an individual booklet con taining all the tickets needed and 'chits to be presented at hotel desks for settlement of bills. The tourist offices supply with the book of tickets, a pamphlet con- taining a complete itinerary, giving itmes' of arrival and departure for stopovers and containing notes about the sights to be seen on a particular trip. For sportsmen, the offices have information about localities that are good for trout and salmon fish- ing or excursions off the coast for shark and sword-fish, They are able to arrange transportation, ac- commodation and supply informa- tion about equipment that is needed and where to get it, The tourist organization makes no charge for its services and its office counters are lined constantly with people seeking travel assist- ance, i: PROPERTY DEALS SLOW IN BERLIN Uncertainty Over City's Future Puts Curb On Buying Berlin, July 16 -- (CP) -- Nobody wants to buy ruins, inquiry among Berlin real estate dealers reveals. This fact somewhat surprised real estate brokers, who at first blush though investors might want to acquire ruins cheaply, tear them down and rear new structures. Investers, however, reasoned dif- ferently, First of all they don't know what is to be the position of mortgages on property now standing in ruins. Next, there is the question of whether real estate valuations will undergo a change in view of the unprecedented situation created by mass destruction of entire city sections through bomb and artillery action. Take downtown Berlin, for in- stance. Real estate before the war naturally commanded top prices, But can the centre of the city, which "has had it," ever be rebuilt? If so, will it again become the com- mercial centre or will it, as some city planners have it, be turned into a series of settlement projects? The uncertainty about the future of the city is putting a curb on speculative buying or purchase for investment, On the other hand, anybody who has a roof over his house is anxious to hold onto his property, Hence, although countless would-be pur- chasers of homes are registered with real estate agents, properties are being offered for sale only by people who need cash badly or by heirs who have no use for the real estate. Vacant lots, like ruins, are not wanted. One main reason is the dearth of building materials outside of bricks. Bricks are as plentiful as the sands on the sea. Chinese Communists Founding University Peiping, July 16--(CP)--Chinese Communists are founding a uni- versity to which students preferring capitalism will be welcome--provid- ed they unlimber their capital and pay their own way. Students and professors who dote on Communism will practise it by living under a communal system, but the capitalists in their midst will have to live "on their own means." That is the way Chancellor Fan Wan-lan put it in explaining the operations of North Fan Tah Uni- versity, soon to be- established at Shunty, in southern Hupeh province of central China, The party line will be hewn to in feeding the mouths of the studants, but in feeding the intellects of the students the party line will be pitch- ed out the window, says the chan- or. Fan says that the university will not be interested in the political tinge of the professors, since abso- lute freedom of thought and action are the first requirements of pro- gressive education, Since 1939, Fan has been at Com- munist headquarters in Yenan do= ing research and organizing histori cal material for students at the new university, he said in an inter view. The university already has more than 700 enrolled, he reported. A 1917 graduate of the University of Peiping, Fan has taught at Na- tienal University of Peiping, Sino- French University, Catholic Univer sity for Women and China College. The last teaching job he had was up around the Honan province borded in northern Hupeh from 1037 to 1930--his students young guerrillas, his curriculum the fine art of exterminating Japanese. . Try a classified advertisement for quick results! TE eT PUN PRN tical change. FAR-REACHING INFLUENCE "Too many think of advancing technology solely in terms of indus- tria) progress, Actually, its influ- ence is most far-reaching in its im- pact upon soclal, economic and pol- It alters the entire course of human lives.,"--Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. chairman of the General Motors Board of Directors. ee ---------- TELEVISION "DOWN UNDER" Canberra--(OP)--The Australian parliamentary committee on broad- casting has recommended the esta- blishment of experimental tlevision stations in Sydney and Melbourne. The committee also recommended steps over a period of several years to convert radio stations in the state capitals to frequency modula- ons, OPTICAL SIMILARITY All monkeys and human beings have eyes with round pupils, ALCOHOLICS CLUB MEANS NEWLIFE T0 DRINK ADDICT Members of Alcoholics Anonymous Help Selves And Others By Jack Rutledge Dallas, July 18--(AP)--Two hund- red veterans of the struggle against alcoholism leaned forward tensely. The auditorium was quiet as the Anonymous was called to order. "Folks," said the speaker in a husky voice, "tonight we're cele- brating two birthdays, Bill is two years old, and Mary is one." The crowd broke into cheers, Bill and Mary stood up, beaming proud- ly. Bill hadn't taken a drink for two years, Mary for one, "We'll hear from Judge Joe Hill, who handles drunks by the hund- reds, later on," the speaker said. "But first we'll let Bill and Mary say a few words, Now, you don't have to give your last names un- less you want to, he said, The man spoke first, He was frank and unashamed. He gave his name and occupation, He told of the lives he'd wrecked, of the hap- piness he'd blasted, of the physical dainage his drinking had caused, "Preachers preached about me, my mother prayed, and my wife cried," he said. "I Just couldn't stop drinking, I know now that it's a disease, just like diabetes. And Alcoholics Anonymous cured me. "It's the most exclusive club in the world, Only reformed drunk- ards can join, It doesn't cost a cent to belong, but it costs a for- tune to get in, I figure it cost me at least $50,000--money I've lost because of my drinking." Then' Mary spoke. She was a beauty parlor operator. She had lost most of her customers because, they just didn't llke to have a drunken operator mauling over them. But now-- "I don't say I'm cured for keeps, I saw an alkle boast that he was on the wagon for life, that he'd never Mouch another drop, The next night he was drunk and in fail, 1 know that I'm just one drink away from being a drunkard, All I can say is that I'm sober tonight, that I have been for a year, and if I Just stay sober a day at a time, and let each day take care of itself, I'll be okay." "I used to think drunks were fun- ny," Judge Hill said with a grin, "When I first sat on the bench, I handled a hundred or so drunks a day, After a while I began to learn things about drunkards--and alco- holics. There was the character who appeared time and time before me, and I finally lost patience and ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR REPAIRS! Fast Guaranteed Repairs to All Makes! WE ARE AGENTS FOR Display Counters @ Walk-in Boxes Reach-in Boxes Quick Freezers @ ® Milk Coolers ashing Machines "Authorized Gllson Dealer" BELL' 182 Simcoe St. 8. Refrigeration Sales & Service Phone 2959W Git TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY » BUVE-BLOODED 2 WINER 4 irnirs 2-FDR-! WONDER A SA Starting THURSDAY! ~~ Roaring to the Screen... The Exciting Life of "CAPTAIN KIDD" WITH -- CHARLES LAUGHTON --Added Feature-- n "JUNIOR PROM" THE TEEN AGERS 2-BIG BANDS-2 "Freddie Stewart « June Preisser « Judy Clark RAVI ENTIFICALLY AIR w Ie Gy, LEGO RANDOLPH SCOTT 00LED 2.9 oy weekly meeting of the Alcoholics | liq told him he just didn't have any er, fellow told me with a sort of pitying look that I didn't know what will power was. He sald he had become so desperate for a drink that he got a pair of pliers and pulled the gold fillings from his Jeeth to trade for money, and "Judge, could you do that? You got that much will power?" The judge went on to say that of the people he knew, he liked alcoholics best. They are the most honest men in the world, he said, While most people try to alibi for mistakes, an Alcoholic Anonymous member who has taken the pledge has, first of all "got right" with himself and admitted he was an alcoholic and could not handle his uor, Then, sald the judge, they are the most sociable bunch in the world. : The A.A. program has 13 steps, but can be bolled down to five over- all steps: Admission of alcoholism, personality analysis and catharsis, adjustment of personal relations, dependence upon some higher pow- er, and working with other alco- holics, Just 11 years old, the or- ganization has 27,000 members, And it's growing fast, FLIGHT KILLS OYSTERS Oapetown--(OP)--The first oof ° signment of Falmouth oysters which were- flown from land for breeding purposes in South African: waters were found to be dead om arrival here, Dr, C. von Bonde, di» rector of fisheries considers that the cold encountered in high flying may have killed them, NOTABLE DANCE FLOOR in aid of London's London--(CP)--A {ive-arts al Free Ho pital will be held at the Albert Sept, 27. This wil] be the first fulls scale post-war fancy-dress ball, the first to be held after the relays ing of the "great floor" of the Ale bert Hall, on which it will be possie ble for 5,000 people to dance, LETTERS SAVE TIME Welling, Kent, England--(OP)== Running a parish of 20,000 singles handed, Rev. Frank Moore, vicar of 8t, John's, writes personal letters to each of his parishoners, In each letter is a reply-paid postcard with a questionnaire, "If I get 20 replies out of 50 postcards I consider I am making progress," he said. 10 Jitter Oshawa DEFINITELY THE YEAR'S TOPS TEEN FROLIC GRAND PRIZES Bug Contest Winners Will Each Secure A Trophy FRANK HUMPHRIES HIS DRUMS AND HIS ORCHESTRA Wednesday July, 31st JUBILEE PAVILION 10 Admission--50¢ The Boys and Dottie ore off again . . . on a dizzy, daffy gold-rush. It's © 14-kara! GUARANTEED LAUGH RIOT! Outstanding Selection of Color Cartoons and Shorts oun ows C00L WEATHER! "Always FIRST with the BEST" PARADE OF WONDERFUL NEW TALENT... HEAR: "I'm Glad | Waited For Yoo* and other great songs! ROY GABBY ROGERS HAYES "SONG Or' ARIZONA" plus "Blonde Alibi" 4h ' COMING THURSDAY JANET BLA LFAED DRAKE Singing slar of "Ok MARG PLATT