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TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 194) THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE - ._... . PAGE FIVE Today's Short Story BLUEJAYS IN THE CORN jy Anna E. Wilson NEVER mind the bluejays, Beanie. There's good in every kind of weather." But Beanie hated the bluejays because their screeching ushered in the great northeasters that blew straight across the cove, wrecking the boats of the fisher- folk and making their home deso- late. Beanie had had only one fear when she and Hal bought the little farm on the Cove, and that was of the sea. "It's not," Hal said reasonably, "as if, we were fisherfolk our- selves, Beanie. You can under- stand the wives of the mep down there being afraid, but, safe and snug here on our little farm, what can the sea do to us?" Beanie put her distracted hands to her head to shut out the screaming of the jays. The wind was already whistling in the corn stalks as she went in and out among them gathering the pump- kins she had planted because Hal loved pumpkin pie. The bluejays chattered and whirled and spun about her as she gathéred them into a great heap in the shed. What could the sea do to her? Tt could take Hal away from her, Beanie thought stubbornly. For all his talk, Hal loved the sea, just as he loved the storms and the jays and the smell of fish. When he stood staring out at salt water with that look in his eyes, she had a cold fear that he would --INustrated by Afleen Richardson. Beanie clung to Hal, the storm breaking about them in a wild gale. Perhaps the worst of Beanie's trouble was that she felt shut out from Hal's world. It would have been different if she could have felt as Hal felt, as the fisherfolk felt. Deep in her heart, Beani¢ knew that she could hold Hal or the farm but she could never b¢ a part of him until she coulé share his love of salt water. But she couldn't, and the jay: were screeching louder than eve: as she began to gather the clothe: that were on the line. Her hands were soft on Hal's shirts, with love in them. Folding them neatly into their familiar shapes, she wondered how she could ever have quarrelled with Hal. Perhaps it was because Nels Peters was making up his crew | and she sensed Hal's restlessness. He loved the independence of his small farm, the hot sun burning his back a clean brown, the ripe corn and golden pumpkins and Beanie, small and earnest in his outgrown' overalls, But, Beanie asked herself, did Hal love these things better than he loved the sea? "Look, Beanie," he'd sald, fac- ing the sunset, his fine strong shoulders bare. "Look at Nels boat on a trial run. Look how she stands out and takes the water. Look at her square rigged sails and the stout hull of her She's flat on the keel, too, for the rough water. It's a good boat and well fitted. Isn't a fisherman any- where has as much heart for the good of his crew." Beanie had put a brown hand up to push Hal away. She was tired and nervous but how could Hal know that it was only the fear in her heart that had become words. . "It's the sea you love, Hal" she'd cried wildly. "It's not the farm. It's always the sea. Go away. Go and join up with Nels Peters. Go." » Had had tried to reason with her. "You den't know what you're saying, Beanie. You're all worked up." ut Hal hadn't been able to quiet her. In her misery and uncertainty, she'd hated Hal. In the end he'd taken the boat and rowed across the Cove to the mainland and now the jays were screeching in her head and every time the great northeasters blew, she'd think of Hal. Beanie put her work-stained hands before her eyes and sob- bed. Down below her the wind whipped the sea into crazy white caps that spit and clawed. It was all one, Beanie thought wildly, the jays, the flaring corn, the sea- gulls blown about by the storm and Hal. 5 : She had to see Hal. She had to tell. Hal how it was. But Hal was across at the mainland. Beanie held her head and thought. To cross to the mainland by Hal's boat, you went through the open sea, but, around the bend, there was a sheltered inlet and you could row across in an old row- boat down by the shore. Beanie went down to the inlet to find that the wind had not yet penetrated into it and the water was still calm. She found the boat with the oars fitted to the oarlocks, and started to row. Beanie had never been in a boat before. She'd never felt the pull of the oars with the clean sea hitting you in the face and a sort of glory running through your arms. She rowed swiftly, awk- wardly, and tumbled from the boat onto the far side of the main- land and ran. Out in the open sea, the wind was clawing at the waves and Beanie held back her wet hair and stared at the wharf. There was nothing. Nels' boat was gone; had already rounded the bend. She could see nothing but the storm and the clouds. Beanie rowed back, the rising storm breaking into the inlet and tossing it about. She pulled till the muscles of her arms ached and her face streamed with salt water. Through' all the stubborn pride she felt in conquering the sea there was a dull pain in her heart that told her Hal was gone. Before she pulled ashore, she couldn't have told the salt water from her ©o tears. Rounding the shed, she could hear the jays screeching their de- fiance into the mounting storm She could not help feeling a tinge of pride in their shrill courage. Now she, too, had fought the ele- ments with a fierce joy; she, too, was part of the storm--of Hal. She stared at the pumpkins and thought how strange it was that she should have come to love the bluejays now. She was sobbing with thin arms shielding her wet face when stronger arms seized her, and Hal was murmuring, "Beanie, Beanie," into her hair. "Oh, Hal," she cried, clinging to his wet form. "I thought you'd gone with Nels." Hal laughed, the wind whipping his words like wings. "I heard the jays screeching, Beanie, and I came back, I knew you were afraid of the storm." Beanie clung to Hal, the storm breaking out them in a wild gale. "Hal, Hal," she cried against the force of it. "I love the bluejays," and as a great gust toe past them, fresh with the taste of salt water, "Oh, Hal! I love the sea!" (Copyright) JLondon Lotter. By STUART UNDERHILL Canadian Press Staff Writer "It's the nicest little crisis we've 'ad in a long time," said the lady in the London fish queue. "Noth- ing uncomfortable, understand, but ever so much excitement.' "Why, the way the papers were talking last week you'd have thought we'd all be starving by now. But I see a nice piece of cod there and that will do for me old man's tea." | "But wa don't have as many points," said a woman behind her, "It's going to be harder to get a bit of mararoni and canned fruit." Same Points "The points are just what they was a year ago, dear," the first lady said tranquilly. "My old man says 'don't worry, love--we'll pull through." And so we shall." "Things are going to get a. lot worse before they get better," gloomily interposed the only man in the queue, "Look what old Churchill said Friday: 'Socialist dictatorship.' That's what we're in for. Cowen, some calls it one thing, some calls it another," said the first) woman, "If they cut our ba- con, though, I shall be vexed My old man dearly loves 'is bit of ba- con." "It's films being cut that I don't like," said the second woman. "Imagine, no American pictures!" Hollywood's 'Silly' Ideas 'Let's go back to the good old music hall days," said the first woman. "These American pictures just put a lot of silly ideas in young people's "eads. We shall get along all right without them." "Films," sniffed the man. "They ain't all we shall miss. You just wait. Very gradual, all these things will be. First we won't be able to get this, then we won't be able to get that. Mark my words, it's no happy prospect." "If only the coal miners would | work harder, said the second wom. an, "My Tom says it's them that's causing all the trouble." "Well, * dearie, my sister lives in Wales and I stayed with her in the 20%," said the first woman. "My brother-in-law was digging. coal eight hours a day, six days a week, getting soaked with water, They paid him a shilling extra for work- ing in water and he had to fight to get it. One complaint and he was on the dole. "Cast your mind back to them days, dear. Cast your mind back to the war. If we stood all them things we shall come out of this . . . Good morning, you old reprobate," she added to the finhmonger. "'Ow about a nice bit of cod today?" NO AIR DEATHS During the year ended June 30, 1947, there was no fatal accident on scheduled passenger air services in Australia. In the same period, Australian airlines flew approxi- mately 23,000,000 miles--31 per cent more than the previous 12 months and carried 860,000 passengers, an increase of 67 per cent. So far this year more than 400 people have dies in commercial plane crashes outside Australia. distance judgment test to a : bined dist Motorist Takes Distance Judgment Test F. Archibald Bryce, supervisor of the Division of Public Safety, University of 'Toronto, is seen motorist. Looking through peephole, motorist sees model cars in mirror, twenty of forty feet. Through movement of knobs, feet away, king must line the moveable oeuvring a car within close limits. cars side by side. Drivers who have difficulty in g space when meeting or overtaking other vehicles; should avoid !ieavy traffz:c and exercise care when man- % % giving the device, motorist at front of it hould allow more dis Aoi Test Tells Aptitude For Driving Motorists can spot their natural driving weaknesses at a series of tests to be conducted by the Divis- ion of Public Safety of the Uni- versity of Toronto at the Canadian National Exhibition, W. Archibald Bryce, supervisor of the course, An- nounces. 'The tests determine driving apti- tude rather than driving skill. Practically no one possesses all the physical qualities desirable in a good driver, it has been found. By being aware of and allowing for weak spots, the driver eliminates dangerous gaps in driving tech- nique. ' Surveys show that 77.3 per cent of accidents are caused by drivers themselves, the other 22.7 per cent being caused by mechanical defects and faulty roads, said Mr. Bryce. Tests determine the driver's abil- ity to judge distances; field of vis- ion; ability to withstand glare of headlights; quickness of reaction in emergencies; color discrimina- tion; strength; steadiness and so forth, Drivers who obtain a low score on aly particular test or tests, will be advised how to allow for this weak spot in their driving. Driving aptitude tests have been conducted at the university since 1045 to ald transport trucking com- panies in selecting and training drivers and supervisors. The exhibit will be in a marquee tent at the western end of the au- tomotive building facing the main road coming from the Princess gate, Peterborough Buys D.V.A. Hospital Site Montreal, Aug. 12.--(CP) -- Sale of the Department of Veterans' Af- fairs hospital site at Peterborough, Ont, to the City of Peterborough has been completed, War Assets Corporation has announced. The hospital was destroyed by fire last winter; five ancillary buildings and a little equipment alone were salvaged. These items, together with the debris from the fire were included in the sale. caught all the fish we Tells of Storm Destruction At Temagami MRS. KENNETH FLETCHER Correspondent Harmony, Aug. 11--As your cor- respondent has just returned from a trip through northern Ontario, Harmony news coverage has been scant for the past 10 days. Some ob- servations on our trip, however, might be of interest. We followed the highway through Gravenhurst to Point Au Baril and Pafry Sound and then cut across country to Sundridge. From North Bay on there is a one distinct change in the scenery. One notices the huge rocks on the side of the highway, green, brown, rust, turning a pinkish cast-grey and black and white. The trees start to get larger, one sees places where forest fires raged a few years ago. We stayed at one of the many government tourist 'camps near Timagami where about 200 others from all over the States and Can. ada were camping. Several from Oshawa were there including Mr. and Mrs. M..J. Wright and Eileen. Climbed to Tower During our stay here, we climbed up to the Caribou Tower, one of the many fire ranger towers in the north. This tower 1s locatéd oh one of the- highest ridges and it is a day's work to go there and back. A narrow footpath all around the lake, over rocks and fallen trees, leads up to sheer rock walls scaled by crude ladders with handrails of wiré or rope. Once at the top of the ridge, you see the tower perched on a huge rock. It is another, 100 foot climb up a ladder to the top, but one is fully compensated on viewing the l4ndscape below. It is breathtaking to see all the lakes and forests spread out like a patch- work quilt below. On clear days the Quebec border 15 miles away, can be seen. A constant watch is kept for forest fires, and when one is detected, its approximate vicinity is broadcast to one of the planes constantly.patrolling the area. Although the fish weren't biting while we were there, there is an abundance of lake trout, pike, pick- erel and bass in the many lakes. We wanted, IT'S BULBLESS SE RUPTURED! You Owe It To Yourself To Investigate THE DOBBS TRUSS METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF RUPTURE "IT'S BELTLESS! It has no bulb or ball to spread the weakened muscle tissue and enlarge the rupture opening. irritate the skin or bind the body, and impede free circulation. 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A cou- ple of planes moored bythe sheds were blown over on their wings and badly smashed. Several trees were uprooted, one on the Ranger's Is- land, and several leading into the camp. One huge jack pine crashed and fell over a tent in which a frightened woman sat alone. Her men-folk were away fishing, but all the campers came to her assistance and carried all her bedding etc., in- to a building used as a dance hall. Much more could be told of the beautiful country but to see it is to really appreciate it. The trees are so huge and tall, and straight as a ram-rod, with all the foliage at the tops. The forest stretches for miles on either side of the highway with never a building, only an occasional lumber camp and shack to be seen. | Labor Govt. Assumes War Powers By DEWITT MACKENZIE Two days ago this column in commenting on Prime Minister Att. lee's drastic prpposals for dealing with Britain's economic collapse, ventured the view t his country's first all-out socialist experiment al. ready had arrived at the point of considerable regimentation of the individual, in fact had made a sharp turn toward a regime partaking of totalitarianism. Events strengthen that thought. Yesterday the House of Commons-- integral part of the "Mother of Parliaments" and watch-dog for the little man's bill of rights--adopted a measure that places in the hands of the government emergency pow- ers which democracies associate with the exigencies of wartime. Government Powers The legislation is called the "crisis powers" bill. It empowers the gov- ernment to tell the workers of Eng- land where they must be employed, and what hours they must work. The government can take over the management of firms considered to be operated inefficiently. The old Conservative maestro, wartime Prime Minister Churchill, declared in a blistering attack on the bill that Socialists were asking Parliament to give a blank cheque for totalitarian government and were using the crisis as a pretext. And when Home Secretary Chuter Ede said the government believed that "this is a crisis likely to move forward with such rapidity that we should have power to deal drastic- ally and swiftly with awkward situ- ations that may arise" Churchill snapped: "Hitler said that!" Well, Churchill is leader of the Opposition and he chastises with a heavy political hand. Personally I should want to know more of the future before charging the socialists with totalitarian skullduggery. That they are about to apply regimen- tation there can be no doubt, but they said it 1s merely to meet the economic crisis. . Labor Party Gamble There are, of course, extreme left- wingers in the Socialist Party whe are driving for a Muscovite dictator- ship. However, there have been no signs previously that the ramk and file were doing more than following Attlee in establishing the utopia which they belleve is attainable through the magic of nationaliza- tion. They can't have much idea of Lwhat nationalization will do to Eng- land, because it hasn't been tried on a big scale before, but they are gambling on discarding the econ- omic system which made England great. The Conservatives charge that the present crisis is due to this socialist experiment. Perhaps some of it is, but. there can be no doubt that a considerable portion of it was an inheritance from the World War, Whether the difficulties could have been overcome with better management under any form of government is a matter of debate. Means Regimentation In any event, the Socialist Regime now is caught in a net from which it probably cannot escape without the aid of "crisis powers." Those powers assuredly mean nta- tion of the individual, but the big question is how long that regimen- tation will have io be employed, and how far it will be carried. This much we can say: The longer regimentation is prac- tised, the more closely will it ap- proach totalitarian dictetorship. And should dictatorship be reached there would be no turning back through the peacefully expressed will of the electorate. INTERNATIONAL FAIR The International Fair in Gdansk, Poland, created a great in- terest among representatives of foreign trade there. Delegations arrived from Sweden, Hungary, United States, Czechoslovakia, Tur- key, Denmark, Switzerland, France, Holland, Belgium, Finland and merchants from Argentine, Brazil, Egypt and Arabia. Thirty-four foreign firms exhibited their pro- ductions. CANTOR GETS AWARD Philadelphia, Aug. 12, --(AP) -- Comedian Eddie Cantor will receive the United Jewish Appeals 1947 humanitarian award here Sept. 3. He is being honored for his recent efforts on behalf of the 1,500,000 Jewish survivors of Nazi Germany. 10,000 Apply ForRe-Enlistment The number of World War II vet. erans who have replied to a person. al letter sent out recently by the Adjutant/ General and which con- stituted /the first Army recruiting appeal since the end of the war, now has to] the 10,000 mark, Ot- tawa authorities disclosed this week. Of the 10,328 veterans who have so far written in, 4,344 were found to be capable of meeting the higher peace-time standards required. Of those accepted, more than 50 per cent were qualified tradesmen. * Applincatios are continuing to reach Army Headquarters at the rate of several hundred weekly, while other applicants apply direct to district depots for enlistment. In addition, may inquiries are arriving daily Headquarters from young Canadians without previous ser. vice, and in the past few weeks more than a hundred such appli. cants have been found suitable and enlisted. 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They welcome and conform with legislation providing for the conservation of the "'muskie"'. *'Boatmen and baitmen, hotel-keepers and guides feel the pinch when the fisherman drives further north because he can catch nothing but perch and sunfish in the lake that used to teem with bass and maskinonge."' {COPYRIGHT BY CARLING'S, 1848 ®' An excerpt Conservation Club, A G. C. Toner, M.A, one in a series of pampl from --~CONSERVATION and CANADA'S GAME FISH hiets published by The CARLING'S THE CARLING BREWERIES LIMITED WATERLOO, ONTARIO