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MONDAY, JUL» 18, 1949 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE TAFE-A-DAY Woo 4" opt. 1949, King Features Syndicat, Inc. World rights reserved. Li "And quit thinking back at me!" 78 'omplex Problems Delay Television On Canadian Air By ALAN DONNELLY Canadian Press Staff Writer Ever since people in the United States began looking at television screens in their own homes, Cana- dians have been wondering what the future of television will be in heir own country. Those most interested in Cana- dian television the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, private- ly-owned radio stations and film interests -- are sure there is a future somewhere. But that future is obscured by many considerations, among which are technical, regulative and econ- omical problems that are still to be solved before Canadians can watch: Canadian-produced televi- sion programs in their own home. Eavesdropping on United States broadcasts is at present the only way persons in Canada can see the new entertainment medium. The short waves which carry tele- vision won't travel beyond the horizon and broadcasts carry only from 25 to 80 miles, depending on the height and location of trans- mitters. Thus Canadian television fans are found in southern Ontario and southern British Columbia, Slose to television's sources in the S. The number of Canada's receiv- ing sets is small but growing. Early this year the number in use could be counted in the hundreds. put a recent survey by the Radio anufacturers Association said some 15,000 sets would be manu- factured in Canada by the year's end. At least four companies are making them, with several more firms planning production this year. Yet there is little prospect of television broadcasting in Canada before the latter part of 1950 or early 1951. A. D. Dunton, chairman of the CBC board of governors, has asked for a government loan of $4,000,- 000 for television development. He said it was possible the corporation would begin broadcasts in nine to 15 months, with Stations in Toron- to and Montreal. Only a Start The amount of the loan indicates the cost of only the start of tele- vision. tions could be anywhere from $400,000 to $650,000. Programs are expensive too--top rate U.S. shows cost $30,000 and $40,000 hourly to produce. Experience across the border shows that television stations can expect to lose heavily for the first year or more of their life. There are only a few stations now paying their way. Yet there is Canadian capital, in Toronto and Montreal, ready to he risked on the new venture. Six applications--four from 'l'oronto and two from Montreal,--have al- ready been made. They were de- ferred by the CBC -- and that oints up one of the controversies etween private stations and the CBC. Basis of the dispute is the CBC power to pass on all appli- eations. ¢ , The 12 available television chan- nels havg been allocated to 75 major cities in Canada and 13 of these have from two to five chan- nels each. The remaining 63 cities each have one." While the limited range of broadcasts permits many stations to-operate on the same channel, the' CBC has decided to give only one private licence in any Canadian city or area. Mr. Dunton has suggested that private operators in each city make a joint application for the avail- able channel and operate the sta- tion jointly. Television is to be considered by the royal commission on arts, letters and sciences and Mr. Dunton proposed that if the commission report indicatéd more private stations are to be allowed, present applications would be given prior consideration. No joint ap- piications have yet been made. The Canadian Association of Broadcasters, representing private- The original cost of sta- | | has already moved to co-operate ly-owned radio stations, makes the complaint that private stations are at the same time in competition with--and regulated by--the CBC. The ruling on one private station to each city will continue to cause controversy. It is taken for granted that Canadian programs will draw on what is available from the United States. Though television broad- casts are limited by .the horizon they can be carmed by coaxial cables--costing an estimated $27,- 000 a mile. Many U.S. stations are so linked with New York, where many shows originate. Controls Programs But the CBC reserves the right to pass on what programs enter Canada. Mr. Dunton has more than once voiced fear that the per- suasive new medium, if imported wholesale, could swamp Canadian talent and culture and retard de- velopment of Canadian-produced shows. SECRETS OF ARCTIC UNVEILED The secrets of the Canadian arctic are being torn from their snow- encrusted wrappings this summer by a host of investigators whose number is as great as their mis- sions are varied, it is reported from Winnipeg. Coming under official scrutiny are such diverse matters as the type of life existing on previously- undiscovered islands, the mystery of a beaver-killing disease and the exact whereabouts of the magnetic pole, Some of the expeditions already are in the Northland, others are en route and still others are close to having their tasks completed. T. C. Manning, Arctic veteran of the Federal Mines and Resources Department's geographic bureau last month headed a party of seven Canadian scientists assigned to ex- plore two large islands in Foxe Basin discovered last July by the RCAF, By Air and Land Lying west of Baffin Island, the new lands appeared barren and ice- infested when viewed from the air. The Manning expedition will deter- mine what vegetation and animal life exists and study geographical aspects of the islands, Three scientists and seven air- men, headed by Ralph D. Hutch- inson of Toronto, members of the Dominion observatory's magnetic division, are off on another mis- sion. Their assignment is to deter- mine the exact location of the mag- netic pole, believed to be on Prince of Wales Island about 2,000 miles north of Winnipeg. Joint Sponsors The expedition, sponsored jointly by the Federal Resources Depart- ment and the R.C.AF. is expected to take about eight weeks. A record already is in sight for the group. Their Canso aircraft being sched- uled to fly further north than any water-landing type plane has in the past. Dr. Malcolm Brown of Kingston, Ont., is in charge of a seven-man medical expedition from Queen's University studying the health and ailments of people living in north- ern latitudes. Fourth party to be sponsored by the university in the | last three years, the members are interested in all aspects of health. Their headquarters are at Coral Harbor on Southampton Island. Scientists of the fisheries research board are off on another task, re- suming an investigation into fisher- jes of the eastern Arctic begun in 1947 in Ungava Bay off northern Quebec. One of their objectives is to 'determine how marine sources OSHAWA BU. 20 4 i H. &K. HARDWARE See our complete line of hard- ware including Beaver Power Tools, Fairbanks-Morse Stok- ers and Martin Senour and Aulcraft paints. Harrison and Kinsman 337 SIMCOE ST. S. PHONE 826 POLLARD'S Radio Sales and Service GENERAL ELECTRIC RADIOS AND SUPPLIES STEWART-WARNER RADIOS 153 Simcoe St. S. Fone 994 Men Admit Home Chores New York -- Some 1,999 of 2,350 assorted American husbands ad- mitted today they dabble their hands in dishwater, make with the floor polishes, and put on their own coffee pots to keep the home fires burning. Most of them said they're doing more work around the house today than they did five years ago. The men--mostly between 25 and 45 and mostly with at least one child--were polled by the American Magazine, which picked the names off its subscription list. All 1,999, or 84.8 per cent of the total queried, admitted to doing the dishes with some degree of regular- ity. Only 81 per cent said "yes" to a similar question in 1945. Sixty-nine and a half per cent of the men said they got up and cooked their own breakfasts, either always or some of the time. There were more "sometimes" answers and fewer "always" ones than five years ago. (Whoever gets breakfast, most of the men said they had time for can best aid the Eskimos. Indian Traces [ In the Western Canadian Arctic | Dr. Douglas Deechman of Ottawa, | archaeologist with the National Museum, is working on a. vastly Private stations take exception to this, and also to the CBC's plan | to charge a $10 licence fee for all | receiving stations. Mr. Dunton said he hoped CBC television would be self-supporting from this re- venue, and from commercial earn- ings, within a few years. Private broadcasters may face tougher fin- ancial conditions. When Canada finally gets tele- vision, she will be among the few countries of the world who have it. France, Britain and the United States are the only countries with television beyond the experimental stage and half-a-dozen European countries are planning broadcasts within the next year. Though many feared television would hit hard at radio and mov- ing pictures that has not been the case in the United States. Nearly 95 per cent of homes in the United States have a total of 75,000,000 radios--and few expect that these will become obsolete soon. And the competition of tele- vision has resulted in several cases in spurring radio to better pro- grams. Experience indicates that after television has been in a home for a while, radio gradually re- gains the listening audience it temporarily lost. The moving pictures industry with the new medium. Films are used in many U.S. television broad- casts and one company--20th Cent- ury Fox Corp.--plans to launch theatre television in the Los An- geles area. If the experiment works, it can be expected to spread across the country. So when Canada finally gets television, she will benefit from the advances of other countries. Both the United States and Eng- land have color television, though not yet commercially. And U.S. broadcasters, striving to improve programs and broaden their audi- ences, have given. valuable lessons to Canada's future televisers. C.N.E. GUESTS London--(CP)--The Port of Lon- don Authority will be represented at the Canadian National Exhibi- tion in Toronto Aug. 26 to Sept. 10 by Rt. Hon. Sir John Anderson, its chairman. Sir Jolin and Lady An- derson will arrive in Toronto Aug. 26 to attend the opening cere- monies. different project. He is traveling along the Alaska Highway search- ing for traces of early Indian migrations from Siberia, Tools and weapons made from flint already have been found; suggesting a mi- gration extending from -Dawson in the Yukon to Calgary. A trapline biologist for the On- tario Lands and Forests Depart- ment, G. A. Elsey of Toronto, is wondering what mysterious disease was reported this spring to be killing off Northern Ontario's beav- er population. He started a six- week treaty trip in late May, deter- mined to gain information about | the strange malady. | Another expedition involves 32 | university students from Eastern and Western Canada, operating out of Churchill, Man,, under sponsor- ship of Defence Research Northern Laboratories, a section of the Na- tional Research Council. Arctic travel and equipment form the basis for their operations. Even the northern lights are be- ing investigated this summer. A mobile radio experimental station, enclosed in a railway car, is moving slowly 'up and down the Hudson Bay Railway, charting the effect of auroral disturbances upon radio reception. ] The most widespread project of them all, aerial photography of the northland, is being continued this year by R.C.AF. photo squadrons. Last year 911,000 square miles were mapped. This year the object is 950,000 square miles, an all-time high. a -------------------- SEEK BODIES Pruem, Germany, July 18-- (AP)--Saddened villagers of Pruem purrowed today into the rubble of 76 homes in search of additional victims of Friday night's explosion in an underground bunker. German police said 10 bodies have been re- covered and that at least two other persons are missing and believed buried in their smashed homes. The explosion, its cause unknown, came from 350 tons of stored dynamite. DIED SUNDAY Montreal, July 18--(CP)--William Hutchins Estano, 74, former auditor of passenger accounts for the Can- adian National Railways, died Sun- day night. Born in Halifax, he was educated at the Ontario Business | more healthful scrubbing and wax- two cups of coffee.) The husbands said they were ing floors and polishing the. wins dows than they were five years] ago, but most of them still leave] those chores to their wives. | Fewer admitted sweeping rugs than in 1945, but more than half of them still do it. AIDS NAZI ! London, July 18--(CP)--Winston | Churchill Saturday contributed £25 | ($100) to a legal defence fund for a | former German Field Marshal, Fri- tz Erich von Mannstein. Von Mann- stein's trial on war-crimes charges open in Hamburg Aug. 9. Church-| ill was not-available to give reasons | why he contributed. MILLS MOTOK SALES 266 KING W. Phone 4750 | Authorized Dealers for PONTIAC BUICK G.M.C. TRUCKS G.M. 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