The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

PAGE SIXTEEN THE BAILY TIMES. GAZEY TE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1952+ School Days Happy For Airborne Pupils Two young ladies from Francesville, near Peneta! po nguishene, Ont., are being given an early introduction to the air age by Albert Dinnan who has begun flying them to school at Penetanguishene. The air commuting started a few days ago and the girls, Catherine France, left, and her sister, Joan, "just love it." Dinnan, a pilot with an airways company, says the trips are just a mutual arrangement" worked quit because he is living at the girls' home. Their home is a small community among the ice-bound islands of southern Georgian Bay, which limiés travelling to air alone in the winter. Island, Neill's engine cut out, forcing a crash lan to rest with a crumpled wing and bent propellor. yA Pilot Escapes Following Crash Landing a, i rT iki F.0. R. E. Neill, RCAF pilot stationed at Trenton, Ont., escaped serious injury when his fully armed Mustang fighter crash-landed in a field three miles southwest of his base. Bound for the firing range on Nicholson After plowing through a stump fence, the aircraft came with no "damage" to its occupant. hi Exercise Has RCAF Battling Arctic Weather Big Gambling Under Fire; German Casinos Fight Back Bad Homburg (Reuters)--Seven big gambling casinos running a multi-million dollar business in West Germany are preparing battle against a parliamentary faction which wants to close them down by the end of this year. A bill proposing to outlaw all casinos has been laid before par- liament in Bonn by 61 Christian Democrat and independent mem- berg. They claim that casino gamb- less innocent families. Karlheinz Zumbruch, a spokes- man for the Bad Homburg casino, which claims to be "The mother of Monte Carlo," told me that casino owners will fight "the bill "both on legal and moral grounds." He claims the casinos are the least pernicious gambling institu- tions and far better than uncon- trolled gambling dives; and besides he says, a ban would be "expro- priation by law, breach of confi- dence and contract, and unwarran- ted state interference with legiti- mate private enterprise." Scandinavian Neutrality Is Russ Aim Stockholm (Reuters) -- Russia, using Finland as a bait, is trying to get Norway and Denmark out of the Atlantic pact. Soviet diplomats, over cosy lun- ches for Scandinavian Politicians and officials, have been hinting for some time that Moscow now favors a neutral alliance between Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland to keep northern Europe out of any future war. Hitherto, Russia has strongly opposed any agreement between Finland and the other three Scan- dinavian countries on the ground that such a neutral bloc would side with the west in a war. Now she appears ready to trust the four countries to remain gen- uinely neutral. It is believed that Sweden, who worked hard to bring about a neut- ral defensive alliance with Norway and Denmark in 1949 but failed, would welcome the formation of the four-power bloc advocated by the Russian diplomats. It would strengthen Sweden's neutrality policy which is' firmly supported by all Swedish political parties. Denmark officially has said sev- eral times that she is well-satis- fied with membership in the At- lantic pact. But many Danes would feel even more satisfied in a neut- ral Scandinavian 'bloc if it could be created. The Finns would be overjoyed to enter a neutral bloc with Rus- sia's blessing and keep out of the way of any clash between the great powers. Norway, on the other hand, has no faith in neutrality. She is firmly in the Atlant}c pact and it would take a lot to get her out of i. Neverheless, Russia still seems hopeful of getting Norway and Denmark out of the pact, and apparen 3 Kekkonen has made an indirect public appeal to Norway and Den- mark to withdraw from the pact through the Agrarian party publi- cation Maakansa. He began by explaining that Fin- land's military assistance and friendship pact with Russia would operate only if Finland were attacked, or if Russia were attacked through Finland. This is a new and freer interpre- tation of the pact, which also binds the two countries to consult on mutual defence measures in a war or threat of war. Zumbruch said that anti-gamb- ling campaigners exaggerate the importance of casinos in public MEN gambling.' Charges that the Ger- man casinos have a turnover of $232,400,000 a year are just non- sense. Statistics compiled by the casi- nos during 1950 and 1951, the iirst two complete years since they re- opened after the war, show "an average annual business of $5,880,- ling has brought misery to count-| goo Casino gambling losses have like- wise been exaggerated, Zumbruch claims. In 1950-51, some two muil- lion visitors to West German cas- inos lost an average of $5.60--the cost of two good theater seats. Zumbruch stresses that no other gambling institution takes so much trouble to deter people who cannot afford to gamble. The casinos bar everyone under 21 and admit only persons who can identify them- selves satisfactorily. At Bad Homburg, two policemen are always in the gaming rooms, and casino authorities cooperate to keep out shady characters and professional gamblers. Anyone barred from one casino immediately goes on the black list of all the rest. By their rules, casinos are responsible for ensur- ing that only people in satisfactory economic circumstances place|s bets. "Casinos," Zumbruch continues, "are no longer the playground of wealthy aristocrats, big-time frauds and adventurers. Our steady clients now are businessmen and their wives, lonely and well-to-do women, and people of the social set who seek a little excitement, distraction or social contact at the roulette and baccarat tables. "The average losses of our max- imum bets are sure idications that the days of gamblers who staked their entire. fogtune on the turn of the roulette wheel are gone." Maximum bets at Bad Homburg, a typical German casino, range from $17.60 to $500. Zumbruch says closing all Ger- man casinos would ruin a number of thriving resorts and tens of families who depend upon them directly or indirectly. Apart from providing a: living for more than 1000 employes, money from casino funds is help- ing to rebuild and improve the towns in which they are situated. If parliament finds that casinos cannot be banned by a federal law, the 61 legislators want to use a paragraph of the criminal code which prohibits gambling of any kind "except with official authority." This, Zumbruch said, will also ban feotball pools, state lotteries, and even the federal government's recently announced "baby bond" loan campaign under which bonus dividends are distributed by draw- ing numbers. THE NEW WINNERS List of 1952 Winter Olympic Champions Oslo (CP)--Here are the cham- pions crowned at the sixth winter Olympic games, with placings of Canadians: Hockey -- Canada. With seven wins and one tie, for 15 points, Edmonton Mercurys retain title | won in 1948 by Ottawa RCAF Flyers. Field: Nine countries. 500-metre speed skating -- Ken Henry, United States, :43.2. Cana- dians -- Gordon Audley, Winnipeg, tied for third, :44.0; Frank Stack, Winnipeg, tied for 12th, 44.8; Craig MacKay, Saskatoon, tied for 15th, 44.9; Ralph Olin, Calgary, 30th, 46.5 Field: 42. 1500-metre speed skating -- Hjal- mar Andersen, Norway, 2:204. Canadians--Craig MacKay, Saska- toon, 16th, 2:25.0; Raloh Olin, Cal- gary, 29th, 2:293. Field: 39. 5000-metre speed skating --Hjal- mar Andersen, Norway, 8:10.6 Craig MacKay, Saskatoon, 23rd, 8:52.2; Ralph Olin Calgary, 25th, 8:42.22, Field: 42. 10,000 - metre speed skating-- Hjalmar Andersen, Norway, 16:45.8 (Olympic and world record). Cana- dians -- Ralph Olin, Calgary 21st, 18:22.8; Craig MacKay, Saskatoon, 24th, 18:27.4, Field: 30. Figure skating (Singles)--Dick Button, United States, 192.256 judg- ing points and nine place points. Canadians--Peter Firstbrook, Tor- onto, fifth, 173.22 and 43. Field: 5 Figure skating (pairs)--Paul and Pia Falk, Germany, 11.400 judging | points and 11.5 place points. Cana-'| dians--Robert Norris Bowden and Frances Dafe, Toronto, fifth, 10,489 and 17.5. Field: 13 pairs. Giant slalom skiing--Stein Erik- sen, Norway, 2:25.0. Canadians-- Bob Richardson, Mohtreal, 34th, 2:48.2; Andre Bertrand, Quebec, 36th, 2:49.3; Jack Griffin, Mon- treal, 38th, 2:49.9; Gordon Morri- son, Banff, Alta., 46th, 2:52.2. Field: 89. Downhill skiing -- Zeno Colo, Italy, 2:30.8. Canadians -- Bob Richardson, Montreal, tied for 18th, 2:43.2; Gordon Morrison, Banff, Alta., 31st, 2:51.1; Jack Griffin, Montreal, tied for 32nd, 2:32.2; Andre Bertrand, Quebec, 41st, 2:56.0. Field: 85. Slalom skiing -- Othmar Schneider, Austria, 59.5, 60.5--2:00. Canadians--Bob Richardson, Mon- treal, 27th, 66.8, 67.0 -- 2:13.8; George Merry, Trail, B.C., Jack Griffin, Montreal, and. Andre Bert- rand, Quebec, eliminated; field of | 87 cut to 33 for second run. | 18-kilometre (114 miles) ski race--Helger Brenden, - Norway, 1:01.34. Canadians--Claude Richer, Ottawa, 49th, 1:13:15; Jacques Car- bonneau, St. Romauld, Que., 67th, 1:17:37. Fidled: 80. Nordic combined (ski jump and r a c e--Simon Slaatvik, Norway, 451.621 points. (No Canadians entered). . : 50-kilometre (31 miles, 120 yards) ski cross-country marathon-- Veikko Hakulinen, Finland, 3:33:33. (No Canadians entered). 40-kilometre ski relay race (four- an teams)--Finland, 2:20:16. (No Canadians entered). Ski jump--Arnfinn Bergmann, Okanagan Is Widely Known For Apples British Columbia's Okanagan Val- ley is associated in the minds of most Canadians with apples. And rightly so, for of total plantings of 35,000 acres of all tree fruits in the Pacific Province, 24,000 acres are in the Okanagan Valley. Ap-|25 ple trees are the most important and they account for three-quarters of the total tree acreage. As the time goes, the tree ftuit industry in the Okanagan is rela- tively young, most of its early de- velopment being around the turn of the present century. In the report of a study of the industry made recently by the Ec- onomics Division, Canada Depart- ment of Agriculture, a review of the early history is interesting. The tree fruit industry had its commercial beginning in 1892 when Lord Aberdeen planted 200 acres of orchard on each of his ranches-- the Gulsachan at Kelowna and the Coldstream at Vernon. Subsequent- ly other ranchers planted large or- chards, while some divided their holdings into 10 or 20 acre lots and started irrigation, Land values increased from one dollar an acre in 1898 to about $1,000 in 1908. . In 1993 the first carload of fruit was exported to Great Britain from Kelowna. Production and planting increased rapidly and by 1911 the annual preduction was almost a million boxes. As so often happens many orchards had been planted by those with little or no experi- ence of fruit growing, and this re- sulted in the production of a great variety of apples for some of which there was a limited market. few new trees were planted and after the war, many trees of un- desirable varieties were removed. Since the nvarieties better suited. to the growing conditions and mar- ket requirements have been plant- ed. Production of apples in the Okan- agan Valley had increased to 4,557,- 000 be:es by 1939, and in the year 1946 an all-time high of 6,764,500 boxes was reached. In 1948, the number of apples produced was 5.458,800 boxes valued at $12,064, 100. LENGTHY LABEL Full title of the 'Order of St. John is '"The Grand Priory of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in the British Realm." Norway, best jump 223 feet 1% inches; total points, 226. Canadians --Jacques Charland, Three Rivers, Que., 25th, best 203 ft. 7 ins. 190.0 points; Luc Laferte, Three Rivers, 41st, best 200 ft. 1% in, 162.5 points. Field: 44. Two-man bobsled--Germany No, 1 sled (Andreas Ostler) 5:24:54. (No Canadians entered). ; Four-man bobsled--Germany's No. 1 sled (Andreas Ostler) 5:07:83. (No Canadians entered) WOMEN Figure skating--Jeannette Alt- wegg, Great Britain, 161.760 judg- ing points and 14% place points. Canadians--Suzanne Morrow, Tor- onto, sixth, 149.333 and 56; Marlene Smith, Niagara Falls, Ont., 10th, 143.289 and 92.5; Vevi Smith, Tor- onto, 13th, 138.220 and 117. Field: Downhill skiing--Trude Jochum Beiser, Austria, 1:47.1. Canadians-- Joanne Hewson, Montreal, eighth, 1:51.3; 'Rosemarie Schutz, Mon- treal, 14th, 1:54.6; Rhoda Wurtele Eaves, 'Montreal, 20th, 1:56.4; | Lucille: Wheeler, St. Jovite, Que., 28th, 1:59.5. Field: 47. - Giant slalom skiing--Andrea Mead Lawrence, United States, 2:06.8. Canadians--Rhoda Wurtele Eaves, Moptreal, ninth, 2:14.0; Rosemarie Schutz, Montreal, 23rd, 2:19.7; Lucille Wheeler, St. Jovite, Que., 27th, 2:22.0; Joanne Hewson, Montreal, 30th, 2:23.9. Field: 45. Slalom--Andrea Mead Lawrence, United States, 1:07.2, 1:03.4 2:10.6. Canadians--Joanne Hewson, Mon- treal, 13th, 1:09.2, 1:10.7, 2:19.9; Rhoda Waurtele Eaves, Montreal, 19th, 1:12.0, 1:09.9, 2:21.9; Lucille Wheeler, St. Jovite, Que., 26th, 1:12.2, 1:16.2, 2:28.4; Rosemarie Schutz Montreal, 38th, 1:56.7; 1:12.2, 3:08.9. Field: 49. 10-kilometre (6% miles) ski race --Lydia Viedman, Finland, 41:40. (No Canadians entered). Hold Rallies To Mark New Bible Issue Toronto (CP)--The Ontario Coun cil of Christian Education plans to observe" the issuance of the new revised standard version of the Bible by holding not less than 140 community - rallies next Sept. 30. The annual meeting of the council Saturday set up a committee under Rev. J. Arnold Wilkinson of All Saints' Anglican church, Toronto, to lay plans for 'the rallies, The council is the agency through which seven Protestant denomin- ations, Anglican, Baptist, Disciples, | Evangelical, Presbyterian, United {Church and Society of Friends, ! cooperate in religious education in | Ontario. On operations again for two weeks were officers and men of the RCAF regular and reserve taking part in exer- cise Sun Dog Three held recently in Canada's eastern Arctic. In the ten-day joint Army-RCAF winter train- ; : : ing exercise, airmen, worked outdoors defying blustering snow, high winds and sub-zero temperatures to ser- | A Hearing Aid vice and keep the aircraft flying, This group of airméh at Goose Bay, Labrador, are arming twin-engined ° ° 7 Mitchell bombers with 500-pound bombs for an air strike. Personnel of 406 (City of Saskatoon) and 418 (City 1S priceless of Edmonton) Reserve Squadrons, flying the Mitchells, formed the bomb strike farce, . ... but it is often overpriced! SUALLY, the more you pay for something you buy, the better --Central Press Canadian. TEMPERANCE DRIVE | ~ | more than 60,000 temperance, yesterday. The national campaign rere | pledge cards were ordered by | will open next month, Mr. Winter Toronto (CP)--Rev. J. R. Mutch- | churches for distribution, said *. An the light of ever- mor of the United Church of Can- | TR - advancing costs. . .it .was felt to be ada said last night church officials INCREASE OBJECTIVE a reasonable requirement." are "very pleased" with the res-| Toronto (CP)--Heavier costs and | a eS emp ek the quality. But this is not true ponse of members yesterday {o| commitments this year have made PRIVILEGED CASTE when you buy a hearing aid! Prices Temperance Commitment Sunday. | it necessary for the Canadian Red| The "Magi" were a tribe of range from about $85--the price Dr. Mutchmor, secretary of the | Cross Society to increase its object- | ancient Medians, near Peris, en- of a Zenith "Royal" or *'Super Sauren : genera] ounch 5 syaugel, ve 4% per cent to $5,222,000, L. A. | trusted with the performance of Royal" --to $200 or more for other , ter, honorary treasurer, said | sacred rites. instruments. Zenith believes that no hearing aid need sell for more than $85. Even if Zenith--with its long and impressive 33-year back ground in electronics--wanted te build a'hearing aid to sell at $150 or $200 or more, we could not man- ufacture a better instrument or obtain more efficient materials than now go into the $85 Zenith! Yes, only one price, $85; only one qual- ity--Zenith's finest. (Bone Con~ duction Devices available at mod- erate extra cost.) Zenith says to you "Hear better or pay nothing" . . . and backs it up with an uncon= ditional, 10-day, money-back guar- antee! Zenith Hearing Aids are ac- cepted by the Council on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of the American Medical Association. "Send for Zenith's free book con- taining stare tling and valu able informa- tion about hear ing aid claims, It's yours for . the asking. Ia woul aan title: "Frauds and Facts" --and ; will be mailed, postpaid, in a plain our DRUG STORE envelope. Write today to 'Zenith / ' Radio Corporation of Canada, , wl AR mans Litd., Dept N2s550D, Canaas Irish : i oJ. ASS JL Bldg., Windsor, Ont., Canada. Consult your classified telephone diress tory for local Zenith Hearing Aid dealer, Sentinels... Around the town, like sentinels on guard, are located the many. friendly drug stores you know. Each and every one competently operated by a professional Pharmacist-- your own druggist and friendly refailer. The shelves of his drug store are stocked with the newest discoveries of medical and pharmaceutical science . . . and' an array of bright ' attractive merchandise for everyday needs. This unique combination makes your own DRUG STORE a centre of service in the community. In times of emergency or for day-to-day necessities, the convenience of that "just-around-the-corner" location is friendly assurance of good service: That may be a reason why folks always say . PANGER DAYS... "Snow and slush . . . high winds + + « changing temperatures often make the best of us wish for that good-to-be-alive "spring feeling". Whatever youneed, you'll be glad your drug store is near-by fo serve you. . Esso and Esso Extra are continually being improved to give the best balanced combination of instant . starting, smooth flowing power, lively acceleration and protection against engine ping. Switch to Esso gasolines and you're always ahead! v